African Minifootball Cup

African Minifootball Cup

Organising body	AMC
Founded	2018
Region	Africa
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Libya (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt   Ivory Coast   South Africa   Libya (1 title each)
2025 African Minifootball Cup

The African Minifootball Cup is a continental outdoor minifootball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The fondator is Achraf Ben Salha from Tunisia The first edition was held in Libya in May 2018. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Between 2–3 March 2018, the African Minifootball general assembly was held in Tunisia by the president founder, the tunisian Achraf Ben Salha 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] Ivory Coast won the inaugural tournament, becoming the first nation to claim the African Minifootball Cup.

On 17 July 2021, Egypt became the second nation to win the African Minifootball Cup after defeating Libya 1–0 in the final. ^{[4] [5]} On 26 July 2025, Libya became the second host nation after South Africa to claim the title, after defeating Morocco on penalties in the final. ^{[6] [7]}

Results

Editions

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Teams
			Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2018	Libya	Ivory Coast	3–3(3–1 p)	Senegal	Tunisia	1–0	Libya	8
2	2021	Nigeria	Egypt	1–0	Libya	Ivory Coast	2–0	Ghana	9
3	2024	South Africa	South Africa	5–4	Mauritania	Egypt	1–1(5–3 p)	Chad	8
4	2025	Libya	Libya	0–0(3–2 p)	Morocco	Mauritania	3–2	Guinea	16

Summary

Team	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Libya	1 (2025)	1 (2021)		1 (2018)
Egypt	1 (2021)		1 (2024)
Ivory Coast	1 (2018)		1 (2021)
South Africa	1 (2024)			1 (2018)
Senegal		1 (2018)
Mauritania		1 (2024)
Morocco		1 (2025)
Tunisia			1 (2018)
Ghana				1 (2021)
Chad				1 (2024)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Libya	1	1	0	2
2	Egypt	1	0	1	2
	Ivory Coast	1	0	1	2
4	South Africa	1	0	0	1
5	Mauritania	0	1	0	1
	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Senegal	0	1	0	1
8	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	3	11

Participating nations

Team	2018 (8)	2021 (9)	2024 (8)	2025 (16)	Years
Benin	×	×	×	Q	1
Burkina Faso	×	QF	×	Q	2
Cameroon	×	×	GS	Q	2
Chad	×	×	4th	Q	2
DR Congo	×	×	×	Q	1
Egypt	×	1st	3rd	×	2
Ghana	GS	4th	GS	Q	4
Guinea	×	×	×	Q	1
Ivory Coast	1st	3rd	×	Q	3
Libya	4th	2nd	×	Q	3
Mauritania	×	×	2nd	Q	2
Mauritius	×	×	GS	×	1
Morocco	×	×	×	Q	1
Nigeria	GS	QF	×	Q	3
Senegal	2nd	QF	×	×	2
Somalia	GS	GS	×	××	3
South Africa	GS	×	1st	Q	3
Tunisia	3rd	×	×	Q	2
Uganda	×	×	×	Q	1
Zambia	×	QF	GS	Q	3
Total: 19 team	8	9	8	16

Legends

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place

QF – Quarter Finals GS – Group stage Q – Qualified × – Did not enter

×× – Withdrew    – Hosts

References

1. "African Minifootball General Assembly Concludes in Tunisia". minifootball.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
2. "World Minifootball Federation Invites MAN President For 2019 World Cup Draws". BestChoiceSports. Niyi Busari. 8 May 2019.
3. "Team Nigeria hopeful as maiden African Minifootball Cup begins". The Guardian. Fidelis Ebu. 7 May 2018.
4. "Egypt crowned African Mini Football champion, beat Libya in the finals | The Libya Observer". libyaobserver.ly. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
5. "Egypt wins 2021 African Minifootball Cup". pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
6. "ليبيا تتوج ببطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة على حساب المغرب". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-26.
7. الوسط, بوابة. "منتخب ليبيا يتوج ببطولة أفريقيا للـ«ميني فوتبول» على حساب نظيره المغربي". alwasat.ly (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-26.

External links

• African Minifootball Confederation