The 2021 African Minifootball Cup (Arabic: 2021 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, French: CAN mini-foot 2021) also called AFCON Minifoot for a short[1] is the second edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). 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 success even with covid situation in Nigeria.[4]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  Egypt (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Libya |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  Ghana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 112 (4 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Bernard Sarfo(7 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Mohamed Khamies |
← 2018 2024 →
All statistics correct as of 18 July 2021. | |
Teams and draw
editQualified Teams
editUnlike in the 2018 African Minifootball Cup, 16 teams are qualified for the final
| Team | Finals appearance | Previous best
performance |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana
|
2nd | Groupe stage 2018 |
| Ivory Coast
|
2nd | Winner 2018 |
| Libya
|
2nd | Fourth place 2018 |
 Nigeria
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 Senegal
|
2nd | Runner-up 2018 |
 Somalia
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 South Africa
|
2nd | Groupe stage2018 |
 Tunisia
|
2nd | Third place2018 |
 Morocco
|
1st | debut |
 Djibouti
|
1st | debut |
 Benin
|
1st | debut |
 Burkina Faso
|
1st | debut |
| Egypt
|
1st | debut |
 Algeria
|
1st | debut |
 Zambia
|
1st | debut |
 Gabon
|
1st | debut |
Draw
editOn 10 June 2021, in Ibadan, the pools were drawn for 4 groups of 16 teams[5][6]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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Participating Nations
editDue to Covid-19 measurements in some participants' countries, the tournament kicked off with only 9 countries: host Nigeria, Libya, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Benin Republic, Somalia and Senegal. One of the most notably absent teams are the Tunisia MiniFootball, who finished third in the last tournament. [7] For more information visit website of the tournament: https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1
Venues
edit| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Oyo | Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium |
Group stage
editGroup A
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
| 2 |  Senegal
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Nigeria (H)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Zambia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation
| Senegal | 1-4 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
KARIFA 6' |
Report |
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| Zambia | 0-4 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 12 |
| 2 | Ghana
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 |  Ivory Coast
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Burkina Faso
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Somalia
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Ghana | 3-3 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
|
report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Ivory Coast Ivory Cost | 1-3 | Ghana Ghana |
|---|---|---|
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[https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1/matches/58 report (Mygol) report (Press) |
| Egypt | 4-0 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
| Ivory Coast | 1-0 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
| Egypt | 6-0 | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
| Ivory Coast | 5-1 | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
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| Ghana | 7-1 | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
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report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Egypt | 3-2 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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| Burkina Faso | 4-0 | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Knockout stage
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Ghana (p) | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Libya (p) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Libya | 6 | |||||||||
| 17 July– | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 1 | |||||||||
| Egypt (a.e.t) | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Libya | 0 | |||||||||
| Senegal (W) | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 July | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit| Nigeria | 1-1 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
|
report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Penalties | ||
| 1-2 | ||
| Libya | 6-1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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| Egypt | 2-0 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Semifinals
edit| Libya | 2-2 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
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report (mygol) report (Press) |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2-0 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 1-3 | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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3rd place
edit| Ivory Coast | 2-0 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| JACOB TRA (30 ), 43' |
report (Mygol) report (press) |
finals
edit| Libya | (0-0) 0-1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol report (Press AR) |
ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 58' |
World Cup Qualification
edit| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place | |||||
| 16 July | ||||||
| Senegal (W) | 0 | |||||
| 17 July | ||||||
| Zambia | 3 | |||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| 16 July | ||||||
| Zambia | 2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| Burkina Faso (W) | 0 | |||||
5th–8th place
edit| Nigeria | 3-0 | Burkina Faso (W) |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Nigeria | 3-2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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Top Scored
editAll statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.
| POS | Player | Team | PLD |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
| 2 | Libya
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
| 3 | Ivory Coast
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | 3rd |
| 4 | Ghana
|
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 9 | 4th |
| 5 | Nigeria
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | Zambia
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | |
| 7 | Senegal
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | |
| 8 | Burkina Faso
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 4 | |
| 9 | Somalia
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
Source: [citation needed]
Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup
editThe following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2021 WMF World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt
|
16 July 2021 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
| Ghana
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Libya
|
16 July 2021 | 1 (2017) |
| Nigeria
|
17 July 2021 | 1 (2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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