Sixth AFMC
Tournament details
DatesDecember 26 2023
Teams18
Final positions
Champions  Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Kenya
Third place  Tunisia
Fourth place  Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored346 (10.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Tunisia (34 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Benin 3 1 #4 Group stage (#2, #4)
  Burkina Faso 2 1 #4 Group stage (#4)
  Cape Verde 5 5 #5 Champion (#2)
  Congo DRC 5 5 #5 Third place (#4)
  Egypt 6 6 #5 Fourth place (#3)
  Ethiopia 6 6 #5 Runner-up (#1)
  Gambia 2 1 #4 Group stage (#4)
  Ghana 5 5 #5 Winners ranking (#4)
  Kenya 6 6 #5 Champion (#1)
  Mali 4 4 #5 Champion (#5)
  Morocco 3 1 #3 Group stage (#2, #3)
  Mozambique 1 1 Newcomer
  Nigeria 5 5 #5 Winners ranking (#2)
  Senegal 6 6 #5 Champion (#3)
  South Africa 5 5 #5 Runner-up (#4, #5)
  Togo 2 2 #5 Winners ranking (#5)
  Tunisia 6 6 #5 Runner-up (#3)
  Zambia 5 5 #5 Champion (#5)

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

Top 6 teams

Pot 2

Top 12 teams

Pot 3

Top 18 teams

Team Pos. Team Pos. Team Pos.
  Zambia 1   Cape Verde 8   Togo 18
  South Africa 2   Senegal 9   Benin 19
  Mali 3   Congo DRC 11   Morocco 20
  Kenya 4   Egypt 12   Burkina Faso 21
  Ethiopia 5   Ghana 13   Gambia 23
  Tunisia 6   Nigeria 14   Mozambique Debut

Results of the draw

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

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kenya 2 2 0 0 16 14 2 6
  Ghana 2 0 1 1 16 17 -1 1
  Benin 2 0 1 1 16 17 -1 1
(Kaligraph Jones - "Mbona")   Kenya 8 – 7   Ghana (Jojo Abot - "To Li")
(Star Feminine Band - "La Musique")   Benin 7 – 8   Kenya (Ayub Ogada - "Kothbiro")
(Marijata - "Break Through")   Ghana 9 – 9   Benin (Les Sympathics de Porto-Novo - "A Min We")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Cape Verde 2 2 0 0 17 15 2 6
  Togo 2 1 0 1 16 16 0 3
  Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 16 18 -2 0
(Meskerem Mees - "Joe")   Ethiopia 8 – 9   Cape Verde (Cesária Évora - "Sangue de Beirona")
(Yao Bobby - "Djole")   Togo 9 – 8   Ethiopia (Gigi - "Gud Fella")
(Mayra Andrade - "Afeto")   Cape Verde 8 – 7   Togo (Akofa Akoussah - "I Tcho Tchass")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Zambia 2 2 0 0 15 11 4 6
  Gambia 2 0 1 1 13 15 -2 1
  Egypt 2 0 1 1 12 14 -2 1
(Paul Ngozi - "Can't You Hear Me")   Zambia 7 – 5   Egypt (EEK - "El Bawaba")
(Moussa Ngom - "Circulation Lamp Fall")   Gambia 6 – 8   Zambia (Witch - "You Better Know")
(Louis Chedid - "Ainsi Soit-Il")   Egypt 7 – 7   Gambia (Ifang Bondi - "Salimata")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Burkina Faso 2 1 0 1 17 16 1 3
  Mali 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
  Congo DRC 2 1 0 1 15 16 -1 3
(Tamikrest - "Mawarniha Tartit")   Mali 8 – 6   Congo DRC (Kanda Bongo Man - "Monie")
(Victor Deme - "Djôn'Maya")   Burkina Faso 9 – 7   Mali (Les Amazones D'Afrique - "La Dame")
(Papa Wemba - "Show Me the Way")   Congo DRC 9 – 8   Burkina Faso (Baba Commandant - "Waso")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 18 16 2 6
  Senegal 2 1 0 1 18 18 0 3
  Morocco 2 0 0 2 15 17 -2 0
(Ifriqiyya Electrique - "Mashee Kooka")   Tunisia 10 – 9   Senegal (MC Solaar - "Obsolète")
(Hindi Zahra - "Beautiful Tango")   Morocco 7 – 8   Tunisia (Deena Abdelwahed - "Tawa")
(Akon - "Locked Up")   Senegal 9 – 8   Morocco (Muslim - "Skati")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mozambique 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4
  Nigeria 2 0 2 0 16 16 0 2
  South Africa 2 0 1 1 15 16 -1 1
(DJ Mujava - "Township Funk")   South Africa 8 – 8   Nigeria (Seun Kuti - "Black Times")
(Ghorwane - "Majurugenta")   Mozambique 8 – 7   South Africa (Aleah - "My Will")
(Obongjayar - "Just Cool")   Nigeria 8 – 8   Mozambique (Eyuphuru - "Masikini")

Winning teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
C   Zambia 2 2 0 0 15 11 4 6
E   Tunisia 2 2 0 0 18 16 2 6
B   Cape Verde 2 2 0 0 17 15 2 6
A   Kenya 2 2 0 0 16 14 2 6
F   Mozambique 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4
D   Burkina Faso 2 1 0 1 17 16 1 3

Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Zambia8+
 
 
 
  Cape Verde8
 
  Zambia9
 
 
 
  Kenya7
 
  Tunisia8
 
 
  Kenya8+
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Cape Verde8
 
 
  Tunisia8+

Semifinals

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  Zambia8+–8  Cape Verde
"When I'm Gone" by Musi-O-Tunya "Alto Cutelo" by Os Tubarões

  Tunisia8–8+  Kenya
"Alech" by Carthafo "The Fool, Pt. 3" by Shad

Third place match

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  Cape Verde8–8+  Tunisia
"Cumba Letu (Revisited)" by Boy Gé Mendes "Bravo" by Jacqueline Taïeb

Final

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  Zambia9–7  Kenya
"Rosemary's Revenge" by Backwash "Deadly" by Nameless

Results

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6th African Music Cup Champion
 
Zambia
(2nd Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Zambia C 4 3 1 0 32 26 6 10
2   Kenya A 4 2 1 1 31 31 0 7
Third-place play-off
3   Tunisia E 4 2 2 0 34 32 2 8
4   Cape Verde B 4 2 2 0 33 31 2 8
Winners ranking eliminations
5   Mozambique F 2 1 1 0 16 15 1 4
6   Burkina Faso D 2 1 0 1 17 16 1 3
Group stage eliminations
7   Senegal E 2 1 0 1 18 18 0 3
8   Togo B 2 1 0 1 16 16 0 3
9   Mali D 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
10   Congo DRC D 2 1 0 1 15 16 -1 3
11   Nigeria F 2 0 2 0 16 16 0 2
12   Ghana A 2 0 1 1 16 17 -1 1
13   Benin A 2 0 1 1 16 17 -1 1
14   South Africa F 2 0 1 1 15 16 -1 1
15   Gambia C 2 0 1 1 13 15 -2 1
16   Egypt C 2 0 1 1 12 14 -2 1
17   Ethiopia B 2 0 0 2 16 18 -2 0
18   Morocco E 2 0 0 2 15 17 -2 0