2017 WMF World Cup

2017 WMF World Cup

كأس العالم لكرة القدم المصغرة 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	6–15 October
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	260 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Francisco Castaño (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Ouday Belhaj
Best goalkeeper	Papa Samba Diallo
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The 2017 WMF World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the biennial world championship for national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation (WMF). The tournament was contested in Nabeul in Tunisia between 6 and 15 October 2017. ^[1] The tournament has been expanded by increasing the number of participating teams to 24. United States are the defending champions. ^[2] Czech Republic defeated Mexico 3–0 in the final, to win the title. ^{[3] [4]}

Venue

Tunisia was awarded the right to host the event on 27 August 2016. ^[5] All the matches are played at the Nabeul Minifootball Stadium in Nabeul on the south coast of the Cape Bon. This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event. ^[6] The most prominent challenges and concerns of hosting was Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia.

Nabeul
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium
Capacity: 2,900
Nabeul

Teams

Participating nations

Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Finals appearance	First appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Argentina	1st	None	None	Debut
Australia	1st	None	None	Debut
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1st	None	None	Debut
Brazil	2nd	2015	2015	Third place (2015)
Chile	1st	None	None	Debut
Czech Republic	2nd	2015	2015	Quarter-finals (2015)
France	1st	None	None	Debut
Guatemala	1st	None	None	Debut
Hungary	1st	None	None	Debut
India	2nd	2015	2015	Group stage (2015)
Iraq	1st	None	None	Debut
Ivory Coast	1st	None	None	Debut
Kazakhstan	2nd	2015	2015	Group stage (2015)
Lebanon	1st	None	None	Debut
Libya	1st	None	None	Debut
Mexico	2nd	2015	2015	Runners-up (2015)
Portugal	1st	None	None	Debut
Romania	2nd	2015	2015	Third place (2015)
Russia	2nd	2015	2015	Group stage (2015)
Senegal	1st	None	None	Debut
Somalia	1st	None	None	Debut
Spain	1st	None	None	Debut
Tunisia (Host)	1st	None	None	Debut
United States (Holders)	2nd	2015	2015	Champions (2015)

Draw

On 11 June 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from 6 October to 16 October 2017. ^[7] On 6 September 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis. ^[8] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Tunisia (Host)   Romania   Mexico   United States   Russia   Czech Republic	France   Hungary   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Spain   Kazakhstan   Portugal	Chile   Brazil   Senegal   Argentina   Libya   Ivory Coast	Australia   Somalia   Lebanon   Iraq   India   Guatemala

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
8. drawing of lots by the 2017 WMF World Cup Organising Committee.

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: WMF

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

16:30

Argentina	1–5	Australia
Esteban Voight 29'		Martin Middlehurst 3' Shervin Adeli 28', 44' Natham Sansom 37' Jordan Ferrier 40'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

21:30

Czech Republic	7–0	France
František Hakl 9' Romain Labaig 24' (o.g.) Michal Uhlíř 30' Michal Salák 31' Jan Koudelka 34', 48' Ondřej Paděra 44'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

20:15

France	3–0	Argentina
Elie Dohin 36' Nicolas Huertos 48' Omar Belbachir 48'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

22:45

Australia	1–5	Czech Republic
Shervin Adeli 27'		Patrik Levčík 3' František Hakl 5' Michal Salák 16' Stanislav Mařík 22' Jakub Polák 38'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

21:30

Australia	3–3	France
Tai Smith 10' Shervin Adeli 33', 27' (pen.)		Aurelien Jastier 7' Wesley Liadé 26' Omar Belbachir 44'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

22:45

Czech Republic	10–0	Argentina
Ondřej Paděra 4' Michal Salák 12', 45' Jakub Polák 15' Daniel Kavka 28', 34' Stanislav Mařík 33', 39' František Hakl 40' Jan Koudelka 50'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
3	Chile	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Iraq	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: WMF

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

19:00

Iraq	0–2	Mexico
		Christian Gutierrez 34' Angel Curiel 47'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

21:30

Chile	5–0	Iraq
Javier Quiroz 4' Cristian Arredondo 7', 30' Juan Carlos Muñoz 33', 39'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

22:45

Mexico	3–1	Hungary
Christian Gutierrez 22' Hiram Ruiz 27' Angel Curiel 48'		Bence Bognár 35'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

20:15

Hungary	1–1	Chile
Istvan Marko Sos 21' (pen.)		Cristian Arredondo 50'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

21:30

Mexico	2–0	Chile
Christian Gutierrez 22' Erick Tovar 27'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

16:30

Iraq	0–6	Hungary
		Miklós Rajz 6' Bence Bognár 9' Richárd Cseszneki 38' Imre Lak 40' Attila Nagy 46', 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
4	Somalia	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: WMF

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

17:45

Russia	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Erik Korchagin 2'		Andreas Berović 25' Goran Lovrinovic 45' (pen.)

