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2019 WAFU Cup of Nations daily fixtures schedule

Senegal, the hosts, have won the WAFU Cup of Nations, while Guinea have claimed the Plate title. Check below for all the match reports and features from throughout the tournament.

Hang on... Where did Morocco disappear to?

Morocco had been invited to participate in the tournament for the first time, after Sierra Leone were banned from international football by FIFA earlier in the year, but the North Africans withdrew on Tuesday.

Morocco's Football Federation had planned to send the country's under-23 squad to the tournament, but leading clubs in Morocco refused to release players for the tournament, prompting the federation to withdraw.

Sierra Leone, who are WAFU members, hence were called up to take back their slot after their ban had been lifted by FIFA.

Fixtures

Phase 1:

28 September:

Senegal 3-1 Guinea-Bissau

Burkina Faso 1-1 Mauritania (Burkina Faso won 4-3 on penalties)

29 September:

Nigeria 1-2 Togo

Sierra Leone 1-0 Liberia

30 September:

Mali 3-1 Niger

Ivory Coast 4-1 Cape Verde

1 October:

Ghana 1-0 Gambia

Guinea 1-2 Benin

Phase 2 

3 October:

Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Guinea

Senegal 1-0 Benin

4 October:

Gambia 0-0 Mauritania Gambia won 4-2 on penalties)

Ghana 1-1 Burkina Faso (Ghana won 5-4 on penalties)

5 October:

Nigeria 2-3 Cape Verde 

Togo 0-0 Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast won 4-2 on penalties)

6 October:

Liberia 1-0  Niger

Sierra Leone 0-1 Mali

Semifinals

8 October:

Ghana 3-1 Ivory Coast

Gambia 0-1 Cape Verde

9 October:

Guinea 1-0 Liberia

Senegal 2-0 Mali

Finals

12 October (Plate)

Guinea beat Cape Verde 4-3 on penalties

13 October (Cup)

Senegal beat Ghana 3-1 on penalties

Features

Nigeria v Togo is a WAFU grudge match

Nigeria coach Amapakabo thinks big at WAFU

Who's Nigeria's best former WAFU player?

WAFU Cup heroes: Where are they now?

Six 'Who's that guy?!' players to watch

Four players Gernot Rohr should keep an eye on

Musa v Ibenegbu: The contrasting careers of Nigeria's WAFU Cup stars

Five players who are shaping this WAFU Cup in Senegal

Burkina Faso and their rebuilding project

Nigeria cannot afford to lose to Cape Verde in the Plate

WAFU Cup disaster shows Nigeria is in dire straits

Ghana's Konadu eyes WAFU gold... and CHAN redemption

Semifinal preview

Five players who are ready for a European move right now

Finals preview

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