Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

African association football tournament for men's national futsal teams

For the women's tournament, see Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations.

Football tournament

Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Organising body| CAF
Founded| 1996
Region| Africa
Number of teams| 8
Current champions|  Morocco (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)|  Egypt
Morocco
(3 titles each)
2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

The Futsal Africa Cup of Nations (previously known as the African Futsal Championship) is the main national futsal competition of the Confederation of African Football nations. It was first held in 1996 and has been played every four years. It is a qualification to FIFA Futsal World Cup.

In 2015, the CAF Executive Committee changed the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[1][2]

Only three teams have won the cup since its foundation. Egypt and Morocco are the most successful teams with three titles each. Libya has won it once. Currently, Morocco holds the title of African champion after defeateing Angola 5–1 in the 2024 final held in the Moroccan capital.[3]

## History

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The first edition took place in 1996, which witnessed Egypt claiming the first continental title.[4] Egypt went on to dominate winning three consecutive title before losing the 2008 final to Libya.[5][6][7]

2011 African Futsal Championship has been cancelled as Burkina Faso withdrew from hosting the event which was meant to start at the beginning of April and a replacement could not be found.[8][9]

In the 6th edition, Morocco won the title for the first time after defeating Egypt 3–2 in the final.[10][11] In the following edition, Morocco defeated Egypt 5–0 in the 2020 final, becoming the second nation after Egypt to win back-to-back titles.[12][13]

The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations was scheduled to be held in Mozambique, but Mozambique declined to host the competition, and Morocco was selected to host the 2024 edition.[14][15] For this edition, Morocco defeated Angola 5–1 in the final, thus joining Egypt as the two teams to have won the continental championship on three occasions.[16][17]

## Editions

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#  | Year  | Host  |  | Final  |  | Third Place Match  | Teams

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Winner  | Score  | Runner-up  | Third Place  | Score  | Fourth Place
1  | 1996
Details |
Egypt |
Egypt | n/a |
Ghana |
Zimbabwe | n/a |
Somalia | 5
2  | 2000
Details |
Egypt |
Egypt | n/a |
Morocco |
Libya | n/a |
South Africa | 4
3  | 2004
Details | Home & away |
Egypt | 10 – 2
3 – 5 |
Mozambique |
Morocco | n/a WO  |
Guinea-Bissau | 8
4  | 2008
Details |
Libya |
Libya | 4 – 3 a.e.t. |
Egypt |
Morocco | 3 – 1 a.e.t. |
Mozambique | 10
\-  | 2011
Details |
Burkina Faso | Cancelled | Cancelled | \-
5  | 2016
Details |
South Africa |
Morocco | 3 – 2 |
Egypt |
Mozambique | 5 – 5 a.e.t.
(2 – 1) pen |
Zambia | 8 (14)
6  | 2020
Details |
Morocco[18] |
Morocco | 5 – 0 |
Egypt |
Angola | 2 – 0 |
Libya | 8 (13)
7  | 2024
Details |
Morocco |
Morocco | 5 – 1 |
Angola |
Libya | 2 – 2
(3 – 1) pen |
Egypt | 8 (13)

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^Cancelled The 2011 tournament was cancelled. To determine the three African qualifiers to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, a separate qualification tournament was held, with Egypt, Libya and Morocco qualifying.

## Performance by nations

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Team  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Fourth place

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Egypt | 3 (1996*, 2000*, 2004)  | 3 (2008, 2016, 2020)  |  | 1 (2024)
Morocco | 3 (2016, 2020*, 2024*)  | 1 (2000)  | 2 (2004, 2008)  |
Libya | 1 (2008*)  |  | 2 (2000, 2024)  | 1 (2020)
Mozambique |  | 1 (2004)  | 1 (2016)  | 1 (2008)
Angola |  | 1 (2024)  | 1 (2020)  |
Ghana |  | 1 (1996)  |  |
Zimbabwe |  |  | 1 (1996)  |
Somalia |  |  |  | 1 (1996)
South Africa |  |  |  | 1 (2000)
Guinea-Bissau |  |  |  | 1 (2004)
Zambia |  |  |  | 1 (2016)

* = hosts

## Medals

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt| 3| 3| 0| 6
2|  Morocco| 3| 1| 2| 6
3|  Libya| 1| 0| 2| 3
4|  Angola| 0| 1| 1| 2
Mozambique| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Ghana| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Zimbabwe| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

## Awards

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Year  | Top goalscorer(s)  | Gls  | Best player  | Best goalkeeper  | Ref.

