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2025 African Minifootball Cup

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2025 African Minifootball Cup
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates16–25 April
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2024
TBD

The 2025 African Minifootball Cup will be the fourth edition of the African Minifootball Cup organised by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC).[1] The tournament will be held in the city of Derna in Libya from 16 to 25 April 2025, With the expansion of the tournament to sixteen teams, this is the second time Libya will host the event. South Africa are the are the defending champions.[2]

Venues

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Libya was awarded the right to host the event on 27 October 2024. All the matches will be played at the Derna International Stadium in Derna.[3] This is the second time that Libya will host the event after the 2018 edition.

Derna
Derna International Stadium
Capacity: 2,100

Teams

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Participating nations

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Participating teams are revealed on 29 October 2024.

Team Finals
appearance
First
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
 Burkina Faso 2nd 2021 2021 Quarter-finals (2021)
 Cameroon 2nd 2024 2024 Group stage (2024)
 Chad 2nd 2024 2024 Fourth place (2024)
 DR Congo 1st None None Debut
 Ghana 4th 2018 2024 Fourth place (2021)
 Guinea 1st None None Debut
 Ivory Coast 3rd 2018 2021 Champions (2018)
 Libya (Host) 3rd 2018 2021 Runners-up (2021)
 Mauritania 2nd 2024 2024 Runners-up (2024)
 Morocco 1st None None Debut
 Nigeria 3rd 2018 2021 Quarter-finals (2021)
 Somalia 3rd 2018 2021 Group stage (2018, 2021)
 South Africa (Holders) 3rd 2018 2024 Champions (2024)
 Tunisia 2nd 2018 2018 Third place (2018)
 Uganda 1st None None Debut
 Zambia 3rd 2021 2024 Quarter-finals (2021)

Draw

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The teams participating in the 2025 African Minifootball Cup were divided into 4 levels according to the WMF ranking and the teams’ results in the previous three participations in the tournament. The draw took place in the city of Derna, Libya on 15 December 2024, in the presence of all the presidents of the participating federations. Algeria withraw the tournament, it was replaced by Guinea.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Libya (Hosts)
 South Africa (Holders)
 Mauritania
 Ghana

 Tunisia
 Chad
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria

 Burkina Faso
 Somalia
 Cameroon
 Zambia

 Algeria Guinea (Debut)
 Morocco (Debut)
 Uganda (Debut)
 DR Congo (Debut)

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: AMC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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Derna International Stadium, Derna
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: AMC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: AMC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

v
Derna International Stadium, Derna
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: AMC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna
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Derna International Stadium, Derna

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 Third place
 
 
 
2025 – Derna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

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Derna International Stadium, Derna

v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

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Derna International Stadium, Derna

Semi-finals

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Derna International Stadium, Derna

v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

Third place match

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v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

Final

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v
Derna International Stadium, Derna

References

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  1. ^ "Libya's Derna to host Africa Minifootball Cup | The Libya Observer". libyaobserver.ly. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  2. ^ "South Africa emerges victorious in the Africa Minifootball Nations Cup 2024!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  3. ^ El-Assasy, Ahmad (2024-10-27). "Libya's Derna to Host 16 Teams in Africa Minifootball Cup of Nations 2025". LibyaReview. Retrieved 2024-12-23.