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.

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

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

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

#	Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match			Teams
				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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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

Participating nations

Team	1996	2000	h/a 2004	2008	2016	2020	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

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

Summary (1996-2024)

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

Main article: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Qualification

#	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

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
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

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".

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External links

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