The 2021 African Minifootball Cup(CAN minifoot) [1](Arabic: 2021 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, French: CAN mini-foot 2021) is the second edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was held in Nigeria. [2] [3] Initially set to hold in 2020, it was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19. It was huge success even with covid situation in Nigeria.[4]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| Dates | 8–17 July 2021 |
| Teams | 9 (originally 16) (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Libya |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  Ghana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 112 (4 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Bernard Sarfo(7 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Mohamed Khamies |
Teams and draw edit
Qualified Teams edit
Unlike in the 2018 African Minifootball Cup, 16 teams are qualified for the final
| Team | Finals appearance | Previous best
performance |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana
|
2nd | Groupe stage 2018 |
| Ivory Coast
|
2nd | Winner 2018 |
| Libya
|
2nd | Fourth place 2018 |
 Nigeria
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 Senegal
|
2nd | Runner-up 2018 |
 Somalia
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 South Africa
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 Tunisia
|
2nd | Third place2018 |
 Morocco
|
1st | debut |
 Djibouti
|
1st | debut |
 Benin
|
1st | debut |
 Burkina Faso
|
1st | debut |
| Egypt
|
1st | debut |
 Algeria
|
1st | debut |
 Zambia
|
1st | debut |
 Gabon
|
1st | debut |
Draw edit
On 10 June 2021, in Ibadan, the pools were drawn for 4 groups of 16 teams[5][6]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Participating Nation edit
Due to covid 19 measurement in some participants country , the tournament kicked off with only 8 country , host Nigeria, Libya, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Zambia , Benin Republic, Somalia and Senegal. one of the most absent team is the tunisia minifootball team the third in the last tournament. [7] For more information visit website of the tournament https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1
Venues edit
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Oyo | Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium |
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
| 2 |  Senegal
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Nigeria (H)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Zambia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation
| Senegal | 1-4 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
KARIFA 6' |
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| Zambia | 0-4 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 12 |
| 2 | Ghana
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 |  Ivory Coast
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Burkina Faso
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Somalia
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Ghana | 3-3 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
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report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Ivory Coast Ivory Cost | 1-3 | Ghana Ghana |
|---|---|---|
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[https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1/matches/58 report (Mygol) report (Press) |
| Egypt | 4-0 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
| Ivory Coast | 1-0 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
| Egypt | 6-0 | Somalia |
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Report |
| Ivory Coast | 5-1 | Somalia |
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| Ghana | 7-1 | Somalia |
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| Egypt | 3-2 | Ivory Coast |
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| Burkina Faso | 4-0 | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
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Knockout stage edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Ghana (p) | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Libya (p) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Libya | 6 | |||||||||
| 17 July– | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 1 | |||||||||
| Egypt (a.e.t) | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Libya | 0 | |||||||||
| Senegal (W) | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 July | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
| Nigeria | 1-1 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
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report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Penalties | ||
| 1-2 | ||
| Libya | 6-1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
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| Egypt | 2-0 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
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Semifinals edit
| Libya | 2-2 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
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| Penalties | ||
| 2-0 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 1-3 | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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3rd place edit
| Ivory Coast | 2-0 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| JACOB TRA (30 ), 43' |
report (Mygol) report (press) |
finals edit
| Libya | (0-0) 0-1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol report (Press AR) |
ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 58' |
World Cup Qualification edit
| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place | |||||
| 16 July | ||||||
| Senegal (W) | 0 | |||||
| 17 July | ||||||
| Zambia | 3 | |||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| 16 July | ||||||
| Zambia | 2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| Burkina Faso (W) | 0 | |||||
5th–8th place edit
| Nigeria | 3-0 | Burkina Faso (W) |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Nigeria | 3-2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
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Top Scored edit
All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.
| POS | Player | Team | PLD |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Sarfo |
|
6 | 7 |
| 2 | BI ZAMBLE COBO JACOB TRA |
|
6 | 6 |
| 3 | MOHAMED KHAMIES IBRAHIM SAID |
|
5 | 5 |
| 4 | DENNIS AMEYAW APPIAH - KUBI |
|
7 | 4 |
| 5 | MOHAMED YAKOT ABDO ABDO YASSEN |
|
6 | 4 |
Final ranking edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
| 2 | Libya
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
| 3 | Ivory Coast
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | 3rd |
| 4 | Ghana
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 9 | 4th |
| 5 | Nigeria
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | Zambia
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | |
| 7 | Senegal
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | |
| 8 | Burkina Faso
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 4 | |
| 9 | Somalia
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
Source: [citation needed]
Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup edit
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2021 WMF World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt
|
16 July 2021 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
| Ghana
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Libya
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
| Nigeria
|
17 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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