2018 African Minifootball Cup

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup 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]

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
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored93 (5.81 per match)

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

Venues
CitiesVenuesCapacity
Tripoli Al-Madina Stadium 1,500

Teams

Group stage

Group A
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
Source:
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
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
Source:
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
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia2 (6)
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 Ivory Coast (p)2 (7)
 
 Ivory Coast (p)3 (3)
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 Senegal3 (1)
 
 Libya1 (2)
 
 
 Senegal (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia1
 
 
 Libya0

Semi-finals
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
Tunisia 1–0 Libya
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final
Ivory Coast 3–3 Senegal
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
Ivory Coast9 May 20181 (2017)
Libya9 May 20181 (2017)
Senegal10 May 20181 (2017)
Tunisia10 May 20181 (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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