Arab Minifootball Federation

Arab Minifootball Federation
الإتحاد العربي لكرة القدم المصغرة

AMFC members   AMF members
Formation	2017
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Membership	22 members Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Official language	Arabic, English and French
President	Ahmed Samir Souliman

Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF); (Arabic: الإتحاد العربي لكرة القدم المصغرة; French: Fédération de minifootball arabe) is a governing body that supervises Arab federations under World Minifootball Federation.

The organization consists of 22 Arab countries, all of which are official members of the Arab League.

History

Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF) was established in 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon.

On May 20, 2017, a constituent general assembly was held in presence of delegations from five countries: Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq and Somalia.

Lebanese Ahmed Dench was chosen as the president of Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF), Libyan Hassan Talib as the deputy president, and granted membership of Lebanese Mahmoud Al-Nador, Lebanese Bilal Yazbek, Tunisian Moez bin Salem and Somali Abadi Ahmed.

In 2020, the headquarters of Arab Minifootball Federation (AMF) were moved to Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian Ahmed Samir Suleiman was elected president of the association.

Presidents

Period	Name
2017–2021	Ahmed Dench
2021–	Ahmed Samir Souliman

Competitions

On December 25, 2019, the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports issued a decision to organize first Arab Nation Minifootball Cup in 2020.

Arab Minifootball Federation has set the date for February 28, 2020, and Olympic Center Minifootball Stadium in Cairo to host the tournament.

The first group consisted of Egypt, Algeria, Somalia and Lebanon, while second group consisted of Tunisia, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The sphinx was also chosen to be mascot of the tournament.

However, the start has been postponed to another date due to COVID-19 pandemic.

International competitions participation

Legend

•   — African Minifootball Federation teams
•   — Asian Minifootball Federation teams

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• QF — Quarterfinals (knockout round of 8)
• R2 — Round 2 (knockout round of 16)
• R1 — Round 1 (first group stage)

• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by WMF
•    — Hosts
•     — Not affiliated to WMF

WMF World Cup

Team	2015 (12)	2017 (24)	2019 (32)	2021 (32)	Total
Egypt				Q	0
Iraq		R1 20th	R1 18th		2
Saudi Arabia			R2 16th		1
Libya		R2 14th	••	Q	1
Lebanon		R1 19th	R1 17th		2
Somalia		R1 22nd	R1 29th	•	2
Tunisia		QF 5th	R2 15th	•	2
Total	0	5	5	0	10

WMF Continental Cup

Team	2019 (8)	2021 (8)	Total
Egypt		Q	0
Iraq	R1 8th		1
Tunisia	2nd	•	1
Total	2	0	2

WMF World Cup U-23

Team	2018 (16)	2021 (8)	Total
Egypt		4th	1
Iraq	R1 16th	-	1
Tunisia	R1 9th	-	1
Total	2	1	2

WMF Women’s World Cup

Teams	2021(8)	Years
Egypt	4th	1
Total	1

African Minifootball Cup

Team	2018 (8)	2021 (9)	Total
Egypt		1st	1
Libya	4th	2nd	2
Tunisia	3rd	••	1
Somalia	R1 7th	R1 9th	2
Total	3	3	6

Club competitions participation

African Minifootball Champions League

Team	2019 (8)	Total
Al-Jihed SC	R1	1
Al-Tahadi SC	1st	1
AS Hbira	R1	1
AS Tronja	2nd	1
JSM Béjaïa	3rd	1
SDVK FC	R1	1
FC Hammamet	4th	1
Total	7	7

See also

World Minifootball Federation