African Minifootball Cup

The African Minifootball Cup is a continental outdoor minifootball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The fondator is Achraf Ben Salha from Tunisia The first edition was held in Libya in May 2018.[1][2]

African Minifootball Cup
Organising bodyAMC
Founded2018
RegionAfrica
Number of teams16
Current champions South Africa
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 South Africa
(1 title each)
2025 African Minifootball Cup

History

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Between 2–3 March 2018, the African Minifootball general assembly was held in Tunisia by the president founder, the tunisian Achraf Ben Salha as the momentum for minifootball continued to build throughout the continent. The 2018 calendar was set and it was decided that the African Cup would start in May, serving as qualifying tournament for the 2019 WMF World Cup.[3]

Results

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Editions

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Ed. Year Host First place game Third place game Teams
  Champion Score   Runner-up   Third place Score   Fourth place
1 2018   Libya  
Ivory Coast
3–3 (3–1 p)  
Senegal
 
Tunisia
1–0  
Libya
8
2 2021   Nigeria  
Egypt
1–0  
Libya
 
Ivory Coast
2–0  
Ghana
9
3 2024   South Africa  
South Africa
5–4  
Mauritania
 
Egypt
1–1 (5–3 p)  
Chad
8
4 2025   Libya TBD TBD 16

Summary

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Team Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place
  Egypt 1 (2021) 1 (2024)
  Ivory Coast 1 (2018) 1 (2021)
  South Africa 1 (2024) 1 (2018)
  Libya 1 (2021)
  Senegal 1 (2018)
  Mauritania 1 (2024)
  Tunisia 1 (2018)
  Ghana 1 (2021)
  Chad 1 (2024)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt1012
  Ivory Coast1012
3  South Africa1001
4  Libya0101
  Mauritania0101
  Senegal0101
7  Tunisia0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Participating nations

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Team  
2018
(8)
 
2021
(9)
 
2024
(8)
 
2025
(16)
Years
  Benin × × × Q 1
  Burkina Faso × QF × Q 2
  Cameroon × × GS Q 2
  Chad × × 4th Q 2
  DR Congo × × × Q 1
  Egypt × 1st 3rd × 2
  Ghana GS 4th GS Q 4
  Guinea × × × Q 1
  Ivory Coast 1st 3rd × Q 3
  Libya 4th 2nd × Q 3
  Mauritania × × 2nd Q 2
  Mauritius × × GS × 1
  Morocco × × × Q 1
  Nigeria GS QF × Q 3
  Senegal 2nd QF × × 2
  Somalia GS GS × ×× 3
  South Africa GS × 1st Q 3
  Tunisia 3rd × × Q 2
  Uganda × × × Q 1
  Zambia × QF GS Q 3
Total: 19 team 8 9 8 16
Legends
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter Finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified
  • × – Did not enter
  • ×× – Withdrew
  •     – Hosts

References

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  1. ^ "African Minifootball General Assembly Concludes in Tunisia". minifootball.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
  2. ^ "World Minifootball Federation Invites MAN President For 2019 World Cup Draws". BestChoiceSports. Niyi Busari. 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Nigeria hopeful as maiden African Minifootball Cup begins". The Guardian. Fidelis Ebu. 7 May 2018.
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