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2019 WMF Continental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates14–16 March
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Romania
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored122 (8.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guatemala Wuilian Arriaga (8 goals)
Best player(s)England Bilal Butt
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The 2019 WMF Continental Cup was the first edition of the WMF Continental Cup organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Tunis in Tunisia between 14 and 16 March 2019.[1] Czech Republic defeated hosts Tunisia 5–4 in the final, to win the title.[2][3]

Teams

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The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The first-placed teams advanced to the final while the second-placed teams advanced to the third-place match.[4]

Venue

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All the matches of 2019 WMF Continental Cup are played in the Five Stars Stadium, Tunis.[5][6]

Tunis
Five Stars Stadium
Capacity: 2,800

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia (H) 3 3 0 0 21 6 +15 9 Advance to final
2  England 3 2 0 1 18 11 +7 6 Advance to Third place match
3  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 13 25 −12 3
4   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 8 21 −13 0
Source: WMF
(H) Hosts
Tunisia 5−1  Switzerland
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 2', 12', 26'
Tayeb Chbil 18'
Karim Mrad 39'		 Gabriel Micocci 10'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
England 10−4 Guatemala
Bilal Butt 2', 18', 23', 25', 47'
Kieron McCann 5', 34'
Charlie Kuehn 28'
James McCluskey 39'
Saman Kanani 44'		 Wuilian Arriaga 6', 10', 21', 37'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Tunisia 9−0 Guatemala
Karim Mrad 8', 36'
Mohamed Moumi 13'
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 27'
Achraf Sati 36'
Hamza Firas Maiza 33'
Marwan Miraoui 35'
Montasser Hichri 46', 49'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
England 7−1  Switzerland
Charlie Kuehn 7'
Kieron McCann 11', 41'
Bilal Butt 28', 36', 46'
Ross Cable 49'		 Mathias Benzoni 32'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Switzerland 6−9 Guatemala
Rui Matos 2', 17'
Jairo Moro 15', 46'
Jozef Preqi 31', 32'		 Guillermo Ardor 9'
Silva 11'
Wuilian Arriaga 14', 33', 40', 44'
Avanguo 30', 38'
Roberto Morales 40'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Tunisia 3−0 England
Walid Abdelli 22'
Karim Mrad 25'
Mohamid Chitiwi 25'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 28 13 +15 7 Advance to final
2  Romania 3 2 1 0 23 7 +16 7 Advance to Third place match
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 10 12 −2 3
4  Iraq 3 0 0 3 1 26 −25 0
Source: WMF
Romania 8−0 Iraq
Razvan Plopeanu 5'
Andrei Brasoveanu 17'
Florin Matache 23' (pen.)
Robert Dragan Paulevici 27'
Cosmin Amarinei 28'
Radu Burciu 34'
Vlad Mocanu 36', 42'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Czech Republic 12−0 Iraq
Tomáš Jelínek 1', 7'
Ondřej Bíro 2'
David Presl 4', 5', 26'
Pavel Šultes 24'
Jiří Sodoma 26'
Jan Tögel 33'
Tomáš Jun 34'
Tomáš Režný 39'
Daniel Kasal 44'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Romania 6−1 Ivory Coast
Traian Alecu 3'
Sebastian Vasile 14'
Andrei Carstea 16'
Razvan Plopeanu 33', 36'
Robert Dragan Paulevici 35'		 Jacob Trabi 8'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Ivory Coast 6−1 Iraq
Moussa Dembele 13', 15', 20'
Jacob Trabi 25', 29', 36'		 Kazem Ayad Hussein 27'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Czech Republic 6−6 Romania
Pavel Šultes 8'
Tomáš Kounovský 10'
Tomáš Jelínek 13'
Jan Tögel 33', 47'
Ondřej Bíro 46'		 Robert Dragan Paulevici 2'
Traian Alecu 6'
Marian Boieșan 16'
Cosmin Amarinei 29'
Ionuţ Chirică 43'
Radu Burciu 46'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis
Czech Republic 5−3 Ivory Coast
Daniel Kasal ?', ?'
David Presl ?'
Zepherin Vovo Lago ?' (o.g.)
David Macko ?'
 Jacob Trabi ?'
Lionel Boyou Kadje ?'
Youssef Trawi ?'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

Knockout stage

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
England England 1−3 Romania Romania
Tunisia Tunisia 4−5 Czech Republic Czech Republic

Third place match

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England 1−3 Romania
James McCluskey 30' Andrei Carstea 1'
Radu Burciu 14'
Razvan Plopeanu 27'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

Final

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Tunisia 4−5 Czech Republic
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 14'
Omar Nasri 23'
Karim Mrad 27'
Montasser Hichri 52'		 Ondřej Bíro 1'
Daniel Kasal 6'
Tomáš Kounovský 22'
David Presl 34'
David Macko 41'
Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Best Player
England Bilal Butt
Top Scorer
Guatemala Wuilian Arriaga
(8 goals)

References

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  1. ^ "The announcement of the events for dynamic Minifootball spring". WMF. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Tunisia Continental Cup 2019". Tkantira (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  3. ^ "Congratulations to Czech Republic. OVERALL CHAMPION for 2019 Minifootball Continental Cup!". X (Twitter). 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ "La Roumanie participe à la Coupe des confédérations de Minifoot à Tunis". tunis.mae.ro. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Coupe des confédérations de Mini foot : le programme de la Tunisie". Mosaique FM (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  6. ^ ""5 stars international stadium" is ready for the Tunisia Continental Cup!". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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