Fifth African Musical Cup

Fifth AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	August 24 – September 13 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Niger
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	295 (9.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zambia (30 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Algeria	5	5	#4	Runner-up (#2)
Angola	3	3	#4	Group stage (#2, #3, #4)
Cameroon	2	1	#3	Group stage (#3)
Cape Verde	4	4	#4	Champion (#2)
Congo DRC	4	4	#4	Third place (#4)
Egypt	5	5	#4	Fourth place (#3)
Ethiopia	5	5	#4	Runner-up (#1)
Ghana	4	4	#4	Winners ranking (#4)
Guinea	1	1	–	Newcomer
Kenya	5	5	#4	Champion (#1)
Mali	3	3	#4	Champion (#4)
Niger	4	1	#3	Fourth place (#1)
Nigeria	4	4	#4	Winners ranking (#2)
Senegal	5	5	#4	Champion (#3)
South Africa	3	3	#4	Runner-up (#4)
Togo	1	1	–	Newcomer
Tunisia	5	5	#4	Runner-up (#3)
Zambia	4	4	#4	Fourth place (#4)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the African Cup ranking at the point, 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 World Cup Ranking (After the nineteenth cup), and finally, and finally population.

Pot 1 Top 6 teams		Pot 2 Top 12 teams		Pot 3 Top 18 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
Mali	#1	Cape Verde	#7	Ghana	#13
Kenya	#2	South Africa	#8	Nigeria	#14
Algeria	#3	Congo DRC	#9	Angola	#16
Ethiopia	#4	Zambia	#10	Cameroon	#20
Tunisia	#5	Egypt	#11	Guinea	Debut
Senegal	#6	Niger	#12	Togo	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Tunisia	Mali	Ethiopia	Kenya	Senegal	Algeria
Congo DRC	Niger	Zambia	Egypt	South Africa	Cape Verde
Togo	Ghana	Angola	Cameroon	Guinea	Nigeria

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Togo	2	1	1	0	15	13	2	4
Tunisia	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
Congo DRC	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1


(F.R. David - "Words") Tunisia	9 – 9	Congo DRC (Jordan Mackampa - "Care for Your Mother")
(Arka'n - "Les Peuples de L'ombre") Togo	7 – 7	Tunisia (Myrath - "Dance")
(Damso - "Θ. Macarena") Congo DRC	6 – 8	Togo (Yao Bobby - "Diamonds")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Niger	2	1	1	0	16	12	4	4
Ghana	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Mali	2	0	0	2	10	16	-6	0


(Bajourou - "Bastan Toure") Mali	4 – 8	Niger (Etran de L'Aïr - "Toubouk Ine Chihoussay")
(Free Youth - "We Can Move") Ghana	8 – 6	Mali (Bassekou Kouyate - "Tabali Te")
(Mdou Moctar - "Ya Habibti") Niger	8 – 8	Ghana (Genesis Owusu - "Don't Need You")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Angola	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0


(Zerfu Demissie - "Sek'let") Ethiopia	6 – 8	Zambia (Witch - "Avalanche of Love")
(Artur Nunes - "Mana") Angola	7 – 6	Ethiopia (Emahoy Tsegué - "Jerusalém")
(Musi-O-Tunya - "Stop Dreaming Mr. D") Zambia	8 – 8	Angola (Fabiana Aleluia - "Oxossi Te Chama")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
Egypt	2	1	1	12	12	0	3
Kenya	2	0	2	9	12	-3	0


(KayCyy - "Okay!") Kenya	4 – 5	Egypt (Georges Moustaki - "Le Métèque")
(Wes - "Alane") Cameroon	7 – 5	Kenya (Witch Prophet - "Memory")
(Demis Roussos - "Goodbye My Love") Egypt	7 – 8	Cameroon (Les Têtes Brûlées - "Confusion")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	2	2	0	16	12	4	6
Guinea	2	1	1	15	14	1	3
Senegal	2	0	2	11	16	-5	0


(Super Diamono - "Jaraaf") Senegal	5 – 8	South Africa (Chris McGregor - "Country Cooking")
(Kerfala Kanté - "Yarabi Konkon") Guinea	8 – 6	Senegal (Baaba Maal - "Bouyel")
(Watkin Tudor Jones - "The Organ Grinder") South Africa	8 – 7	Guinea (Djeli Moussa Diawara - "Fote Mogoban")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cape Verde	2	1	1	0	12	11	1	4
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	11	10	1	4
Algeria	2	0	0	2	11	13	-2	0


(Imarhan - "Tarha Tadagh") Algeria	6 – 7	Cape Verde (Maíra Andrade - "Afeto")
(Jacob Banks - "By Design") Nigeria	6 – 5	Algeria (Khaled - "Hiya Hiya")
(Nelson Freitas - "Set Me Alight") Cape Verde	5 – 5	Nigeria (Dr. Alban - "It's My Life")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
E	South Africa	2	2	0	16	12	4	6
D	Cameroon	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
B	Niger	2	1	1	16	12	4	4
C	Zambia	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
A	Togo	2	1	1	15	13	2	4
F	Cape Verde	2	1	1	12	11	1	4

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



South Africa	6

Niger	4
		South Africa	6 (0)

		Zambia	6 (2)
Cameroon	5

Zambia	8
		Third place



		Niger	9

		Cameroon	8

Semifinals

South Africa	6–4	Niger
"Township Funk" by DJ Mujava		"Etran" by Etran Finawata

Cameroon	5–8	Zambia
"Water Me Down" by Vagabon		"Request to God" by Oscilations

Third place match

Niger	9–8	Cameroon
"Amidinine" by Bombino		"Letter to the Lord" by Irma

Final

South Africa	(0) 6–6 (2)	Zambia
"Youth" by Troye Sivan		"Poor Connection" by Blackfoot

Results

5th African Music Cup Champion
Zambia (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Zambia	C	4	2	2	0	30	25	5	8
2	South Africa	E	4	3	1	0	28	22	6	10
Third-place play-off
3	Niger	B	4	2	1	1	29	26	3	7
4	Cameroon	D	4	2	0	2	28	29	-1	6
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Togo	A	2	1	1	0	15	13	2	4
6	Cape Verde	F	1	1	1	0	12	11	1	4
Group stage eliminations
7	Ghana	B	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
8	Angola	C	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
9	Nigeria	F	2	1	1	0	11	10	1	4
10	Guinea	E	2	1	0	1	15	14	1	3
11	Egypt	D	2	1	0	1	12	12	0	3
12	Tunisia	A	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
13	Congo DRC	A	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
14	Algeria	F	2	0	0	2	11	13	-2	0
15	Ethiopia	C	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0
16	Kenya	D	2	0	0	2	9	12	-3	0
17	Senegal	E	2	0	0	2	11	16	-5	0
18	Mali	B	2	0	0	2	10	16	-6	0