West African Nations Cup

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
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
WinsNationYear(s)
5 times Ghana1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 2818705619+37
 Togo 249782932−3
 Ivory Coast 175842423+1
 Nigeria 1062287+1
 Burkina Faso 184591526−11
 Liberia 154291317−4
 Niger 12237921−12
 Benin 101361120−9

References
  1. "The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (S.C.S.A.)". tessamas.net. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2007.

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