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

References
  1. http://www.uemoa.int/fr/uemoafootball-7eme-edition-de-la-coupe-de-lintegration-ouest-africaine-lome-au-togo-du-26-novembre
  2. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uemoa.html
  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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