Founded | 2018 |
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Region | Africa (AMF) |
Number of teams | 24 |
Current champions | ![]() (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() (1 title each) |
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The African Minifootball Cup (AMC) is a continental indoor minifootball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The first edition was held in Libya in May 2018. [1] [2]
Between 2–3 March 2018, the African Minifootball general assembly was held in Tunisia as the momentum for minifootball continued to build throughout the continent. The 2018 calendar was set and it was decided that the African Cup would start in May, serving as qualifying tournament for the 2019 WMF World Cup. [3]
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2018 Details | ![]() Libya | Ivory Coast ![]() | 3–3 (3–1 p) | ![]() | Tunisia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 8 | |||
2021 Details | ![]() Nigeria | Egypt ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Ivory Coast ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 9 | |||
2024 Details | ![]() South Africa | – | – | 24 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Legend
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— Hosts |
Team | ![]() 2018 | ![]() 2021 | ![]() 2024 | Years |
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![]() | x | x | 0 | |
![]() | x | x | 0 | |
![]() | x | QF | 1 | |
![]() | x | x | 0 | |
![]() | x | 1st | 1 | |
![]() | x | x | 0 | |
![]() | GS | 4th | 2 | |
![]() | 1st | 3rd | 2 | |
![]() | 4th | 2nd | 2 | |
![]() | x | x | 0 | |
![]() | GS | QF | 2 | |
![]() | 2nd | QF | 2 | |
![]() | GS | GS | 2 | |
![]() | GS | x | 1 | |
![]() | 3rd | x | 1 | |
![]() | x | QF | 1 | |
Total | 8 | 9 |
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