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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 Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) was established in July 1965 in Brazzaville as the Comite Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Its present title was adopted in Bamako on 14 December 1966. Since 3 July 1977, the SCSA has been functioning as a specialised agency of the Organisation of African Unity. The SCSA has its headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[1]
West African Nations Cup Record edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1982 Details |
Benin |  Ghana |
2–1 |  Togo |
 Burkina Faso |
1–1 |  Ivory Coast | ||
| 1983 Details |
Ivory Coast | Ghana |
3–1 | Togo |
Ivory Coast |
2–1 |  Liberia | ||
| 1984 Details |
Burkina Faso | Ghana |
1–1 | Togo |
Ivory Coast |
2–0 | Burkina Faso | ||
| 1986 Details |
Ghana | Ghana |
1–0 | Togo |
 Niger |
2–1 | Burkina Faso | ||
| 1987 Details |
Liberia | Ghana |
2–1 | Liberia |
 Nigeria |
3–1 | Togo | ||
Most West African Nations Cup wins edit
| Wins | Nation | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 times |  Ghana |
1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 |
Statistics edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "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.