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
Team
Winners
Runners-up
Third-place
Fourth-place
Total top four
Nigeria
11 (1991, 1995, 1998* , 2000, 2002* , 2004, 2006* , 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
–
1 (2008)
2 (2012, 2022)
14
Equatorial Guinea
2 (2008* , 2012* )
1 (2010)
–
–
3
South Africa
1 (2022)
5 (1995, 2000* , 2008, 2012, 2018)
2 (2006, 2010* )
3 (2002, 2014, 2016)
11
Cameroon
–
4 (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016* )
3 (2002, 2012, 2018)
4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
11
Ghana
–
3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
4 (1995** , 2000, 2004, 2016)
–
7
Morocco
–
1 (2022* )
–
–
1
Guinea
–
–
1 (1991** )
–
1
Angola
–
–
1 (1995** )
–
1
DR Congo
–
–
1 (1998)
–
1
Ivory Coast
–
–
1 (2014)
–
1
Zambia
–
–
1 (2022)
–
1
Zimbabwe
–
–
–
1 (2000)
1
Ethiopia
–
–
–
1 (2004)
1
Mali
–
–
–
1 (2018)
1
* hosts
** losing semi-finals
Summary (1991–2022)
Top scorers (Golden boot) by year
Best player (Golden ball) by year
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.
Player
No. of goals
Time of goals
Team
Final score
Opponent
Edition
Round
Date
1 .
Veronica Phewa
3
27', 33', 61'
South Africa
3–1
Zimbabwe
2002
Group stage
14 December 2002
2 .
Perpetua Nkwocha
4
15', 35', 42', 60'
Nigeria
5–0
Cameroon
2004
Final
3 October 2004
3 .
Perpetua Nkwocha (2)
3
45', 46', 54'
Nigeria
5–0
Cameroon
2006
Semi-finals
7 November 2006
4 .
Noko Matlou
3
28', 47', 80'
South Africa
3–0
Cameroon
2008
Semi-finals
25 November 2008
5 .
Perpetua Nkwocha (3)
3
15', 16', 42'
Nigeria
5–0
Mali
2010
Group stage
1 November 2010
6 .
Amanda Dlamini
3
32', 76', 90'
South Africa
4–0
Mali
2010
Group stage
7 November 2010
7 .
Perpetua Nkwocha (4)
3
54', 74', 81'
Nigeria
5–1
Cameroon
2010
Semi-finals
11 November 2010
8 .
Ines Nrehy
3
1', 9', 68'
Ivory Coast
5–0
Ethiopia
2012
Group stage
29 October 2012
9 .
Genoveva Añonman
3
25', 66', 73'
Equatorial Guinea
6–0
DR Congo
2012
Group stage
31 October 2012
10 .
Andisiwe Mgcoyi
3
10', 48', 57'
South Africa
4–1
DR Congo
2012
Group stage
3 November 2012
11 .
Asisat Oshoala
4
40', 64', 69', 78'
Nigeria
6–0
Mali
2016
Group stage
20 November 2016
12 .
Asisat Oshoala (2)
3
13', 22', 44'
Nigeria
6–0
Equatorial Guinea
2018
Group stage
24 November 2018
See also
References
External links
Editions Qualification Finals Squads
1 No qualification took place in 1991 and 1995 .
International goals
Hat-tricks by competition
Hat-tricks by country
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