This article concerns the records and statistics of the association football tournament known as the African Women's Championship until 2016 and the Women's Africa Cup of Nations thereafter.
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Total top four |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 11 (1991, 1995, 1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) | – | 1 (2008) | 2 (2012, 2022) | 14 |
![]() | 2 (2008*, 2012*) | 1 (2010) | – | – | 3 |
![]() | 1 (2022) | 5 (1995, 2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018) | 2 (2006, 2010*) | 3 (2002, 2014, 2016) | 11 |
![]() | – | 4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016*) | 3 (2002, 2012, 2018) | 4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) | 11 |
![]() | – | 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) | 4 (1995**, 2000, 2004, 2016) | – | 7 |
![]() | – | 1 (2022*) | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 1 (1991**) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 1 (1995**) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 1 (1998) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 1 (2014) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 1 (2022) | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2000) | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2004) | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | 1 (2018) | 1 |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 14 | 73 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 223 | 32 | +191 | 180 |
2 | ![]() | 13 | 62 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 102 | 83 | +19 | 101 |
3 | ![]() | 13 | 58 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 73 | 83 | -10 | 86 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 74 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 41 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 17 |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 59 | -34 | 17 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 16 |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -15 | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
11 | ![]() | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 9 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | -18 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 39 | -26 | 7 |
15 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 5 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 3 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
21 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 3 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
23 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
27 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
28 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
30 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 |
Player | Country | Tournament edition | Number of goals | Ref |
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Nkiru Okosieme | ![]() | 1998 | 3 goals | |
Mercy Akide | 2000 | 7 goals | ||
Perpetua Nkwocha | 2002 | 4 goals | ||
2004 | 9 goals | |||
2006 | 7 goals | |||
| ![]() | 2008 | 6 goals | [1] |
Perpetua Nkwocha | ![]() | 2010 | 11 goals | |
Genoveva Añonman | ![]() | 2012 | 6 goals | |
Desire Oparanozie | ![]() | 2014 | 5 goals | [2] |
Asisat Oshoala | ![]() | 2016 | 6 goals | |
Thembi Kgatlana | ![]() | 2018 | 5 goals | [3] |
2022 | 3 goals |
Player | Country | Edition | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | |||
2000 | |||
2002 | |||
Perpetua Nkwocha | ![]() | 2004 | [4] |
Portia Modise | ![]() | 2006 | [5] |
Alice Noko Matlou | ![]() | 2008 | [1] |
Stella Mbachu | ![]() | 2010 | |
Genoveva Añonman | ![]() | 2012 | |
Asisat Oshoala | ![]() | 2014 | [6] |
Gabrielle Onguéné | ![]() | 2016 | [7] |
Thembi Kgatlana | ![]() | 2018 | |
Ghizlane Chebbak | ![]() | 2022 |
No. | Player | No. of goals | Time of goals | Team | Final score | Opponent | Edition | Round | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Veronica Phewa | 3 | 27', 33', 61' | ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2002 | Group stage | 14 December 2002 |
2. | Perpetua Nkwocha | 4 | 15', 35', 42', 60' | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | 2004 | Final | 3 October 2004 |
3. | Perpetua Nkwocha (2) | 3 | 45', 46', 54' | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | 2006 | Semi-finals | 7 November 2006 |
4. | Noko Matlou | 3 | 28', 47', 80' | ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 2008 | Semi-finals | 25 November 2008 |
5. | Perpetua Nkwocha (3) | 3 | 15', 16', 42' | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | 2010 | Group stage | 1 November 2010 |
6. | Amanda Dlamini | 3 | 32', 76', 90' | ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | 2010 | Group stage | 7 November 2010 |
7. | Perpetua Nkwocha (4) | 3 | 54', 74', 81' | ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | 2010 | Semi-finals | 11 November 2010 |
8. | Ines Nrehy | 3 | 1', 9', 68' | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | 2012 | Group stage | 29 October 2012 |
9. | Genoveva Añonman | 3 | 25', 66', 73' | ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | 2012 | Group stage | 31 October 2012 |
10. | Andisiwe Mgcoyi | 3 | 10', 48', 57' | ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2012 | Group stage | 3 November 2012 |
11. | Asisat Oshoala | 4 | 40', 64', 69', 78' | ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | 2016 | Group stage | 20 November 2016 |
12. | Asisat Oshoala (2) | 3 | 13', 22', 44' | ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | 2018 | Group stage | 24 November 2018 |
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