Fourth AFMC
Tournament details
DatesJuly 17 2023
Teams18
Final positions
Champions  Mali (1st title)
Runners-up  South Africa
Third place  DR Congo
Fourth place  Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored324 (10.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Mali (35 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Algeria 4 4 #3 Runner-up (#2)
  Angola 3 3 #3 Group stage (#2, #3)
  Benin 2 1 #2 Group stage (#2)
  Burkina Faso 1 1 Newcomer
  Cape Verde 3 3 #3 Champion (#2)
  Congo DRC 3 3 #3 Group stage (#2, #3)
  Egypt 4 4 #3 Quarter-finals (#1)
  Ethiopia 4 4 #3 Runner-up (#1)
  Gambia 1 1 Newcomer
  Ghana 3 3 #3 Group stage (#2, #3)
  Kenya 4 4 #3 Champion (#1)
  Mali 2 2 #3 Third place (#3)
  Nigeria 3 3 #3 Winners ranking (#2)
  Senegal 4 4 #3 Champion (#3)
  South Africa 3 3 #3 Group stage (#2, #3)
  Tunisia 4 4 #3 Runner-up (#3)
  Uganda 3 1 #2 Quarter-finals (#1)
  Zambia 3 3 #3 Winners ranking (#2)

Draw

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Seeding and drawing

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The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the eighteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the African Cup ranking, and finally population.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Results of the draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
  South Africa   Mali   Nigeria   Senegal   Congo DRC   Zambia
  Egypt   Uganda   Ghana   Tunisia   Ethiopia   Cape Verde
  Algeria   Angola   Gambia   Kenya   Burkina Faso   Benin

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Africa 2 1 1 0 16 13 3 4
  Algeria 2 0 2 0 16 16 0 2
  Egypt 2 0 1 1 13 16 -3 1
(Miriam Makeba - "Brand New Day")   South Africa 8 – 5   Egypt (Bob Azzam and His Orchestra - "Mustapha")
(Dxrk ダーク - "Rave")   Algeria 8 – 8   South Africa (Johnny Dyani - "Radebe")
(Claude François - "Alexandrie Alexandra")   Egypt 8 – 8   Algeria (Ahmed Malek - "Tape 19.11")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mali 2 2 0 0 18 14 4 6
  Angola 2 1 0 1 13 15 -2 3
  Uganda 2 0 0 2 14 16 -2 0
(Inna Modja - "Water")   Mali 9 – 8   Uganda (Ecko Bazz - "Mmaso")
(Príncipe Ouro Negro - "Hoje É o Meu Aniversario")   Angola 6 – 9   Mali (Fatoumata Diawara - "Nsera")
(HHY & The Kampala Unit - "Lithium Blast")   Uganda 6 – 7   Angola (Bonga - "Balumekeno")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 2 1 1 0 15 13 2 4
  Gambia 2 0 2 0 15 15 0 2
  Nigeria 2 0 1 1 14 16 -2 1
(Fireboy DML - "Peru")   Nigeria 6 – 8   Ghana (K. Frimpong - "Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu")
(Abdel Kabirr - "Sene Gambia")   Gambia 8 – 8   Nigeria (Jacob Banks - "Chainsmoking")
(Merlyn Wood - "S.Y.K.")   Ghana 7 – 7   Gambia (Guelewar - "Njarama")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kenya 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4
  Tunisia 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
  Senegal 2 0 0 2 15 17 -2 0
(Tété - "Eleanor Rigby")   Senegal 7 – 8   Tunisia (Dalton - "Soul Brother")
(Shad - "It Ain't Over")   Kenya 9 – 8   Senegal (Positive Black Soul - "Back Again")
(Emel - "Holm")   Tunisia 7 – 7   Kenya (Ondara - "Lebanon")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Congo DRC 2 2 0 0 15 11 4 6
  Burkina Faso 2 1 0 1 13 12 1 3
  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 10 15 -5 0
(Jordan Mackampa - "Teardrops in a Hurricane")   Congo DRC 7 – 6   Ethiopia (Emahoy Tsegué - "Jerusalém")
(Tartit - "Arfous Dafous")   Burkina Faso 5 – 8   Congo DRC (Lous and the Yakuza - "Dilemme")
(Mikael Seifu - "The Lost Drum Beat")   Ethiopia 4 – 8   Burkina Faso (Cheikh Lô - "Set")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Zambia 2 2 0 0 17 15 2 6
  Cape Verde 2 1 0 1 14 14 0 3
  Benin 2 0 0 2 14 16 -2 0
(Musi-O-Tunya - "Stop Dreaming Mr. D")   Zambia 8 – 7   Cape Verde (Tito Paris - "Dança Ma Mi Criola")
(Ferry Djimmy - "Oluwa Lohanmi Nichai")   Benin 8 – 9   Zambia (Witch - "Avalanche of Love")
(Maíra Andrade - "Storia Storia")   Cape Verde 7 – 6   Benin (Gnonnas Pedro - "How Much Love Naturally Cost")

Winning teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B   Mali 2 2 0 0 18 14 4 6
E   Congo DRC 2 2 0 0 15 11 4 6
F   Zambia 2 2 0 0 17 15 2 6
A   South Africa 2 1 1 0 16 13 3 4
C   Ghana 2 1 1 0 15 13 2 4
D   Kenya 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4

Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Mali8
 
 
 
  Zambia7
 
  Mali9
 
 
 
  South Africa8
 
  Congo DRC7
 
 
  South Africa7+
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Zambia7
 
 
  Congo DRC8

Semifinals

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  Mali8–7  Zambia
"Al Hassidi Terei" by Songhoy Blues "Request to God" by Oscilations

  Congo DRC7–7+  South Africa
"Douceur" by M'Bilia Bel "Hater's Anthem" by Jean Grae

Third place match

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  Zambia7–8  Congo DRC
"Poor Connection" by Blackfoot "Yolele" by Papa Wemba

Final

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  Mali9–8  South Africa
"Love" by Les Amazones d'Afrique "Amsterdam" by Gregory Alan Isakov

Results

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4th African Music Cup Champion
 
Mali
(1st Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Mali B 4 4 0 0 35 29 6 12
2   South Africa A 4 1 2 1 31 29 2 5
Third-place play-off
3   Congo DRC E 4 3 1 0 30 25 5 10
4   Zambia F 4 2 0 2 31 31 0 6
Winners ranking eliminations
5   Ghana C 2 1 1 0 15 13 2 4
6   Kenya D 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4
Group stage eliminations
7   Tunisia D 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
8   Burkina Faso E 2 1 0 1 13 12 1 3
9   Cape Verde F 2 1 0 1 14 14 0 3
10   Angola B 2 1 0 1 13 15 -2 3
11   Algeria A 2 0 2 0 16 16 0 2
12   Gambia C 2 0 2 0 15 15 0 2
13   Nigeria C 2 0 1 1 14 16 -2 1
14   Egypt A 2 0 1 1 13 16 -3 1
15   Senegal D 2 0 0 2 15 17 -2 0
16   Benin F 2 0 0 2 14 16 -2 0
17   Uganda B 2 0 0 2 14 16 -2 0
18   Ethiopia E 2 0 0 2 10 15 -5 0