2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

The 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations is the sixth edition of the WAFU Nations Cup, an association football tournament that is affiliated with the West African Football Union (WAFU). It is taking place between September 28 to October 13, 2019 in Thiès, Senegal.

2019 WAFU Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
Dates28 September–13 October 2019
Teams16 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored42 (1.91 per match)

All sixteen members of WAFU competed in the competition in a knockout-style format with the losers of the first round playing in a plate-competition.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 May 2019 at Radisson Blu Sea Plaza Hotel in Dakar.[1]

Officials

Matches

The match winners will qualify for the cup competition, the losing teams will qualify for the plate competition.

Senegal 31 Guinea-Bissau
  • Gomes  40'
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Burkina Faso 11 Mauritania
  • Pognongo  85' (pen.)
  • Denne  73'
Penalties
4–3
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
Nigeria 12 Togo
  • Sikiru  32'
  • Adjahli  16'
  • Ndah  43' (o.g.)
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Sierra Leone 10 Liberia
  • Kalokoh  40'
Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)
Mali 31 Niger
  • Ibrahim  85'
Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)
Ivory Coast 41 Cape Verde
  • Magbi  7' (pen.), 53'
  • Doumbia  22', 90+3'
  • Rolha  60'
Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)
Ghana 10 Gambia
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Guinea 12 Benin
  • Sylla  88'
  • Houngbedji  27'
  • Bonou  90+5'
Referee: Allou Franc Eric Miessan (Ivory Coast)

Plate competition

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Guinea-Bissau0
 
 
 
 Guinea2
 
 Guinea1
 
 
 
 Liberia0
 
 Liberia1
 
 
 
 Niger0
 
 Guinea0 (4)
 
 
 
 Cape Verde0 (3)
 
 Mauritania0 (2)
 
 
 
 Gambia0 (4)
 
 Gambia0
 
 
 
 Cape Verde1
 
 Nigeria1 (2)
 
 
 Cape Verde1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

Guinea-Bissau 02 Guinea
  • Camara  86'
  • Kantabadouno  88'
Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)

Mauritania 00 Gambia
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

Nigeria 11 Cape Verde
  • Sikiru  65'
  • Cardoso  87'
Penalties
2–3
Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Liberia 10 Niger
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Semi-finals

Gambia 01 Cape Verde
  • Norta  32'
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Guinea 10 Liberia
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Final

Guinea 00 Cape Verde
Penalties
4–3
Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Cup competition

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Senegal1
 
 
 
 Benin0
 
 Senegal2
 
 
 
 Mali0
 
 Sierra Leone0
 
 
 
 Mali1
 
 Senegal 1 (3)
 
 
 
 Ghana1 (1)
 
 Burkina Faso1 (4)
 
 
 
 Ghana1 (5)
 
 Ghana3
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast1
 
 Togo0 (2)
 
 
 Ivory Coast0 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

Senegal 10 Benin
Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Burkina Faso 11 Ghana
  • Shafiu  38'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Togo 00 Ivory Coast
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

Sierra Leone 01 Mali
  • Sylla  4'
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

Semi-finals

Ghana 31 Ivory Coast
  • Shafiu  30', 46', 50'
  • Doumbia  78'
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Senegal 20 Mali
Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Final

Ghana 11 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Penalties
1–3
Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

Champion

 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations 

Senegal
First title

References

  1. "2019 WAFU draw produces fascinating ties". ESPN Africa. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. "Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFU Nations Cup in Senegal". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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