The West African Football Union (French: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; Portuguese: União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Formation | 1975 |
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Type |
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Region served | West Africa |
Membership | |
Official language | English, French and Portuguese |
Affiliations | CAF, FIFA |
Website |
It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.
Presidents
edit- K. Tandoh (1975–1977)
- Seyi Memene (1977–1984)
- Abdoulaye Fofana (1984–1988)
- Jonathan Boytie Ogufere (1988–1994)
- Dieng Ousseynou (1994–1999)
- Abdulmumini Aminu (1999–2002)
- El Hadji Malick Sy (2002–2004)
- Jacques Anouma (2004–2008)[1]
- Amos Adamu (2008–2010)
- Kwesi Nyantakyi (2011–2018)[2]
- Kurt Okraku (2019–present)
Member associations
editWAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but got split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."[3]
- Zone A (Niger)
- Zone B (Volta Niger)
Mauritania is the only WAFU member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
Competitions
editWAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.
Current title holders
editCompetition | Year | Champions | Rank/Score | Runners-up | Next edition | Dates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National teams (men) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Nations Cup | 2019 | Senegal | 1st | Ghana | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A Nations Cup | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A U-20 Championship | 2024 | Senegal | 3st | Sierra Leone | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B U-20 Championship | 2024 | Nigeria | 1st | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A U-17 Championship | 2025 | Senegal | Mali | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B U-17 Championship | 2024 | Burkina Faso | 3–1[4] | Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A U-15 Championship | 2022 | Senegal | 3–0[5] | Liberia | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Schools Championship | 2022 | CS Ben Sekou Sylla | 1st | New Yundum | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Schools Championship | 2022 | CEG Sainte Rita | 1st | CS Venus Saioua | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A Beach Soccer | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National teams (women) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Women's Cup | 2023 | Senegal | 2nd | Cape Verde | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Women's Cup | 2019 | Nigeria | 1st | Ivory Coast | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A U20 Women's Cup | 2024 | Senegal | Guinea-Bissau | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone B U20 Women's Cup | 2023 | Ghana | 1st | Nigeria | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone B U17 Women's Cup | 2024 | 12 - 26 Dec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | Scan Aid | 1st | Ecole Congresso De Cassaca | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | CEG Colby | 1st | Ecole Chanvigny B | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clubs (women) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone A) | 2024 | Aigles de la Médina | Mogbwemo Queens | 2025 | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone B) | 2024 | Edo Queens | Ainonvi FC | 2025 | TBD |
Defunct competitions
editCompetition | Duration |
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CEDEAO Cup | 1977–1991 |
West African Club Championship | 1977–2011 |
Amílcar Cabral Cup | 1979–2007 |
West African Nations Cup | 1982–1987 |
UEMOA Tournament | 2007–2016 |
WAFU U20 Women's Cup | Proposed for 2022 but never happened [6][7][8] |
FIFA World Rankings
editMen's national teams
editRankings are calculated by FIFA.[9]
WAFU | Zone | FIFA | Country | Points | +/− |
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1 | A | 17 | Senegal | 1624.73 | |
2 | B | 30 | Nigeria | 1520.27 | |
3 | A | 38 | Ivory Coast | 1498.8 | 1 |
4 | B | 44 | Mali | 1477.9 | 1 |
5 | B | 62 | Burkina Faso | 1390.38 | |
6 | B | 65 | Cape Verde | 1425.64 | 1 |
6 | B | 68 | Ghana | 1358.77 | 1 |
7 | A | 76 | Guinea | 1324.65 | 1 |
8 | A | 97 | Benin | 1225.68 | |
9 | B | 105 | Mauritania | 1195.5 | |
10 | A | 113 | Togo | 1170.34 | 6 |
11 | B | 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 1163.44 | 1 |
12 | A | 126 | Sierra Leone | 1137.36 | 2 |
13 | B | 129 | Niger | 1125.5 | 1 |
14 | A | 130 | Gambia | 1114.8 | 1 |
16 | A | 152 | Liberia | 1029.58 |
Top-ranked men's national football teams
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wafu Cup to make a comeback". BBC Sport. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
Amos Adamu, president of Wafu,...
- ^ "Nyantakyi resigns from FIFA, CAF, and WAFU positions". Graphic Online. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "West African Football Union (Wafu) disbanded by Caf". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Tapsoba double fires Burkina Faso to WAFU B U-17 AFCON qualifying title". CAFOnline.com. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Senegal win WAFU A U15 boys tournament". CAFOnline.com. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ https://matinlibre.com/2021/10/27/coupe-ufoa-des-nations-u-20-feminine-necessite-de-vite-remettre-au-travail-ouzerou-et-ses-filles/
- ^ "UFOA : Un nouveau tournoi pour les sélections nationales féminines U20 – Le Kpakpato Sportif". 23 October 2021.
- ^ "UFOA : La 1ère édition du tournoi U20 féminin et prévue au Ghana 2022". 27 October 2021.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
External links
edit- Official website for WAFU Zone A
- Official website for WAFU Zone B