This will be the third UEMOA Tournament contest. It is a competition for domestic-league football players from the eight UEMOA member countries: Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Benin, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

2009 UEMOA Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBenin
CityCotonou
Dates7 to 15 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal
Runners-up Niger
2008
2010

The Togolese Football Federation announced their intention to host the tournament at Lomé[1] but the tournament was hosted in Benin.[2]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Niger 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to Final
2   Togo 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3   Benin (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4   Guinea-Bissau 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

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Benin  0 - 1  Togo
Cotonou
Niger  3 - 0  Guinea-Bissau
Cotonou
Niger  1 - 1  Togo
Cotonou
Benin  4 - 1  Guinea-Bissau
Cotonou
Togo  1 - 0  Guinea-Bissau
Cotonou
Benin  0 - 1  Niger
Porto Novo

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to Final
2   Ivory Coast 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Mali 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4   Burkina Faso 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Fixtures

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Senegal  3 - 0  Burkina Faso
Cotonou
Ivory Coast  1 - 1  Mali
Senegal  1 - 0  Mali
Burkina Faso  0 - 1  Ivory Coast
Mali  1 - 0  Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast  0 - 0  Senegal
Porto Novo

Final

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  Senegal1 - 0  Niger
  43' Traore Mamadou

References

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  1. ^ "Echos of Bamako (French)". TournoiUEMOA.com.
  2. ^ Rasheed. "Le Tournoi de l'UEMOA" (in French). tournoiuemoa.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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