By Agnes Amondi,

Senegal women has won the 2020 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) zone A women’s tournament in Sierra Leone.

This after they emerged 3-0 winners against Mali in the final staged at the Wusum Mini Stadium in Makeni City, Northern Sierra Leone.

Goals by Ndeye Diakhate in the 27th minute, Mbayang Sow in the 56th minute and Haby Balde in the 69th minute were enough for Senegal to be crowned champions of the inaugural WAFU women’s championship.

Senegal matched to the finals unbeaten after winning 2 of their three group stage fixtures with a draw against Sierra Leone in their final group match. They also defeated Liberia 2-1 in the semifinals before progressing to the finals.

Mali couldn’t hold on to their unbeaten record in the final where three goals went unanswered as they conceded their first goals in the tournament. They had scored the most goals (11), more than any other team and conceded none before the finals. Senegal had scored 6 goals and conceded 2.

Malian Striker Agueissa  Diarra won the Golden Boot after scoring 7 goals, Senegalese Winger Mama Diop won Best Player of the tournament, Senegalese goalkeeper Tenning Sene won the Golden Glove, while Guinea National Team won WAFU Fair Play.

As per WAFU media, over 20,000 football fans attended the finals in Wusum Stadium in  Makeni. Television broadcast was also done by CIS TV, AYV TV and SLBC TV.

Earlier on, Liberia win the third place playoff against Cape Verde.
ResultsFinals

Senegal 3 – Mali 0

Third Place Playoff
Cape Verde 0 – 0 Liberia