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WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament
The WAFU Zone A U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between competition contested by national teams of Zone A of the West African Football Union. The current champions are Gambia. Eligible participants * * * * * * * * * 2018 edition Eight teams were drawn in two groups of four from WAFU Zone A members including hosts Liberia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Mauritania declined to participate in the tournament and Cape Verde later withdrew to be replaced by Ivory Coast. Tournaments See also * WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament *WAFU U-20 Championship The WAFU U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between West African nations. It was funded by The Economic Community Of West African States. Eligible participants * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2018 edit ... References External links WafuOnline.com - Official Site{{CAF competitions West Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administrative and controlling body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan by the national football associations of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Sudan, following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. One of the six continental confederations of world football governing body, FIFA, CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs national team and club continental competitions and controls the prize money, regulations and broadcast rights to such competitions. CAF will be allocated 9 spots in the FIFA World Cup starting fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West African Football Union
The West African Football Union (french: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; pt, União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is an association of the football playing nations in West Africa. It was the brainchild of the Senegal Football Federation who requested that the nations belonging to CAF's Zone A and B meet and hold a regular competitive tournament. The union organises several competitions including the WAFU Nations Cup and in 2008 they organised an under-20 championship. Presidents The union's current president is actually Amos Adamu, but he was banned for three years from football activity by FIFA over vote-buying claims for the bids of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Kwesi Nyantakyi was appointed interim president in Adamu's absence. Adamu has since appealed the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. * K. Tandoh (1975–1977) * Seyi Memene (1977–1984) * Abdoulaye Fofana (1984–1988) * Jonat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Africa U-20 Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2001 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Mauritania who qualified automatically as hosts. Teams 47 of the 54 CAF members entered the qualifying tournament of their zone, including the hosts Mauritania, which also participated in qualification despite automatically qualified for the final tournament. This was the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *(H): Qualifying tournament hosts *(Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results Schedule The qualifying competition was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia National Football Team
The Gambia national football team represents The Gambia in men's international football and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation. Until 1965, the team and the country were known as British Gambia. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. In 2021, Gambia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in history. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History Under the name British Gambia, the team played their first ever game on 9 February 1953 against Sierra Leone, winning 2–1 at home in a Exhibition game, friendly. In April 1963, the team entered the ''L'Amitié'' tournament in Senegal, a competition mainly for French-speaking nations. They were drawn in a group with France's amateur team, the Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Gabon. Their first match was lost 5–1 to the French amateurs on 11 April. The Gambia drew 2–2 with the Upper Volta on 13 April, and had the same result the very next day ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament
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. 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. Participants ;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * * Officials Referees * Daouda Gueye * Omar Sallah * Babacar Sarr * Harouna Coulibaly * Gilberto Antonio dos Santos * Jerry Yekeh * Baba Leno * Raymond Coker Assistant Referees * Serigne Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament
The 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament was the second edition of the international U-20 men's football event for teams under the West African Football Union. The competition was hosted by Guinea in November to December 2019 in two match venues. Host Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone make up Group A whilst Liberia, Mali and Gambia complete Group B (as Guinea-Bissau withdrew). Matches were held at Stade du 28 Septembre and the Nongo Stadium, both in Conakry, Guinea. Participants ;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * Officials Referees * Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea) * Lamin Jammeh (Gambia) * Reinaldo Domingos Barbosa (Guinea-Bissau) * Raphiou Ligali (Benin) * Hassan Corneh (Liberia) * Y. G. Mawabwè Bodjona (Togo) * Alioune Sandigui (Senegal) Assistant Referees * Mustapha Bojang (Guinea) * Yamoussa Sillah (Guinea) * Amadou Ngom (Senegal) * Abdulmajeed Olaide (Nigeria) * Nouhoum Bamba (Mali) * Soufia Abdou Garba (Niger) * Joel Wanka Doe (Liberia) * Musa Alieu Sandy (Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Africa U-20 Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2001 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Mauritania who qualified automatically as hosts. Teams 47 of the 54 CAF members entered the qualifying tournament of their zone, including the hosts Mauritania, which also participated in qualification despite automatically qualified for the final tournament. This was the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *(H): Qualifying tournament hosts *(Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results Schedule The qualifying competition was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Ghana. Eligible participants * * * * * * * * Inaugural Tournament (2018) 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. The tournament was won by Senegal after defeating Nigeria in the final. Previous Tournaments See also * WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament * WAFU U-20 Championship The WAFU U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between West African nations. It was funded by The Economic Community Of West African States. Eligible participants * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2018 edit . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAFU U-20 Championship
The WAFU U-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is contested between West African nations. It was funded by The Economic Community Of West African States. Eligible participants * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2018 edition In 2018, the WAFU Championship was relaunched and the championship was placed in two different tournaments based on the zones. WAFU Zones (A&B) Tournaments See also * WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament * WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament References External links WafuOnline.com - Official Site {{WAFU Football International association football competitions in Africa West African Football Union competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West African Football Union Competitions
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
