2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament

| year = 2018

| image = 2018 WAFU-FOX U-20 Tournament.png

| size = 200px

| country = {{LBR}}

| dates = 24 April – 5 May 2018

| num_teams = 8

| sub-confederations = 1

| venues = 2

| cities = 1

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| prevseason = 2008

| nextseason = 2019

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=%2fjINf2DYEsyLFW84JQPLNA%3d%3d|date=April 16, 2018|title=WAFU 'A' U-20 Championship kicks off in Liberia April 24|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/OFFICIAL%20WAFU%20A%20FOX%20U20%20TOURNAMENT%20FIXTURES.pdf|title=WAFU A/FOX U-20 TOURNAMENT FIXTURES|publisher=Cafonline.com}}

Participants

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;Group A

  • {{fbu|20|LBR}}
  • {{fbu|20|CIV}}
  • {{fbu|20|GNB}}
  • {{fbu|20|SLE}}

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;Group B

  • {{fbu|20|SEN}}
  • {{fbu|20|MLI}}
  • {{fbu|20|GAM}}
  • {{fbu|20|GUI}}

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Officials

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Referees

  • {{flagicon|Senegal}} Daouda Gueye
  • {{flagicon|Gambia}} Omar Sallah
  • {{flagicon|Mauritania}} Babacar Sarr
  • {{flagicon|Mali}} Harouna Coulibaly
  • {{flagicon|Guinea Bissau}} Gilberto Antonio dos Santos
  • {{flagicon|Liberia}} Jerry Yekeh
  • {{flagicon|Guinea}} Baba Leno
  • {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Raymond Coker

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Assistant Referees

  • {{flagicon|Senegal}} Serigne Cheikh Touré
  • {{flagicon|Gambia}} Ebrima Jallow
  • {{flagicon|Mauritania}} Hamedine Diba
  • {{flagicon|Mali}} Baba Yomboliba
  • {{flagicon|Guinea Bissau}} Firmino Bassafim
  • {{flagicon|Liberia}} Sekou Kanneh Jr
  • {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Ibrahim Ba
  • {{flagicon|Guinea}} Mamadou Tere

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Draw

The draw was held on 26 March in Monrovia.{{cite web|url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/sports/wafu-u-20-draw-liberia-face-cape-verde-guinea-bissau-and-sierra-leone-in-group-a/|title=WAFU U-20 Draw: Liberia Face Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone in Group A|date=March 27, 2018|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}

=Player eligibility=

Players born 1 January 1998 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

{{anchor|Tiebreakers}}

;Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.
  6. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, more than two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 9 apply;
  7. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  8. Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
  9. The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned.

All times are local UTC±00:00.

=Group A=

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=Group B=

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Knockout stage

=Bracket=

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=Semi-finals=

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=Third place match=

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=Final=

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|referee ={{flagicon|Guinea}} Baba Léno{{cite web | url=http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2018/05/2018-wafu-u-20-tournament-final.html | title=FIFA Referees News: 2018 WAFU U-20 Tournament - Final | date=5 May 2018 }}

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Winners

{{winners|fbu|20|2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament|GAM|First}}

Awards

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Best Player

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{{flagicon|LBR}} Allen Njie{{cite web|title=HOW GAMBIA CONQUERED WAFU - The Standard Newspaper|url=http://standard.gm/site/2018/05/10/how-gambia-conquered-wafu/|website=The Standard Newspaper|accessdate=19 May 2018|date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124705/http://standard.gm/site/2018/05/10/how-gambia-conquered-wafu/|archive-date=20 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

Best Goalkeeper

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{{flagicon|GAM}} Yankuba Colley

Top Scorer

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{{flagicon|CIV}} Yalatif Diabate

References