2021 African MiniFootball Cup

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]

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) Bernard Sarfo
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Mohamed Khamies

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
CitiesVenuesCapacity
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

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
  • MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH 13'
  • IBRAHIM SAID (21), 41'
  • MUSTAFA NIQREESH 48'
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
  • 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:
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
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
Ivory Coast  Ivory Cost1-3 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
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
Ivory Coast 1-0 Burkina Faso
  • HABIB COME 50'
 Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene


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
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
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
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
Burkina Faso 4-0 Somalia
  • 8'
  • 26'
  • 27'
  • 32'
 Report
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene


Knockout stage
 
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
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
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
Egypt 2-0 Zambia
  • ABDO YASSEN 25'
  • ABDELHAMID ELSAYED 28'
 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
  • KABIR ADEWOLE , 11 ', 31' (50)
 Report
  • 14'
  • 39'
Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium, Oyo, Nigeria
Referee: Mohamed fares Elkaoui
  • Bilal Sene

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Top Scored

All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.

POSPlayerTeamPLD
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.

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