UEMOA Tournament

The UEMOA Tournament is a football (soccer) tournament held between nations who are a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). The tournament was first played in 2007. It is also called Coupe de l'intégration ouest africaine.

UEMOA Tournament
Founded2007
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams8
Current champions Senegal
2017 UEMOA Tournament

The teams are made up of players in national leagues of the organisation's member countries, in an effort to promote local talents.

Participating Nations

The participating nations are:

Past winners

The 2014 edition was cancelled because of an ebola outbreak. The next edition then was only played in 2016.[1][2]

Year Host nation Final
Champion Score Second Place
2007
Details
 Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast 2-0  Niger
2008
Details
 Mali  Ivory Coast 1-1 (6-5p)  Mali
2009
Details
 Benin  Senegal 1-0  Niger
2010
Details
 Niger  Niger 1-0  Benin
2011
Details
 Senegal  Senegal 1-0  Mali
2013
Details
 Ivory Coast  Burkina Faso 0-0 (9-8p)  Benin
2014  Togo Cancelled due to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[3]
2016
Details
 Togo  Senegal 1-0  Mali
2017?
Details
 Senegal
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