WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship explained

Founded:	2018
Region:	International (CAF) (WAFU)
Number Of Teams:	8
Most Successful Team:	(2 titles)
Current:	2020 WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament

The WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between competition contested by national teams of Zone A of the West African Football Union.^[1] The current champions are Gambia.^[2]

2018 edition

Eight teams were drawn in two groups of four from WAFU Zone A members including hosts Liberia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.^[3] Mauritania declined to participate in the tournament and Cape Verde later withdrew to be replaced by Ivory Coast.^[4]

Tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2018Details	Liberia			2 – 1				1 – 0
2019Details	Guinea			2 – 0				0 – 0 (8–7 pen)
2020^[5] Details	Senegal^[6]		^[7]	2 – 2 (4–3 pen)				No Game

See also

• WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament
• WAFU U-20 Championship

External links

• WafuOnline.com - Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Guinea and Guinea-Bissau join Senegal in WAFU-A U-20 semis. 2020-12-21. CAFOnline.com. en.
2. Web site: Busari. Niyi. 2020-12-02. Gambia Stuns Senegal To Emerge WAFU Zone A U20 Champions. 2020-12-21. BSN Sports. en-GB.
3. Web site: Gambia To Seek Glory In Wafu U-20 Championship. 2020-12-21. The Standard Newspaper. en-US.
4. Web site: March 27, 2018. WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A. March 27, 2018.
5. Web site: GFF. 2020-11-06. Wafu Draw- Gambia Faces Senegal In Group A. 2020-12-21. THE GFF Official Website. en-US.
6. Web site: 2020-11-07. WAFU-A U-20 AFCON qualifiers draw held in Thies!. 2020-12-21. Arunava about Football. en-GB.
7. Web site: Football. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Gambia U-20 qualify to Mauritania 2021. 2020-12-21. CAFOnline.com. en.