2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament

2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament
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Tournament details
Host country	File:Flag of Liberia 23px.svg Liberia
Dates	24 April – 5 May 2018
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
Runners-up	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
Third place	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Fourth place	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Participants

Group A

Group B

Officials

Referees

Senegal Daouda Gueye
The Gambia Omar Sallah
Mauritania Babacar Sarr
Mali Harouna Coulibaly
Guinea-Bissau Gilberto Antonio dos Santos
Liberia Jerry Yekeh
Guinea Baba Leno
Sierra Leone Raymond Coker

Assistant Referees

Senegal Serigne Cheikh Touré
The Gambia Ebrima Jallow
Mauritania Hamedine Diba
Mali Baba Yomboliba
Guinea-Bissau Firmino Bassafim
Liberia Sekou Kanneh Jr
Sierra Leone Ibrahim Ba
Guinea Mamadou Tere

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March in Monrovia.^[3]

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.

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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);
Drawing of lots.
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;
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (H)	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3
4	File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

First match(es) will be played: 2018. Source: WAFU
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 April 2018