West African Football Union
Sub-regional football governing body in West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"WAFU" redirects here. For other uses, see Wafu (disambiguation).
The West African Football Union (French: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; Portuguese: União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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Formation | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) |
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Region served | West Africa |
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Official language | English, French and Portuguese |
Affiliations | CAF, FIFA |
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It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.