| Region | West Africa |
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| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions | Nigeria |
The WAFU Nations Cup (often abbreviated as the WAFU Cup) is an association football competition that is contested by representative teams of the West African Football Union.
A trophy was commissioned by President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo in 1974 with a view to establishing a regional competition similar to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.[1] The maiden event was hosted in Abidjan and the hosts Ivory Coast won the tournament.
After three years without a successive tournament, ECOWAS (French:CEDEAO) stepped in to create a new tournament (Zone 3) and it was played on a bi-annual basis until 1991.
Zone 2 also had their own tournament created, the Amílcar Cabral Cup, named after the Guinea-Bissaun liberator Amílcar Cabral.
The WAFU Nations Cup tournament returned in 2002 as the WAFU Cup but it was short-lived after violence broke out in Ivory Coast.[2] Two games of the tournament had been played when it was cancelled.
Finally, after a 19 year wait, the tournament returned in April 2010 which Nigeria's Ogun State hosted and the host nation won.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| WAFU Nations Cup | |||||||||
| 1974 | Ivory Coast | Côte d'Ivoire |
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| 2002 Details |
Ivory Coast | Abandoned one-day into tournament due to civil unrest in Bouaké. | |||||||
| 2010 Details |
Nigeria Ogun State |
Nigeria |
2 - 0 | Senegal |
Ghana |
1 - 0 | Burkina Faso |
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| 2011 Details |
Nigeria Ogun State |
Togo |
3 - 2 | Nigeria |
Liberia |
3 - 1 | Ghana |
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