2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

The 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup was the second edition of the international women's football event for teams from Zone B of the West African Football Union (WAFU). The competition was hosted by Ivory Coast, and Ghana were the defending champions. All team had participate only Benin did not enter . Nigeria defeated Ivory Coast through penalties in the final to win their first trophy in the tournament.^[1] Uchenna Kanu topped the scorers chart with ten goals.^[2]

2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Côte d'Ivoire
Dates	8-18 May 2019
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Uchenna Kanu (10)
← 2018

Draw

The draws were made on April 16, 2019 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with May 8 set for the opening game. The tournament was also highlighted as preparation for Football at the Summer Olympics qualifiers for some of the teams. Robert Champroux Stadium and Stade du Parc des Sports were retained as venues.^[3][4]

Squad

Nigeria's manager, Thomas Dennerby released his 20-man squad for the tournament on May 6.^[5] Ghana's manager, named the full squad ^[6]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast (H)	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Advance to semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
3	Togo	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
4	Senegal	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

Ghana	2–0	Senegal

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

Ivory Coast	5–0	Togo
Tokpoledo   9' (pen.) Diakité   26' Agbo   33' N'Guessan   52' Kouadio   90+3'	Report

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10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

Ghana	6–0	Togo

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

Ivory Coast	4–0	Senegal
N'Guessan   66' Kouassi   85', 89' Kreto   90+3'	Report

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13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

Ghana	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

Senegal	1–2	Togo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Mali	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Niger	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

Nigeria	5–1	Burkina Faso
Kanu   12', ?', ?' Nwabuoku   19' Okoronkwo   22'	Report	Millogo

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

Mali	12–0	Niger

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11 May 2019 (2019-05-11)

Nigeria	15–0	Niger
Aku   9', 28' Kanu   11', ?', ?', ?', ?' Sule   23', 51' Bokiri   Ogebe   Nunumwen   Wogu   72' Okeke   80' Ogbonna	Report

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11)

Mali	3–1	Burkina Faso

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14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

Mali	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Sule   67' Kanu   92'

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

Burkina Faso	5–0	Niger

Knockout stage

Semi finals

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

Ivory Coast	2–1	Mali
N'Guessan   Diakite	Report

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

Ghana	0–0	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Third place

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18)

Ghana	0–0	Mali
	Report
Penalties
	8–7

Final

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18)

Ivory Coast	1–1	Nigeria
N'Guessan   42'	Report	Kanu   94'
Penalties
	4–5

Stade Robert Champroux de Macory

References

1. "Nigeria celebrate first Women's Wafu title win". BBC Sport.
2. "Super Falcons win WAFU Women's Cup after beating hosts Cote d'Ivoire". Vanguard. 19 May 2019.
3. "WAFU Women's Cup draw throws up interesting groups". Retrieved 2019-07-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Wafu Women's Cup draw: Ghana battle Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria face Mali". Goal.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
5. "WAFU Cup: Super Falcons Coach names 20 players for tourney". Premium Times. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
6. "Black Queens coach names 20-man squad for WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations". 3 May 2019.

External links

• Cafonline
• BBC Report