African Minifootball Cup
| Organising body | AMC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |  South Africa(1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Egypt Ivory Coast South Africa(1 title each) |
 2025 African Minifootball Cup | |
The African Minifootball Cup is a continental outdoor minifootball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The fondator is Achraf Ben Salha from Tunisia The first edition was held in Libya in May 2018.[1][2]
History
[edit]Between 2–3 March 2018, the African Minifootball general assembly was held in Tunisia by the president founder, the tunisian Achraf Ben Salha as the momentum for minifootball continued to build throughout the continent. The 2018 calendar was set and it was decided that the African Cup would start in May, serving as qualifying tournament for the 2019 WMF World Cup.[3]
Results
[edit]Editions
[edit]| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champion
|
Score |  Runner-up
|
 Third place
|
Score |  Fourth place
| ||||
| 1 | 2018 |  Libya
|
 Ivory Coast |
3–3 (3–1 p) |  Senegal |
 Tunisia |
1–0 |  Libya |
8 |
| 2 | 2021 |  Nigeria
|
 Egypt |
1–0 | Libya |
Ivory Coast |
2–0 |  Ghana |
9 |
| 3 | 2024 | South Africa
|
 South Africa |
5–4 |  Mauritania |
Egypt |
1–1 (5–3 p) |  Chad |
8 |
| 4 | 2025 | Libya
|
TBD | TBD | 16 | ||||
Summary
[edit]| Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt
|
1 (2021) | — | 1 (2024) | — |
| Ivory Coast
|
1 (2018) | — | 1 (2021) | — |
| South Africa
|
1 (2024) | — | — | 1 (2018) |
| Libya
|
— | 1 (2021) | — | — |
 Senegal
|
— | 1 (2018) | — | — |
 Mauritania
|
— | 1 (2024) | — | — |
 Tunisia
|
— | — | 1 (2018) | — |
 Ghana
|
— | — | — | 1 (2021) |
 Chad
|
— | — | — | 1 (2024) |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Libya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Team | 2018 (8) |
2021 (9) |
2024 (8) |
2025 (16) |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Burkina Faso
|
× | QF | × | Q | 2 |
 Cameroon
|
× | × | GS | Q | 2 |
| Chad
|
× | × | 4th | Q | 2 |
 DR Congo
|
× | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Egypt
|
× | 1st | 3rd | × | 2 |
| Ghana
|
GS | 4th | GS | Q | 4 |
 Guinea
|
× | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Ivory Coast
|
1st | 3rd | × | Q | 3 |
| Libya
|
4th | 2nd | × | Q | 3 |
| Mauritania
|
× | × | 2nd | Q | 2 |
 Mauritius
|
× | × | GS | × | 1 |
 Morocco
|
× | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Nigeria
|
GS | QF | × | Q | 3 |
| Senegal
|
2nd | QF | × | × | 2 |
 Somalia
|
GS | GS | × | Q | 3 |
| South Africa
|
GS | × | 1st | Q | 3 |
| Tunisia
|
3rd | × | × | Q | 2 |
 Uganda
|
× | × | × | Q | 1 |
 Zambia
|
× | QF | GS | Q | 3 |
| Total: 19 team | 8 | 9 | 8 | 16 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "African Minifootball General Assembly Concludes in Tunisia". minifootball.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
- ^ "World Minifootball Federation Invites MAN President For 2019 World Cup Draws". BestChoiceSports. Niyi Busari. 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Team Nigeria hopeful as maiden African Minifootball Cup begins". The Guardian. Fidelis Ebu. 7 May 2018.