2021 African Minifootball Cup Explained

Year:	2021
Country:	Nigeria
Dates:	8–17 July 2021
Num Teams:	9 (originally 16)
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	28
Goals:	112
Top Scorer:	Bernard Sarfo (7 goals)
Updated:	18 July 2021
Website:	https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2024

The 2021 African Minifootball Cup (ar|2021 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, fr|CAN mini-foot 2021) also called AFCON Minifoot for a short^[1] is the second edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). The tournament was held in Nigeria. ^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4]

Teams and draw

Qualified Teams

Unlike in the 2018 African Minifootball Cup, 16 teams are qualified for the final

width=150	Team	Finals appearance	Previous bestperformance
	2nd
	2nd	Winner 2018
	2nd	Fourth place 2018
	2nd
	2nd	Runner-up 2018
	2nd
	2nd	Groupe stage2018
	2nd
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut
	1st	debut

Draw

On 10 June 2021, in Ibadan, the pools were drawn for 4 groups of 16 teams^{[5] [6]}

width=25%	Pot 1	width=25%	Pot 2	width=25%	Pot 3	width=25%	Pot 4

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. ^[7] For more information visit website of the tournament: https://amc.mygol.es/tournaments/1

Group stage

Group A

Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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finals

World Cup Qualification

5th–8th place

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Top Scored

All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021.

POS	Player	Team	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

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^1
	16 July 2021	0
	16 July 2021	1 (2017)
	16 July 2021	1 (2019)
	16 July 2021	1 (2017)
	17 July 2021	1 (2019)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 021-africa-minifootball-cup-nigeria-battles-djibouti-in-opener. TPD. bestchoicesports. 6 December 2019 .
2. Web site: Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup . Yinka TPD. insideoyo . 6 December 2019 .
3. Web site: Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup . Yinka Adeniran . The Nation . 6 December 2019 .
4. Web site: amc-president-thumbs-up-facilities-for-africa-mini-football-nations-cup. TPD. guardian. 6 August 2021 .
5. Web site: Draw. AMC . 12 June 2021 .
6. Web site: 2nd-african-mini-football-nations-cup-oyo-govt-promises-hitch-free-fiesta. vanguardngr. 12 June 2021 .
7. Web site: Participating nation in Cup 2020. bsnsports . 6 July 2021 .