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UEMOA Tournament
Founded2007
Region Africa ( CAF)
Number of teams8
Current champions  Senegal
2017 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.

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

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  2. ^ "Tournoi de l'UEMOA". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "Le Tournoi de l'Uemoa 2014 au Togo annulé à cause d'Ebola" (in French). afriquefoot.rfi.fr. 18 November 2014.

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