African Minifootball Cup

African Minifootball Cup
Organiser(s)AMC
Founded2018
RegionAfrica
Teams16
Current champions Libya
(1st title)
Most championships Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 South Africa
 Libya
(1 title each)
2025 African Minifootball Cup
Tournaments

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
5 2027 Guinea TBD TBD TBD

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Libya1102
2 Egypt1012
 Ivory Coast1012
4 South Africa1001
5 Mauritania0101
 Morocco0101
 Senegal0101
8 Tunisia0011
Totals (8 entries)44311

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.
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