Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded1996
RegionAfrica
Number of teams8
Current champions Morocco (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Egypt (3 titles)
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.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change 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 3 teams managed to win the cup since its foundation, with Egypt being the most successful team with 3 titles, followed by Morocco with two. Libya has won it once.

Morocco are the current African champions, having beaten Egypt 5–0 in the 2020 final.

History

The first edition took place in 1996, which witnessed Egypt claiming the first continental title.[3] Egypt went on to dominate winning three consecutive title before losing the 2008 final to Libya.[4][5][6]

The CAF announced that the 2011 African Futsal Championship has been cancelled. Burkina Faso withdrew from hosting the event which was meant to start at the beginning of April and a replacement could not be found therefore the championship wasn't held.[7][8]

In the 6th edition, Morocco won the title for the first time after defeating Egypt 3–2 in the final.[9][10] On 7 February 2020, Morocco defeated Egypt 5–0 in the 2020 final, becoming the second nation after Egypt to win back-to-back titles.[11][12]

The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations was scheduled to be held in Mozambique. However Mozambique declined to host the competition, Morocco was selected to host the 2024 edition.[13][14]

Results

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1996
Details
Egypt
Egypt

Egypt
n/a
Ghana

Zimbabwe
n/a
Somalia
2000
Details
Egypt
Egypt

Egypt
n/a
Morocco

Libya
n/a
South Africa
2004
Details
Home & away
Egypt
10 – 2
3 – 5

Mozambique
 Guinea-Bissau /  Morocco
2008
Details
Libya
Libya

Libya
4 – 3 a.e.t.
Egypt

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

Morocco
3 – 2
Egypt

Mozambique
5 – 5 a.e.t.
(2 – 1) pen

Zambia
2020
Details
Morocco
Morocco[15]

Morocco
5 – 0
Egypt

Angola
2 – 0
Libya
2024
Details
Morocco
Morocco

^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)
 Morocco 2 (2016, 2020*) 1 (2000) 2 (2004, 2008)
 Libya 1 (2008*) 1 (2000) 1 (2020)
 Mozambique 1 (2004) 1 (2016) 1 (2008)
 Ghana 1 (1996)
 Angola 1 (2020)
 Guinea-Bissau 1 (2004)
 Zimbabwe 1 (1996)
 Somalia 1 (1996)
 South Africa 1 (2000)
 Zambia 1 (2016)
* = hosts

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt3306
2 Morocco2125
3 Libya1012
4 Mozambique0112
5 Ghana0101
6 Angola0011
 Guinea-Bissau0011
 Zimbabwe0011
Totals (8 entries)66719

Awards

Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best goalkeeper Ref.
Morocco 2020 Angola Jose da Silva Magu 6 Morocco Rheda Khiyari [16]


Participating nations

Team Egypt
1996
Egypt
2000
h/a
2004
Libya
2008
Burkina Faso
2011
South Africa
2016
Morocco
2020
Morocco
2024
Years
 Angola ×××R1R13rdQ 4
 Cameroon ×××R1× 1
 Congo DR 5th××××× 1
 Egypt 1st1st1st2nd2nd2ndQ 7
 Equatorial Guinea ×××××R1 1
 Ghana 2nd××××× 1
 Guinea-Bissau ××SF××× 1
 Guinea ×××××R1 1
 Libya ×3rd×1stR14th 4
 Mauritius •• 1
 Morocco ×2nd3rd3rd1st1stQ 6
 Mozambique ××2nd4th3rdR1 4
 Nigeria ×××R1×× 1
 Somalia 4th××××× 1
 South Africa ×4thR1R1R1•• 5
 Tunisia ×××R1R1× 2
 Zambia ×××R14th 2
 Zimbabwe 3rd××××× 1
Total545100888
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 before qualification
  •  ••  – Withdrew before or during tournament
  •      – To be determined
  •    Hosts

Summary (1996-2020)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Egypt626184416359+10458
2 Morocco52014158745+4243
3 Libya41710255543+1232
4 Mozambique6209387968+1130
5 Angola3125164044-416
6 Ghana14301429+339
7 Zimbabwe142112116+57
8 Zambia282152742-157
9 Tunisia272051924-56
10 South Africa412201033102-696
11 Nigeria14112912-34
12 Equatorial Guinea13102612-63
13 Guinea13102817-93
14 Cameroon14013622-161
15 Somalia14013531-261
16 DR Congo140131445-311
17 Guinea-Bissau100000000
18 Mauritius13003210-80

Results at the FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2 (19892008, 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
 AlgeriaR11
 AngolaR11
 EgyptR1R2R1R1R2QFR17
 LibyaR1R12
 MoroccoR1R1QF3
 MozambiqueR11
 NigeriaR11
 ZimbabweR11

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.[17] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations".

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