Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

This article concerns the records and statistics of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations , previously known as the African Women's Championship.

Teams reaching the semi-finals/top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Total top four
Nigeria	10 (1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024)	—	1 (2008)	2 (2012, 2022)	13
Equatorial Guinea	2 (2008*, 2012*)	1 (2010)	—	—	3
South Africa	1 (2022)	4 (2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018)	2 (2006, 2010*)	4 (2002, 2014, 2016, 2024)	11
Cameroon	—	3 (2004, 2014, 2016*)	3 (2002, 2012, 2018)	4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)	10
Ghana	—	3 (1998, 2002, 2006)	4 (2000, 2004, 2016, 2024)	—	7
Morocco	—	2 (2022*, 2024*)	—	—	2
DR Congo	—	—	1 (1998)	—	1
Ivory Coast	—	—	1 (2014)	—	1
Zambia	—	—	1 (2022)	—	1
Zimbabwe	—	—	—	1 (2000)	1
Ethiopia	—	—	—	1 (2004)	1
Mali	—	—	—	1 (2018)	1

* hosts

** losing semi-finals

Summary (1991–2022)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Nigeria	14	73	57	9	7	223	32	+191	180
2	South Africa	13	62	31	8	23	102	83	+19	101
3	Cameroon	13	58	24	14	20	73	83	-10	86
4	Ghana	12	45	22	8	15	72	49	+23	74
5	Equatorial Guinea	5	21	13	2	6	46	39	+7	41
6	Morocco	3	12	5	2	5	14	27	−13	17
7	Mali	7	23	5	2	16	25	59	−34	17
8	Zambia	4	14	4	4	6	19	28	−9	16
9	Zimbabwe	4	14	2	5	7	13	28	−15	11
10	Ivory Coast	2	8	3	1	4	15	15	0	10
11	DR Congo	3	11	2	3	6	14	31	−17	9
12	Senegal	2	7	2	1	4	4	9	−5	7
13	Ethiopia	3	11	1	4	6	6	24	−18	7
14	Algeria	5	15	2	1	12	13	39	−26	7
15	Uganda	2	6	1	2	3	7	13	−6	5
16	Tunisia	2	7	1	1	5	7	10	−3	4
17	Botswana	1	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	3
18	Namibia	1	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
19	Angola	2	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	3
20	Congo	1	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
21	Egypt	2	6	1	0	5	3	21	−18	3
22	Burkina Faso	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
23	Togo	1	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
24	Mozambique	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Tanzania	1	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
26	Réunion	1	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0
27	Guinea	1	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
28	Burundi	1	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0
29	Kenya	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
30	Sierra Leone	1	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year

Player	Country	Tournament edition	Number of goals	Ref
Nkiru Okosieme	Nigeria	1998	3 goals
Mercy Akide		2000	7 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha		2002	4 goals	[1]
		2004	9 goals	[1]
		2006	7 goals	[1]
Genoveva Añonman	Equatorial Guinea	2008	6 goals	[2]
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2010	11 goals	[1]
Genoveva Añonman	Equatorial Guinea	2012	6 goals	[3]
Desire Oparanozie	Nigeria	2014	5 goals	[4]
Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	2016	6 goals	[5]
Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	2018	5 goals	[6]
Ghizlane Chebbak Rasheedat Ajibade Hildah Magaia	Morocco   Nigeria   South Africa	2022	3 goals	[7]
Ghizlane Chebbak	Morocco	2024	5 goals	[8]

Best player (Golden ball) by year

Player	Country	Edition	Ref
		1998
		2000
		2002
Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	2004	[9]
Portia Modise	South Africa	2006	[10]
Noko Matlou	South Africa	2008	[2]
Stella Mbachu	Nigeria	2010
Genoveva Añonman	Equatorial Guinea	2012
Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	2014	[11]
Gabrielle Onguéné	Cameroon	2016	[12]
Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	2018	[6] [13]
Ghizlane Chebbak	Morocco	2022	[7]
Rasheedat Ajibade	Nigeria	2024	[14]

Best Goalkeeper by year

Player	Country	Edition	Ref
		1998
		2000
		2002
		2004
		2006
		2008
		2010
		2012
Annette Ngo Ndom	Cameroon	2014
		2016
		2018
Andile Dlamini	South Africa	2022	[15]
Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	2024	[16]

Hat-tricks

Perpetua Nkwocha of Nigeria is the only player, as at the 2022 edition, to have scored a hat-trick in back-to-back editions of the tournament, once in 2004 and 2006 and twice in 2010.

