WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship

WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship

Zone A   Zone B
Founded	2018
Region	International (CAF)
Current champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Senegal   Ghana (1 title each)
Website	wafuonline.com
2020 WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament

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

Eligible participants

•   Niger
•   Nigeria
•   Togo
•   Ghana
•   Benin
•   Burkina Faso
•   Ivory Coast
•   Senegal

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 Mali (from Zone A) replaced Côte d'Ivoire, who had withdrawn before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight. ^[3] The tournament was won by Senegal after defeating Nigeria in the final. ^[4]

Previous Tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2018 Details	Togo		Senegal	2 - 0	Nigeria		Mali	2 - 1	Niger
2020 [1] Details	Togo [5]		Ghana	2 - 1	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	2 - 0	Niger
2023 Details	Ivory Coast		Ivory Coast	2 - 1	Burkina Faso	Benin	2 - 0	Togo

See also

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

References

1. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Ghana stage remarkable fightback to win WAFU B U-20 Championship". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
2. "WAFU Zone B: Ghana 2-1 Burkina Faso – Black Satellites crowned champions after comeback win". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
3. "Black-satellites to face Senegal, Mali-Burkina Faso in 2019".
4. "Wafu B U-20 Cup: Guests Senegal beat Nigeria to lift trophy". 16 December 2018.
5. Association, Ghana Football. "WAFU announces new dates for U20 & U17 tournaments". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.

External links

• WafuOnline.com - Official Site