2008 African Futsal Championship

2008 African Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country Libya
Dates 21 March - 31 March
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Libya Libya (1st title)
Runners-up Egypt Egypt
Third place Morocco Morocco
Fourth place Mozambique Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 175 (7.29 per match)
Best player Libya Mohammed Shahout

The 2008 African Futsal Championship took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

The tournament was contested by ten teams, split into two groups of five. Group A was contested of hosts Libya, along with Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia, while Group 2 consisted of Angola, Egypt, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. The matches were played at two venues in Tripoli: Cortuba and African Union.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Libya 4400194+1512Advanced to the semi-finals
 Morocco 4301166+109
 Nigeria 4112912–34Eliminated and missed out on the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
 Tunisia 4103915–63
 Cameroon 4013622–161

Matches

Match No. Date Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Venue Match Report
2 2008-03-21 14:00  Tunisia 0 – 5  Morocco Cortuba Match Report
4 2008-03-21 20:30  Libya 4 – 0  Nigeria African Union Match Report
5 2008-03-22 18:00  Cameroon 3 – 3  Nigeria African Union Match Report
7 2008-03-22 20:00  Libya 4 – 2  Tunisia African Union Match Report
9 2008-03-23 18:00  Cameroon 1 – 4  Tunisia African Union Match Report
11 2008-03-23 20:00  Libya 4 – 1  Morocco African Union Match Report
15 2008-03-24 18:00  Cameroon 1 – 7  Libya African Union Match Report
16 2008-03-24 20:00  Morocco 2 – 1  Nigeria Cortuba Match Report
17 2008-03-25 18:00  Nigeria 5 – 3  Tunisia Cortuba Match Report
18 2008-03-25 20:00  Morocco 8 – 1  Cameroon African Union Match Report

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Egypt 4220207+138Advanced to the semi-finals
 Mozambique 42112512+137
 Angola 42112019+17Eliminated and missed out on the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
 Zambia 41031528–133
 South Africa 41031731–143

Matches

Match No. Date Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Venue Match Report
1 2008-03-21 12:00  South Africa 4 – 8  Angola Cortuba Match Report
3 2008-03-21 16:00  Egypt 9 – 0  Zambia Cortuba Match Report
6 2008-03-22 18:00  Egypt 8 – 4  South Africa Cortuba Match Report
8 2008-03-22 20:00  Mozambique 9 – 2  Zambia Cortuba Match Report
10 2008-03-23 18:00  Angola 2 – 2  Egypt Cortuba Match Report
12 2008-03-23 20:00  South Africa 3 – 10  Mozambique Cortuba Match Report
13 2008-03-24 18:00  Egypt 1 – 1  Mozambique Cortuba Match Report
14 2008-03-24 20:00  Zambia 8 – 4  Angola African Union Match Report
19 2008-03-25 18:00  Zambia 5 – 6  South Africa Cortuba Match Report
20 2008-03-25 20:00  Angola 6 – 5  Mozambique African Union Match Report

Semi-Finals

Match No. Date Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Venue Match Report
21 2008-03-28 17:00  Egypt 4 – 1  Morocco African Union Match Report
22 2008-03-28 19:30  Libya 4 – 1  Mozambique African Union Match Report

3rd Place

2008-03-30
17:00
Morocco  3 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Mozambique
Match Report
African Union

Final

2008-03-31
19:30
Egypt  3 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Libya
Match Report
African Union

Honors

 2008 African Futsal Championship 

Libya
1st title

Final Standings

  1.  Libya (Qualified to 2008 World Cup)
  2.  Egypt (Qualified to 2008 World Cup)
  3.  Morocco
  4.  Mozambique

Best Players

External links

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