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	Ghana (5th title)
Runners-up	Liberia
Third place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
	← 1986

Host countryLiberia

Dates30 January—8 February

Teams8

Champions

Ghana (5th title)

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

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

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

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

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

1987 West African Nations Cup

Group 2

Knockout stages

Result

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