Organising body | WAFU |
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Founded | 2020 |
Region | West Africa |
Number of teams | 9 (Maximum) |
Current champions | Senegal (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Senegal (2 titles) |
2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup |
Tournaments | |
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The WAFU Zone A Women's Cup is a women's association football competition contested by national teams of the West African Football Union (WAFU). The WAFU region is divided into two zone and each has its own tournament.
The first edition was planned for December 2019 but then postponed two months. [1] It was then played in 2020 with eight teams. The only national team from Zone A not entering was Mauritania. [2]
The relevant WAFU Zone B Women's Cup was first played out two years earlier in 2018.
Editions | Years | Hosts | Finals | Third place playoff | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
1 | 2020 | Sierra Leone | Senegal | 3–0 | Mali | Liberia | 1–0 | Cape Verde | 8 | |||
2 | 2023 | Cape Verde | Senegal | 1–0 | Cape Verde | Gambia | 3–2 | Guinea-Bissau | 7 | |||
3 | TBD |
Legend
For each tournament, the number of teams (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 2020 (8) | 2023 (7) | Total |
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Cape Verde | 4th | 2nd | 2 |
Gambia | GS | 3rd | 2 |
Guinea | GS | GS | 2 |
Guinea-Bissau | GS | 4th | 2 |
Liberia | 3rd | × | 1 |
Mali | 2nd | × | 1 |
Mauritania | × | GS | 1 |
Senegal | 1st | 1st | 2 |
Sierra Leone | GS | GS | 2 |
Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Senegal | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 28 |
2 | Cape Verde | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 13 |
3 | Mali | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 12 |
4 | Gambia | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 12 |
5 | Liberia | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 |
6 | Guinea | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 4 |
7 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 |
8 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 3 |
9 | Mauritania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
Winning coaches
| Top goalscorers
| Fair play award
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