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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

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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)

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Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Nigeria 14 73 57 9 7 223 32 +191 180
2  South Africa 13 62 31 8 23 102 83 +19 101
3  Cameroon 13 58 24 14 20 73 83 -10 86
4  Ghana 12 45 22 8 15 72 49 +23 74
5  Equatorial Guinea 5 21 13 2 6 46 39 +7 41
6  Morocco 3 12 5 2 5 14 27 -13 17
7  Mali 7 23 5 2 16 25 59 -34 17
8  Zambia 4 14 4 4 6 19 28 -9 16
9  Zimbabwe 4 14 2 5 7 13 28 -15 11
10  Ivory Coast 2 8 3 1 4 15 15 0 10
11  DR Congo 3 11 2 3 6 14 31 -17 9
12  Senegal 2 7 2 1 4 4 9 -5 7
13  Ethiopia 3 11 1 4 6 6 24 -18 7
14  Algeria 5 15 2 1 12 13 39 -26 7
15  Uganda 2 6 1 2 3 7 13 -6 5
16  Tunisia 2 7 1 1 5 7 10 -3 4
17  Botswana 1 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 3
18  Namibia 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
19  Angola 2 5 0 3 2 6 9 -3 3
20  Congo 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
21  Egypt 2 6 1 0 5 3 21 -18 3
22  Burkina Faso 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1
23  Togo 1 3 0 1 2 3 9 -6 1
24  Mozambique 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25  Tanzania 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 0
26  Réunion 1 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
27  Guinea 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 0
28  Burundi 1 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0
29  Kenya 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 0
30  Sierra Leone 1 2 0 0 2 0 11 -11 0

Top scorers (Golden boot) by year

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Player Country Tournament edition Number of goals Ref
Nkiru Okosieme  Nigeria 1998 3 goals
Mercy Akide 2000 7 goals
Perpetua Nkwocha 2002 4 goals
2004 9 goals
2006 7 goals
 Equatorial Guinea 2008 6 goals [1]
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2010 11 goals
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea 2012 6 goals
Desire Oparanozie  Nigeria 2014 5 goals [2]
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2016 6 goals
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018 5 goals [3]
2022 3 goals

Best player (Golden ball) by year

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Player Country Edition Ref
1998
2000
2002
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria 2004 [4]
Portia Modise  South Africa 2006 [5]
Alice Noko Matlou  Equatorial Guinea 2008 [1]
Stella Mbachu  Nigeria 2010
Genoveva Añonman  Equatorial Guinea 2012
Asisat Oshoala  Nigeria 2014 [6]
Gabrielle Onguéné  Cameroon 2016 [7]
Thembi Kgatlana  South Africa 2018
Ghizlane Chebbak  Morocco 2022

Hat-tricks

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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.
As at the most recent edition of the tournament in 2022:
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Banyana striker crowned Woman Footballer of the Year". Mail & Guardian. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Oshoala, Oparanozie claim individual honours". CAFOnline.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2022. With five goals, Oparanozie received the 'Scorpion Zinc' [Top Scorer] award for scoring the most goals at the two-week championship...
  3. ^ "Kgatlana named TOTAL Woman of the Competition". CAFOnline.com. 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ Molinaro, John F. (15 June 2011). "Star bio: Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha". CBC Sports. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Portia Modise: Centurion in numbers". SuperSport. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Double delight for Oshoala". CAFOnline.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. ^ Anchunda, Benly. "2016 Women AFCON: Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene voted best player of the competition". CRTV. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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