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Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF); (Arabic: الإتحاد العربي لكرة القدم المصغرة; French: Fédération de minifootball arabe) is a governing body that supervises Arab federations under World Minifootball Federation.
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| Formation | 2017 |
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| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
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Official language | Arabic, English and French |
President |  Ahmed Samir Souliman |
The organization consists of 22 Arab countries, all of which are official members of the Arab League.
History edit
Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF) was established in 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon.
On May 20, 2017, a constituent general assembly was held in presence of delegations from five countries: Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq and Somalia.
Lebanese Ahmed Dench was chosen as the president of Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF), Libyan Hassan Talib as the deputy president, and granted membership of Lebanese Mahmoud Al-Nador, Lebanese Bilal Yazbek, Tunisian Moez bin Salem and Somali Abadi Ahmed.[1][2]
In 2020, the headquarters of Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF) were moved to Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian Ahmed Samir Suleiman was elected president of the association.[3][4]
Presidents edit
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| 2017–2021 |  Ahmed Dench
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| 2021– | Ahmed Samir Souliman
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Competitions edit
On December 25, 2019, the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports issued a decision to organize first Arab Nation Minifootball Cup in 2020.
Arab Minifootball Federation has set the date for February 28, 2020, and Olympic Center Minifootball Stadium in Cairo to host the tournament.[5]
The first group consisted of Egypt, Algeria, Somalia and Lebanon, while second group consisted of Tunisia, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.[6][7] The sphinx was also chosen to be mascot of the tournament.[8]
However, the start has been postponed to another date due to COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
International competitions participation edit
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WMF World Cup edit
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WMF Continental Cup edit
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WMF World Cup U-23 edit
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Club competitions participation edit
African Minifootball Champions League edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Establishment of Arab Minifootball Federation
- ^ Announcing the establishment of Arab Minifootball Federation
- ^ Ahmed Samir, president of Arab Minifootball Federation, by acclamation
- ^ Egyptian Ahmed Samir Suleiman wins the presidency of Arab Minifootball Federation
- ^ Egypt hosts the Arab Minifootball Championship for Teams
- ^ Egypt is on top of the first group of Arab Minifootball Cup Archived 2020-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Somalia, Algeria and Lebanon.. Egypt's group in Arab Minifootball Cup
- ^ The Sphinx is the mascot of Arab Minifootball Cupللميني فوتبول
- ^ Postponing the opening of Arab Minifootball Cup