WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Organising body | WAFU |
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Founded | 2018 |
Region | West Africa |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() |
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The WAFU Zone B Women's Cup is a women's association football competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union.
The first edition was played in 2018 with eight teams, which included some foreign-based players.[1]
Inaugural Tournament (2018)
[edit]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 Mali (from Zone A) replaced Benin, who had withdrawn shortly before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.[2] The tournament was won by Ghana.[3]
Tournament history
[edit]Editions | Years | Hosts | Finals | Third place playoff | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
1 | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() Ghana | 1–0 | ![]() Ivory Coast | ![]() Nigeria | 2–1 | ![]() Mali | 8 | |||
2 | 2019 | ![]() | ![]() Nigeria | 1–1 (5–4 p) | ![]() Ivory Coast | ![]() Ghana | 0–0 (8–7 p) | ![]() Mali | 8 | |||
3 | 2023 |
Participating nations
[edit]- Legend
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Team | ![]() 2018 | ![]() 2019 | Years |
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![]() | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
![]() | 1st | 3rd | 5 |
![]() | GS | GS | 5 |
![]() | GS | GS | 5 |
![]() | GS | GS | 5 |
![]() | 3rd | 1st | 1 |
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Total (8 Teams) | 8 | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "BREAKING: Ivory Coast to host inaugural WAFU Women's Cup". Jwsports1.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Usenekong, Gold (14 February 2018). "Super Falcons To Face Mali As Benin Withdraw From WAFU Women's Cup". Completesportsnigeria.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com