WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship

WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship
	Zone A Zone B
Founded	2018
Region	International (CAF) (WAFU)
Teams	8
Current champions	Gambia (2 titles)
Most championships	Gambia (2 titles)
	2020 WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament

The WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between competition contested by national teams of Zone A of the West African Football Union.^[2] The current champions are Gambia.^[3]

Eligible participants

2018 edition

Eight teams were drawn in two groups of four from WAFU Zone A members including hosts Liberia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.^[4] Mauritania declined to participate in the tournament and Cape Verde later withdrew to be replaced by Ivory Coast.^[5]

Tournaments

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final				Third Place Match

2018 Details	Liberia	Gambia	2 – 1	Liberia		Mali	1 – 0	Ivory Coast

2019 Details	Guinea	Senegal	2 – 0	Mali	Gambia	0 – 0 (8–7 pen)	Sierra Leone

2020^[6] Details	Senegal^[7]	^[8] Gambia	2 – 2 (4–3 pen)	Senegal	Guinea-Bissau	No Game	Guinea

References

↑ "Gambia U-20 qualify to Mauritania 2021". cafonline.
↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Guinea and Guinea-Bissau join Senegal in WAFU-A U-20 semis". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
↑ Busari, Niyi (2020-12-02). "Gambia Stuns Senegal To Emerge WAFU Zone A U20 Champions". BSN Sports. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
↑ "Gambia To Seek Glory In Wafu U-20 Championship". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
↑ "WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A". March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
↑ GFF (2020-11-06). "Wafu Draw- Gambia Faces Senegal In Group A". THE GFF | Official Website. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
↑ "WAFU-A U-20 AFCON qualifiers draw held in Thies!". Arunava about Football. 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Gambia U-20 qualify to Mauritania 2021". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

External links

WafuOnline.com - Official Site

[1] "Gambia U-20 qualify to Mauritania 2021". cafonline.

[2] Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Guinea and Guinea-Bissau join Senegal in WAFU-A U-20 semis". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[3] Busari, Niyi (2020-12-02). "Gambia Stuns Senegal To Emerge WAFU Zone A U20 Champions". BSN Sports. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[4] "Gambia To Seek Glory In Wafu U-20 Championship". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[5] "WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A". March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[6] GFF (2020-11-06). "Wafu Draw- Gambia Faces Senegal In Group A". THE GFF | Official Website. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[7] "WAFU-A U-20 AFCON qualifiers draw held in Thies!". Arunava about Football. 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[8] Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Gambia U-20 qualify to Mauritania 2021". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

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