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2020 |  Jose da Silva Magu  | 6 | \-  |  Rheda Khiyari  | [19]
2024 |  Soufian Charraoui  | 7 |  Bilal Bakkali  |  Abdelkrim Anbia  | [20]

## Participating nations

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Team  |
1996 |
2000 | h/a
2004 |
2008 |
2016 |
2020 |
2024 | Years

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Angola | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | 3rd | 2nd  | 4
Cameroon | × | × | × | R1 | • | × | × | 1
DR Congo | 5th | × | × | × | × | × | ×  | 1
Egypt | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th  | 7
Equatorial Guinea | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | ×  | 1
Ghana | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | R1  | 2
Guinea | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | ×  | 1
Guinea-Bissau | × | × | 4th | × | × | × | ×  | 1
Libya | × | 3rd | × | 1st | R1 | 4th | 3rd  | 5
Mauritania | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1  | 1
Mauritius | × | × | × | × | × | § | × | 1
Morocco | × | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st  | 6
Mozambique | × | × | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | R1 | •  | 4
Namibia | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1  | 1
Nigeria | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | ×  | 1
Somalia | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | ×  | 1
South Africa | × | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | •• | × | 4
Tunisia | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | ×  | 2
Zambia | × | × | × | R1 | 4th | • | R1  | 3
Zimbabwe | 3rd | × | × | × | × | × | ×  | 1
Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* SF – Semifinals
* 5th – 5th place
* R1 – Round 1

* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
*  ×  – Did not enter
*  •  – Did not qualify
*  ×  – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
*  ••  – Qualified but withdrew before the tournament
*  §  – Withdrew during the tournament (after one or more match(es))
*      – To be determined
*    – Hosts

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## Summary (1996-2024)

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Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points

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1 |  Egypt | 7 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 191 | 84 | +107 | 68
2 |  Morocco | 6 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 124 | 51 | +73 | 58
3 |  Libya | 5 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 39
4 |  Mozambique | 6 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 79 | 68 | +11 | 30
5 |  Angola | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 25
6 |  Zambia | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 70 | -28 | 11
7 |  Ghana | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 9
8 |  Zimbabwe | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 7
9 |  Tunisia | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 6
10 |  South Africa | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 102 | -69 | 6
11 |  Nigeria | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 4
12 |  Mauritania | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 3
13 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 3
14 |  Guinea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 3
15 |  Cameroon | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 1
16 |  Somalia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | -26 | 1
17 |  DR Congo | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 45 | -31 | 1
18 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
19 |  Mauritius | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0
20 |  Namibia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 0

## Qualification

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Main article: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Qualification

# | Year | Games | Teams | Qualified Teams

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1 | 1996 African Futsal Championship | No Qualification | 5
2 | 2000 African Futsal Championship | No Qualification | 4
3 | 2004 African Futsal Championship | No Qualification | 8
4 | 2008 African Futsal Championship | No Qualification | 10
5 | 2016 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations | 2016 Qualification | 12 | 6 + 2
6 | 2020 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations | 2020 Qualification | 10 | 5 + 3
7 | 2024 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations | 2024 Qualification | 10 | 5 + 3
Total | 7 | 3 | Max:12 | Max:8

## Results at the FIFA Futsal World Cup

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Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* QF – Quarterfinals
* R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
* R1 – Round 1
*      – Hosts
*    – Not a CAF member

* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team  |
1989 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2021 |
2024 | Total

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Algeria | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Angola |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 | R1 | 2
Egypt |  |  | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | QF | R1 |  | 7
Libya |  |  |  |  |  | R1 | R1 |  |  | R1 | 3
Morocco |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | 4
Mozambique |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 |  |  | 1
Nigeria |  | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Zimbabwe | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1

## Sponsorship

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In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.[21] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations".

## References

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14. ^ "Morocco wins the organization of the African Futsal Cup". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
15. ^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "Morocco to Host 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations". Morocco World News. p. 1. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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## External links

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* CAF futsal - cafonline.com
* African Futsal Championship Overview - rsssf.com

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