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

19:00

Brazil	3–2	Somalia
Everton Cestari 25' Leonardo Cardoso 41' (pen.) Gustavo Elia 46'		Daod Dahir 18', 33'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

14:15

Somalia	1–10	Russia
Mohamed Ali 14'		Aleksandr Kuksov 2', 13' Alexei Medvedev 5', 24' Erik Korchagin 17', 18' Sergey Kharlamov 30' Sergey Svezhentsev 31' Marat Sadykov 36', 47'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

19:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Brazil
Borislav Grbavac 35'		Ricardo De Maria Sobreira 36' Gustavo Elia 44' Thiago Coutinho 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

22:45

Russia	2–0	Brazil
Ilnar Zhamaletdinov 19' Kirill Svirodov 21'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

14:00

Somalia	1–8	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daod Dahir 9'		Borislav Grbavac 3' Robert Milonović 12', 26' Edin Mujezinovic 25', 31' Marko Vujica 26' Predrag Bekic 36' Mirza Zahirovic 44'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	20	6	+14	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	1	1	16	6	+10	4
3	United States	3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Source: WMF

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

20:15

United States	3–5	Spain
Franck Tayou 32', 52', 59'		Serji Codina 7' Alváro Vidal 9' Pablo García 34' Francisco Castaño35' Vincente Zaragoza 52'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

15:15

Senegal	11–0	India
Momo Cissé 6', 21', 28', 33', 36' Moustapha Nam 20', 31', 32' Niang Diop 25', 36' Pape Mebillo 26'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

16:45

United States	2–2	Senegal
Momo Cissé 29' (o.g.) Andy Reyes 45'		Moustapha Nam 49' Momo Cissé 50+2' (pen.)

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

16:30

India	0–8	United States
		Franck Tayou 21', 24', 26', 39' Andy Reyes 26', 40' Israel Sesay 31' Jordan 34'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

19:00

Spain	4–3	Senegal
Francisco Castaño9', 44' Alváro Vidal 20' Vicente Zaragoza 50+1'		Momo Cisse 21', 50+3' (pen.) Niang Diop 28'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

19:00

India	0–11	Spain
		Francisco Castaño2', 25', 44' Alváro Vidal 15', 22' March Tharky 19' (o.g.) Pablo García 25' Xavi Poncél 26' Juan Fernandéz 29', 37' Alberto Velcon 33'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	21	−19	0

Source: WMF

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

22:45

Romania	2–1	Kazakhstan
Vincene Toma 35' Gabriel Tanase 41'		Anuar Tokenov 33'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

17:45

Guatemala	0–8	Romania
		Razvan Plopeanu 4' Vincene Toma 10' Cosmin Craciun 36' Radu Burciu 37' Marian Ionut 39', 42' Robert Dragan Paulevici 43' Claudiu Vlad 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

16:30

Kazakhstan	4–2	Ivory Coast
Yerbol Suleimenov 5' Alexander Bogomolov 7' Murat Akhmetsharipov 31' Jumogali Alibayev 45'		Diane Amara 23' Donald Messako 29'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

20:15

Romania	3–0	Ivory Coast
Vincene Toma 4' Radu Burciu 10' Razvan Plopeanu 47'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

17:45

Ivory Coast	6–1	Guatemala
Zepherin Vovo Lago 4', 10' (pen.) Alain Eric Beugre 10' Diane Amara 15', 20' Donald Messako 23'		Christian De Leon 44'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

12:45

Guatemala	1–7	Kazakhstan
Hugo Morales 4'		Kuanysh Abdualiyev 7', 47' Alexander Bogomolov 25' Yerbol Izekenov 28' Murat Akhmetsharipov 35' Mustafin Zhassulan 41' Alin Assylzhan 48'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Libya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Portugal	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: WMF
(H) Hosts

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)

21:30

Tunisia	3–2	Portugal
Mohamed Azouni 1' Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 9' Ouday Belhaj 13'		Joao Troncoso 18' Bruno Tavares 50+4'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

16:30

Libya	2–0	Lebanon
Akhila Salem 24' Ali Chouchane 29'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

21:30

Lebanon	1–6	Tunisia
Hassan Youness 32'		Mohamed Azouni 9', 28' Ouday Belhaj 24', 27' Hamza Firas Maiza 47' Abdessattar Grissa 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

17:45

Portugal	0–0	Libya

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

15:15

Lebanon	1–1	Portugal
Ahmad Daher 35'		Nuno Capela 33'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

20:15

Tunisia	2–2	Libya
Mohamed Azouni 12' Ouday Belhaj 13'		Ibrahim Ayman 27' Fadel Zaki Sleik 29'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	D	United States	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	B	Chile	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
4	A	France	3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
5	E	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
6	F	Portugal	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: WMF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

12 October – Nabeul

Romania

2 (1)

13 October – Nabeul

Senegal (p)

2 (3)

Senegal

4

12 October – Nabeul

France

3

Russia

0 (1)

14 October – Nabeul

France (p)

0 (3)

Senegal

1

12 October – Nabeul

Mexico

3

Tunisia (p)

2 (4)

13 October – Nabeul

Kazakhstan

2 (3)

Tunisia

0

12 October – Nabeul

Mexico

7

Mexico (a.e.t.)

