The 2024 African Minifootball Cup is the third edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation (AMC). 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.[1]

Participating nations

Withrawal nations

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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
South Africa 3–1 Mauritius
Mauritania 3–1 Zambia

Mauritius 0–4 Mauritania
South Africa 4–1 Zambia

Mauritius 0–7 Zambia
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: [citation needed]
Cameroon 3–1 Ghana
Egypt 4–1 Chad

Egypt 2–0 Cameroon
Ghana 2–2 Chad

Chad 0–01 Cameroon
^1 AMF declared Chad winners of the match against Cameroon 3–0 because participation of an eligible player with Cameroon after receiving two yellow cards in the two first matches.
Egypt 2–1 Ghana

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September – ...
 
 
 Mauritania3
 
29 September – Pretoria
 
 Chad1
 
 Mauritania4
 
27 September – ...
 
 South Africa5
 
 Egypt1 (3)
 
 
 South Africa (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – ...
 
 
 Chad1 (3)
 
 
 Egypt (p)1 (5)

Semi-finals

Mauritania 3–1 Chad

Egypt 1–1 South Africa
Penalties
3–4

Third place match

Chad 1–1 Egypt
Penalties
3–5

Final

Mauritania 4–5 South Africa

World Cup qualification stage

 
5th–8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
26 September – ...
 
 
 Zambia2
 
29 September – Johannesburg
 
 Ghana3
 
 Ghana2
 
26 September – ...
 
 Mauritius0
 
 Chad (p)22 (4)
 
 
 Mauritius2 (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.

5th–8th place matches

Zambia 2–3 Ghana

Chad 2–22 Mauritius
Penalties
4–3

Fifth place match

Ghana 2–0 Mauritius

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: [citation needed]
(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 (2023)
 Mauritania 25 September 2024 0 (debut)
 South Africa 25 September 2024 1 (2019)
 Chad 26 September 2024 0 (debut)
 Ghana 29 September 2023 2 (2019, 2023)

References

  1. ^ "Africa Minifootball Cup of Nations hosted in South Africa". citizen.co.za. Content provided. 7 February 2024.
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