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This article concerns the records and statistics of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations , previously known as the African Women's Championship .
Teams reaching the semi-finals/top four[ edit ]
Team
Winners
Runners-up
Third-place
Fourth-place
Total top four
Nigeria
10 (1998* , 2000, 2002* , 2004, 2006* , 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024)
—
1 (2008)
2 (2012, 2022)
13
Equatorial Guinea
2 (2008* , 2012* )
1 (2010)
—
—
3
South Africa
1 (2022)
4 (2000* , 2008, 2012, 2018)
2 (2006, 2010* )
4 (2002, 2014, 2016, 2024)
11
Cameroon
—
3 (2004, 2014, 2016* )
3 (2002, 2012, 2018)
4 (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
10
Ghana
—
3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
4 (2000, 2004, 2016, 2024)
—
7
Morocco
—
2 (2022* , 2024* )
—
—
2
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)[ edit ]
Top scorers (Golden boot) by year[ edit ]
Best player (Golden ball) by year[ edit ]
Best Goalkeeper by year [ edit ]
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 [ 17]
4
40', 64', 69', 78'
Nigeria
6–0
Mali
2016
Group stage
20 November 2016
12 .
Asisat Oshoala (2)[ 18]
3
13', 22', 44'
Nigeria
6–0
Equatorial Guinea
2018
Group stage
24 November 2018
13 .
Ghizlane Chebbak [ 19]
3
25', 43', 75'
Morocco
4–2
DR Congo
2024
Group stage
9 July 2025
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^ a b "Kgatlana named TOTAL Woman of the Competition" . CAFOnline.com . 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2022 .
^ a b "South Africa sweep big at TotalEnergies WAFCON 2022 Awards" . CAFOnline.com . 24 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
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^ "Double delight for Oshoala" . CAFOnline.com . 8 January 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022 .
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^ "Wafcon 2022: South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana to miss rest of tournament" . BBC Sport . 11 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025 .
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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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