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WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship

Zone A  Zone B
Founded	2018
Region	International (CAF) (WAFU)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Gambia (2 titles)
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. The current champions are Gambia.

Eligible participants

•  Cape Verde
•  Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Liberia
•  Mali
•  Mauritania
•  Senegal
•  Sierra Leone
•  Gambia

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. Mauritania declined to participate in the tournament and Cape Verde later withdrew to be replaced by Ivory Coast.

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 Details	Senegal		Gambia	2 – 2 (4–3 pen)	Senegal		Guinea-Bissau	No Game	Guinea

See also

• WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament
• WAFU U-20 Championship

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.

External links

• WafuOnline.com - Official Site

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