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

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.

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: 2019. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Guinea 2–0 Mauritania
  • Bah 2' (pen.)
  • Camara 65'
Report
Referee: Benin Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Senegal 4–1 Sierra Leone
  • Sarr 8', 47', 68'
  • Gueye 63'
Report
  • Kalokoh 90+3pen.'

Sierra Leone 3–1 Mauritania
Report
  • Chighaly 26'
Referee: The Gambia Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
Guinea 0–0 Senegal
Report
Referee: Togo Y. G. Mawabwè Bodjona (Togo)

Guinea 2–3 Sierra Leone
  • Sylla 16'
  • Sory Cissoko 68'
Report
  • Sesay 19'
  • Kalokoh 22', 79'
Referee: Benin Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Senegal 1–1 Mauritania
  • Diouf 46'
  • Chighaly 24'
Referee: Guinea-Bissau 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: 2018. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Gambia 1–1 Mali
  • Ceesay 32'
Report
Referee: Guinea Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea)

Gambia 1–0 Liberia
Report
Referee: Senegal Alioune Sandigui (Senegal)

Liberia 1–1 Mali
  • Karlay 71'
  • Mariko 46'
Referee: Togo 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: Benin Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

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

Third place match

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

Final

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

Winners

 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament 

Senegal
First title

Awards

Best Player

The Gambia Matarr Ceesay

Best Goalkeeper

Senegal Boubacar Fall

Top Scorer

Sierra Leone 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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