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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.

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.

Sponsorship

The competition was sponsored by ESPN with Royal Air Maroc being the exclusive airline sponsor. The tournament was telecast on all ESPN platforms.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 May 2019 at Radisson Blu Sea Plaza Hotel in Dakar.

Officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Matches

The match winners qualified for the cup competition, with the losing teams qualifying for the plate competition.

Plate competition

Quarter-finals




Semi-finals


Final

Cup competition

Quarter-finals




Semi-finals


Final

Champion

WAFU Team of the Tournament

Source:

Coach: Maxwell Konadu

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Top scorer
Golden Glove
  • Alpha Jalloh
Coach of the Tournament

References

External links