2023 WAFU Zone B U-20 Women's Cup

The 2023 WAFU Zone B U-20 Women's Cup is the inaugural edition of the WAFU Zone B U20 Women's Cup, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of the West African Football Union Zone B, the tournament is scheduled to take place in Ghana between 20 May and 3 June 2023.^[1]

2023 WAFU Zone B U-20 Women's Cup

U-20 Coupe féminine UFOA Zone B Ghana 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
City	Kumasi
Dates	20th May – 3rd June
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	Benin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	55 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer	Esther Ajakaye (6 goals)
Best player	Stella Nyamekye
Best goalkeeper	Afi Amenyeku
TBC → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2023.

Teams

Participating nations

All WAFU zone B members associations confirmed participation in the first edition in Ghana.^[2]

Team	App	Last	Best placement in the tournament
Benin	1st	—	debut
Burkina Faso	1st	—	debut
Ghana	1st	—	debut
Ivory Coast	1st	—	debut
Niger	1st	—	debut
Nigeria	1st	—	debut
Togo	1st	—	debut

Draw

The final draw took place at the WAFU-B headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 17 April 2023 at 10:00 GMT (UTC+0).^[3][4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Ghana (hosts)  Nigeria	Ivory Coast  Togo	Burkina Faso  Benin	Niger

Venues

on 30 March 2023, WAFU B announced Kumasi as the host city and confirmed venues selected for the tournament.^[5]

Kumasi	Kumasi
	Baba Yara Stadium	Paa Joe Stadium
	Capacity: 40,528	Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Main article: 2023 WAFU Zone B U-20 Women's Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

• benin ^[6]
• Nigeria :^[7]
• Ghana ^[8]

Match officials

WAFU B appointed referees and assistant referees for the tournament are yet to be announced.

Referees

Assistant referees

Group Stage

All times are local, GMT (UTC+0)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Knockout stage
2	Benin	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
3	Ivory Coast	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Source: WAFU B
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20)

15:00

Ghana	3–0	Benin
Nyame 35' Amponsah 61' Nyamekye 67'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

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23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)

18:00

Benin	5–2	Ivory Coast
Gueasseh 26' (o.g.) Zinsou 29' Sadikou 64', 70' (pen.) Imorou 81'	Report	Dagba 54' Nidri 59'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

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27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)

16:00

Ivory Coast	1–3	Ghana
Digbeu 53'		Nyame 14', 62' Nyamekye 21'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Togo	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Niger	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

Source: WAFU B
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)

15:00

Nigeria	7–0	Niger
Ajakaye 3', 13', 54' Kalu 30' Okah 49' (pen.) Alani 64' Olise 90+1'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)

18:00

Burkina Faso	2–0	Togo
Helbi 29' Bélem 83'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

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24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)

15:00

Niger	0–8	Burkina Faso
		Kabré 21', 34', 83' Guira 30' Kouanda 46' Nayaga 75' Djigumende 85' Kabore 88'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)

18:00

Togo	0–6	Nigeria
	Report	Bello 11', 57' Sabastine 12', 76' Onyenezide 30' (pen.) Ajakaye 59'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

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28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)

16:00

Togo	3–0	Niger
Azimevi 18' Kayaba 51' Zoutepe 63'

Paa Joe Stadium, Kumasi

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)

16:00

Nigeria	3–0	Burkina Faso
Ajakaye 11', 60' Sabastine 88'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 May – Kumasi
	Ghana	3
					3 June – Kumasi
	Burkina Faso	1
					Ghana(p)	1(3)
	31 May – Kumasi
					Nigeria	1(1)
	Nigeria	3
	Benin	0
					Third place
					3 June – Kumasi
					Burkina Faso	2
					Benin	1

Semi-finals

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)

15:00

Ghana	3-1	Burkina Faso
Nyamekye 12' Ameyaa 28' Seidu 83'		Djiguemde 5'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)

18:00

Nigeria	3–0	Benin
Bello 24' Onyenezide 34', 62'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Third place match

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

15:00

Burkina Faso	2–1	Benin
Kabré 8', 13'		Coreen 84' (pen.)

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Final 2023 u-20 women's

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

18:00

Ghana	1–1	Nigeria
Nyamekye 39' (pen.)		sabastine 85'
Penalties
Yeboah Ayisha Nyamekye Alormenu Amponsah	3–1	ogbuchi sabastine chinemerem Kalu

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Best Player
Stella Nyamekye
Top Scorer
Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (6 goals)
GoalKeeper of the Tournament
Afi Amenyeku

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.

6 goals

• Esther Ajakaye

5 goals

• Esther Onyenezide
• Adèle Kabré

4 goals

• Stella Nyamekye
• Flourish Sabastine

3 goals

• Amina Bello
• Mafiaa Nyame

2 goals

• Milhad Titilola Sadikou
• Ragnangnewende Djigumende

1 goal

• Mary Amponsah
• Succes Ameyaa
• Feizu Seidu
• Mahugnon Zinsou
• Kaddiatou Imorou
• Eunice Coreen
• Essi Dagba
• Amenan Nidri
• Chinyere Kalu
• Adaobi Okah
• Victoria Alani
• Chioma Olise
• Mounifatou Helbi
• Alimeta Belém
• Deborah Guira
• Salamatu Kouanda
• Ange Kelly Nayaga
• Ragnangnewende Kabore
• Akouvi Azimevi
• Tatiana Kayaba
• Adjovi Zoutepe

1 own goal

• Noella Gueasseh