2021 African MiniFootball Cup
The 2021 African Minifootball Cup(CAN minifoot) [1](Arabic: 2021 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, French: CAN mini-foot 2021) is the second edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was held in Nigeria. [2] [3] Initially set to hold in 2020, it was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19. It was huge sucess even with covid situation in Nigeria.[4]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 8–17 July 2021 |
Teams | 9 (originally 16) (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 112 (4 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Teams and draw
Qualified Teams
Unlike in the 2018 African Minifootball Cup, 16 teams are qualified for the final
Team | Finals appearance | Previous best
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2nd | Groupe stage 2018 |
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2nd | Winner 2018 |
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2nd | Fourth place 2018 |
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2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
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2nd | Runner-up 2018 |
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2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
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2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
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2nd | Third place2018 |
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1st | debut |
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Participating Nation
Due to covid 19 measurement in some participants country , the tournament kicked off with only 8 country , host Nigeria, Libya, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Zambia , Benin Republic, Somalia and Senegal. one of the most absent team is the tunisia minifootball team the third in the last tournament. [7] For more information visit website of the tournament https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1
Venues
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Oyo | Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium |
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation
Nigeria ![]() | 0-0 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 2-3 | ![]() |
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Nigeria ![]() | 2-3 | ![]() |
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Senegal ![]() | 1-4 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 2-3 | ![]() |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 7 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
Egypt ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() |
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Ghana ![]() | 3-3 | ![]() |
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Ivory Coast ![]() | 1-3 | ![]() |
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[https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1/matches/58 report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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Egypt ![]() | 4-0 | ![]() |
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Ivory Coast ![]() | 1-0 | ![]() |
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Egypt ![]() | 6-0 | ![]() |
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Ivory Coast ![]() | 5-1 | ![]() |
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Ghana ![]() | 7-1 | ![]() |
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Egypt ![]() | 3-2 | ![]() |
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Burkina Faso ![]() | 4-0 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
15 July | ||||||||||
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16 July | ||||||||||
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15 July | ||||||||||
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![]() | 6 | |||||||||
17 July– | ||||||||||
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15 July | ||||||||||
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16 July | ||||||||||
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15 July | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
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17 July | ||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
Nigeria ![]() | 1-1 | ![]() |
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Libya ![]() | 6-1 | ![]() |
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Egypt ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() |
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Senegal ![]() | 0-3 | ![]() |
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Semifinals
Libya ![]() | 2-2 | ![]() |
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2-0 |
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3rd place
Ivory Coast ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() |
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JACOB TRA![]() |
report (Mygol) report (press) |
World Cup Qualification
5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place | |||||
16 July | ||||||
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17 July | ||||||
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16 July | ||||||
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Top Scored
All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.
POS | Player | Team | PLD | ![]() |
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1 | Bernard Sarfo | ![]() |
6 | 7 |
2 | BI ZAMBLE COBO JACOB TRA | ![]() |
6 | 6 |
3 | MOHAMED KHAMIES IBRAHIM SAID | ![]() |
5 | 5 |
4 | DENNIS AMEYAW APPIAH - KUBI | ![]() |
7 | 4 |
5 | MOHAMED YAKOT ABDO ABDO YASSEN | ![]() |
6 | 4 |
Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
3 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | 3rd |
4 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 9 | 4th |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | |
8 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 4 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2021 WMF World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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16 July 2021 | 0 |
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16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
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16 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
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16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
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17 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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