UNAF_Women's_Tournament Knowpia

UNAF Women's Tournament
Founded	2009
Region	North Africa (UNAF)
Number of teams	5
Current champions	Morocco (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Morocco (1 title)
	2020 UNAF Women's Tournament

The UNAF Women's Tournament (Arabic: دورة إتحاد شمال إفريقيا للسيدات) is a football (soccer) women's tournament held between nations who are a member of the UNAF association. The first edition was played in 2009 in Tunisia and only three teams participated, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt.^[1]

History edit

The first edition of the UNAF Women's Tournament was won by Tunisia.

After a halt of 11 Years, The second editions took place in Tunisia, which witnessed the Moroccans winning the tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4] The third edition was cancelled due to the low numbers of countries participating and low interest between members associations.^[5]

Format edit

Results edit

Year	Host nation	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host nation	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2009 Details	Tunisia	Tunisia	^n/a	Algeria	Egypt
2020 Details	Tunisia	Morocco	^n/a	Tanzania	Tunisia	^n/a	Algeria
2023 Details	Egypt		^n/a			^n/a

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Successful national teams edit

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Tunisia	1 (2009*)	–	1 (2020*)	–
Morocco	1 (2020)	–	–	–
Algeria	–	1 (2009)	–	1 (2020)
Tanzania	–	1 (2020)	–	–
Egypt	–	–	1 (2009)	–

* hosts.

Participating nations edit

Team	2009	2020	Years
Algeria	2nd	4th	2
Egypt	3rd		1
Libya			0
Mauritania		5th	1
Morocco		1st	1
Tanzania		2nd	1
Tunisia	1st	3rd	2
Total	3	5

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place

GS – Group stage
q – Qualified
— Hosts

Notes and references edit

^ "UNAF: Coup d'envoi samedi du tournoi féminin". Info Tunisie. 2009-10-29.
^ "Tanzania emerged runners-up as Morocco win Unaf Women's Cup | Goal.com English Bahrain". www.goal.com. 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
^ Gupta, Abhijit Sen (2023-07-17). "Fever pitch excitement as Morocco becomes first team from Arab nations in FIFA Women's World Cup". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco wins UNAF Women's Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
^ "Officially... the cancellation of the North African Women's Championship in Egypt". koraplus.com (in Arabic). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.