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2018 African Minifootball Cup

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup was the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation. The tournament was contested in Tripoli in Libya between 5 and 12 May 2018.[1] Ivory Coast defeated Senegal 3–1 by penalties after a 3–3 draw in the final, to win the title. This tournament served as the qualification for the 2019 WMF World Cup for the best four teams.

2018 African Minifootball Cup
كأس أفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة 2018
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–12 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored93 (5.81 per match)
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Venue

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Libya was awarded the right to host the event on 16 October 2017.[2] All the matches are played at the Al-Madina Stadium in Tripoli.

Tripoli
Al-Madina Stadium
Capacity: 1,500

Teams

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Participating nations

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 14 2 +12 6
3  Ghana 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4  Somalia 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Source: AMC
Libya 1–0 Ivory Coast
Youssef Ben Saud 11'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Somalia 2–6 Ghana
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Ivory Coast 6–0 Ghana
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Somalia 0–5 Libya
Hossam Toumi 15'
Abu Bakr Boukhattala 20'
Mohamed Albahli 25'
Mohamed Ghaleb 33'
Hamid Hamrouni 50+2'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Ivory Coast 8–1 Somalia
Moussa Dembele 1', 6', 12', 13'
Habib Samba Come 22', 44'
Zepherin Vovo Lago 28'
Issouf Traore 39'		 Fazad Abdullah 31'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 4–0 Ghana
Aldernawi Ramadan 5'
Abdul Hamid Albakbek 12'
Youssef Ben Saud 23', 28'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 22 2 +20 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 11 4 +7 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 4
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0
Source: AMC
Senegal 1–1 Tunisia
Sidath Ndiaye 48' Ouday Belhaj 44'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
South Africa 1–9 Nigeria
41' Ifieymi Inola 15'
Abbas Gazali 21'
Felix Kenan 22', 23', 28', 32'
Ajayi Samson Bolaji 32', 41'
Okonkwo Joseph Chigozie 48'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Tunisia 3–1 Nigeria
Ouday Belhaj 11'
Iheb Ben Salem 25'
Walid Abdelli 37'		 Ajayi Samson Bolaji 7'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Senegal 8–1 South Africa
Momo Cissé 3'
Moustapha Nam 5'
Sidath Ndiaye 6', 7'
Alex 23'
Mohamed Fadel 34', 38', 43'		 25'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
South Africa 0–18 Tunisia
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Iheb Ben Salem 18'
Hamid Al Dahli 28', 35'
Moez Al Bhoush 31', 23'
Achraf Sati 33'
Ouday Belhaj 39', 41', 45'
Walid Krout 39'
Walid Abdelli 42'
Iskander Ben Hmida 49', 50'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Senegal 2–2 Nigeria
Karifa Camara 5'
Momo Cissé (?)		 Felix Kenan (?)
Cornelius Ebuka Ekezi (?)
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 2 (6)
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 Ivory Coast (p)2 (7)
 
 Ivory Coast (p)3 (3)
 
11 May – Tripoli
 
 Senegal 3 (1)
 
 Libya 1 (2)
 
 
 Senegal (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
12 May – Tripoli
 
 
 Tunisia 1
 
 
 Libya0

Semi-finals

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Ivory Coast 2–2 Tunisia
Walid Krout 9'
Ouday Belhaj 14'		 Zepherin Vovo Lago 16'
Lionel Boyou Kadje 29'
Penalties
Zepherin Vovo Lago football with check mark
Lionel Boyou Kadje football with check mark
Moussa Dembelé football with check mark
Habib Samba Come football with check mark
Jacob Trabi football with check mark
Issouf Traore football with check mark		 6–7 football with check mark Iheb Ben Salem
football with check mark Ouday Belhaj
football with check mark Walid Barsilo
football with check mark Nader Bin Hamida
football with check mark Khaled Bin Ammar
football with red X Moez Al Bhoush
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 1–1 Senegal
Hamid Hamrouni 50' (pen.) Seck Elhadji Mbacke 31'
Penalties
Mohamed Ghaleb football with red X
Hamid Hamrouni football with check mark
Hassan Shaheen football with check mark		 2–3 football with check mark Mohamed Fadel
football with check mark Sidath Ndiaye
football with check mark Momo Cissé
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

3rd place match

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Tunisia 1–0 Libya
Hamid Al Dahli 11'
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final

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Ivory Coast 3–3 Senegal
Jacob Trabi 11', 38'
Papa Mbaye Ndiaye red-colored football 28' (o.g.)		 Moustapha Nam 26', 50+2'
Seck Elhadji Mbacke 32'
Penalties
Zepherin Vovo Lago football with check mark
Lionel Boyou Kadje football with check mark
Moussa Dembelé football with check mark		 3–1 football with red X Mohamed Fadel
football with check mark Sidath Ndiaye
Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup

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The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 WMF World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Ivory Coast9 May 20181 (2017)
 Libya9 May 20181 (2017)
 Senegal10 May 20181 (2017)
 Tunisia10 May 20181 (2017)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ↑ MINIFOOTBALL.COM. "African Minifootball General Assembly Concludes in Tunisia". minifootball.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Libya wins bid to host 2018 African Minifootball Championship | The Libya Observer". libyaobserver.ly. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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