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
<div id="0"></div><nowiki>*</nowiki> hosts
<div id="1"></div><nowiki>**</nowiki> losing semi-finals
Summary (1991âÂÂ2024)
Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
- â Champions
- â Runners-up
- â Third place
- â Fourth place
- â Semi-finals
- QF â Quarter-finals
- GS â Group stage
- â Winner and advance to World Cup
- Q â Qualified
- â Did not qualify
- â Did not enter
- â Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
- â Hosts
Teams: tournament position
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Most titles won: 10, (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024).
Most finishes in the top two: 10, (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024).
Most finishes in the top four: 13, (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024).
Most championship appearances: 13, and .
Consecutive
Most consecutive championships: 5, (1998âÂÂ2006).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 5, (1998âÂÂ2006).
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 13, (1998âÂÂ2024).
Most consecutive appearances in the finals: 13, and (1998âÂÂ2024).
Gaps
Longest gap between successive titles: 4 years, (2006âÂÂ2010).
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 4 years, (2006âÂÂ2010).
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 10 years, (2000âÂÂ2016).
Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals: 22 years, , (2000âÂÂ2022).
Host team
Best finish by host team: Champion: (1998, 2002, 2006) (2008, 2012).
Worst finish by host team: Group stage: (2004), (2014) and (2018).
Defending champion
Best finish by defending champion: Champion: (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006).
Worst finish by defending champion: Did not qualify: (2014).
Debuting teams
Best finish by a debuting team: Champion: (1998).
Other
Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, (1998, 2002, 2006) and (2004, 2014, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 10, (1998, 2002âÂÂ2018).
Most appearances without ever being champion: 12, (1998âÂÂ2022).
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 1, (1998), (2014) and (2022).
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top two: 8, (2000âÂÂ2010, 2016, 2018, 2024).
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top four: 6, (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2024).
Most played final: 3, vs (1998, 2002, 2008) and vs (2004, 2014, 2016).
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
Most matches played: 79, .
Most wins: 62, .
Fewest wins: 0, , , , , , , , , , .
Most losses: 24, .
Fewest losses: 0, .
Most draws: 14, .
Most goals scored: 237, .
Most goals conceded: 87, .
Fewest goals scored: 0, and .
Fewest goals conceded: 4, .
Highest goal difference: +202, .
Lowest goal difference: âÂÂ39, .
In one tournament
Most wins: 5, (1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2024).
Most goals scored: 28, , 1998
Most goals scored, group stage: 20, (1998).
Most goals scored, champions: 28, , 1998.
Most goals scored, hosts: 28, , 1998.
Fewest goals scored, champions: 10, , (2018) and , (2022)
Fewest goals scored, hosts: 2, , 2004
Most goals conceded, champions: 4, , (2008), , (2010).
Fewest goals conceded, champions: 0, , (1998), , (2012).
Top scorers (Golden boot) by year
Best player (Golden ball) by year
Best Goalkeeper by year
Hat-tricks
- 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.
Debut of national teams
See also
References
External links