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WAFU Zone A Women's Cup 
Summary
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.
| Organising body | WAFU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 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 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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| 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 edit
Winning coaches edit
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Top goalscorers edit
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Fair play award edit
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