2018 African Minifootball Cup

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2018 African Minifootball Cup
2018 AMC (logo).png
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–12 May 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast (1st title)
Runners-upSenegal
Third placeTunisia Tunisia
Fourth placeLibya
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored93 (5.81 per match)
2021 →

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup (Arabic: 2018 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة‎, French: CAN mini-foot 2018)was the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was contested in Libya[1] from 5–12 May 2018.[2][3][4][5] This tournament served as the qualification for the 2019 WMF World Cup for the best four teams.[6][7] Ivory Coast wins the tournament beating Senegal in the final on penalties kick 3–1 after a draw 3–3.[8]

The next edition will held in Nigeria in 2020.[9]

Venues[]

Cities Venues Capacity
Tripoli Al-Madina Stadium 1,500

Teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   3 2 0 1 14 2 +12 6
3   3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4   3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Source:[citation needed]
 1–0 
  • Ben Saud Goal 11'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 2–6 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Match between Somalia and Ghana played on 10 May 2018.

 6–0 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 5–0 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 8–1 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 4–0 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 22 2 +20 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   3 1 2 0 11 4 +7 5
3   3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 4
4   3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0
Source:[citation needed]
 1–1 Tunisia
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 1–9 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Tunisia 3–1 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 8–1 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Tunisia 18–0 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 2–2 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Knockout stage[]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 2 (6)
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
  (p)2 (7)
 
  (p)3 (3)
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
  3 (1)
 
  1 (2)
 
 
  (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 1
 
 
 0

Semi-finals[]

Tunisia 2–2 
Penalties
6–7
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
 1–1 
Penalties
2–3
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

3rd place match[]

Tunisia 1–0 
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final[]

 3–3 
Penalties
3–1
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup[]

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 WMF World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  || 9 May 2018 || 1 (2017)
  || 9 May 2018 || 1 (2017)
  || 10 May 2018 || 1 (2017)
 Tunisia || 10 May 2018 || 1 (2017)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Broadcasting[]

2018 African Minifootball Cup Media Coverage
Country Television Channel
 Libya Libya Sport
 Tunisia Nessma Sport

References[]

  1. ^ "African Minifootball Cup". TVS News. Alade. 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Libya wins bid to host 2018 African Minifootball Championship". libyaobserver.ly. Libya Observer. 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "African Minifootball General Assembly Concludes in Tunisia". minifootball.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
  4. ^ "World Minifootball Federation Invites MAN President For 2019 World Cup Draws". BestChoiceSports. Niyi Busari. 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Nigeria joins World Minifootball Federation". Journal du Cameroun. APA News. 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Team Nigeria hopeful as maiden African Minifootball Cup begins". The Guardian. Fidelis Ebu. 7 May 2018.
  7. ^ "African Minifootball Cup Archives - TVC News Nigeria". Sports Galore. Folusho Alade. 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Can Mini foot, la Côte d'Ivoire championne d'Afrique". RTI. 13 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". The Nation. Yinka Adeniran. 6 December 2019.
  10. ^ "NIGERIA TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICA MINIFOOTBALL CUP". Minifootball Association of Nigeria. 2017.

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