2019 WAFU Cup of Nations

2019 WAFU Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
Dates28 September – 13 October 2019
Teams16 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored42 (1.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Shafiu Mumuni (4 goals)
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The 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the WAFU Nations Cup, an association football tournament that is affiliated with the West African Football Union (WAFU). It took place from 28 September to 13 October 2019 in Thiès, Senegal. The tournament was sponsored by most notably ESPN and Royal Air Morac.

All sixteen members of WAFU competed in the competition in a knockout-style format with the losers of the first round playing in a plate-competition.

Senegal won the tournament after beating defending champions Ghana in the final via a penalty shoot-out.[1]

  1. ^ Bah, Momodou (14 October 2019). "Senegal beat Ghana on penalties to win Wafu 2019". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 2021-07-10. Retrieved 17 August 2021.