Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

This article concerns the records and statistics of the association football tournament known as the African Women's Championship until 2016 and the Women's Africa Cup of Nations thereafter.

Teams reaching the semi-finals/top four

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird-placeFourth-placeTotal top four
 Nigeria11 (1991, 1995, 1998*, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006*, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)1 (2008)2 (2012, 2022)14
 Equatorial Guinea2 (2008*, 2012*)1 (2010)3
 South Africa1 (2022)5 (1995, 2000*, 2008, 2012, 2018)2 (2006, 2010*)3 (2002, 2014, 2016)11
 Cameroon4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016*)3 (2002, 2012, 2018)4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)11
 Ghana3 (1998, 2002, 2006)4 (1995**, 2000, 2004, 2016)7
 Morocco1 (2022*)1
 Guinea1 (1991**)1
 Angola1 (1995**)1
 DR Congo1 (1998)1
 Ivory Coast1 (2014)1
 Zambia1 (2022)1
 Zimbabwe1 (2000)1
 Ethiopia1 (2004)1
 Mali1 (2018)1
* hosts
** losing semi-finals

Summary (1991–2022)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1  Nigeria1473579722332+191180
2  South Africa13623182310283+19101
3  Cameroon13582414207383-1086
4  Ghana1245228157249+2374
5  Equatorial Guinea52113264639+741
6  Morocco3125251427-1317
7  Mali72352162559-3417
8  Zambia4144461928-916
9  Zimbabwe4142571328-1511
10  Ivory Coast283141515010
11  DR Congo3112361431-179
12  Senegal2721449-57
13  Ethiopia311146624-187
14  Algeria51521121339-267
15  Uganda26123713-65
16  Tunisia27115710-34
17  Botswana1410357-23
18  Namibia1310235-23
19  Angola2503269-33
20  Congo1310236-33
21  Egypt26105321-183
22  Burkina Faso1301224-21
23  Togo1301239-61
24  Mozambique100000000
25  Tanzania1300338-50
26  Réunion1300327-50
27  Guinea1200207-70
28  Burundi13003311-80
29  Kenya13003210-80
30  Sierra Leone12002011-110

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year

PlayerCountryTournament editionNumber of goalsRef
Nkiru Okosieme  Nigeria19983 goals
Mercy Akide20007 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha20024 goals
20049 goals
20067 goals
 Equatorial Guinea20086 goals[1]
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria201011 goals
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea20126 goals
Desire Oparanozie  Nigeria20145 goals[2]
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria20166 goals
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa20185 goals[3]
20223 goals

Best player (Golden ball) by year

PlayerCountryEditionRef
1998
2000
2002
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria2004[4]
Portia Modise  South Africa2006[5]
Alice Noko Matlou  Equatorial Guinea2008[1]
Stella Mbachu  Nigeria2010
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea2012
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria2014[6]
Gabrielle Onguéné  Cameroon2016[7]
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa2018
Ghizlane Chebbak  Morocco2022

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.
  • 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.PlayerNo. of goalsTime of goalsTeamFinal scoreOpponentEditionRoundDate
1.Veronica Phewa327', 33', 61'  South Africa3–1  Zimbabwe2002Group stage14 December 2002
2.Perpetua Nkwocha415', 35', 42', 60'  Nigeria5–0  Cameroon2004Final3 October 2004
3.Perpetua Nkwocha (2)345', 46', 54'  Nigeria5–0  Cameroon2006Semi-finals7 November 2006
4.Noko Matlou328', 47', 80'  South Africa3–0  Cameroon2008Semi-finals25 November 2008
5.Perpetua Nkwocha (3)315', 16', 42'  Nigeria5–0  Mali2010Group stage1 November 2010
6.Amanda Dlamini332', 76', 90'  South Africa4–0  Mali2010Group stage7 November 2010
7.Perpetua Nkwocha (4)354', 74', 81'  Nigeria5–1  Cameroon2010Semi-finals11 November 2010
8.Ines Nrehy31', 9', 68'  Ivory Coast5–0  Ethiopia2012Group stage29 October 2012
9.Genoveva Añonman325', 66', 73'  Equatorial Guinea6–0  DR Congo2012Group stage31 October 2012
10.Andisiwe Mgcoyi310', 48', 57'  South Africa4–1  DR Congo2012Group stage3 November 2012
11.Asisat Oshoala440', 64', 69', 78'  Nigeria6–0  Mali2016Group stage20 November 2016
12.Asisat Oshoala (2)313', 22', 44'  Nigeria6–0  Equatorial Guinea2018Group stage24 November 2018

See also

References