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WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship

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WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship
  Zone A
  Zone B
Founded2018
RegionInternational (CAF)
Current champions Nigeria (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Senegal

 Ghana

(1 title each)
Websitewafuonline.com
2020 WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament

The WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union.The current champions are Nigeria.[1][2]

Eligible participants

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Inaugural Tournament (2018)

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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 Mali (from Zone A) replaced Côte d'Ivoire, who had withdrawn before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.[3] The tournament was won by Senegal after defeating Nigeria in the final.[4]

Previous Tournaments

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Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
2018
Details 		 Togo
Senegal 		2 - 0
Nigeria
Mali 		2 - 1
Niger
2020[1]
Details 		 Togo[5]
Ghana 		2 - 1
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast 		2 - 0
Niger
2023
Details 		 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast 		2 - 1
Burkina Faso
Benin 		2 - 0
Togo

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Ghana stage remarkable fightback to win WAFU B U-20 Championship". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. ^ "WAFU Zone B: Ghana 2-1 Burkina Faso – Black Satellites crowned champions after comeback win". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. ^ "Black-satellites to face Senegal,Mali-Burkina Faso in 2019".
  4. ^ "Wafu B U-20 Cup: Guests Senegal beat Nigeria to lift trophy". 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "WAFU announces new dates for U20 & U17 tournaments". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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