2024 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations

2024 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا لمبتوري الأطراف 2024
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo
Dates18–27 May
Teams13
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored138 (4.31 per match)
TBD

The 2024 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations, is the 1st edition of the international competition of amputee football national men's teams in Africa. It is organized by the Confederation of African Amputee Football (CAAF), and is held in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament was planned from 19 to 28 April 2024 on first,[1] however it was deplaced to be held from 18 to 30 May 2024. This tournament serve for a qualification for the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup when the seventh first places will take part to the world cup.

Participating nations

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Burundi
  • Egypt (Host)
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Cameroon
  • Senegal
Withrawal teams
  • Cameroon
  • Senegal
  • Rwanda

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nigeria 2 1 1 0 11 0 +11 4 Advance to knockout phase
2 Egypt (H) 2 1 1 0 10 2 +8 4
3 Burundi 2 0 0 2 2 21 −19 0 9-13th place classification play-offs
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Egypt 0–0 Nigeria

Egypt 10–2 Burundi
Katameya Club, Cairo

Burundi 0–11 Nigeria
Katameya Club, Cairo

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morocco 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 Liberia 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3 Uganda 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0 9-16th place classification play-offs
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Liberia 2–0 Uganda
Katameya Club, Cairo

Morocco 9–0 Uganda
Katameya Club, Cairo

Liberia 0–5 Morocco
Katameya Club, Cairo

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ghana 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Algeria 3 2 0 1 4 7 −3 6
3 Gambia 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3 9-16th place classification play-offs
4 Kenya 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kenya 0–1 Algeria
Katameya Club, Cairo
Ghana 4–0 Gambia
Katameya Club, Cairo

Ghana 5–0 Algeria
Katameya Club, Cairo
Kenya 2–3 Gambia
Katameya Club, Cairo

Algeria 3–2 Gambia
Katameya Club, Cairo
Kenya 1–2 Ghana
Katameya Club, Cairo

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Angola 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 Tanzania 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Sierra Leone 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0 9-16th place classification play-offs
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Angola 4–0 Sierra Leone
Katameya Club, Cairo

Tanzania 2–0 Sierra Leone
Katameya Club, Cairo

Angola 2–1 Tanzania
Katameya Club, Cairo

Knockout phase

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
23 May
 
 
Angola1
 
25 May
 
Algeria2
 
Algeria0
 
23 May
 
Ghana3
 
Ghana4
 
27 May
 
Tanzania1
 
Ghana (a.e.t.)2
 
23 May
 
Morocco1
 
Morocco4
 
25 May
 
Egypt2
 
Morocco6
 
23 May
 
Nigeria2 3rd place game
 
Nigeria2
 
27 May
 
Liberia1
 
Algeria3
 
 
Nigeria1
 

Quarter-finals

Angola 1–2 Algeria
Katameya Club, Cairo

Ghana 4–1 Tanzania
Katameya Club, Cairo

Morocco 4–2 Egypt
Katameya Club, Cairo

Nigeria 2–1 Liberia
Katameya Club, Cairo

Semi-finals

Algeria 0–3 Ghana
Katameya Club, Cairo

Morocco 6–2 Nigeria
Katameya Club, Cairo

Third place game

Algeria 3–1 Nigeria
  • Raouf Ouchène 32'
  • Lotfi Belkaid 41'
  • Aboubakr Zaidi 49'
  • Yusuf Isa 28' (pen.)
Katameya Petrosport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Frédéric Ortiz (France)

Final

Ghana 2–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco
  • Mohamed Mubarak 44' (pen.), 57'
  • El Mustapha Hliouat 14'
Katameya Petrosport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Paweł Susek (Poland)

Classification play-offs

5-8th place classification

 
5-8th place semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
25 May
 
 
Angola1
 
26 May
 
Tanzania0
 
Angola4
 
25 May
 
Liberia1
 
Egypt2
 
 
Liberia3
 
7th place game
 
 
26 May
 
 
Tanzania1
 
 
Egypt2

5-8th place games

Angola 1–0 Tanzania
Katameya Club, Cairo

Egypt 2–3 Liberia
Katameya Club, Cairo

Seventh place game

Tanzania 1–2 Egypt
Katameya Club, Cairo

Fifth place game

Angola 4–1 Liberia
Katameya Club, Cairo

9-13th place classification

9-13th place quarterfinals 9-12th place semifinals 9th place game
         
Kenya 0
Gambia 1
Sierra Leone 0
Kenya 2
Gambia 5
Uganda 2
Uganda 3 11th place game
Burundi 1
Kenya 3
Burundi 2

9-13th place game

Sierra Leone 0–2 Kenya
Katameya Club, Cairo

9-12th place games

Kenya 0–1 Gambia
Katameya Club, Cairo

Uganda 3–1 Burundi
Katameya Club, Cairo

11th place game

Kenya 3–2 Burundi
Katameya Club, Cairo

9th place game

Gambia 5–2 Uganda
Katameya Club, Cairo

Rankings

Rank Team 2026 Amputee Football WC
1 Ghana Qualified teams
2 Morocco
3 Algeria
4 Nigeria
5 Angola
6 Liberia
7 Egypt
8 Tanzania
9 Gambia
10 Uganda
11 Kenya
12 Burundi
13 Sierra Leone

Awards

  • Best player : Mohamed Mubarak
  • Best goalscorer : Mohcine Charhar (12 goals)
  • Best goalkeeper : Youness Akdal
  • Best coach : Richard Stephen Obeng
  • Best referee : Frédéric Ortiz
  • Fairplay team : Sierra Leone

References

  1. ^ "قرعة كأس أمم إفريقيا لمبتوري الأطراف مصر 2024". Al-Horia News (in Arabic). Mohamed Abdel-Aziz Amer. 8 March 2024.