2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament

The 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament was the second edition of the international U-20 men's football event for teams under the West African Football Union. The competition was hosted by Guinea in November to December 2019 in two match venues.

2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Guinea
Dates24 November – 8 December 2019
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal
Runners-up Mali
Third place Gambia
Fourth place Sierra Leone

Host Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone make up Group A whilst Liberia, Mali and Gambia complete Group B (as Guinea-Bissau withdrew).

Matches were held at Stade du 28 Septembre and the Nongo Stadium, both in Conakry, Guinea.


Participants

Officials

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.
  6. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, more than two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 9 apply;
  7. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  8. Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
  9. The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned.

All times are local UTC±00:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sierra Leone (Q) 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6 Knockout stage
2  Senegal (Q) 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Guinea (H, E) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Mauritania (E) 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1
First match(es) will be played on 2019. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Guinea 2–0 Mauritania
Report
Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Senegal 4–1 Sierra Leone
  • Sarr  8', 47', 68'
  • Gueye  63'
Report
  • Kalokoh  90+3pen.'

Sierra Leone 3–1 Mauritania
  • Kalokoh  52' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 78'
Report
  • Chighaly  26'
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
Guinea 0–0 Senegal
Report
Referee: Y. G. Mawabwè Bodjona (Togo)

Guinea 2–3 Sierra Leone
  • Sylla  16'
  • Sory Cissoko  68'
Report
  • Sesay  19'
  • Kalokoh  22', 79'
Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Senegal 1–1 Mauritania
  • Diouf  46'
  • Chighaly  24'
Referee: Reinaldo Domingos Barbosa (Guinea-Bissau)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Gambia (Q) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Knockout stage
2  Mali (Q) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Liberia (E) 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Gambia 1–1 Mali
  • Ceesay  32'
Report
Referee: Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea)

Gambia 1–0 Liberia
  • Bojang  90+1'
Report
Referee: Alioune Sandigui (Senegal)

Liberia 1–1 Mali
  • Karlay  71'
  • Mariko  46'
Referee: Y. G. Mawabwè Bodjona (Togo)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 Dec.– Conakry
 
 
 Sierra Leone0
 
7 Dec. – Conakry
 
 Mali1
 
 Mali0
 
4 Dec. – Conakry
 
 Senegal2
 
 Gambia1 (2)
 
 
 Senegal1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
7 Dec. – Conakry
 
 
 Sierra Leone0 (7)
 
 
 Gambia0 (8)

Semi-finals

Sierra Leone 0–1 Mali
  • Traoré  31'
Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Gambia 1–1 Senegal
  • Sarr  45+2'
  • Ndiaw  25'
Penalties
2-4
Referee: Y. G. Mawabwè Bodjona (Togo)

Third place match

Sierra Leone 0-0Gambia 
Penalties
7-8
Referee: Alioune Sandigui (Senegal)

Final

 Mali0-2 Senegal
Report
Referee: Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea)

Winners

 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament 

Senegal
First title

Awards

Best Player

Matarr Ceesay

Best Goalkeeper

Boubacar Fall

Top Scorer

Suffian Kalokoh

References

  1. "Pictures of the officials during 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament in Guinea". 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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