2019 WMF Continental Cup

Tournament details
Host country| Tunisia
Dates| 14–16 March
Teams| 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up|  Tunisia
Third place|  Romania
Fourth place|  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 122 (8.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Wuilian Arriaga (8 goals)
Best player(s)|  Bilal Butt

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The 2019 WMF Continental Cup was the first edition of the WMF Continental Cup organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Tunis in Tunisia between 14 and 16 March 2019.[1] Czech Republic defeated hosts Tunisia 5–4 in the final, to win the title.[2][3]

## Teams

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The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The first-placed teams advanced to the final while the second-placed teams advanced to the third-place match.[4]

Europe

* Czech Republic
* England
* Romania
* Switzerland

Africa

* Ivory Coast
* Tunisia (Hosts)

Asia

* Iraq

Panamerican

* Guatemala

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## Venue

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All the matches of 2019 WMF Continental Cup are played in the Five Stars Stadium, Tunis.[5][6]

Tunis

Five Stars Stadium
Capacity: 2,800

Tunis

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Tunisia (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 21  | 6  | +15  | 9  | Advance to final
2  |  England | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 11  | +7  | 6  | Advance to Third place match
3  |  Guatemala | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 13  | 25  | −12  | 3  |
4  |  Switzerland | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 21  | −13  | 0

Source: WMF
(H) Hosts

14 March 2019

19:00

Tunisia | 5−1|  Switzerland

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Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali  2', 12', 26'
Tayeb Chbil  18'
Karim Mrad  39' |  | Gabriel Micocci  10'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

14 March 2019

20:30

England | 10−4|  Guatemala

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Bilal Butt  2', 18', 23', 25', 47'
Kieron McCann  5', 34'
Charlie Kuehn  28'
James McCluskey  39'
Saman Kanani  44' |  | Wuilian Arriaga 6', 10', 21', 37'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

* * *

15 March 2019

11:00

Tunisia | 9−0|  Guatemala

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Karim Mrad  8', 36'
Mohamed Moumi  13'
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali  27'
Achraf Sati  36'
Hamza Firas Maiza  33'
Marwan Miraoui  35'
Montasser Hichri  46', 49' |  |

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

15 March 2019

12:30

England | 7−1|  Switzerland

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Charlie Kuehn  7'
Kieron McCann  11', 41'
Bilal Butt  28', 36', 46'
Ross Cable  49' |  | Mathias Benzoni  32'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

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15 March 2019

19:00

Switzerland | 6−9|  Guatemala

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Rui Matos  2', 17'
Jairo Moro  15', 46'
Jozef Preqi  31', 32' |  | Guillermo Ardor  9'
Silva  11'
Wuilian Arriaga 14', 33', 40', 44'
Avanguo  30', 38'
Roberto Morales  40'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

15 March 2019

20:30

Tunisia | 3−0|  England

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Walid Abdelli  22'
Karim Mrad  25'
Mohamid Chitiwi  25' |  |

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 28  | 13  | +15  | 7  | Advance to final
2  |  Romania | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 23  | 7  | +16  | 7  | Advance to Third place match
3  |  Ivory Coast | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 10  | 12  | −2  | 3  |
4  |  Iraq | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 26  | −25  | 0

Source: WMF

14 March 2019

11:30

Romania | 8−0|  Iraq

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Razvan Plopeanu  5'
Andrei Brasoveanu  17'
Florin Matache  23' (pen.)
Robert Dragan Paulevici  27'
Cosmin Amarinei  28'
Radu Burciu  34'
Vlad Mocanu  36', 42' |  |

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

14 March 2019

22:00

Czech Republic | 12−0|  Iraq

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Tomáš Jelínek  1', 7'
Ondřej Bíro  2'
David Presl  4', 5', 26'
Pavel Šultes 24'
Jiří Sodoma  26'
Jan Tögel  33'
Tomáš Jun 34'
Tomáš Režný  39'
Daniel Kasal  44' |  |

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

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15 March 2019

9:30

Romania | 6−1|  Ivory Coast

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Traian Alecu  3'
Sebastian Vasile  14'
Andrei Carstea  16'
Razvan Plopeanu  33', 36'
Robert Dragan Paulevici  35' |  | Jacob Trabi  8'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

15 March 2019

16:00

Ivory Coast | 6−1|  Iraq

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Moussa Dembele  13', 15', 20'
Jacob Trabi  25', 29', 36' |  | Kazem Ayad Hussein  27'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

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15 March 2019

17:30

Czech Republic | 6−6|  Romania

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Pavel Šultes 8'
Tomáš Kounovský  10'
Tomáš Jelínek  13'
Jan Tögel  33', 47'
Ondřej Bíro  46' |  | Robert Dragan Paulevici  2'
Traian Alecu  6'
Marian Boieșan  16'
Cosmin Amarinei  29'
Ionuţ Chirică  43'
Radu Burciu  46'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

16 March 2019

10:00

Czech Republic | 5−3|  Ivory Coast

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Daniel Kasal  ?', ?'
David Presl  ?'
Zepherin Vovo Lago  ?' (o.g.)
David Macko  ?'
|  | Jacob Trabi  ?'
Lionel Boyou Kadje  ?'
Youssef Trawi  ?'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

## Knockout stage

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Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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England | 1−3  |  Romania
Tunisia | 4−5  |  Czech Republic

### Third place match

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16 March 2019

17:00

England | 1−3|  Romania

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James McCluskey  30' |  | Andrei Carstea  1'
Radu Burciu  14'
Razvan Plopeanu  27'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

### Final

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16 March 2019

19:00

Tunisia | 4−5|  Czech Republic

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Karim Mrad  27'
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali  14'
Omar Nasri  23'
Montasser Hichri  52' |  | Ondřej Bíro  1'
Daniel Kasal  6'
Tomáš Kounovský  22'
David Presl  34'
David Macko  41'

Five Stars Stadium, Tunis

## Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Best Player

Bilal Butt
Top Scorer
Wuilian Arriaga
(8 goals)

## References

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1. ^ "The announcement of the events for dynamic Minifootball spring". WMF. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
2. ^ "Tunisia Continental Cup 2019". Tkantira (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
3. ^ "Congratulations to Czech Republic. OVERALL CHAMPION for 2019 Minifootball Continental Cup!". X (Twitter). 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
4. ^ "La Roumanie participe à la Coupe des confédérations de Minifoot à Tunis". tunis.mae.ro. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
5. ^ "Coupe des confédérations de Mini foot : le programme de la Tunisie". Mosaique FM (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
6. ^ ""5 stars international stadium" is ready for the Tunisia Continental Cup!". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.

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