WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

Organising body	WAFU
Founded	2020; 4 years ago (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

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 (8)	2023 (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

Winning coaches Year Team Coach 2020  Senegal Mame Moussa Cissé 2023

Top goalscorers Year Goalscorers Goals 2020 Agueissa Diarra 6 2023 Hapsatou Malado Diallo 9

Fair play award Year Team 2020 2023  Guinea-Bissau

References