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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 |
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).
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
[edit]WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but got spilt 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
[edit]WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.
Current title holders
[edit]Competition | Year | Champions | Rank/Score | Runners-up | Next edition | Dates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National teams (men) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Nations Cup | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A Nations Cup | 2024 | 5 – 17 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A U-20 Championship | 2023 | ![]() |
2st | ![]() |
2024 | 15 – 30 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B U-20 Championship | 2023 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2024 | 17 – 31 October | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A U-17 Championship | 2023 | ![]() |
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2024 WAFU Zone A U-17 Championship | 20 Oct – 3 Nov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B U-17 Championship | 2024 | ![]() |
3–1[4] | ![]() |
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Zone A U-15 Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
3–0[5] | ![]() |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Schools Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Schools Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A Beach Soccer | 2024 | 3 – 7 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National teams (women) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Women's Cup | 2023 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Women's Cup | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAFU Zone A U20 Women's Cup | 2024 | ![]() |
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WAFU Zone B U20 Women's Cup | 2023 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone A Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zone B Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clubs (women) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone A) | 2023 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2024 | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone B) | 2023 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2024 | TBD |
Defunct competitions
[edit]Competition | 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 |
FIFA World Rankings
[edit]Men's national teams
[edit]Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[6]
WAFU | Zone | FIFA | Country | Points | +/− |
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1 | A | 17 | ![]() |
1624.73 | ![]() |
2 | B | 30 | ![]() |
1520.27 | ![]() |
3 | A | 38 | ![]() |
1498.8 | ![]() |
4 | B | 44 | ![]() |
1477.9 | ![]() |
5 | B | 62 | ![]() |
1390.38 | ![]() |
6 | B | 65 | ![]() |
1425.64 | ![]() |
6 | B | 68 | ![]() |
1358.77 | ![]() |
7 | A | 76 | ![]() |
1324.65 | ![]() |
8 | A | 97 | ![]() |
1225.68 | ![]() |
9 | B | 105 | ![]() |
1195.5 | ![]() |
10 | A | 113 | ![]() |
1170.34 | ![]() |
11 | B | 113 | ![]() |
1163.44 | ![]() |
12 | A | 126 | ![]() |
1137.36 | ![]() |
13 | B | 129 | ![]() |
1125.5 | ![]() |
14 | A | 130 | ![]() |
1114.8 | ![]() |
16 | A | 152 | ![]() |
1029.58 | ![]() |
Top-ranked men's national football teams
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See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ^ "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