West African Nations Cup

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The West African Nations Cup, also known as CSSA Nations Cup or "Zone 3" Championship, was a football championship held from 1982 to 1987 (not in 1985), but discontinued. Ghana won all editions, and indeed never lost a single match among the 25 they played. The tournament was unsuccessfully revived in 2001 as WAFU Championship; in 2005 a "WAFU Laurent Gbagbo West African Unity Cup" was organised between four of the better teams of the region, apparently as an invitational tournament so not a proper successor of the tournament of the eighties.

The Conseil supérieur du sport en Afrique (CSSA) (English: Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA)) was established in July 1965 in Brazzaville as the Comité pérmanent du sport Africain (CPSA). Its present title was adopted in Bamako on 14 December 1966. Since 3 July 1977, the CSSA has been functioning as a specialised agency of the Organisation of African Unity and has its headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[1]

West African Nations Cup Record

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1982
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Benin  
Ghana
2–1  
Togo
 
Burkina Faso
1–1  
Ivory Coast
1983
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Ivory Coast  
Ghana
3–1  
Togo
 
Ivory Coast
2–1  
Liberia
1984
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Burkina Faso  
Ghana
1–1  
Togo
 
Ivory Coast
2–0  
Burkina Faso
1986
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Ghana  
Ghana
1–0  
Togo
 
Niger
2–1  
Burkina Faso
1987
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Liberia  
Ghana
2–1  
Liberia
 
Nigeria
3–1  
Togo

Most West African Nations Cup wins

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Wins Nation Year(s)
5 times   Ghana 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

Statistics

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Ghana 28 18 7 0 56 19 +37
  Togo 24 9 7 8 29 32 −3
  Ivory Coast 17 5 8 4 24 23 +1
  Nigeria 10 6 2 2 8 7 +1
  Burkina Faso 18 4 5 9 15 26 −11
  Liberia 15 4 2 9 13 17 −4
  Niger 12 2 3 7 9 21 −12
  Benin 10 1 3 6 11 20 −9

References

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  1. ^ "The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (S.C.S.A.)". tessamas.net. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
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