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 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 ...

. The competition was hosted by

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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

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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 (Sierra Leone) * Kalidou Delba Ba (Mauritania)

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 1999 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to

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(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. #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #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); #Drawing of lots. #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; #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned; #The greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned. All times are local UTC±00:00.

Participants

Officials

Player eligibility

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

References