Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

This article concerns the records and statistics of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, previously known as the African Women's Championship.

Teams reaching the semi-finals/top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Total top four
 Nigeria 10 (1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024) — 1 (2008) 2 (2012, 2022) 13
 Equatorial Guinea 2 (2008*, 2012*) 1 (2010) — — 3
 South Africa 1 (2022) 4 (2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018) 2 (2006, 2010*) 4 (2002, 2014, 2016, 2024) 11
 Cameroon — 3 (2004, 2014, 2016*) 3 (2002, 2012, 2018) 4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) 10
 Ghana — 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) 4 (2000, 2004, 2016, 2024) — 7
 Morocco — 2 (2022*, 2024*) — — 2
 DR Congo — — 1 (1998) — 1
 Ivory Coast — — 1 (2014) — 1
 Zambia — — 1 (2022) — 1
 Zimbabwe — — — 1 (2000) 1
 Ethiopia — — — 1 (2004) 1
 Mali — — — 1 (2018) 1
* hosts
** losing semi-finals

Summary (1991–2022)

Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Nigeria 14 73 57 9 7 223 32 +191 180
2  South Africa 13 62 31 8 23 102 83 +19 101
3  Cameroon 13 58 24 14 20 73 83 -10 86
4  Ghana 12 45 22 8 15 72 49 +23 74
5  Equatorial Guinea 5 21 13 2 6 46 39 +7 41
6  Morocco 3 12 5 2 5 14 27 −13 17
7  Mali 7 23 5 2 16 25 59 −34 17
8  Zambia 4 14 4 4 6 19 28 −9 16
9  Zimbabwe 4 14 2 5 7 13 28 −15 11
10  Ivory Coast 2 8 3 1 4 15 15 0 10
11  DR Congo 3 11 2 3 6 14 31 −17 9
12  Senegal 2 7 2 1 4 4 9 −5 7
13  Ethiopia 3 11 1 4 6 6 24 −18 7
14  Algeria 5 15 2 1 12 13 39 −26 7
15  Uganda 2 6 1 2 3 7 13 −6 5
16  Tunisia 2 7 1 1 5 7 10 −3 4
17  Botswana 1 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
18  Namibia 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
19  Angola 2 5 0 3 2 6 9 −3 3
20  Congo 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
21  Egypt 2 6 1 0 5 3 21 −18 3
22  Burkina Faso 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
23  Togo 1 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
24  Mozambique 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25  Tanzania 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
26  Réunion 1 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
27  Guinea 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
28  Burundi 1 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
29  Kenya 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
30  Sierra Leone 1 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year

Player Country Tournament edition Number of goals Ref
Nkiru Okosieme  Nigeria 1998 3 goals
Mercy Akide 2000 7 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha 2002 4 goals [1]
2004 9 goals [1]
2006 7 goals [1]
 Equatorial Guinea 2008 6 goals [2]
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2010 11 goals [1]
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea 2012 6 goals [3]
Desire Oparanozie  Nigeria 2014 5 goals [4]
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2016 6 goals [5]
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018 5 goals [6]
2022 3 goals [7]
Ghizlane Chebbak  Morocco 2024 5 goals [8]

Best player (Golden ball) by year

Player Country Edition Ref
1998
2000
2002
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2004 [9]
Portia Modise  South Africa 2006 [10]
Noko Matlou  South Africa 2008 [2]
Stella Mbachu  Nigeria 2010
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea 2012
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2014 [11]
Gabrielle Onguéné  Cameroon 2016 [12]
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018 [6][13]
Ghizlane Chebbak  Morocco 2022 [7]
Rasheedat Ajibade  Nigeria 2024 [14]

Best Goalkeeper by year

Player Country Edition Ref
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
Annette Ngo Ndom  Cameroon 2014
2016
2018
Andile Dlamini  South Africa 2022 [15]
Chiamaka Nnadozie  Nigeria 2024 [16]

Hat-tricks

Perpetua Nkwocha of Nigeria is the only player, as at the 2022 edition, to have scored a hat-trick in back-to-back editions of the tournament, once in 2004 and 2006 and twice in 2010.
As at the most recent edition of the tournament in 2024:
  • Veronica Phewa from South Africa scored the first-ever hat-trick in the tournament's history in her side's group-stage win over Zimbabwe at the 2002 edition.
  • Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha]] (in the final of the 2004 edition) and Asisat Oshoala (in 2016) are the only players to score 4 goals in match at an edition of the tournament.
  • Nigeria (6) is the leading hat-trick scoring team at the tournament, with Perpetua Nkwocha (4) accounting for 80% of them.
  • Cameroon has conceded the most hat-tricks (4) in the tournament as of the 2022 edition.
No. Player No. of goals Time of goals Team Final score Opponent Edition Round Date
1. Veronica Phewa 3 27', 33', 61'  South Africa 3–1  Zimbabwe 2002 Group stage 14 December 2002
2. Perpetua Nkwocha 4 15', 35', 42', 60'  Nigeria 5–0  Cameroon 2004 Final 3 October 2004
3. Perpetua Nkwocha (2) 3 45', 46', 54'  Nigeria 5–0  Cameroon 2006 Semi-finals 7 November 2006
4. Noko Matlou 3 28', 47', 80'  South Africa 3–0  Cameroon 2008 Semi-finals 25 November 2008
5. Perpetua Nkwocha (3) 3 15', 16', 42'  Nigeria 5–0  Mali 2010 Group stage 1 November 2010
6. Amanda Dlamini 3 32', 76', 90'  South Africa 4–0  Mali 2010 Group stage 7 November 2010
7. Perpetua Nkwocha (4) 3 54', 74', 81'  Nigeria 5–1  Cameroon 2010 Semi-finals 11 November 2010
8. Ines Nrehy 3 1', 9', 68'  Ivory Coast 5–0  Ethiopia 2012 Group stage 29 October 2012
9. Genoveva Añonman 3 25', 66', 73'  Equatorial Guinea 6–0  DR Congo 2012 Group stage 31 October 2012
10. Andisiwe Mgcoyi 3 10', 48', 57'  South Africa 4–1  DR Congo 2012 Group stage 3 November 2012
11. Asisat Oshoala[17] 4 40', 64', 69', 78'  Nigeria 6–0  Mali 2016 Group stage 20 November 2016
12. Asisat Oshoala (2)[18] 3 13', 22', 44'  Nigeria 6–0  Equatorial Guinea 2018 Group stage 24 November 2018
13. Ghizlane Chebbak[19] 3 25', 43', 75'  Morocco 4–2  DR Congo 2024 Group stage 9 July 2025

See also

References

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