4

15 October – Nabeul

United States

3

Czech Republic

3

12 October – Nabeul

Mexico

0

Spain (a.e.t.)

1

13 October – Nabeul

Chile

0

Spain

4

12 October – Nabeul

Australia

3

Australia (p)

3 (4)

14 October – Nabeul

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3 (3)

Spain

1

12 October – Nabeul

Czech Republic

3

Third-place match

Hungary (a.e.t.)

3

13 October – Nabeul

15 October – Nabeul

Libya

2

Hungary

0

Senegal

5

12 October – Nabeul

Czech Republic

1

Spain

0

Czech Republic

3

Brazil

1

Round of 16

12 October 2017

12:30

Romania	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Claudiu Vlad 31' Adrian Calugareanu 50'		Abdoul Sega 4' Moustapha Nam 27'
Penalties
Claudiu Vlad Popa Ioan Mircea	1–3	Moustapha Nam Niang Diop Momo Cissé

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

14:00

Spain	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Chile
Francisco Castaño51'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

15:30

Mexico	4–3 (a.e.t.)	United States
Enrique Cañez 14', 46' Christian Gutierrez 37', 52'		Gordy Gurson 5' Andy Reyes 11' Israel Sesay 26'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

17:00

Russia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France
Penalties
Evgenii Vashurin Erik Korchagin	1–3	Omar Belbachir Bruno Meilhon Aurelien Jastier

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

18:30

Hungary	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Libya
Istvan Marko Sos 25' Bence Bognár 49' Bence Tajti 59'		Mohamed Albahli 30' Ali Chouchane 34'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

20:00

Australia	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shervin Adeli 6', 19', 57'		Goran Lovrinovic 23' (pen.) Marko Vujica 27' Kristijan Pantić 58'
Penalties
Shervin Adeli Tai Smith Matthew West Jordan Ferrier	4–3	Goran Lovrinovic Marin Jukić Marko Vujica Kristijan Pantić

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

21:30

Tunisia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Kazakhstan
Mohamed Ali Karoula 24' Bilel Ben Souda 50'		Kanat Zhumabekov 6' Anuar Tokenov 54'
Penalties
Bilel Ben Souda Abdessattar Grissa Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali Walid Nadzaul Hassen Boudhina	4–3	Assan Barlybayev Anuar Tokenov Murat Akhmetsharipov Yerbol Izekenov Kanat Zhumabekov

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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12 October 2017

23:00

Czech Republic	3–1	Brazil
Patrik Levčík 8' Tomáš Kounovský 21' Jan Koudelka 24'		Leonardo Cardoso 24'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Quarterfinals

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

18:15

Senegal	4–3	France
Momo Cissé 16' Papa Ndiaye 23' Niang Diop 32', 35'		Omar Belbachir 20', 34' Momo Cissé 51' (o.g.)

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

19:45

Spain	4–3	Australia
Vincente Zaragoza 18', 54' Francisco Castaño27', 43'		Jordan Ferrier 31' Shervin Adeli 37' Tai Smith 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

21:15

Tunisia	0–7	Mexico
		Hiram Ruiz 2', 36' Hugo Rodriguez 7' Eric Tovar 29' Brandon Escoto 36' Christian Gutierrez 39' Luis Ortega 41'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

22:45

Hungary	0–1	Czech Republic
		Patrik Levčík 36'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Semifinals

14 October 2017

21:00

Senegal	1–3	Mexico
Niang Diop 7'		Brandon Escoto 12' Bogar Moreno 30' Christian Gutierrez 39'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

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14 October 2017

22:30

Spain	1–3	Czech Republic
Francisco Castaño15'		Stanislav Mařík 8' Ondřej Paděra 35' Tomáš Kounovský 42'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Third-place match

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)

17:00

Senegal	5–0	Spain
Moustapha Nam 25', 41', 46' Abdoul Sega 38' Mohamed Diop 49'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Final

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)

20:30

Czech Republic	3–0	Mexico
Jakub Polák 17' Stanislav Mařík 26' Ondřej Paděra 43'

Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Best Player
Ouday Belhaj [9]
Top Scorer
Francisco Castaño (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper
Papa Samba Diallo [10]

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