2021 African MiniFootball Cup

2021 African MiniFootball Cup
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
← 2018 2024 → All statistics correct as of 18 July 2021.

International football competition

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
Nigeria (Host country) Ivory Coast Tunisia Libya	Algeria Benin Morocco Ghana	Zambia Egypt Burkina Faso Djibouti	Gabon South Africa Somalia Senegal

Participating Nations

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

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

Source: ^[8]
(H) Hosts

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

8 July 2021

20:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	0-0	Libya
	report (Mygol) report (Press)

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

9 July 2021

20:00 UTC+1

Zambia	2-3	Senegal
	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

11 July 2021

17:30 UTC+1

Nigeria	2-3	Senegal
	report (Mygol) report (Press)

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

11 July 2021

16:00 UTC+1

Senegal	1-4	Libya
KARIFA 6'	Report	MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH 13' IBRAHIM SAID (21), 41' MUSTAFA NIQREESH 48'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

12 July 2021

17:30 UTC+1

Zambia	2-3	Nigeria
	report (Mygol) report (Press)

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

13 July 2021

17:30 UTC+1

Zambia	0-4	Libya
	Report	MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH 13' ALEID ABU ZAYD 39' OMAR MOUSAY 50' IBRAHIM SAID 50+2'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

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: ^{[citation needed]}

8 July 2021

20:30 UTC+1

Egypt	3-1	Ghana
MOHAMED HASSAN ALI 0' REYAD IBRAHIM 0' ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 0'	report (Mygol) report (Press)	SARFO 0'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

10 July 2021

20:00 UTC+1

Ghana	3-3	Burkina Faso
SARFO (0), 0' APPIAH KUBI 0'	report (Mygol) report (Press)	0' 0' 0'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

11 July 2021

17:30 UTC+1

Ivory Coast Ivory Cost	1-3	Ghana Ghana
HABIB COME 13'	[https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1/matches/58 report (Mygol) report (Press)	BOAKYE 3' SARFO (48), 53'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

11 July 2021

19:00 UTC+1

Egypt	4-0	Burkina Faso
REYAD IBRAHIM 8' KAMEL MOHAMED 35' ABDO YASSEN 40' MOHAMED HASHISH 50'	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

12 July 2021

16:00 UTC+1

Ivory Coast	1-0	Burkina Faso
HABIB COME 50'	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

12 July 2021

19:00 UTC+1

Egypt	6-0	Somalia
ABDELNABY ABDELFATTAH 22' ABDELRAOOF IBRAHEM 25' MOHAMED HASHISH 35' KAMEL MOHAMED, 39', 42' (47)	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

13 July 2021

19:00 UTC+1

Ivory Coast	5-1	Somalia
JACOB TRA, 3', 5' (44) HABIB COME 5' MARC STEPHANE GOORE 18'	Report	25+2'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

14 July 2021

11:00 UTC+1

Ghana	7-1	Somalia
SARFO 8' ANANE 10' BOAKYE (17), 20' APPIAH - KUBI , 32', 45' (48)	report (Mygol) report (Press)	42'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

14 July 2021

19:00 UTC+1

Egypt	3-2	Ivory Coast
ABDELRAOOF IBRAHEM 18' ALI SEROR 42' MOHAMED HASHISH 45'	Report	JACOB TRA 50' STEPHANE GOORE 50+1'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

14 July 2021

20:30 UTC+1

Burkina Faso	4-0	Somalia
8' 26' 27' 32'	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

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

15 July 2021

15h00UTC+1

Nigeria	1-1	Ghana
OCHEJE 29'	report (Mygol) report (Press)	AGYEMANG 11'
Penalties
IKANDEIKANDE JAMES EKONDO ORELOPE	1-2	BOAKYE APPIAH - KUBI AGYEMANG

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

15 july 2021

17h00UTC+1

Libya	6-1	Burkina Faso
IBRAHIM AMER (17), 22' MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH 17' IBRAHIM SAID 25' ALEID ABU ZAYD 36' ALAJAMI ABUSHRMET 40'	Report	26'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

15 July 2021

19h00UTC+1

Egypt	2-0	Zambia
ABDO YASSEN 25' ABDELHAMID ELSAYED 28'	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

15 July 2021

21h00UTC+1

Senegal (W)	0-3	Ivory Coast
	report (Mygol) report (Press)

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

Semifinals

16 July 2021

18h00UTC+1

Libya	2-2	Ghana
SALM ALHMRWNE 34' IBRAHIM SAID 40'	report (mygol) report (Press)	SARFO 1' TETTEH OCANSEY 38'
Penalties
SALM ALHMRWNE MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH	2-0	BOAKYE NANA AGYEMANG

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

16 July 2021

20h00UTC+1

Ivory Coast	1-3	Egypt
JUNIOR DIARRASSOUBA 45'	Report	ABDELHAMID ELSAYED 11' ABDO ABDO YASSEN (26), 41'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

3rd place

17 July 2021

11h00UTC+1

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

17 July 2021

18h00UTC+1

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

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

16 July 2021

16h30UTC+1

Nigeria	3-0	Burkina Faso (W)
	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

16 July 2021

21h30UTC+1

Senegal (W)	0-3	Zambia
	Report

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

17 July 2021

15h00UTC+1

Nigeria	3-2	Zambia
KABIR ADEWOLE , 11 ', 31' (50)	Report	14' 39'

Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria

Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui

Bilal Sene

Top Scored

All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.

POS	Player	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: ^{[citation needed]}

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.

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