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2021 African MiniFootball Cup

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2021 African MiniFootball Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates8–17 July 2021
Teams9 (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 played28
Goals scored112 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Bernard Sarfo
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Libya Mohamed Khamies
2018
2024
All statistics correct as of 18 July 2021.

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 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

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Qualified Teams

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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

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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

 Nigeria (Host country)
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia
 Libya

 Algeria
 Benin
 Morocco
 Ghana

 Zambia
 Egypt
 Burkina Faso
 Djibouti

 Gabon
 South Africa
 Somalia
 Senegal

Participating Nations

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Due 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

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Cities Venues Capacity
Oyo Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium

Group stage

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Group A

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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
Source: [8]
(H) Hosts

Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation

Nigeria 0-0 Libya
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Zambia 2-3 Senegal
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Nigeria 2-3 Senegal
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Senegal 1-4 Libya
KARIFA 6' Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Zambia 2-3 Nigeria
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Zambia 0-4 Libya
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

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]
Egypt 3-1 Ghana
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Ghana 3-3 Burkina Faso
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
  • 0'
  • 0'
  • 0'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Ivory Coast  Ivory Cost1-3 Ghana Ghana
[https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1/matches/58 report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Egypt 4-0 Burkina Faso
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Ivory Coast 1-0 Burkina Faso
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene


Egypt 6-0 Somalia
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Ivory Coast 5-1 Somalia
Report
  • 25+2'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Ghana 7-1 Somalia
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
  • 42'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Egypt 3-2 Ivory Coast
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Burkina Faso 4-0 Somalia
  • 8'
  • 26'
  • 27'
  • 32'
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene


Knockout stage

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
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

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Nigeria 1-1 Ghana
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Penalties
1-2
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Libya 6-1 Burkina Faso
Report
  • 26'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Egypt 2-0 Zambia
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Senegal  (W)0-3 Ivory Coast
report (Mygol)
report (Press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Semifinals

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Libya 2-2 Ghana
report (mygol)
report (Press)
Penalties
2-0
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Ivory Coast 1-3 Egypt
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

3rd place

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Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana
JACOB TRA (30 ), 43' report (Mygol)
report (press)
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

finals

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Libya (0-0) 0-1 (a.e.t.) Egypt
report (Mygol
report (Press AR)
ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 58'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene


World Cup Qualification

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5th–8th place semifinals5th 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

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Nigeria 3-0 Burkina Faso (W)
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene
Senegal  (W)0-3 Zambia
Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

Nigeria 3-2 Zambia
Report
  • 14'
  • 39'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

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Top Scored

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All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.

POS Player Team PLD
1 Bernard Sarfo Ghana 6 7
2 BI ZAMBLE COBO JACOB TRA Ivory Coast 6 6
3 MOHAMED KHAMIES IBRAHIM SAID Libya 5 5
4 DENNIS AMEYAW APPIAH - KUBI Ghana 7 4
5 MOHAMED YAKOT ABDO ABDO YASSEN Egypt 6 4

Final ranking

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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

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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

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  2. ^ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". insideoyo. Yinka TPD. 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". The Nation. Yinka Adeniran. 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "amc-president-thumbs-up-facilities-for-africa-mini-football-nations-cup". guardian. TPD. 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Draw". AMC. 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ "2nd-african-mini-football-nations-cup-oyo-govt-promises-hitch-free-fiesta". vanguardngr. 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Participating nation in Cup 2020". bsnsports. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ^ "MyGol platform".