2025 WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament

WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament 2025
Tournoi UFOA A U-17 Féminin 2025
Tournament details
Host countryLiberia
Dates17–27 September
Teams3 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Sierra Leone (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Liberia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ruth Bawoh
Sarah Turay
(3 goals each)
Best player Mariam Sankoh
Best goalkeeper Hawa Morison
TBD →

2025 WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament (French: Tournoi UFOA A U-17 Féminin 2025) was the inaugural edition of the WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament, the international women's youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of WAFU Zone A. Liberia hosted the tournament in Paynesville, Monrovia from 17 to 27 September 2025.[1][2]

Sierra Leone became the first champions of the tournament after remaining unbeaten in the round-robin stage.[3][4]

Participation

3 (out of 9) WAFU Zone A nations entered the tournament, with hosts Liberia joined by neighbouring Sierra Leone and Senegal.

Team Appearance
 Liberia 1st
 Senegal 1st
 Sierra Leone 1st

Withdrawals

  •  Guinea – On 14 September 2025, the FEGUFOOT withdrew its team due to internal mismanagement and poor governance.[5]
  •  Mali – On 15 September Agence de presse sénégalaise announced that Senegal and the other two participants would be joined by Mali, with fixtures released.[6] However, the following day, WAFU A confirmed the fixtures with only three teams.
Did not enter
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Mauritania

Venue

All matches were held in the capital Monrovia.

Paynesville
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
(SKD Stadium)
Capacity: 22,000

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sierra Leone 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10
 Senegal 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
 Liberia (H) 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3
Source: WAFU A
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0)

Senegal 1–2 Sierra Leone
  • Barro 53'
 Report
  • Sankoh 21'
  • S. Turay 76'
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
Sierra Leone 3–0 Liberia
  • Sankoh 4' (pen.)
  • Bawoh 17'
  • Deen 84'
Referee: Alima Diarra (Mali)
Liberia 0–2 Senegal
Report (FSF) Lo 56', 59'
Sierra Leone 1–1 Senegal
Bawoh 87' Diouf 45+2'
Referee: Alima Diarra (Mali)
Liberia 1–4 Sierra Leone
  • Jaleibah 20'
  • S. Turay 21', 62'
  • Bawoh 30'
  • Mas. Turay 80'
Referee: Mariétou Fall (Senegal)
Senegal 1–2 Liberia
  • Ndiaye 68'
  • Barro 34' (o.g.)
  • Nuah 41'
Referee: Aissatou Kanté (Guinea)

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Ruth Bawoh
  • Sarah Turay

2 goals

  • Fatiha Lo
  • Marian Sankoh

1 goal

  • Yatta Jaleibah
  • Musu Nuah
  • Ndeye Habi Barro
  • Astou Diouf
  • Mballo Ndiaye
  • Kadijatu Deen
  • Maseray Turay

1 own goal

  • Ndeye Habi Barro (against Liberia)

References

  1. ^ Quansah, Godfred Badu (18 September 2025). "Liberia hosts First WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament". reports231.com. Paynesville. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ^ "WAFU Women's U-17 tournament kicks off in Liberia". liberianinvestigator.com. Monrovia. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ^ Bangura, Bernice (23 September 2025). "Sierra Leone U-17 Girls Crowned WAFU Champions After Draw With Senegal". sierraloaded.sl. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Sierra Leone U-17 Girls Crowned WAFU Champions". hipzmultimedia.com. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  5. ^ Touré, Lamine (14 September 2025). "Retrait du Syli U17 au tournoi UFOA-A : AKB dénonce et tire la sonnette". guineefoot.info (in French). Paris. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Tournoi UFOA-A U17 : les Lioncelles se sont envolées pour Monrovia". aps.sn (in French). Dakar. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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