WAFU "Zone A" Women's Cup

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  1. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
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  2. sbahnhof

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    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    Tournament will be postponed from December 2019, as announced on Monday. No date given, but maybe we can speculate, sometime in about 2020. :oops:
    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.
     
  3. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    I figured something was up. No information available or any draws or fixtures. let's see if this ever takes place.
     
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  5. sbahnhof

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    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
  6. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    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.
     
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  7. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    Tournament started today

    GROUP A
    Cape Verde 0 - Sierra Leone 0
    Senegal 1 - Guinea 0
     
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  8. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    GROUP B
    Liberia 4 - Guinea-Bissau 0
    Mali 6 - Gambia 0
     
  9. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    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]
     
  10. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    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
     
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  11. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    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]
     
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  12. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    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
     
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  13. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    Today
    Semifinals
    Senegal 2 - Liberia 1
    Mali 4 - Cape Verde 0

    Final
    March 7
    Senegal vs. Mali
     
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  14. toad455

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    Nov 28, 2005
    TODAY
    Final
    Senegal 3 - Mali 0

    Third Place
    Liberia 1 - Cape Verde 0
     
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  15. sbahnhof

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    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    [​IMG]

    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 Stadium​



    [​IMG] 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.

    [​IMG] Senegal did have 3 squad members return from overseas to give them an edge – including Mama Diop of French D2 club Toulouse.




    [​IMG] 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)


    [​IMG] [​IMG] 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’).


    [​IMG] 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



    Then it was the final, at Wusum Sports Stadium in the city of Makeni. Here are short highlights.

    twitter.com/Cismediasgn/status/1236307361188458498



    Now here's the whole thing

    3rd-place: Liberia v Cape Verde (second half)
    and
    FINAL: Mali v Senegal (kickoff @1hr 53mins)





    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)

     

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