CEDEAO Cup

The CEDEAO Cup was an international men's football tournament for nations in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; Communauté Economique Des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, CEDEAO). The tournament was held biannually between 1983 and 1991, and may also have taken place in 1977, but few data are known.

General statistics

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1977 Details	Nigeria		Nigeria	–			unclear
1983 Details	Ivory Coast		Ivory Coast	2–1 1–0	Nigeria		unclear
1985 Details	Senegal		Senegal	Group system	Ivory Coast		Guinea		—
1987 Details	Liberia		Ivory Coast	2–1	Liberia		Senegal	1–0	Burkina Faso
1990 Details	Nigeria		Nigeria	1–1	Senegal		Ivory Coast	1–0	Liberia
1991 Details	Ivory Coast		Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal		Ghana	1–0	Nigeria

Most CEDEAO Cup wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
3 times	Ivory Coast	1983, 1987, 1991
2 times	Nigeria	1977, 1990
1 time	Senegal	1985

1983 CEDEAO Cup

Qualifying round

First qualifying round

17 January 1983

Benin	1–1	Mauritania

4 February 1983

Mauritania	2–0	Benin

13 January 1983

Niger	2–0	Senegal

6 February 1983

Senegal	2–0	Niger

2–2 on aggregate; Senegal won on penalty shootout.

6 February 1983

Sierra Leone	0–1	Gambia

20 February 1983

Gambia	0–1	Sierra Leone

1–1 on aggregate; Gambia won on penalty shootout.

13 February 1983

Guinea	1–1	Mali

27 February 1983

Mali	1–1	Guinea

2–2 on aggregate; Mali won on penalty shootout.

17 April 1983

Guinea-Bissau	2–0	Togo

8 May 1983

Togo	3–0	Guinea-Bissau

Nigeria	w/o	Ghana

Ghana withdrew; Nigeria advanced.

Second qualifying round

3 July 1983

Gambia	1–1	Mali

17 July 1983

Mali	0–0	Gambia

Mali advanced, possibly by away goals rule.

12 August 1983

Mauritania	0–4	Togo

The return round was not played. Togo advanced.

15 November 1983

Nigeria	1–0	Senegal

19 November 1983

Senegal	0–1	Nigeria

Nigeria advanced.

Final round

The final round was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Semi-finals

15 December 1983

Ivory Coast	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mali

Ivory Coast won on penalties

16 December 1983

Togo	5–2	Nigeria

Third place match

18 December 1983

Mali	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria

Unknown who won the match

Final

18 December 1983

Ivory Coast	(Abandoned)	Togo

Abandoned at 2–1 in extra time (105').

Replay

20 December 1983

Ivory Coast	1–0	Togo

1985 CEDEAO Cup

Qualifying round

First round

7 April 1985

Mali	4–0	Togo

Bamako

21 April 1985

Togo	3–0	Mali

Lomé

Second round

11 August 1985

Guinea	1–1	Mali

Conakry

15 August 1985

Mali	1–1	Guinea
Penalties
	2–4

Final round

• The final round was played in Senegal.
• Senegal qualified as hosts, Ivory Coast as holders.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	0	5	1	4
Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
Guinea	2	0	0	2	1	4	0

25 December 1985	Senegal	3–1	Guinea
27 December 1985	Ivory Coast	1–0	Guinea
29 November 1985	Senegal	2–0	Ivory Coast

1987 CEDEAO Cup

Preliminary round

22 November 1987

Ivory Coast	3–0	Togo

Abidjan

13 December 1987

Togo	1–0	Ivory Coast

Lomé

Final round

• The final round was held in Monrovia, Liberia.
• Burkina Faso, Liberia and Senegal received byes to final round.

Semi-finals

19 December 1987

Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal

20 December 1987

Liberia	1–0	Burkina Faso
Weah

Third place match

22 December 1987

Senegal	1–0	Burkina Faso

Final

23 December 1987

Ivory Coast	2–1	Liberia
		Weah ?

1990 CEDEAO Cup

Qualifying round

The qualifying tournament was held in Liberia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Liberia	2	1	1	0	3	1	3
Ghana	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Guinea	2	0	1	1	1	3	1

26 November 1989	Guinea	1–1	Ghana
28 November 1989	Liberia	2–0	Guinea
29 November 1989	Liberia	1–1	Ghana

Final round

• The final round was played in Nigeria.
• Nigeria qualified as hosts, Ivory Coast as holders. Circumstances of Senegal's qualification were unclear.

Semi-finals

24 January 1990

Senegal	1–0	Liberia

25 January 1990

Nigeria	2–0	Ivory Coast

Third place match

27 January 1990

Ivory Coast	1–0	Liberia

Final

28 January 1990

Nigeria	1–1	Senegal

Some sources record the score as 0–0. Nigeria won on penalty shootout.

1991 CEDEAO Cup

Held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Semi-finals

31 October 1991

Senegal	3–2	Ghana
Sarr 22' Diagne 60' Sène 88'		Akonnor 62' Yaw 75'

31 October 1991

Ivory Coast	2–0	Nigeria
Sié 10' A. Traoré 30'

Third place match

2 November 1991

Ghana	1–0	Nigeria
N. Mensah 11'

Final

2 November 1991

Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal
A. Traoré 7'

References

details at RSSSF archives

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