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Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

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Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded1996
RegionAfrica
Number of teams8
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
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1 1996
Details
Egypt
Egypt

Egypt
n/a
Ghana

Zimbabwe
n/a
Somalia
5
2 2000
Details
Egypt
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

Libya
4 – 3 a.e.t.
Egypt

Morocco
3 – 1 a.e.t.
Mozambique
10
- 2011
Details
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Cancelled Cancelled -
5 2016
Details
South Africa
South Africa

Morocco
3 – 2
Egypt

Mozambique
5 – 5 a.e.t.
(2 – 1) pen

Zambia
8 (14)
6 2020
Details
Morocco
Morocco[18]

Morocco
5 – 0
Egypt

Angola
2 – 0
Libya
8 (13)
7 2024
Details
Morocco
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
 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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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt3306
2 Morocco3126
3 Libya1023
4 Angola0112
 Mozambique0112
6 Ghana0101
7 Zimbabwe0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

Awards

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Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper Ref.
Morocco 2020 Mozambique Jose da Silva Magu 6 - Morocco Rheda Khiyari [19]
Morocco 2024 Morocco Soufian Charraoui 7 Morocco Bilal Bakkali Morocco Abdelkrim Anbia [20]

Participating nations

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Team Egypt
1996
Egypt
2000
h/a
2004
Libya
2008
South Africa
2016
Morocco
2020
Morocco
2024
Years
 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

Summary (1996-2024)

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Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
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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# Year Games Teams Qualified Teams
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 Netherlands
1989
Hong Kong
1992
Spain
1996
Guatemala
2000
Chinese Taipei
2004
Brazil
2008
Thailand
2012
Colombia
2016
Lithuania
2021
Uzbekistan
2024
Total
 Algeria R1 1
 Angola R1 Q 2
 Egypt R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 QF R1 7
 Libya R1 R1 Q 3
 Morocco R1 R1 QF Q 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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