2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

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)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Shafiu Mumuni (4 goals)
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The 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the WAFU Nations Cup, an association football tournament that is affiliated with the West African Football Union (WAFU). It took place from 28 September to 13 October 2019 in Thiès, Senegal. The tournament was sponsored by most notably ESPN and Royal Air Morac.

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.

Senegal won the tournament after beating defending champions Ghana in the final via a penalty shoot-out.[1]

Sponsorship

The competition was sponsored by ESPN with Royal Air Maroc being the exclusive airline sponsor.[2] The tournament was telecast on all ESPN platforms.[3]

Draw

The draw took place on 29 May 2019 at Radisson Blu Sea Plaza Hotel in Dakar.[4]

Officials

Matches

The match winners qualified for the cup competition, with the losing teams qualifying for the plate competition.

Senegal 3–1 Guinea-Bissau
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Mauritania
Penalties
4–3
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
Nigeria 1–2 Togo
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Sierra Leone 1–0 Liberia
Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)
Mali 3–1 Niger
Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)
Ivory Coast 4–1 Cape Verde
  • Rolha 60'
Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)
Ghana 1–0 Gambia
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Guinea 1–2 Benin
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 0–2 Guinea
Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)
Mauritania 0–0 Gambia
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Nigeria 1–1 Cape Verde
Penalties
2–3
Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Liberia 1–0 Niger
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Semi-finals

Gambia 0–1 Cape Verde
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Guinea 1–0 Liberia
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Final

Guinea 0–0 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 1–0 Benin
Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Ghana
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Togo 0–0 Ivory Coast
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)
Sierra Leone 0–1 Mali
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

Semi-finals

Ghana 3–1 Ivory Coast
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Senegal 2–0 Mali
Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Final

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

Champion

 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations 

Senegal
First title

WAFU Team of the Tournament

Source:[6][7][8]

Coach: Ghana Maxwell Konadu[9]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forward
Liberia Alpha Jalloh Ghana Fatawu Mohammed

Togo Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui

Senegal Moussa Ndiaye

Senegal Moutarou Baldé

Guinea Jean Mohamed Mouste

Ivory Coast Ibrahima Ouattara

Ghana Joseph Esso

Mali Mamaye Coulibaly

Senegal Ousseynou Niang

Ghana Shafiu Mumuni

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Top scorer
Golden Glove
  • Liberia Alpha Jalloh
Coach of the Tournament[11]

References

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