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Arab Minifootball Federation
الإتحاد العربي لكرة القدم المصغرة
Formation2017
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
Membership
Official language
Arabic, English and French
President
Egypt 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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

Presidents

Period Name
2017–2021 Lebanon Ahmed Dench
2021– Egypt 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.[5]

The first group consisted of Egypt, Algeria, Somalia and Lebanon, while second group consisted of Tunisia, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.[6][7] The sphinx was also chosen to be mascot of the tournament.[8]

However, the start has been postponed to another date due to COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

International competitions participation

Legend

Club competitions participation

See also

World Minifootball Federation

References

  1. ^ Establishment of Arab Minifootball Federation
  2. ^ Announcing the establishment of Arab Minifootball Federation
  3. ^ Ahmed Samir, president of Arab Minifootball Federation, by acclamation
  4. ^ Egyptian Ahmed Samir Suleiman wins the presidency of Arab Minifootball Federation
  5. ^ Egypt hosts the Arab Minifootball Championship for Teams
  6. ^ Egypt is on top of the first group of Arab Minifootball Cup Archived 2020-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Somalia, Algeria and Lebanon.. Egypt's group in Arab Minifootball Cup
  8. ^ The Sphinx is the mascot of Arab Minifootball Cupللميني فوتبول
  9. ^ Postponing the opening of Arab Minifootball Cup
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