2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

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.

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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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

Referees[5] Hassan Corneh (Liberia) Dahane Beida (Mauritania) Bangaly Konate (Guinea) Salisu Basheer (Nigeria) Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde) Omar Sallah (Gambia) Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana) Daouda Gueye (Senegal) Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger) (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo) Boubou Traoré (Mali) Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau) Allou Franc Eric Miessan (Ivory Coast) Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso) Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Assistant Referees Sekou S. Kanneh Jr (Liberia) Mohamed Mahmoud Youssouf (Mauritania) Mamady Tere (Guinea) Peter Eigege Ogwu (Nigeria) (Ms) Mimisen Iyorhe (Nigeria) Essawa Sowe (Gambia) Noha Bangoura (Senegal) Abdoul Aziz Yacouba (Niger) (Ms) Adia Cissé (Senegal) Komlan Domenyo Adiwotso (Togo) Baba Yomboliba (Mali) Adou Hermann N'Goh (Ivory Coast) Habib Judicael Sanou (Burkina Faso) Aymar Eric Ayimavo (Benin)

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'

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)

17:00

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

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

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)

20:00

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)

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

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Sierra Leone	1–0	Liberia
Kalokoh 40'

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)

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

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

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

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

Ghana	1–0	Gambia
Esso 66'

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

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

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Allou Franc Eric Miessan (Ivory Coast)

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'

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)

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Mauritania	0–0	Gambia
Penalties
	2–4

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

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

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

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Liberia	1–0	Niger
Potis 25'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Semi-finals

Gambia	0–1	Cape Verde
		Norta 32'

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

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Guinea	1–0	Liberia
Camara 39'

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Final

Guinea	0–0	Cape Verde
Penalties
	4–3

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

18:00

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

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'

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

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

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

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Togo	0–0	Ivory Coast
Penalties
	2–4

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

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Sierra Leone	0–1	Mali
		Sylla 4'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

Semi-finals

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

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Final

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

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

18:00

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

Champion

2019 WAFU Cup of Nations
Senegal First title

WAFU Team of the Tournament

Source:^[6][7][8]

Coach: Maxwell 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

• Shafiu Mumuni (4 goals)^[10]

Golden Glove

• Alpha Jalloh

Coach of the Tournament^[11]

• Maxwell Konadu