# 2021 African Minifootball Cup

The 2021 African Minifootball Cup (Arabic: 2021 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, French: CAN mini-foot 2021) also called AFCON Minifoot, was the second edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The tournament was held in Nigeria. 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.

## 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
| 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.
For more information visit website of the tournament: MyGol platform

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| 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 |
Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation
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### 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 |
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## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | |
| Nigeria | 1 (1) | | | |
| Nigeria | 1 (1) | 16 July | 16 July | | |
| Ghana (p) | 1 (2) | 16 July | 16 July | |
| Ghana (p) | 1 (2) | Ghana | 2 (0) | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Ghana | 2 (0) | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Libya (p) | 2 (2) | |
| Libya | 6 | Libya (p) | 2 (2) | |
| Libya | 6 | | | | 17 July– | 17 July– |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | | | | 17 July– | 17 July– |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | | | | Egypt (a.e.t) | 1 |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | | | Egypt (a.e.t) | 1 |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | | Libya | 0 |
| Senegal (W) | 0 | | | | Libya | 0 |
| Senegal (W) | 0 | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | Egypt | 3 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Egypt | 3 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Ivory Coast | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Egypt | 2 | Ivory Coast | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Egypt | 2 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Zambia | 0 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Zambia | 0 | | | | Ivory Coast | 2 |
| | | | | | Ghana | 0 |

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### Semifinals

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### 3rd place

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## World Cup Qualification

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| Senegal (W) | 0 |
| Senegal (W) | 0 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Zambia | 3 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Zambia | 3 | Nigeria | 3 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Nigeria | 3 |
| 16 July | 16 July | Zambia | 2 |
| Nigeria | 3 | Zambia | 2 |
| Burkina Faso (W) | 0 | | |

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## Top Scored

All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.
| POS | Player | PLD | |
| 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 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 7 | Senegal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 4 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 9 | Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## 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 tournament |
| 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.