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2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Senegal
Dates	28 September – 13 October 2019
Teams	16 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	42 (1.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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.

Sponsorship

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

Draw

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

Officials

Matches

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

Senegal	3–1	Guinea-Bissau
Guèye 10' Assane 30' Ba 86'		Gomes 40'

Burkina Faso	1–1	Mauritania
Pognongo 85' (pen.)		Denne 73'
Penalties
	4–3

Nigeria	1–2	Togo
Sikiru 32'		Adjahli 16' Ndah 43' (o.g.)

Sierra Leone	1–0	Liberia
Kalokoh 40'

Mali	3–1	Niger
Samaké 3' (pen.) Moussa Koné 63', 67'		Ibrahim 85'

Ivory Coast	4–1	Cape Verde
Magbi 7' (pen.), 53' Doumbia 22', 90+3'		Rolha 60'

Ghana	1–0	Gambia
Esso 66'

Guinea	1–2	Benin
Sylla 88'		Houngbedji 27' Bonou 90+5'

Plate competition

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Guinea-Bissau	0
	Guinea	2
					Guinea	1
					Liberia	0
	Liberia	1
	Niger	0
									Guinea	0 (4)
									Cape Verde	0 (3)
	Mauritania	0 (2)
	Gambia	0 (4)
					Gambia	0
					Cape Verde	1
	Nigeria	1 (2)
	Cape Verde	1 (3)

Quarter-finals

Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Guinea
		Camara 86' Kantabadouno 88'

Mauritania	0–0	Gambia
Penalties
	2–4

Nigeria	1–1	Cape Verde
Sikiru 65'		Cardoso 87'
Penalties
	2–3

Liberia	1–0	Niger
Potis 25'

Semi-finals

Gambia	0–1	Cape Verde
		Norta 32'

Guinea	1–0	Liberia
Camara 39'

Final

Guinea	0–0	Cape Verde
Penalties
	4–3

Cup competition

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Senegal	1
	Benin	0
					Senegal	2
					Mali	0
	Sierra Leone	0
	Mali	1
									Senegal	1 (3)
									Ghana	1 (1)
	Burkina Faso	1 (4)
	Ghana	1 (5)
					Ghana	3
					Ivory Coast	1
	Togo	0 (2)
	Ivory Coast	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

Senegal	1–0	Benin
Keny 64'

Burkina Faso	1–1	Ghana
Tiendrébéogo 3'		Shafiu 38'
Penalties
	4–5

Togo	0–0	Ivory Coast
Penalties
	2–4

Sierra Leone	0–1	Mali
		Sylla 4'

Semi-finals

Ghana	3–1	Ivory Coast
Shafiu 30', 46', 50'		Doumbia 78'

Senegal	2–0	Mali
Dramé 51' Kane 83' (pen.)

Final

Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Esso 111'		Badji 118'
Penalties
	1–3

Champion

2019 WAFU Cup of Nations
Senegal First title

WAFU Team of the Tournament

Source:

Coach: Maxwell Konadu

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

• Shafiu Mumuni (4 goals)

Golden Glove

• Alpha Jalloh

Coach of the Tournament

• Maxwell Konadu

References

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External links

• ALL ON THE WAFU CUP OF NATIONS- Senegal 2019
• Senegal beats defending champions Ghana to lift 1st WAFU title | 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

• WAFU Nations Cup
• 2019 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Senegal
• September 2019 sports events in Africa
• October 2019 sports events in Africa