As at the most recent edition of the tournament in 2024:

• Veronica Phewa from South Africa scored the first-ever hat-trick in the tournament's history in her side's group-stage win over Zimbabwe at the 2002 edition.
• Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha]] (in the final of the 2004 edition) and Asisat Oshoala (in 2016) are the only players to score 4 goals in match at an edition of the tournament.
• Nigeria (6) is the leading hat-trick scoring team at the tournament, with Perpetua Nkwocha (4) accounting for 80% of them.
• Cameroon has conceded the most hat-tricks (4) in the tournament as of the 2022 edition.

No.	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Team	Final score	Opponent	Edition	Round	Date
1.	Veronica Phewa	3	27', 33', 61'	South Africa	3–1	Zimbabwe	2002	Group stage	14 December 2002
2.	Perpetua Nkwocha	4	15', 35', 42', 60'	Nigeria	5–0	Cameroon	2004	Final	3 October 2004
3.	Perpetua Nkwocha (2)	3	45', 46', 54'	Nigeria	5–0	Cameroon	2006	Semi-finals	7 November 2006
4.	Noko Matlou	3	28', 47', 80'	South Africa	3–0	Cameroon	2008	Semi-finals	25 November 2008
5.	Perpetua Nkwocha (3)	3	15', 16', 42'	Nigeria	5–0	Mali	2010	Group stage	1 November 2010
6.	Amanda Dlamini	3	32', 76', 90'	South Africa	4–0	Mali	2010	Group stage	7 November 2010
7.	Perpetua Nkwocha (4)	3	54', 74', 81'	Nigeria	5–1	Cameroon	2010	Semi-finals	11 November 2010
8.	Ines Nrehy	3	1', 9', 68'	Ivory Coast	5–0	Ethiopia	2012	Group stage	29 October 2012
9.	Genoveva Añonman	3	25', 66', 73'	Equatorial Guinea	6–0	DR Congo	2012	Group stage	31 October 2012
10.	Andisiwe Mgcoyi	3	10', 48', 57'	South Africa	4–1	DR Congo	2012	Group stage	3 November 2012
11.	Asisat Oshoala [17]	4	40', 64', 69', 78'	Nigeria	6–0	Mali	2016	Group stage	20 November 2016
12.	Asisat Oshoala (2) [18]	3	13', 22', 44'	Nigeria	6–0	Equatorial Guinea	2018	Group stage	24 November 2018
13.	Ghizlane Chebbak [19]	3	25', 43', 75'	Morocco	4–2	DR Congo	2024	Group stage	9 July 2025

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams
	Teams	No.	Cum.
1991	Cameroon,   Ghana,   Guinea,   Nigeria	4	4
1995	Angola,   Sierra Leone,   South Africa,   Zambia	4	8
1998	DR Congo,   Egypt,   Morocco	3	11
2000	Réunion,   Uganda,   Zimbabwe	3	14
2002	Ethiopia,   Mali	2	16
2004	Algeria	1	17
2006	Equatorial Guinea,   Tunisia	2	19
2008	Congo	1	20
2010	Tanzania	1	21
2012	Ivory Coast,   Senegal	2	23
2014	Namibia	1	24
2016	Kenya	1	25
2018	None	0	25
2022	Botswana,   Burkina Faso,   Burundi,   Togo	4	29
2024	None	0	29
2026	Cape Verde,   Malawi	2	31

See also

• Football in Africa portal

• African Footballer of the Year
• African Women's Footballer of the Year
• List of hat-tricks
• List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks
• List of sport awards
• List of sports awards honoring women

References

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External links

• Official website
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics at RSSSF