2018 African Minifootball Cup

2018 African Minifootball Cup
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–12 May 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-upSenegal Senegal
Third placeTunisia Tunisia
Fourth placeLibya Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored93 (5.81 per match)
2021

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup (Arabic: 2018 كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة, French: CAN mini-foot 2018)was the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was contested in Libya[1] from 5–12 May 2018.[2][3][4][5] This tournament served as the qualification for the 2019 WMF World Cup for the best four teams.[6][7] Ivory Coast wins the tournament beating Senegal in the final on penalties kick 3–1 after a draw 3–3.[8]

The next edition will held in Nigeria in 2020.[9]

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  8. ^ "Can Mini foot, la Côte d'Ivoire championne d'Afrique". RTI. 13 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Oyo set for 2020 Mini-African Nations Cup". The Nation. Yinka Adeniran. 6 December 2019.