2013 WAFU Nations Cup

The 2013 WAFU Nations Cup (known as the Go!TV WAFU Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an international home-based football competition. It was hosted in Ghana. The competition was 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]

2013 WAFU Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates21–28 November
Teams8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Togo
Fourth place Benin
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored43 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Saibou Badarou
Best player(s) Roger Gomis
Best goalkeeper Ousmane Mané

All games were played in Ashanti. The venues were the Baba Yara Stadium and the Len Clay Stadium. Ghana won the title after beating Senegal 3–1 in the final.[3]

Participants

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Final
2  Benin 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 Third place playoff
3  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Sierra Leone 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2013. Source:
Ghana 4–1 Sierra Leone
Akuffu  25'
Annorbaah  48'
L. Mohammed  51'
S. Mohammed  70'		 Report Quee  10'
G. Fofanah  ?'  67'
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
Benin 2–2 Burkina Faso
Suanon  40', 69' Report Ouédraogo  21'
F. Kaboré  88'
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)
Sierra Leone 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report Nébié  28'
Daila  ?'  ?'
Referee: Kokou Fagla (Togo)
Ghana 0–1 Benin
Report Coréa  88' (pen.)
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)
Ghana 2–1 Burkina Faso
Saka  19'
Y. Mohamed  54'		 Report M. Kaboré  42' (pen.)
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)
Sierra Leone 2–2 Benin
Report Suanon
Agonhoussou

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Final
2  Togo 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Third place playoff
3  Niger 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  Liberia 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2013. Source:
Togo 1–3 Senegal
Badarou  90' Report N'Diaye  5', 15'
M'Baye  60'
Liberia 1–1 Niger
Varney  43' Report Youssouf  33'
Liberia 0–4 Togo
Wulue  78' Report Badarou  63'
Kokouvi  82'
Arimiyaou  84'
Mani  90+2'
Referee: Cecil Fleisher (Ghana)
Niger 0–2 Senegal
Report Sagna  7'
Sarr  26'
Referee: Igue Brice (Benin)
Togo 3–1 Niger
Badarou  ?'
Mani  ?', ?'		 Report Youssouf  ?' (pen.)
Senegal 2–0 Liberia
Mendy  2'
N'Diaye  49' (pen.)		 Report

Knockout stage

Third place playoff
Benin 1–2 Togo
Dossou  35' Report Nouwoklo  13'
Badarou  85'
Referee: Joshua Amao (Nigeria)

Final
Ghana 3–1 Senegal
Adusei  2' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
L. Mohammed  78'		 Report Gomis  22'
Thioune  90+3'
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

Goalscorers

Saibou Badarou won the top-scorer award.[4] He scored 3 goals.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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. Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4389/ghanaian-football/2013/11/28/4440799/ghana-win-2013-wafu-cup-after-edging-past-senegal-3-1
  4. https://ghanasoccernet.com/togo-striker-saibou-badarou-wins-wafu-nations-cup-goal-king
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