2024 African Minifootball Cup

2024 African Minifootball Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	20–29 September
Teams	8 (originally 14) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up	Mauritania
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Chad
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Jose Garcia (... goals)
Best player(s)	Mahmoud El Shenawy
Best goalkeeper	Brahim Mohamed

The 2024 African Minifootball Cup is the third edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was held in South Africa from 20 to 29 September 2024. The tournament was initially planed to be held from 19 to 26 May 2024 but it was finally postponed to September 2024.

Participating nations

Cameroon Chad Egypt Ghana

Mauritius Mauritania South Africa (hosts) Zambia

Withrawal nations

DR Congo Lesotho Libya

Nigeria Somalia Uganda

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Johannesburg	... Stadium

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mauritania	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	South Africa (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Zambia	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

22 September 2024

18:00 UTC+1

South Africa	3–1	Mauritius

23 September 2024

14:30 UTC+1

Mauritania	3–1	Zambia

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24 September 2024

14:30 UTC+1

Mauritius	0–4	Mauritania

24 September 2024

15:45 UTC+1

South Africa	4–1	Zambia

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25 September 2024

15:45 UTC+1

Mauritius	0–7	Zambia

25 September 2024

17:00 UTC+1

South Africa	1–2	Mauritania

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Chad	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source:

22 September 2024

15:45 UTC+1

Cameroon	3–1	Ghana

22 September 2024

17:00 UTC+1

Egypt	4–1	Chad

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23 September 2024

15:45 UTC+1

Egypt	2–0	Cameroon

23 September 2024

17:00 UTC+1

Ghana	2–2	Chad

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25 September 2024

13:00 UTC+1

Chad	0–01	Cameroon

^1 AMF declared Chad winners of the match against Cameroon 3–0 because participation of an elligible player with Cameroon after receiving two yellow cards in the two first matches.

25 September 2024

14:30 UTC+1

Egypt	2–1	Ghana

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	27 September – ...
	Mauritania	3
					29 September – Johannesburg
	Chad	1
					Mauritania	4
	27 September – ...
					South Africa	5
	Egypt	1 (3)
	South Africa (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					29 September – Johannesburg
					Chad	1 (3)
					Egypt (p)	1 (5)

World Cup qualification stage

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	26 September – ...
	Zambia	2
					29 September – Johannesburg
	Ghana	3
					Ghana	2
	26 September – ...
					Mauritius	0
	Chad (p)2	2 (4)
	Mauritius	2 (3)

^2 Match between Chad and Mauritius not counted, after AMF declared Chad winners of the match against Cameroon in the group stage. Chad qualified to a knockout stage and Mauritius qualified to the fifth match place.

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	South Africa (H)	5	3	1	1	14	9	+5	10	Champions
2	Mauritania	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	12	Runners-up
3	Egypt	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	11	Third place
4	Chad	5	1	2	2	8	10	−2	5	Fourth place
5	Ghana	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7	Eliminated at the group stage
6	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0
7	Zambia	4	1	0	3	11	10	+1	3
8	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source:
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for the 2025 WMF World Cup

The following four teams from CAF qualified for the 2025 WMF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances at the WMF World Cup
Egypt	25 September 2023	1 (1923)
Mauritania	25 September 2024	0 (debut)
South Africa	25 September 2024	1 (1919)
Chad	26 September 2024	0 (debut)
Ghana	29 September 2023	2 (1919, 1923)