Senegal U20 squad on Saturday defeated Mali 2-0 to be crowned 2019 WAFU zone A champions.
Pape Matar Sarr opened the scoring for Senegal in the 17th before Lassine Tangara scored in his own net in the 54th.
In the third place match, defending champions the Gambia defeated Sierra Leone 8-7 after penalty shoutout. None of the teams had scored a goal during regular time
his WAFU /A tournament which is exclusively reserved for the U20 players, was held from November 24 to December7 and gathered seven countries including host country Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Senegal .