Second African Musical Cup

Second AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	April 27 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Cape Verde (1st title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Ethiopia
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	328 (10.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cape Verde (33 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Algeria	2	2	#1	Third place (#1)
Angola	1	1	–	Newcomer
Benin	1	1	–	Newcomer
Cape Verde	1	1	–	Newcomer
Congo DRC	1	1	–	Newcomer
Egypt	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Ethiopia	2	2	#1	Runner up (#1)
Ghana	1	1	–	Newcomer
Kenya	2	2	#1	Champion (#1)
Morocco	1	1	–	Newcomer
Niger	2	2	#1	Fourth place (#1)
Nigeria	1	1	–	Newcomer
Senegal	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
South Africa	1	1	–	Newcomer
Tanzania	1	1	–	Newcomer
Tunisia	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Uganda	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Zambia	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 twelfth 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 previous cup, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Zambia (#18) South Africa (#20) Nigeria (#22) Senegal (#25) Ghana (#51) Congo DRC (#52)	Uganda (#54) Tunisia (#55) Kenya (1st) Ethiopia (2nd) Algeria (3rd) Niger (4th)	Egypt (8th) Tanzania (5) Morocco (11) Angola (12) Benin (29) Cape Verde (52)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
South Africa	Senegal	Ghana	Nigeria	Congo DRC	Zambia
Algeria	Uganda	Tunisia	Kenya	Ethiopia	Niger
Angola	Cape Verde	Morocco	Benin	Tanzania	Egypt

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	2	0	0	16	11	5	6
South Africa	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
Angola	2	0	1	1	12	16	-4	1


(Petite Noir - "Chess") South Africa	7 – 8	Algeria (Aziza Brahim - "Lagi")
(Neblina - "Os Filhos da Pátria") Angola	8 – 8	South Africa (Fetish - "So Many Prophets")
(Imarhan - "Tahabort") Algeria	8 – 4	Angola (Nazar - "Bunker")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cape Verde	2	2	0	0	16	11	5	6
Uganda	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1
Senegal	2	0	1	1	12	15	-3	1


(Youssou N'Dour - "Set") Senegal	7 – 7	Uganda (Ruyonga - "Parte Yani")
(Simentera - "Zita") Cape Verde	8 – 5	Senegal (Alpha 5.20 - "Scarface D'Afrique")
(MC Yallah - "Kubali") Uganda	6 – 8	Cape Verde (Cesária Evora - "Sodade")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Ghana	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
Morocco	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1


(The Melody Aces - "Asaw Fofor") Ghana	7 – 9	Tunisia (Jacqueline Taieb - "7 Heures du Matin")
(Muslim - "Mama") Morocco	7 – 8	Ghana (Genesis Owusu - "Gold Chains")
(Ifriqiyya Electrique - "Stombali") Tunisia	7 – 7	Morocco (Guedra Guedra - "Seven Poets")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Kenya	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
Benin	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1


(Nneka - "Africans") Nigeria	8 – 7	Kenya (Witch Prophet - "Makda")
(Angélique Kidjo - "Ces Petits Riens") Benin	8 – 8	Nigeria (Keziah Jones - "Sinnerman")
(Ayub Ogada - "Obiero") Kenya	7 – 6	Benin (Sunny Blacks Band - "L'enfance")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Congo DRC	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Tanzania	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Captaine Roshi - "Loup") Congo DRC	7 – 8	Ethiopia (Aster Aweke - "Checheho")
(Freddie Mercury - "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow") Tanzania	7 – 8	Congo DRC (Pierre Kwenders - "Mardi Gras")
(Abyssinia Infinite - "Gela") Ethiopia	8 – 6	Tanzania (DJ Travella - "Crazy Beat Music Umeme 1")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
Niger	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
Egypt	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1


(Backxwash - "Spells") Zambia	8 – 8	Niger (Mamman Sani - "Five Hundred Miles")
(Abadir - "Bass Belly") Egypt	8 – 9	Zambia (Keith Mlevhu - "Love and Freedom")
(Mdou Moctar - "Tarhatazed") Niger	8 – 8	Egypt (Salah Ragab - "Egypt Strut")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Cape Verde	2	2	0	16	11	5	6
A	Algeria	2	2	0	16	11	5	6
E	Ethiopia	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
C	Tunisia	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
F	Zambia	2	1	1	17	16	1	4
D	Nigeria	2	1	1	16	15	1	4

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Cape Verde	9

Ethiopia	6
		Cape Verde	8 (9)

		Algeria	8 (8)
Algeria	8

Tunisia	6
		Third place



		Ethiopia	9

		Tunisia	8

Semifinals

Cape Verde	9–6	Ethiopia
"Hino à Gratidão" by Mário Lúcio		"Bati" by Etenesh Wassié

Algeria	8–6	Tunisia
"Week-end à Rome" by Etiénne Daho		"Astrakan Café 1" by Anouar Brahem Trio

Third place match

Ethiopia	9–8	Tunisia
"Freetime" by Kenna		"Fool" by KTYB

Final

Cape Verde	(9) 8–8 (8)	Algeria
"Falso Testemunho" by Maria Alice TB: "Hino à Gratidão" by Mário Lúcio		"Ayen Ayen" by Matoub Lounès TB: "Lagi" by Aziza Brahim

Results

2nd African Music Cup Champion
Cape Verde (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Cape Verde	B	4	3	1	0	33	25	8	10
2	Algeria	A	4	3	1	0	32	25	7	10
Third-place play-off
3	Ethiopia	E	4	3	0	1	31	30	1	9
4	Tunisia	C	4	1	1	2	30	32	-2	4
Group stage eliminations
5	Zambia	F	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
6	Nigeria	D	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
7	Congo DRC	E	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
8	Kenya	D	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
9	Ghana	C	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
10	Niger	F	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
11	Egypt	F	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1
12	South Africa	A	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
13	Benin	D	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
14	Morocco	C	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
15	Uganda	B	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1
16	Senegal	B	2	0	1	1	12	15	-3	1
17	Angola	A	2	0	1	1	12	16	-4	1
18	Tanzania	E	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0