The 2021 African Minifootball Cup (, ) 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 2nd Groupe stage 2018 2ndWinner 2018 2ndFourth place 2018 2ndGroupe stage2018 2ndRunner-up 2018 2ndGroupe stage2018 2ndGroupe stage2018 2ndThird place2018 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut 1stdebut
Draw On 10 June 2021, in Ibadan, the pools were drawn for 4 groups of 16 teams
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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.
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Venues Cities Venues Capacity Oyo Ilaji International Minifootball Stadium
Group stage Group A
Notice : Djibouti did note enter even after that they confirmed their participation
Group B
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place
finals
World Cup Qualification
5th–8th place
Top Scored All statistics correct as of 17 July 2021. POS PlayerTeamPLD 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 74 5 MOHAMED YAKOT ABDO ABDO YASSEN 6 4
Final ranking
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 tournament1 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.
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