2010 WAFU Nations Cup

The 2010 WAFU Nations Cup was the first edition of the WAFU Nations Cup, an association football tournament organised by the West African Football Union. The tournament was also held in 2002, but that edition was cancelled due to the civil war in the host nation Ivory Coast. The 2010 edition was held in Nigeria and was competed by eight national football team selections using only players from local leagues. The event took place between 9 and 18 April 2010 and was sponsored by ECOWAS.

2010 WAFU Nations Championship

WAFU Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
City	Ijebu Ode and Abeokuta (Ogun State)
Dates	9–18 April 2010
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	46 (2.88 per match)

The matches took place at two stadiums; Gateway International Stadium (Ijebu-Ode) and the MKO Abiola Stadium (Abeokuta).

Group A

Table

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Senegal	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Guinea	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3
Benin	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Matches

9 April

Nigeria	4–0	Benin
	Report

9 April

Senegal	3–0	Guinea

11 April, 16:00

Guinea	0–5	Nigeria

11 April, 18:00

Benin	0–0	Senegal

13 April, 14:00

Nigeria	2–1	Senegal

13 April, 16:00

Guinea	1–0	Benin

Group B

Table

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	3	0	0	9	0	9	9
Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	9	6	3	6
Liberia	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Togo	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Matches

10 April

Ghana	2–0	Togo

10 April

Burkina Faso	3–1	Liberia

12 April, 16:00

Liberia	0–3	Ghana

12 April, 18:00

Togo	1–6	Burkina Faso

14 April

Ghana	4–0	Burkina Faso

14 April, 16:00

Togo	0–3	Liberia

Knockout stages

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April
	Nigeria	1
					18 April
	Burkina Faso	0
					Nigeria	2
	16 April
					Senegal	0
	Senegal	3
	Ghana	1
					Third place
					18 April
					Burkina Faso	0
					Ghana	1

Semi-finals

16 April, 15:00

Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso
Musa	Report

MKO Abiola Stadium

16 April, 17:00

Senegal	3–1	Ghana
	Report

MKO Abiola Stadium

Third place

18 April

Burkina Faso	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Opoku 42'

MKO Abiola Stadium

Final

18 April

Nigeria	2–0	Senegal
Gabriel 52' Okpako 87'	Report

MKO Abiola Stadium

External links

• CafOnline.com