West African Nations Cup

Template:Use dmy dates 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.

West African Nations Cup Record

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1982 Details	Benin		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo		File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	1–1	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1983 Details	Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	2–1	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
1984 Details	Burkina Faso		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	2–0	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
1986 Details	Ghana		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1–0	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo		File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	2–1	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
1987 Details	Liberia		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2–1	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo

Most West African Nations Cup wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
5 times	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ghana	flag alias = Flag of Ghana.svg	flag alias-1964 = Ghana flag 1964.svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

Statistics

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ghana	flag alias = Flag of Ghana.svg	flag alias-1964 = Ghana flag 1964.svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	28	18	7	0	56	19	+37
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Togo	flag alias = Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	flag alias-1957 = Flag of Togo (1957-1958).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of Togo (1958-1960).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	24	9	7	8	29	32	−3
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ivory Coast	flag alias = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire (WFB 2009).gif	flag alias-2004 = Flag of Cote d'Ivoire (2004 World Factbook).gif	size =	variant =	name =	altlink = national football team }}	17	5	8	4	24	23	+1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Nigeria	flag alias = Flag of Nigeria.svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Nigeria (state).svg	flag alias-colonial = Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Nigeria.svg	link alias-naval = Nigerian Navy	flag alias-army = Flag of the Nigerian Army Headquarters.svg	link alias-army = Nigerian Army	flag alias-military=Flag of the Nigerian Armed Forces.svg	link alias-military=Nigerian Armed Forces	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Nigeria.svg	link alias-air force = Nigerian Air Force	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Nigeria.svg	link alias-navy = Nigerian Navy	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Nigeria.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	10	6	2	2	8	7	+1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Burkina Faso	flag alias = Flag of Burkina Faso.svg	link alias-military = Burkina Faso Armed Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }}	18	4	5	9	15	26	−11
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Liberia	flag alias = Flag of Liberia.svg	flag alias-23px = Flag of Liberia 23px.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	15	4	2	9	13	17	−4
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Niger	flag alias = Flag of Niger.svg	flag alias-military = Flag of niger armed forces obv.jpg	link alias-military = Niger Armed Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	12	2	3	7	9	21	−12
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Benin	flag alias = Flag of Benin.svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg	link alias-military = Benin Armed Forces	link alias-air force = Benin Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	10	1	3	6	11	20	−9

External links

• West African Nations Cup or "Zone 3" Championship