2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament

2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Liberia
Dates 24 April – 5 May 2018
Teams 8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gambia
Runners-up  Liberia
Third place  Mali
Fourth place  Ivory Coast

The 2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament is the second edition of the international U-20 men's football event for teams under the West African Football Union. The competition will be hosted by Liberia in April to May 2018 in two match venues. The organizers of the tournament, which is sponsored by FOX Sports, said it will run from April 24, to May 6, 2018 in Monrovia and will feature eight of the nine countries in WAFU Zone A who have confirmed their participation in the zonal youth championship.[1]

Host Liberia, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone make up Group A whilst Senegal, Mali, Gambia and Guinea complete Group B.

Matches will be held at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Stadium and the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, both in Liberia.[2]

Participants

Officials

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March in Monrovia.[3]

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1998 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.
  6. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, more than two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 9 apply;
  7. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  8. Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
  9. The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned.

All times are local UTC±00:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Liberia (H) 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Sierra Leone 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4  Guinea-Bissau 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Liberia  0–3  Ivory Coast
Report
Referee: Senegal Daouda Gueye
Guinea-Bissau  1–2  Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: The Gambia Omar Sallah
Sierra Leone  1–4  Ivory Coast
Referee: Guinea Baba Léno
Liberia  2–1  Guinea-Bissau
Referee: Mali Harouna Coulibaly
Liberia  5–1  Sierra Leone
Report
Referee: Senegal Daouda Gueye
Ivory Coast  4–0  Guinea-Bissau
Report
Referee: Mali Harouna Coulibaly

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Knockout stage
2  Gambia 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Senegal 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  1–3  Mali
Report
Referee: Liberia Jerry Yekeh
Gambia  1–1  Guinea
Report
Referee: Mauritania Babacar Sarr
Guinea  0–1  Mali
Referee: Sierra Leone Raymond Coker
Senegal  0–0  Gambia
Referee: Guinea-Bissau Gilberto Antonio dos Santos
Guinea  2–4  Senegal
Referee: Liberia Jerry Yekeh
Mali  0–1  Gambia
Referee: Mauritania Babacar Sarr

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 May – Monrovia
 
 
 Ivory Coast1 (5)
 
5 May – Monrovia
 
 Gambia1 (6)
 
 Gambia2
 
2 May – Monrovia
 
 Liberia1
 
 Mali0
 
 
 Liberia1
 
Third place
 
 
5 May – Monrovia
 
 
 Ivory Coast0
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

Ivory Coast  1–1  Gambia
Report
Penalties
5–6
Referee: Sierra Leone Raymond Coker
Mali  0–1  Liberia
Report
Referee: Guinea-Bissau Gilberto Antonio dos Santos

Third place match

Ivory Coast  0–1  Mali
Report
Referee: The Gambia Omar Sallah

Final

Gambia  2–1  Liberia
Report
Referee: Guinea Baba Léno[4]

Awards

The Golden Ball is awarded to the best player of the tournament. The Best Goalkeeper is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament.

Golden Ball

Liberia Allen Njie[5]

Best Goalkeeper

The Gambia Yankuba Colley[5]

Golden Boot

Ivory Coast Yalatif Diabate[5]

References

  1. ↑ "WAFU 'A' U-20 Championship kicks off in Liberia April 24". April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "WAFU A/FOX U-20 TOURNAMENT FIXTURES" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  3. ↑ "WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A". March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2018/05/2018-wafu-u-20-tournament-final.html
  5. 1 2 3 "HOW GAMBIA CONQUERED WAFU - The Standard Newspaper". The Standard Newspaper. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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