2018 African Minifootball Cup

2018 African Minifootball Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	5–12 May 2018
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Libya

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup is the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Libya from 5–12 May 2018.^[1] This tournament served as the qualification for the 2018 WMF World Cup Arena Soccer for the best four teams.

Venues

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Teams

Group stage

Group A

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:

5 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Libya	1–0	Ivory Coast
Ben Saud  11'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

5 May 201820:15 UTC+2

Somalia	2–6	Ghana

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Match between Somalia and Ghana played on 10 May 2018.

---

7 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Ivory Coast	6–0	Ghana

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

7 May 201820:15 UTC+2

Libya	5–0	Somalia

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

---

9 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Ivory Coast	8–1	Somalia

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

9 May 201820:15 UTC+2

Libya	4–0	Ghana

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Group B

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:

6 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Senegal	1–1	Tunisia

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

6 May 201820:15 UTC+2

South Africa	1–9	Nigeria

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

---

8 May 201819:15 UTC+2

Tunisia	3–1	Nigeria

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

8 May 201820:15 UTC+2

Senegal	8–1	South Africa

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

---

10 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Tunisia	18–0	South Africa

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

10 May 201820:15 UTC+2

Senegal	2–2	Nigeria

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	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
					Libya	0

Semi-finals

11 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Tunisia	2–2	Ivory Coast
Penalties
	6–7

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

11 May 201820:30 UTC+2

Libya	1–1	Senegal
Penalties
	2–3

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

3rd place match

12 May 201819:00 UTC+2

Tunisia	1–0	Libya

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final

12 May 201821:00 UTC+2

Ivory Coast	3–3	Senegal
Penalties
	3–1

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 WMF World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Ivory Coast	9 May 2018	1 (2017)
Libya	9 May 2018	1 (2017)
Senegal	10 May 2018	1 (2017)
Tunisia	10 May 2018	1 (2017)

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

Broadcasting

2018 African Minifootball Cup Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel
Libya	Libya Sport
Tunisia	Nessma Sport

References