Tournament details | |
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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.[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]