WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Organising body	WAFU
Founded	2018; 6 years ago
Region	West Africa
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Ghana; Nigeria (1 title each)
	2023 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup

The WAFU Zone B Women's Cup is a women's association football competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union.

The first edition was played in 2018 with eight teams, which included some foreign-based players.^[1]

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 Mali (from Zone A) replaced Benin, who had withdrawn shortly before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.^[2] The tournament was won by Ghana.^[3]

Tournament history

Editions	Years	Hosts	Winners	Scores	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Editions	Years	Hosts	Finals			Third place playoff			Number of teams
1	2018	Ivory Coast	Ghana	1–0	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	2–1	Mali	8
2	2019	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1–1 (5–4 p)	Ivory Coast	Ghana	0–0 (8–7 p)	Mali	8
3	2023

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew
– Hosts

Team	2018	2019	Years
Ivory Coast	2nd	2nd	5
Ghana	1st	3rd	5
Niger	GS	GS	5
Burkina Faso	GS	GS	5
Togo	GS	GS	5
Nigeria	3rd	1st	1
Benin
Total (8 Teams)	8	8

References

^ "BREAKING: Ivory Coast to host inaugural WAFU Women's Cup". Jwsports1.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
^ Usenekong, Gold (14 February 2018). "Super Falcons To Face Mali As Benin Withdraw From WAFU Women's Cup". Completesportsnigeria.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ FIFA.com

[jwsports1-1] "BREAKING: Ivory Coast to host inaugural WAFU Women's Cup". Jwsports1.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

[2] Usenekong, Gold (14 February 2018). "Super Falcons To Face Mali As Benin Withdraw From WAFU Women's Cup". Completesportsnigeria.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[3] FIFA.com

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