Only Mali & Senegal are ranked out of the 8 scheduled participants. Be curious to see if all 8 actually play. No draw announced yet. https://www.sierraleonefootball.com...ll-unions-wafu-zone-a-womens-cup-in-december/
Tournament will be postponed from December 2019, as announced on Monday. No date given, but maybe we can speculate, sometime in about 2020. www.africatopsports.com/2019/12/09/ufoa-a-le-tournoi-dames-reporte-a-une-date-ulterieure, Autotranslated (Archive) On a related note, Sierra Leone was involved in some confusion in 2016, when Fifa's secretary-general said they should bid for the U-17 Women's World Cup. Sierra Leone still hasn't hosted a football tournament since a 1993 men's cup, so this WAFU Women's Cup would be the country's first in this century.
I figured something was up. No information available or any draws or fixtures. let's see if this ever takes place.
https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/new-date-set-for-2020-wafu-women-s-cup Now set for 25 February-7 March 2020. Participants are: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone & Togo.
The draw is here - groups A and B: SLE, CPV, GUI, SEN MLI, GAM, LIB, GNB https://wiwsport.com/2020/02/08/tou...s-le-groupe-a-avec-la-guinee-et-le-pays-hote/ (Archive)
So much for the 12 teams. The outside teams didn't enter: Niger, Togo & Burkina Faso. And Mauritania didn't enter, either, but playing in the UNAF tournament instead.
TODAY GROUP A Senegal 2 - Cape Verde 0 Sierra Leone 0 - Guinea 0 Standings 1. Senegal 2-0-0 2. Sierra Leone 0-2-0 3. Guinea 0-1-1 [-1] 4. Cape Verde 0-1-1 [-2]
TODAY GROUP B Gambia 5 - Guinea-Bissau 2 Mali 3 - Liberia 0 STANDINGS 1. Mali 2-0-0 2. Liberia 1-0-1 [+1] 3. Gambia 1-0-1 [-3] 4. Guinea-Bissau 0-0-2
March 1 GROUP A Senegal 1 - Sierra Leone 1 Cape Verde 3 - Guinea 0 Standings 1. Senegal 2-1-0 [7pts] 2. Cape Verde 1-1-1 [4pts] 3. Sierra Leone 0-3-0 [3pts] 4. Guinea 0-1-2 [1pt]
Today GROUP B Mali 2 - Guinea-Bissau 0 Liberia 2- Gambia 1 STANDINGS 1. Mali 3-0-0 2. Liberia 2-0-1 3. Gambia 1-0-2 4. Guinea-Bissau 0-0-3 SEMIFINALS March 4 Senegal vs. Liberia Mali vs. Cape Verde
A rare chance to see some of these teams in action, though all 8 had played before. Cape Verde v Guinea-Bissau - full match, 2018 At the Stripey Stadiumhttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=316458229179194 This WAFU final caused some surprise, but the Mali squad list (-Footmali) confirms they called up just 4 players from the 2018 Cup of Nations, and only Mali-based club players. Senegal did have 3 squad members return from overseas to give them an edge – including Mama Diop of French D2 club Toulouse. Liberia, who recently returned to the international fray, were offered a win bonus right from the top: the First Lady, Clar Marie Weah, wife of Liberian soccer hero (and now president) George Weah. https://frontpageafricaonline.com/s...-promises-us5k-winning-bonus-in-sierra-leone/ (Archive) Some of the the tournament was broadcast and is online, with 2nd-half action from Gambia v Guinea-Bissau, who looked lively but were both knocked out of group B. Liberia posted highlights of their easy 4-0 win over Guinea-Bissau (Lucy Massaquio 13’, Bernice Willie 43’, Angeline Kieh 45’, Lucy Kikeh 72’). Cape Verde put in a great effort to make the semis, but fell 4-0 to Mali, whose Aguissa Diarra and Zeinabu Sidibe got 2 goals each. The other semi-final had Liberia and their more experienced opponent... Could they earn that win bonus?! Semi-final: Senegal v Liberia https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=208817833858045 Then it was the final, at Wusum Sports Stadium in the city of Makeni. Here are short highlights. twitter.com/Cismediasgn/status/1236307361188458498 UFOA DAMESBefore the final #Mali vs #Senegal pic.twitter.com/PfuFiAqoWn— Cismedias (@Cismediasgn) March 7, 2020 Now here's the whole thing 3rd-place: Liberia v Cape Verde (second half) and FINAL: Mali v Senegal (kickoff @1hr 53mins) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=541813673123495 3rd-place match report: https://www.liberianobserver.com/ne...in-wafu-womens-tourney-defeat-cape-verde-1-0/ (Archive) Final: http://snradio.net/senegal-crowned-...afu-zone-a-female-tournament-in-sierra-leone/ (Archive) Goalscorers: https://www.footofeminin.fr/AFRIQUE...L-s-impose-en-finale-face-au-MALI_a16577.html (Archive) - (Map: Davykamanzi/Martin, cc-by-sa)