2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations will be the eighth edition of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa. The tournament was first planned to be held in Mozambique.[1] However Mozambique declined after, to host the competition.[2] Morocco announced the organization of the tournament for the second time in a row.[3]

2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم داخل الصالات 2024
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityRabat
Dates11–21 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up Angola
Third place Libya
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored155 (9.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Angola Chico
Angola Hélber
Morocco Soufian Charraoui
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)Morocco Bilal Bakkali
Best goalkeeperMorocco Abdelkrim Anbia
Fair play award Ghana
2020
2028

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup (except for 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was organized as the 2011 African Futsal Championship was cancelled). The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan as the CAF representatives.

Morocco are the defending champions.

Qualification

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Qualified teams

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The following eight teams will qualify for the final tournament. The Draw took place on 23 December 2023 in the CAF Headquarters.[4] The qualifiers will take place from 29 January to 11 February 2024. Angola, Egypt and Morocco who are all the highest ranked nations in the competition gained automatic entry.[5]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Angola 4th Third place (2020)
  Egypt 7th Champions (1996, 2000, 2004)
  Morocco (hosts) 6th Champions (2016, 2020)
  Mauritania 1st Debut
  Namibia 1st Debut
  Ghana 2nd Runners-up (1996)
  Zambia 3rd Fourth place (2016)
  Libya 5th Champions (2008)

Venues

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The matches will be played at two venues in Rabat.

Squads

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Each squad can contained a maximum of 14 players.[6]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group will advance to the semi finals.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco (H) 3 3 0 0 26 5 +21 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Angola 3 2 0 1 21 13 +8 6
3   Zambia 3 1 0 2 10 23 −13 3
4   Ghana 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Ghana  2–5  Zambia
Report (CAF)
Morocco  5–2  Angola
Report (CAF)
Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

Zambia  5–8  Angola
Report (CAF)
Morocco  8–3  Ghana
Report (CAF)

Angola  11–3  Ghana
Report (CAF)
Zambia  0–13  Morocco
Report (CAF)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 0 21 9 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Libya 3 2 0 1 16 13 +3 6
3   Mauritania 3 1 0 2 15 16 −1 3
4   Namibia 3 0 0 3 12 26 −14 0
Source: CAF
Egypt  4–0  Libya
Report (CAF)
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Namibia  4–5  Mauritania
Report (CAF)
Referee: José Katchingavisa (Angola)

Egypt  10–3  Namibia
Report (CAF)
Referee: Pedro-Luis Ndong Ondo (Equatorial Guinea)
Mauritania  4–5  Libya
Report (CAF)

Mauritania  6–7  Egypt
Report (CAF)
Libya  11–5  Namibia
Report (CAF)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 April
 
 
  Morocco6
 
21 April
 
  Libya0
 
  Morocco5
 
19 April
 
  Angola1
 
  Egypt3
 
 
  Angola7
 
Third place match
 
 
21 April
 
 
  Libya (p)2 (3)
 
 
  Egypt2 (1)

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Egypt  3–7  Angola
  • Eissa   1'42"18'28" (pen.)
  • Said   36'06"
Report (CAF)
Referee: Abel Junior Kouamé (Ivory Coast)
Morocco  6–0  Libya
Report (CAF)
Referee: Eric Elingui Mindjih (Cameroon)

Third place match

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Winner qualifies for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Libya  2–2  Egypt
Report (CAF)
Penalties
3–1
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Final

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Morocco  5–1  Angola
Report (CAF)
Referee: Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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There were 155 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 9.69 goals per match.

7 goals

  •   Chico
  •   Hélber
  •   Soufian Charraoui

6 goals

  •   Koki
  •   Soufiane El Mesrar
  •   Bilal Bakkali

5 goals

  •   Alaa Eissa
  •   Ali Shoshan
  •   Anas El Ayyane

4 goals

  •   Khaled Abdelhalim
  •   Mohamed Said
  •   Youssef Jouad
  •   Wiseman Phiri

3 goals

  •   Braúlio
  •   Anderson
  •   Ahmed Aly
  •   Mohamed Said
  •   Essam Ramadan
  •   Philip Nii Boye
  •   Mohamed Zreeg
  •   Suhayb Alghoul
  •   Yacoub N'Diel
  •   Ely Chendhoura Ahmed Aidda
  •   Idriss Raiss El Fenni
  •   Remario Mathys
  •   Ken Salote

2 goals

  •   Arroz Doce
  •   Pesado
  •   Abdelrahman Moawad
  •   Emmanuel Nakotey
  •   Prince Arthur
  •   Ahmed Alajnaf
  •   Yakhouba Sylla
  •   Abderhemane Bouhoumadi
  •   M'Hamed M'Hamed
  •   Dioncounda Sow
  •   Patrick Banda
  •   Francis Chinyam

1 goal

  •  
  •   Kaluanda
  •   Gomito
  •   Adérito
  •   Suliman Elderwish
  •   Khalid Bouzid
  •   Ismail Amazal
  •   Othmane Elidrissi
  •   Anas Dahani
  •   Soufiane Borite
  •   Moudery Drame
  •   George Haikalia
  •   Reginald Willemse
  •   Rowen Jager
  •   Usurua Ryiena Riya
  •   Nanguei Kamatuka
  •   Luis Solunga
  •   Mbalika Mwaliteta
  •   Jackson Simwami

1 own goal

  •   Adérito (against Ghana)
  •   Prince Lungu (against Angola)
  •   Jackson Simwami (against Morocco)

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

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The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
  Angola 19 April 2024 1 (2021)
  Morocco 19 April 2024 3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
  Libya 21 April 2024 2 (2008, 2012)

Ranking

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Rank Team M W D L GF GA GD Points
1   Morocco 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 15
2   Angola 5 3 0 2 29 21 +8 9
3   Libya 5 2 1 2 18 21 -3 7
4   Egypt 5 3 1 1 26 18 +8 10
5   Mauritania 3 1 0 2 15 16 −1 3
6   Zambia 3 1 0 2 10 23 −13 3
7   Namibia 3 0 0 3 12 26 −14 0
8   Ghana 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0

References

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  1. ^ "Mozambique será el anfitrión del Campeonato Africano de Futsal en 2024". 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "CAN Futsal 2024 : le Mozambique se retire de l'organisation". 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ "المغرب ينظم كاس افريقيا للأمم لكرة القدم داخل القاعة" [Morocco organizes the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations]. frmf.ma (in Arabic). 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "WATCH LIVE: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  5. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ^ "CAF announces Squad Lists for TotalEnergies CAF Futsal AFCON Morocco 2024". CAF. 8 April 2024.
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