{"id":422101,"date":"2017-09-25T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/ghana-deserved-2017-wafu-triumph\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:30:23","slug":"ghana-deserved-2017-wafu-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/ghana-deserved-2017-wafu-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana deserved 2017 WAFU triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/68288787.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Wafu Win\" title=\"Ghana Wafu Win\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana won her second title of the competition since its inception in 2010.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506371423_863_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The 2017 Fox Sports West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations was a successful tournament that will leave many Ghanaians with a lot of happy memories.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana won her second title of the competition since its inception in 2010. <\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars B dominated in the final of the 2017 edition at the Cape Coast stadium with a 4-1 drubbing of rivals Nigeria. Not only has Ghana been applauded for a splendid organisation but also for presenting a team that showed class throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics provided below vindicates Maxwell Konadu and his charges for their dominance as they emerged as the best team of the tournament;<\/p>\n<p>Total Matches played \u2013 23<\/p>\n<p>Total Number of Goals scored \u2013 41<\/p>\n<p>Best Attack &#8211; Ghana (10 goals scored)<\/p>\n<p>Best Defence &#8211; Ghana (3 goals conceded)<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Top scorers<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Sarfo (Ghana) &#8211; 4 goals<\/p>\n<p>Kwame Kizito (Ghana) &#8211;   2 goals<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Atingah (Ghana) &#8211; 2 goals and<\/p>\n<p>Moussa Kone (Mali) &#8211;  2 goals.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>The Tournament awards: Winners \u2013 Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Top Scorer &#8212;Stephen Sarfo (Ghana) &#8211; 4 goals   <\/p>\n<p>Best Player&#8212;-Isaac Twum  (Ghana)  <\/p>\n<p>Best Goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uhWitHgoYJ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-09-25 Ghana won her second title of the competition since its inception in 2010. &#13; The 2017 Fox Sports West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations was a successful tournament that will leave many Ghanaians with a lot of happy memories. 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