| 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 |
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 success even with covid situation in Nigeria.[4]
Teams and draw
Qualified Teams
Unlike 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
On 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oyo | Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium |
Group stage
Group A
| 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
| Nigeria | 0-0 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol) report (Press) |
| Zambia | 2-3 | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Nigeria | 2-3 | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol) report (Press) |
| Senegal | 1-4 | Libya |
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KARIFA 6' |
Report |
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| Zambia | 2-3 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol) report (Press) |
Group B
| 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:
| Egypt | 3-1 | Ghana |
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| Ghana | 3-3 | Burkina Faso |
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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) |
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| 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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| Ivory Coast | 5-1 | Somalia |
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| Ghana | 7-1 | Somalia |
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| Egypt | 3-2 | Ivory Coast |
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| Burkina Faso | 4-0 | Somalia |
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Knockout stage
| 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
| Nigeria | 1-1 | Ghana |
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report (Mygol) report (Press) |
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| Penalties | ||
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1-2 |
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| Libya | 6-1 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
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| Egypt | 2-0 | Zambia |
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Report |
| Senegal (W) | 0-3 | Ivory Coast |
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| report (Mygol) report (Press) |
Semifinals
| Libya | 2-2 | Ghana |
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report (mygol) report (Press) |
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| Penalties | ||
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2-0 |
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3rd place
| Ivory Coast | 2-0 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| JACOB TRA (30 ), 43' |
report (Mygol) report (press) |
finals
| Libya | (0-0) 0-1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| report (Mygol report (Press AR) |
ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 58' |
World Cup Qualification
| 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
| Nigeria | 3-0 | Burkina Faso (W) |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Senegal (W) | 0-3 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Nigeria | 3-2 | Zambia |
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Report |
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Top Scored
All 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
| 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:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
References
- ↑ "021-africa-minifootball-cup-nigeria-battles-djibouti-in-opener". bestchoicesports. TPD. 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". insideoyo. Yinka TPD. 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". The Nation. Yinka Adeniran. 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "amc-president-thumbs-up-facilities-for-africa-mini-football-nations-cup". guardian. TPD. 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Draw". AMC. 12 June 2021.
- ↑ "2nd-african-mini-football-nations-cup-oyo-govt-promises-hitch-free-fiesta". vanguardngr. 12 June 2021.
- ↑ "Participating nation in Cup 2020". bsnsports. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ↑ "MyGol platform".
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