WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
Organising bodyWAFU
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
RegionWest Africa
Number of teams9 (Maximum)
Current champions Senegal (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Senegal (2 titles)
2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
Tournaments

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.

Results

Editions Years Hosts Finals Third place playoff Number of teams
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

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2020
Sierra Leone
(8) 		2023
Cape Verde
(7) 		Total
 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

Overall team records

Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

Awards

References

  1. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "New date set for 2020 WAFU Women's Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. ^ News, F. S. L. (2020-02-09). "Draw for Wafu Women's Sierra Leone 2020 released". Football Sierra Leone. Retrieved 2021-08-24. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)