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2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Liberia
Dates	24 April – 5 May 2018
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Gambia
Runners-up	Liberia
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
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The 2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament was the first edition of the international U-20 men's football event for teams under the West African Football Union. The competition will be hosted by Liberia in April to May 2018 in two match venues. The organizers of the tournament, which is sponsored by FOX Sports, said it will run from April 24, to May 6, 2018 in Monrovia and will feature eight of the nine countries in WAFU Zone A who have confirmed their participation in the zonal youth championship.

Host Liberia, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone make up Group A whilst Senegal, Mali, Gambia and Guinea complete Group B.

Matches will be held at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Stadium and the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, both in Monrovia, Liberia.

Participants

Officials

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March in Monrovia.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1998 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
5. Drawing of lots.
6. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, more than two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 9 apply;
7. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
8. Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
9. The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned.

All times are local UTC±00:00.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Liberia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Sierra Leone	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Liberia	0–3	Ivory Coast
	Report

Guinea-Bissau	1–2	Sierra Leone
	Report

Sierra Leone	1–4	Ivory Coast

Liberia	2–1	Guinea-Bissau

Liberia	5–1	Sierra Leone
	Report

Ivory Coast	4–0	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Gambia	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Senegal	1–3	Mali
Sagna 77'	Report	Dramé 32' N'Diaye 62', 71'

Gambia	1–1	Guinea
Jammeh 31'	Report	Vebe 26'

Guinea	0–1	Mali

Senegal	0–0	Gambia

Guinea	2–4	Senegal

Mali	0–1	Gambia

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 May – Monrovia
	Ivory Coast	1 (5)
					5 May – Monrovia
	Gambia	1 (6)
					Gambia	2
	2 May – Monrovia
					Liberia	1
	Mali	0
	Liberia	1
					Third place
					5 May – Monrovia
					Ivory Coast	0
					Mali	1

Semi-finals

Ivory Coast	1–1	Gambia
Diabate 57'	Report	Mbye 27'
Penalties
	5–6

Mali	0–1	Liberia
	Report	Kebbeh 13'

Third place match

Ivory Coast	0–1	Mali
	Report	Gary 32'

Final

Gambia	2–1	Liberia
Jammeh 3' Jatta 67'	Report	Sengbeh 50'

Winners

2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament
Gambia First title

Awards

References

1. "WAFU 'A' U-20 Championship kicks off in Liberia April 24". April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
2. "WAFU A/FOX U-20 TOURNAMENT FIXTURES" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
3. "WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A". March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
4. "FIFA Referees News: 2018 WAFU U-20 Tournament - Final". 5 May 2018.
5. ^ "HOW GAMBIA CONQUERED WAFU - The Standard Newspaper". The Standard Newspaper. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

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