2011 WAFU Nations Cup

2011 WAFU Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	5–15 May 2011[1]
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Togo
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Liberia
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	32 (3.56 per match)

The 2011 WAFU Nations Cup is an international home-based football competition. It will be hosted in Nigeria. The competition is organised by the West Africa Football Union (WAFU).

All games will be played at Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode.

Participants

•  Benin
•  Ghana
•  Liberia
•  Niger (replaced withdrew  Ivory Coast)
•  Nigeria
•  Togo
•  Gambia (withdrew)
•  Mali (withdrew)
•  Senegal (withdrew)

Group Stage

The draw for the group stage took place on April 28, 2011.^{[2] [3]}

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Liberia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Niger	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

 Mali withdrew. ^[4]

 Nigeria v  Liberia

5 May 2011

Nigeria	1–0	Liberia
Ehiosun  24'	Report

Abeokuta

 Nigeria v  Niger

7 May 2011

Nigeria	4–0	Niger
Ibenegbu  5', 35' Ehiosun  55' Agwuocha  65'

Abeokuta

 Liberia v  Niger

9 May 2011

Liberia	2–1	Niger

Abeokuta

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Togo	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Ghana	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

 Senegal and  Gambia withdrew.^[5]

As there were only two teams left in the group, it was decided that the teams should play each other twice to determine a group winner. Both teams automatically qualified for the semi-final stage.

Togo  v  Ghana

8 May 2011

Togo	1–2	Ghana

Ghana  v  Togo

10 May 2011

Ghana	1–2	Togo
	Penalties
	3–4

Knockout Phase

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May
	Nigeria	2
	Ghana	1
					15 May
					Nigeria	2
					Togo	3
					Third place
	12 May			14 May
	Liberia	2		Ghana	1
	Togo	4			Liberia	3

Semi-finals

Nigeria  v  Ghana

12 May 2011

Nigeria	2–1	Ghana
Ekigho Ehiosun  84', 119'	Report	Ibrahim Aziz  66'

Abeokuta

Liberia  v  Togo

12 May 2011

Liberia	2–4	Togo

Abeokuta

Third place

Ghana  v  Liberia

14 May 2011

Ghana	1–3	Liberia

Abeokuta

Final

Nigeria  v  Togo

15 May 2011

Nigeria	2–3	Togo
Ikechukwu Ibenegbu  25', 45' (pen.)	Report	Atakora Lalawele  2', 60' Wome Senome  20'

Abeokuta

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