WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament
  Zone A
  Zone B
Founded2018
RegionInternational (CAF) (WAFU)
Number of teams8
Current champions Gambia (2 titles)[1]
Most successful team(s) 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 Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
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

See also

References

  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. 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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