2013 WAFU Nations Cup

2013 WAFU Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Ghana
City Kumasi
Dates 21-28 November
Teams 8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
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)

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 Kumasi. The venues will be the Baba Yara Stadium and the Paa Joe Park.

Participants

Group stage

Group A

21 November 2013
15:00
Ghana 4-1 Sierra Leone
 25' Michael Akuffo
 48' Theophilus Anobaah
 51' Mohammed Latif
 70' Sulley Mohammed 		 10' Kwame Quee
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)

21 November 2013
17:00
Benin 2-2 Burkina Faso
 40',  69' Fadel Suanon  21' Bassirou Ouédraogo
 88' Francis Kaboré
Baba Yara Stadium
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

23 November 2013
15:00
Sierra Leone 0-1 Burkina Faso
Oumarou Nebié  28'
Baba Yara Stadium

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

25 November 2013
16:00
Ghana 2-1 Burkina Faso
Godfred Saka  19', Yahaya Mohammed  54' Mohamed Kaboré  42' (pen)
Baba Yara Stadium

25 November 2013
16:00
Sierra Leone 2-2 Benin
Fadel Suanon
Iréké Agonhoussou
Paa Joe Park

Group B

22 November 2013
16:00
Togo 1-3 Senegal
Kouloun Maklibe Talla N'Diaye
Soro Mbaye
Baba Yara Stadium

22 November 2013
16:00
Liberia 1-1 Niger
Mohammed Varney  43' Oumarou Alio Youssouf  33'
Paa Joe Park


24 November 2013
15:00
Liberia 0-4 Togo
Saibou Badarou 63'
Gazozo Kokouvi 82'
Kondo Arimiyaou  84'
Sapol Mani  90+2'
Baba Yara Stadium

24 November 2013
17:00
Niger 0-2 Senegal
Richard Sagna 7'
Sidy Sarr  26'
Baba Yara Stadium

26 November 2013
15:00
Togo 3-1 Niger
Baba Yara Stadium

26 November 2013
17:00
Senegal 2-0 Liberia
Dominique Mendy 2'
Talla N'Diaye  49' (pen)
Baba Yara Stadium

Knockout stage

Third place playoff

28 November 2013
14:30
Benin 1-2 Togo
Dossou Jodel Nouwoklo Kossivi, Saibou Badarou

Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

Final

28 November 2013
16:30
Ghana 3-1 Senegal
Kwabena Edusei
Latif Mohammed 		Roger Gomis

Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

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.