Jump to content

Draft:2024 WAFU U-17 Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024 WAFU U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates15–29 May 2024
Teams7
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
← 2022
TBD

The 2024 WAFU U-17 Championship is the 3rd edition of the WAFU U-17 Championship. The tournament took place in Ghana, from 19 to 29 May 2024.[1]

Participants

[edit]

Venues

[edit]
Cities Venues Capacity
Legon Legon Sports Stadium 11,000
Accra Accra Sports Stadium 40,000

Match officials

[edit]

Referees

[edit]
  • Ghana Abdul Lateef Adaari
  • Ivory Coast Kokora Richard
  • Burkina Faso Awa Alphonsine
  • Benin Offin Laurande
  • Togo Gnama Aklesso
  • Niger Sadou Brahamou
  • Nigeria Salisu Basheer

Assistant referees

[edit]
  • Ghana Emmanuel Dolagbanu
  • Ivory Coast Kone Lacine
  • Burkina Faso Soma Issouf
  • Benin Louis Prisca
  • Togo Ourotou Wassiou
  • Niger Hamidou Sakina
  • Nigeria Muhammad Yakubu

Tournament

[edit]

Group stage

[edit]

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana (H) 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Semi-finals
2  Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3  Benin 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: [1]
(H) Hosts
Ghana 5–1 Ivory Coast
Coulibaly 50'
Referee: Gnama Aklesso (Togo)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Benin
Referee: Salisu Basheer
Benin 0–2 Ghana
Referee: Sadou Brahamou
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Q, E
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Semi-finals
2  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3  Niger 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Togo 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Burkina Faso 0–0 Nigeria
Referee: Abdul Lateef Adaari
Togo 2–3 Niger
Referee: Kokora Richard
Togo 0–2 Burkina Faso
Referee: Abdul Lateef Adaari
Nigeria 1–0 Niger
Chibuike 32'
Referee: Gnama Aklesso
Niger 0–1 Burkina Faso
Referee: Gnama Aklesso
Nigeria 3–0 Togo
Referee: Offin Laurande

Knockout stage

[edit]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 May – Legon Sports Stadium
 
 
 Ghana1
 
28 May – Legon Sports Stadium
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
 Burkina Faso
 
25 May – Legon Sports Stadium
 
 Ivory Coast
 
 Nigeria0
 
 
 Ivory Coast1
 
Third place
 
 
28 May – Legon Sports Stadium
 
 
 Ghana
 
 
 Nigeria
Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2025 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Ghana 1–2 Burkina Faso
Referee: Sadou Brahamou
Nigeria 0–1 Ivory Coast
Coulibaly 55'
Referee: Gnama Aklesso

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "EXCITEMENT BUILDS UP AS GHANA AND NIGERIA GEAR UP FOR U-17 WAFU ZONE B TOURNAMENT IN ACCRA". 15 May 2024.