Sixth African Musical Cup

Sixth AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	December 26 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kenya
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	346 (10.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tunisia (34 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Benin	3	1	#4	Group stage (#2, #4)
Burkina Faso	2	1	#4	Group stage (#4)
Cape Verde	5	5	#5	Champion (#2)
Congo DRC	5	5	#5	Third place (#4)
Egypt	6	6	#5	Fourth place (#3)
Ethiopia	6	6	#5	Runner-up (#1)
Gambia	2	1	#4	Group stage (#4)
Ghana	5	5	#5	Winners ranking (#4)
Kenya	6	6	#5	Champion (#1)
Mali	4	4	#5	Champion (#5)
Morocco	3	1	#3	Group stage (#2, #3)
Mozambique	1	1	–	Newcomer
Nigeria	5	5	#5	Winners ranking (#2)
Senegal	6	6	#5	Champion (#3)
South Africa	5	5	#5	Runner-up (#4, #5)
Togo	2	2	#5	Winners ranking (#5)
Tunisia	6	6	#5	Runner-up (#3)
Zambia	5	5	#5	Champion (#5)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the eighteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the African Cup ranking, and finally population.

Pot 1 Top 6 teams		Pot 2 Top 12 teams		Pot 3 Top 18 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
Zambia	1	Cape Verde	8	Togo	18
South Africa	2	Senegal	9	Benin	19
Mali	3	Congo DRC	11	Morocco	20
Kenya	4	Egypt	12	Burkina Faso	21
Ethiopia	5	Ghana	13	Gambia	23
Tunisia	6	Nigeria	14	Mozambique	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Kenya	Ethiopia	Zambia	Mali	Tunisia	South Africa
Ghana	Cape Verde	Egypt	Congo DRC	Senegal	Nigeria
Benin	Togo	Gambia	Burkina Faso	Morocco	Mozambique

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kenya	2	2	0	0	16	14	2	6
Ghana	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1
Benin	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1


(Kaligraph Jones - "Mbona") Kenya	8 – 7	Ghana (Jojo Abot - "To Li")
(Star Feminine Band - "La Musique") Benin	7 – 8	Kenya (Ayub Ogada - "Kothbiro")
(Marijata - "Break Through") Ghana	9 – 9	Benin (Les Sympathics de Porto-Novo - "A Min We")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cape Verde	2	2	0	17	15	2	6
Togo	2	1	1	16	16	0	3
Ethiopia	2	0	2	16	18	-2	0


(Meskerem Mees - "Joe") Ethiopia	8 – 9	Cape Verde (Cesária Évora - "Sangue de Beirona")
(Yao Bobby - "Djole") Togo	9 – 8	Ethiopia (Gigi - "Gud Fella")
(Mayra Andrade - "Afeto") Cape Verde	8 – 7	Togo (Akofa Akoussah - "I Tcho Tchass")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	2	2	0	0	15	11	4	6
Gambia	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1
Egypt	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1


(Paul Ngozi - "Can't You Hear Me") Zambia	7 – 5	Egypt (EEK - "El Bawaba")
(Moussa Ngom - "Circulation Lamp Fall") Gambia	6 – 8	Zambia (Witch - "You Better Know")
(Louis Chedid - "Ainsi Soit-Il") Egypt	7 – 7	Gambia (Ifang Bondi - "Salimata")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burkina Faso	2	1	1	17	16	1	3
Mali	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Congo DRC	2	1	1	15	16	-1	3


(Tamikrest - "Mawarniha Tartit") Mali	8 – 6	Congo DRC (Kanda Bongo Man - "Monie")
(Victor Deme - "Djôn'Maya") Burkina Faso	9 – 7	Mali (Les Amazones D'Afrique - "La Dame")
(Papa Wemba - "Show Me the Way") Congo DRC	9 – 8	Burkina Faso (Baba Commandant - "Waso")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	18	16	2	6
Senegal	2	1	1	18	18	0	3
Morocco	2	0	2	15	17	-2	0


(Ifriqiyya Electrique - "Mashee Kooka") Tunisia	10 – 9	Senegal (MC Solaar - "Obsolète")
(Hindi Zahra - "Beautiful Tango") Morocco	7 – 8	Tunisia (Deena Abdelwahed - "Tawa")
(Akon - "Locked Up") Senegal	9 – 8	Morocco (Muslim - "Skati")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mozambique	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Nigeria	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
South Africa	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1


(DJ Mujava - "Township Funk") South Africa	8 – 8	Nigeria (Seun Kuti - "Black Times")
(Ghorwane - "Majurugenta") Mozambique	8 – 7	South Africa (Aleah - "My Will")
(Obongjayar - "Just Cool") Nigeria	8 – 8	Mozambique (Eyuphuru - "Masikini")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Zambia	2	2	0	0	15	11	4	6
E	Tunisia	2	2	0	0	18	16	2	6
B	Cape Verde	2	2	0	0	17	15	2	6
A	Kenya	2	2	0	0	16	14	2	6
F	Mozambique	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
D	Burkina Faso	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Zambia	8+

Cape Verde	8
		Zambia	9

		Kenya	7
Tunisia	8

Kenya	8+
		Third place



		Cape Verde	8

		Tunisia	8+

Semifinals

Zambia	8+–8	Cape Verde
"When I'm Gone" by Musi-O-Tunya		"Alto Cutelo" by Os Tubarões

Tunisia	8–8+	Kenya
"Alech" by Carthafo		"The Fool, Pt. 3" by Shad

Third place match

Cape Verde	8–8+	Tunisia
"Cumba Letu (Revisited)" by Boy Gé Mendes		"Bravo" by Jacqueline Taïeb

Final

Zambia	9–7	Kenya
"Rosemary's Revenge" by Backwash		"Deadly" by Nameless

Results

6th African Music Cup Champion
Zambia (2nd Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Zambia	C	4	3	1	0	32	26	6	10
2	Kenya	A	4	2	1	1	31	31	0	7
Third-place play-off
3	Tunisia	E	4	2	2	0	34	32	2	8
4	Cape Verde	B	4	2	2	0	33	31	2	8
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Mozambique	F	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
6	Burkina Faso	D	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
Group stage eliminations
7	Senegal	E	2	1	0	1	18	18	0	3
8	Togo	B	2	1	0	1	16	16	0	3
9	Mali	D	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
10	Congo DRC	D	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
11	Nigeria	F	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
12	Ghana	A	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1
13	Benin	A	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1
14	South Africa	F	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
15	Gambia	C	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1
16	Egypt	C	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1
17	Ethiopia	B	2	0	0	2	16	18	-2	0
18	Morocco	E	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0