Fifth African Musical Cup
editTournament details | |
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Dates | August 24 – September 13 2023 |
Teams | 18 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Zambia (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Third place | Niger |
Fourth place | Cameroon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 295 (9.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Zambia (30 points) |
Participating teams
editTeam | Participation | Best Performance | ||
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Current | Consec. | Last | ||
Algeria | 5 | 5 | #4 | Runner-up (#2) |
Angola | 3 | 3 | #4 | Group stage (#2, #3, #4) |
Cameroon | 2 | 1 | #3 | Group stage (#3) |
Cape Verde | 4 | 4 | #4 | Champion (#2) |
Congo DRC | 4 | 4 | #4 | Third place (#4) |
Egypt | 5 | 5 | #4 | Fourth place (#3) |
Ethiopia | 5 | 5 | #4 | Runner-up (#1) |
Ghana | 4 | 4 | #4 | Winners ranking (#4) |
Guinea | 1 | 1 | – | Newcomer |
Kenya | 5 | 5 | #4 | Champion (#1) |
Mali | 3 | 3 | #4 | Champion (#4) |
Niger | 4 | 1 | #3 | Fourth place (#1) |
Nigeria | 4 | 4 | #4 | Winners ranking (#2) |
Senegal | 5 | 5 | #4 | Champion (#3) |
South Africa | 3 | 3 | #4 | Runner-up (#4) |
Togo | 1 | 1 | – | Newcomer |
Tunisia | 5 | 5 | #4 | Runner-up (#3) |
Zambia | 4 | 4 | #4 | Fourth place (#4) |
Draw
editSeeding and drawing
editThe pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the African Cup ranking at the point, 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 World Cup Ranking (After the nineteenth cup), and finally, and finally population.
Pot 1
Top 6 teams |
Pot 2
Top 12 teams |
Pot 3
Top 18 teams | |||
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Team | Pos. | Team | Pos. | Team | Pos. |
Mali | #1 | Cape Verde | #7 | Ghana | #13 |
Kenya | #2 | South Africa | #8 | Nigeria | #14 |
Algeria | #3 | Congo DRC | #9 | Angola | #16 |
Ethiopia | #4 | Zambia | #10 | Cameroon | #20 |
Tunisia | #5 | Egypt | #11 | Guinea | Debut |
Senegal | #6 | Niger | #12 | Togo | Debut |
Results of the draw
editGroup A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
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Tunisia | Mali | Ethiopia | Kenya | Senegal | Algeria |
Congo DRC | Niger | Zambia | Egypt | South Africa | Cape Verde |
Togo | Ghana | Angola | Cameroon | Guinea | Nigeria |
Group Stage
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Togo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Congo DRC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 1 |
(F.R. David - "Words") Tunisia | 9 – 9 | Congo DRC (Jordan Mackampa - "Care for Your Mother") |
(Arka'n - "Les Peuples de L'ombre") Togo | 7 – 7 | Tunisia (Myrath - "Dance") |
(Damso - "Θ. Macarena") Congo DRC | 6 – 8 | Togo (Yao Bobby - "Diamonds") |
Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Niger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
Mali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |
(Bajourou - "Bastan Toure") Mali | 4 – 8 | Niger (Etran de L'Aïr - "Toubouk Ine Chihoussay") |
(Free Youth - "We Can Move") Ghana | 8 – 6 | Mali (Bassekou Kouyate - "Tabali Te") |
(Mdou Moctar - "Ya Habibti") Niger | 8 – 8 | Ghana (Genesis Owusu - "Don't Need You") |
Group C
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Zambia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
Angola | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 0 |
(Zerfu Demissie - "Sek'let") Ethiopia | 6 – 8 | Zambia (Witch - "Avalanche of Love") |
(Artur Nunes - "Mana") Angola | 7 – 6 | Ethiopia (Emahoy Tsegué - "Jerusalém") |
(Musi-O-Tunya - "Stop Dreaming Mr. D") Zambia | 8 – 8 | Angola (Fabiana Aleluia - "Oxossi Te Chama") |
Group D
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 0 |
(KayCyy - "Okay!") Kenya | 4 – 5 | Egypt (Georges Moustaki - "Le Métèque") |
(Wes - "Alane") Cameroon | 7 – 5 | Kenya (Witch Prophet - "Memory") |
(Demis Roussos - "Goodbye My Love") Egypt | 7 – 8 | Cameroon (Les Têtes Brûlées - "Confusion") |
Group E
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 0 |
(Super Diamono - "Jaraaf") Senegal | 5 – 8 | South Africa (Chris McGregor - "Country Cooking") |
(Kerfala Kanté - "Yarabi Konkon") Guinea | 8 – 6 | Senegal (Baaba Maal - "Bouyel") |
(Watkin Tudor Jones - "The Organ Grinder") South Africa | 8 – 7 | Guinea (Djeli Moussa Diawara - "Fote Mogoban") |
Group F
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cape Verde | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 0 |
(Imarhan - "Tarha Tadagh") Algeria | 6 – 7 | Cape Verde (Maíra Andrade - "Afeto") |
(Jacob Banks - "By Design") Nigeria | 6 – 5 | Algeria (Khaled - "Hiya Hiya") |
(Nelson Freitas - "Set Me Alight") Cape Verde | 5 – 5 | Nigeria (Dr. Alban - "It's My Life") |
Winning teams ranking
editGroup | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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E | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
D | Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
B | Niger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
C | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
A | Togo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
F | Cape Verde | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Final stage
editKnockout stage
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
South Africa | 6 | |||||
Niger | 4 | |||||
South Africa | 6 (0) | |||||
Zambia | 6 (2) | |||||
Cameroon | 5 | |||||
Zambia | 8 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Niger | 9 | |||||
Cameroon | 8 |
Semifinals
editSouth Africa | 6–4 | Niger |
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"Township Funk" by DJ Mujava | "Etran" by Etran Finawata |
Third place match
editFinal
editSouth Africa | (0) 6–6 (2) | Zambia |
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"Youth" by Troye Sivan | "Poor Connection" by Blackfoot |
Results
edit5th African Music Cup Champion |
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Zambia (1st Title) |
Pos. | Country | Gr | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Final | ||||||||||
1 | Zambia | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 8 |
2 | South Africa | E | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 10 |
Third-place play-off | ||||||||||
3 | Niger | B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Cameroon | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 6 |
Winners ranking eliminations | ||||||||||
5 | Togo | A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Cape Verde | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Group stage eliminations | ||||||||||
7 | Ghana | B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Angola | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Nigeria | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Guinea | E | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Egypt | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Tunisia | A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Congo DRC | A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 1 |
14 | Algeria | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 0 |
15 | Ethiopia | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 0 |
16 | Kenya | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 0 |
17 | Senegal | E | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 0 |
18 | Mali | B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |