WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

The WAFU Zone B Women's Cup is a women's association football competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union.

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
RegionWest Africa
Number of teams8

The first edition was played in 2018 with eight teams, which included some foreign-based players.[1]

Inaugural Tournament (2018)

Eight teams were drawn in two groups of four. WAFU Zone B member teams were Ivory Coast, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Benin. Mali (from Zone A) replaced Benin, who had withdrawn shortly before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.[2] The tournament was won by Ghana.[3]

Tournament history
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2018
Details		  Ivory Coast  Ghana1–0 Ivory Coast  Nigeria2–1 Mali
2019
Details		  Ivory Coast  Nigeria1–1
(5–4p)		 Ivory Coast  Ghana0–0
(8–7p)		 Mali

References
  1. "BREAKING: Ivory Coast to host inaugural WAFU Women's Cup". Jwsports1.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. Usenekong, Gold (14 February 2018). "Super Falcons To Face Mali As Benin Withdraw From WAFU Women's Cup". Completesportsnigeria.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2018/m=2/news=ghana-win-inaugural-wafu-womens-cup-2931185.html
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