2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Côte d'Ivoire
Dates	8-18 May 2019
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Uchenna Kanu (10)
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The 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup was the second edition of the international women's football event for teams from Zone B of the West African Football Union (WAFU). The competition was hosted by Ivory Coast, and Ghana were the defending champions. All team had participate only Benin did not enter . Nigeria defeated Ivory Coast through penalties in the final to win their first trophy in the tournament. ^[1] Uchenna Kanu topped the scorers chart with ten goals. ^[2]

Draw

The draws were made on April 16, 2019 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with May 8 set for the opening game. The tournament was also highlighted as preparation for Football at the Summer Olympics qualifiers for some of the teams. Robert Champroux Stadium and Stade du Parc des Sports were retained as venues. ^{[3] [4]}

Squad

Nigeria's manager, Thomas Dennerby released his 20-man squad for the tournament on May 6. ^[5] Ghana's manager, named the full squad ^[6]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast (H)	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Advance to semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
3	Togo	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
4	Senegal	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

Ghana	2–0	Senegal

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

Ivory Coast	5–0	Togo
Tokpoledo 9' (pen.) Diakité 26' Agbo 33' N'Guessan 52' Kouadio 90+3'	Report

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10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

Ghana	6–0	Togo

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

Ivory Coast	4–0	Senegal
N'Guessan 66' Kouassi 85', 89' Kreto 90+3'	Report

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13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

Ghana	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

Senegal	1–2	Togo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Mali	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Niger	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

Source: WAFU B

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

16:00

Nigeria	5–1	Burkina Faso
Kanu 8', 47' Nwabuoku 10' (pen.) Okoronkwo 23' (pen.), 64'	Report	Simporé  9' Millogo 71'

Treichville Sports Park, Treichville

Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

18:30

Niger	0–12	Mali
	Report	Touré 18', 36', 65', 81' B. Diarra 21' S. Diarra 47', 54' Doumbia 51', 59' A. Diarra 69' F. Diarra 73' Tangara 83'

Treichville Sports Park, Treichville

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11 May 2019 (2019-05-11)

16:00

Nigeria	15–0	Niger
Aku 9', 28' Kanu 11', 31', 39', 41', 45+2' Sule 23', 51' Bokiri 34' Ogebe 61' (pen.) Nunumwen 66' Wogu 72' Okeke 80' (pen.) Ogbonna 90+1'	Report

Treichville Sports Park, Treichville

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11)

18:30

Burkina Faso	1–3	Mali
Sawadogo 45+1'		Sogoré 15' Touré F. Diarra

Treichville Sports Park, Treichville

Referee: Juliet Appiah (Ghana)

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14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

16:00

Mali	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Sule 67' Kanu 92'

Robert Champroux Stadium, Marcory

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

16:00

Burkina Faso	5–0	Niger
Sawadogo 9' (pen.) Tamboura 36', 46' Ilboudo 57'

Treichville Sports Park, Treichville

Knockout stage

Semi finals

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

Ivory Coast	2–1	Mali
N'Guessan Diakite	Report

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

Ghana	0–0	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Third place

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18)

Ghana	0–0	Mali
	Report
Penalties
	8–7

Final

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18)

Ivory Coast	1–1	Nigeria
N'Guessan 42'	Report	Kanu 94'
Penalties
	4–5

Stade Robert Champroux de Macory

References

1. "Nigeria celebrate first Women's Wafu title win". BBC Sport.
2. "Super Falcons win WAFU Women's Cup after beating hosts Cote d'Ivoire". Vanguard. 19 May 2019.
3. "WAFU Women's Cup draw throws up interesting groups" . Retrieved 2019-07-22.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Wafu Women's Cup draw: Ghana battle Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria face Mali". Goal.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
5. "WAFU Cup: Super Falcons Coach names 20 players for tourney". Premium Times. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
6. "Black Queens coach names 20-man squad for WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations". 3 May 2019.

External links

• Cafonline
• BBC Report