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 was taking place between September 28 to October 13, 2019 in Thiès, Senegal. The tournament was sponsored by most notably ESPN and Royal Air Morac.

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) Shafiu Mumuni (4 goals)

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 shootout.[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 will qualify for the cup competition, the losing teams will qualify for the plate competition.

Senegal 3–1 Guinea-Bissau
  • Gomes  40'
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Mauritania
  • Pognongo  85' (pen.)
  • Denne  73'
Penalties
4–3
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
Nigeria 1–2 Togo
  • Sikiru  32'
  • Adjahli  16'
  • Ndah  43' (o.g.)
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Sierra Leone 1–0 Liberia
  • Kalokoh  40'
Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)
Mali 3–1 Niger
Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)
Ivory Coast 4–1 Cape Verde
  • Magbi  7' (pen.), 53'
  • Doumbia  22', 90+3'
  • 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
  • Camara  86'
  • Kantabadouno  88'
Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)
Mauritania 0–0 Gambia
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Nigeria 1–1 Cape Verde
  • Sikiru  65'
  • Cardoso  87'
Penalties
2–3
Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
Liberia 1–0 Niger
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Semi-finals
Gambia 0–1 Cape Verde
  • Norta  32'
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
  • Sylla  4'
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

Semi-finals
Ghana 3–1 Ivory Coast
  • Doumbia  78'
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: Maxwelll Konadu[9]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forward
Alpha Jalloh Fatawu Mohammed

Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui

Moussa Ndiaye

Moutarou Baldé

 Jean Mohamed Mouste

Ibrahima Ouattara

Joseph Esso

Mamaye Coulibaly

Ousseynou Niang

 Shafiu Mumuni

Individual awards

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

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

References
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