2024 African Minifootball Cup

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2024 African Minifootball Cup
2024 African Minifootball Cup (logo).png
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates20–29 September
Teams 8 (originally 14) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Third placeFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Fourth placeFlag of Chad.svg  Chad
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Jose Garcia
(... goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud El Shenawy
Best goalkeeper Flag of Mauritania.svg Brahim Mohamed
← 2021
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 02 October 2024.

The 2024 African Minifootball Cup is the third edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The tournament was held in South Africa from 20 to 29 September 2024. The tournament was initially planed to be held from 19 to 26 May 2024 but it was finally postponed to September 2024. [1]

Contents

Participating nations

Withrawal nations

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Johannesburg ... Stadium

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 330092+79Knockout stage
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (H)320184+46
3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 310297+23
4Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3003114−130
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg3–1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0–4Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg4–1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0–7Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–2Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 330082+69Knockout stage
2Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 31116604
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 310236−33
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 301247−31
Source: [ citation needed ]
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg3–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg4–1Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–2Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Chad  Flag of Chad.svg0–0 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
^1 AMF declared Chad winners of the match against Cameroon 3–0 because participation of an elligible player with Cameroon after receiving two yellow cards in the two first matches.
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September – ...
 
 
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 3
 
29 September – Pretoria
 
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1
 
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 4
 
27 September – ...
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1 (3)
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – ...
 
 
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1 (3)
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (p)1 (5)

Semi-finals

Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg3–1Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Penalties
3–4

Third place match

Chad  Flag of Chad.svg1–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Penalties
3–5
...

Final

Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg4–5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Pretoria

World Cup qualification stage

 
5th–8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
26 September – ...
 
 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2
 
29 September – Johannesburg
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2
 
26 September – ...
 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0
 
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad (p) 2 2 (4)
 
 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2 (3)
 
^2 Match between Chad and Mauritius not counted, after AMF declared Chad winners of the match against Cameroon in the group stage. Chad qualified to a knockout stage and Mauritius qualified to the fifth match place.

5th–8th place matches

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Chad  Flag of Chad.svg2–2 2 Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Penalties
4–3

Fifth place match

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–0Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Johannesburg

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (H)5311149+510Champions
2Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 5401168+812Runners-up
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5320104+611Third place
4Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 5122810−25Fourth place
5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 52129907Eliminated at the group stage
6Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3003114−130
7Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 41031110+13
8Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 310236−33
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for the 2025 WMF World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2025 WMF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances at the WMF World Cup
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25 September 20231 (1923)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 25 September 20240 (debut)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25 September 20241 (1919)
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 26 September 20240 (debut)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 29 September 20232 (1919, 1923)

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