2013 WAFU Nations Cup

2013 WAFU Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Ghana
Dates 21–28 November
Teams 8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Ghana
Runners-up  Senegal
Third place  Togo
Fourth place  Benin
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 43 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Togo Saibou Badarou
Best player Senegal Roger Gomis
Best goalkeeper Senegal Ousmane Mané

The 2013 WAFU Nations Cup (known as the Go!TV WAFU Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an international home-based football competition. It will be hosted in Ghana. The competition is organised by the West African Football Union (WAFU). It was originally scheduled to take place between October 24 and November 3,[1] however it was delayed and began on 21 November.[2]

All games will be played in Ashanti. The venues will be the Baba Yara Stadium and the Len Clay Stadium.

Participants

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Qualification to the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup Final
2  Benin 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 Qualification to the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup Third place playoff
3  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Sierra Leone 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2013. Source:

21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)
15:00
Ghana  4–1  Sierra Leone
Akuffu  25'
Annorbaah  48'
L. Mohammed  51'
S. Mohammed  70'
Report Quee  10'
G. Fofanah Yellow cardYellow cardRed card ?', 67'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Denis Dembele (Côte d'Ivoire)

21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)
17:00
Benin  2–2  Burkina Faso
Suanon  40', 69' Report Ouédraogo  21'
F. Kaboré  88'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

23 November 2013 (2013-11-23)
15:00
Sierra Leone  0–1  Burkina Faso
Report Nébié  28'
Daila Yellow cardYellow cardRed card ?', ?'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Kokou Fagla (Togo)

23 November 2013 (2013-11-23)
17:00
Ghana  0–1  Benin
Report Coréa  88' (pen.)
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

25 November 2013 (2013-11-25)
16:00
Ghana  2–1  Burkina Faso
Saka  19'
Y. Mohamed  54'
Report M. Kaboré  42' (pen.)
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

25 November 2013 (2013-11-25)
16:00
Sierra Leone  2–2  Benin
Report Suanon
Agonhoussou

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Qualification to the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup Final
2  Togo 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Qualification to the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup Third place playoff
3  Niger 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1
4  Liberia 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2013. Source:

22 November 2013 (2013-11-22)
16:00
Togo  1–3  Senegal
Badarou  90' Report N'Diaye  5', 15'
M'Baye  60'

22 November 2013 (2013-11-22)
16:00
Liberia  1–1  Niger
Varney  43' Report Youssouf  33'

24 November 2013 (2013-11-24)
15:00
Liberia  0–4  Togo
Wulue Red card 78' Report Badarou  63'
Kokouvi  82'
Arimiyaou  84'
Mani  90+2'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Cecil Fleisher (Ghana)

24 November 2013 (2013-11-24)
17:00
Niger  0–2  Senegal
Report Sagna  7'
Sarr  26'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Igue Brice (Benin)

26 November 2013 (2013-11-26)
15:00
Togo  3–1  Niger
Badarou  ?'
Mani  ?', ?'
Report Youssouf  ?' (pen.)

26 November 2013 (2013-11-26)
17:00
Senegal  2–0  Liberia
Mendy  2'
N'Diaye  49' (pen.)
Report

Knockout stage

Third place playoff

28 November 2013 (2013-11-28)
14:30
Benin  1–2  Togo
Dossou  35' Report Nouwoklo  13'
Badarou  85'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

Final

28 November 2013 (2013-11-28)
16:30
Ghana  3–1  Senegal
Adusei  2' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
L. Mohammed  78'
Report Gomis  22'
Thioune Red card 90+3'
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. "Ghana to host Wafu Cup in October". Goal.com. 23 August 2013.
  2. "Liberia replaces Gabon in GOtv Wafu Cup". GhanaFA. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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