2018 African Minifootball Cup

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2018 African Minifootball Cup
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–12 May 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-upSenegal Senegal
Third placeTunisia Tunisia
Fourth placeLibya Libya
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[edit]

Cities Venues Capacity
Tripoli Al-Madina Stadium 1,500

Teams[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 14 2 +12 6
3  Ghana 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4  Somalia 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Libya 1–0 Ivory Coast
  • Ben Saud 11'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Somalia 2–6 Ghana
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Match between Somalia and Ghana played on 10 May 2018.


Ivory Coast 6–0 Ghana
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 5–0 Somalia
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Ivory Coast 8–1 Somalia
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 4–0 Ghana
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Group B[edit]

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  Senegal 3 1 2 0 11 4 +7 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 4
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0
Senegal 1–1 Tunisia
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
South Africa 1–9 Nigeria
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Tunisia 3–1 Nigeria
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Senegal 8–1 South Africa
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Tunisia 18–0 South Africa
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Senegal 2–2 Nigeria
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Knockout stage[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 2 (6)
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 Ivory Coast (p)2 (7)
 
 Ivory Coast (p)3 (3)
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 Senegal 3 (1)
 
 Libya 1 (2)
 
 
 Senegal (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 1
 
 
 Libya0

Semi-finals[edit]

Tunisia 2–2 Ivory Coast
Penalties
6–7
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 1–1 Senegal
Penalties
2–3
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

3rd place match[edit]

Tunisia 1–0 Libya
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final[edit]

Ivory Coast 3–3 Senegal
Penalties
3–1
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup[edit]

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ivory Coast 9 May 2018 1 (2017)
 Libya 9 May 2018 1 (2017)
 Senegal 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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