Seventh African Musical Cup

Seventh AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	24 February 2024
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Ethiopia (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Togo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	327 (10.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ethiopia (33 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Angola	5	1	#5	Group stage (#2, #3, #4, #5)
Benin	4	2	#6	Group stage (#2, #4, #6)
Burkina Faso	3	2	#6	Winners ranking (#6)
Cameroon	3	2	#5	Fourth place (#5)
Cape Verde	6	6	#6	Champion (#2)
Congo DRC	6	6	#6	Third place (#4)
Ethiopia	7	7	#6	Runner up (#1)
Ghana	6	6	#6	Winners ranking (#4)
Ivory Coast	1	1	–	Newcomer
Mali	5	5	#6	Champion (#4)
Nigeria	6	6	#6	Winners ranking (#2)
Senegal	7	7	#6	Champion (#3)
South Africa	6	6	#6	Runner-up (#4, #5)
Tanzania	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Togo	2	2	#6	Winners ranking (#5)
Tunisia	7	7	#6	Runner up (#3)
Zambia	6	6	#6	Champion (#5, #6)
Zimbabwe	1	1	–	Newcomer

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	Senegal	9	Togo	17
Tunisia	3	Congo DRC	11	Benin	19
Cape Verde	4	Ghana	13	Burkina Faso	21
South Africa	5	Nigeria	14	Tanzania	26
Mali	6	Cameroon	15	Ivory Coast	Debut
Ethiopia	7	Angola	16	Zimbabwe	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Mali	South Africa	Ethiopia	Cape Verde	Zambia	Tunisia
Senegal	Ghana	Cameroon	Congo DRC	Nigeria	Angola
Ivory Coast	Tanzania	Zimbabwe	Benin	Burkina Faso	Togo

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	0	18	14	4	6
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
Mali	2	0	1	1	13	16	-3	1


(Bajourou - "Bastan Toure") Mali	6 – 9	Senegal (Alif - "Douta Mbaye")
(Tikken Jah Fakoly - "Africain à Paris") Ivory Coast	7 – 7	Mali (Oxmo Puccino - "Peur Noire")
(MC Solaar - "Solaar Pleure") Senegal	9 – 8	Ivory Coast (Ernesto Djédjé - "Zadie Bobo")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	1	1	0	15	13	2	4
South Africa	2	1	0	1	12	13	-1	3
Tanzania	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1


(Die Antwoord - "Fatty Boom Boom") South Africa	5 – 7	Ghana (M.anifest - "Game Over")
(Freddie Mercury - "The Great Pretender") Tanzania	6 – 7	South Africa (BCUC - "Yinde")
(Genesis Owusu - "Gold Chains") Ghana	8 – 8	Tanzania (Professor Jay - "Kipi Sijasikia")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	2	2	0	16	14	2	6
Zimbabwe	2	1	1	17	15	2	3
Cameroon	2	0	2	14	18	-4	0


(Gili Yalo - "Africa") Ethiopia	8 – 7	Cameroon (Richard Bona - "Please Don't Stop")
(Dr. Footswitch - "Otenta") Zimbabwe	7 – 8	Ethiopia (Mikael Seifu - "The Lost Drum Beat")
(Libianca - "People") Cameroon	7 – 10	Zimbabwe (Tkay Maidza - "Shook")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benin	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Cape Verde	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
Congo DRC	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1


(Lura - "Na Ri Na") Cape Verde	8 – 7	Congo DRC (Lous and the Yakuza - "Amigo")
(Angelique Kidjo - "Agolo") Benin	8 – 7	Cape Verde (Cesária Évora - "Petit Pays")
(Diblo With Loketo - "Amour et Souvenir") Congo DRC	8 – 8	Benin (Stanislas Tohon - "Dja, Dja, Dja")

Group E

Team	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts
Burkina Faso	2	2	16	16	2
Zambia	2	2	15	15	2
Nigeria	2	2	15	15	2


(Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family - "Trouble Maker") Zambia	7 – 7	Nigeria (Tems - "Free Mind")
(Star Feminine Band - "Rew Be Me") Burkina Faso	8 – 8	Zambia (Witch - "Janet")
(Sade - "By Your Side") Nigeria	8 – 8	Burkina Faso (Cheikh Lô - "Degg Gui")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Togo	2	2	0	17	13	4	6
Tunisia	2	1	1	13	13	0	3
Angola	2	0	2	12	16	-4	0


(Myrath - "Dance") Tunisia	7 – 5	Angola (MastikSoul - "Tou Na Moda")
(Itadi - "Watch Your Life") Togo	8 – 6	Tunisia (Anouar Brahem - "Vague")
(Waldemar Bastos - "Sofrimento") Angola	7 – 9	Togo (Bella Bellow - "Dasi Ko")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Senegal	2	2	0	18	14	4	6
F	Togo	2	2	0	17	13	4	6
C	Ethiopia	2	2	0	16	14	2	6
B	Ghana	2	1	1	15	13	2	4
D	Benin	2	1	1	16	15	1	4
E	Burkina Faso	2	0	2	16	16	0	2

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Senegal	6

Ethiopia	7
		Ethiopia	10

		Ghana	8
Togo	6

Ghana	8
		Third place



		Senegal	7+

		Togo	7

Semifinals

Senegal	6–7	Ethiopia
"Mame Bamba" by Youssou N'Dour		"Bluff" by Kelela

Togo	6–8	Ghana
"Loxo Nye" by Roger Damawuzan		"Reckless & Sweet" by Amaarae

Third place match

Senegal	7+–7	Togo
"Sorry, Blame It On Me" by Akon		"N'bo Eyadema Mobutu" by Napo de Mi Amor

Final

Ethiopia	10–8	Ghana
"Buna" by TamaRadah		"Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu" by K. Frimpong

Results

7th African Music Cup Champion
Ethiopia (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Ethiopia	C	4	4	0	0	33	28	5	6
2	Ghana	B	4	2	1	1	31	29	2	7
Third-place play-off
3	Senegal	A	4	2	1	1	31	28	3	7
4	Togo	F	4	2	1	1	30	28	2	7
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Benin	D	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
6	Burkina Faso	E	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
Group stage eliminations
7	Zimbabwe	C	2	1	0	1	17	15	2	3
8	Cape Verde	D	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
9	Tunisia	F	2	1	0	1	13	13	0	3
10	South Africa	B	2	1	0	1	12	13	-1	3
11	Zambia	E	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
12	Nigeria	E	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
13	Ivory Coast	A	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
14	Congo DRC	D	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
15	Tanzania	B	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
16	Mali	A	2	0	1	1	13	16	-3	1
17	Cameroon	C	2	0	0	2	14	18	-4	0
18	Angola	F	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	0