1987 West African Nations Cup

1987 West African Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Liberia
Dates	30 January—8 February
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up	Liberia
Third place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
← 1986

The 1987 West African Nations Cup was the 5th and the last edition of the tournament. It was held in Liberia between 30 January and 8 February. All matches were played in the capital city Monrovia.

After this edition, between 1988–2000, the tournament was never played again. It was unsuccessfully revived in 2001 as WAFU Championship. However, it was not clear whether this is a proper successor of the West African Nations Cup.

Group 1[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Liberia	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Nigeria	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Burkina Faso	2	3	1	0	2	3	4	-2
Benin	2	3	0	2	1	3	7	-1

Jan 30, 1987	Liberia	2–0	Nigeria
Feb 1, 1987	Liberia	2–0	Burkina Faso
Feb 1, 1987	Benin	1–1	Nigeria
Feb 3, 1987	Liberia	0–0	Benin
Feb 3, 1987	Nigeria	3–0	Burkina Faso
Feb 5, 1987	Burkina Faso	3–2	Benin

Group 2[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	6	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9
Togo	4	3	2	0	1	2	3	-1
Ivory Coast	2	3	1	0	2	1	3	-2
Niger	0	3	0	0	3	0	6	-6

Jan 31, 1987	Ghana	2–0	Ivory Coast
Jan 31, 1987	Togo	1–0	Niger
Feb 2, 1987	Ghana	4–0	Niger
Feb 2, 1987	Togo	1–0	Ivory Coast
Feb 4, 1987	Ghana	3–0	Togo
Feb 4, 1987	Ivory Coast	1–0	Niger

Knockout stages[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Feb 6 - Monrovia
	Ghana	3
					Feb 8 - Monrovia
	Nigeria	1
					Liberia	1
	Feb 6 - Monrovia
					Ghana	2
	Liberia	3
	Togo	0
					Third place
					Feb 8 - Monrovia
					Nigeria	3
					Togo	1

Result[]

1987 West African Nations Cup Winners
Ghana Fifth title

External links[]

• 1987 West African Nations Cup - Rsssf
• Statistics