WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
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| Organising body | WAFU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Region | West Africa |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (1 title each) |
| File:Soccerball current event.svg 2023 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup | |
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)
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 Mali (from Zone A) replaced Benin, who had withdrawn shortly before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.[2] The tournament was won by Ghana.[3]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
| Editions | Years | Hosts | Finals | Third place playoff | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 2018 | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana |
1–0 | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast |
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria |
2–1 | File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali |
8 | |||
| 2 | 2019 | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria |
1–1 (5–4 p) |
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast |
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana |
0–0 (8–7 p) |
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali |
8 | |||
| 3 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Participating nations
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| Team | Ivory Coast 2018 |
Ivory Coast 2019 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
| File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 1st | 3rd | 5 |
| File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger | GS | GS | 5 |
| File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso | GS | GS | 5 |
| File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo | GS | GS | 5 |
| File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | 3rd | 1st | 1 |
| File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin | |||
| Total (8 Teams) | 8 | 8 |
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References
- ↑ "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
