Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Founded	1996
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Morocco (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (3 titles)
2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

The Africa Futsal Cup of Nations (known as the African Futsal Championship until 2015) 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.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations.^[1]

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1996 Details	Egypt		Egypt	^n/a	Ghana		Zimbabwe	^n/a	Somalia
2000 Details	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	4 – 3 a.e.t.	Egypt		Morocco	3 – 1 a.e.t.	Mozambique
2011 Details	Burkina Faso		Cancelled				Cancelled
2016 Details	South Africa		Morocco	3 – 2	Egypt		Mozambique	5 – 5 a.e.t. (2 – 1) pen	Zambia

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Performance by nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Egypt	3 (1996*, 2000*, 2004)	2 (2008, 2016)
Morocco	1 (2016)	1 (2000)	2 (2004, 2008)
Libya	1 (2008*)		1 (2000)
Mozambique		1 (2004)	1 (2016)	1 (2008)
Ghana		1 (1996)
Guinea-Bissau			1 (2004)
Zimbabwe			1 (1996)
Somalia				1 (1996)
South Africa				1 (2000)
Zambia				1 (2016)

* = hosts

Participating nations

Team	1996	2000	h/a 2004	2008	2011	2016	Years
Angola				R1		R1	2
Cameroon				R1			1
Congo DR	5th						1
Egypt	1st	1st	1st	2nd		2nd	5
Ghana	2nd						1
Guinea-Bissau			SF				1
Libya		3rd		1st		R1	3
Morocco		2nd	SF	3rd		1st	4
Mozambique			2nd	4th		3rd	3
Nigeria				R1			1
Somalia	4th						1
South Africa		4th	R1	R1		R1	4
Tunisia				R1		R1	2
Zambia				R1		4th	2
Zimbabwe	3rd						1
Total	5	4	5	10	0	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
•    — Hosts

General Statistics

Team	Editions	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
Egypt	5	20	15	4	1	143	50	+93	46
Libya	3	10	8	2	2	48	32	+16	26
Morocco	4	15	7	2	6	59	42	+17	20
Mozambique	3	12	5	2	5	50	45	+5	17
Ghana	1	4	3	0	1	42	9	+33	9
Zimbabwe	1	4	2	1	1	21	16	+5	7
Angola	2	7	2	1	4	26	32	–6	7
Nigeria	1	4	1	1	2	9	12	–3	4
Tunisia	2	7	2	0	5	19	24	–5	6
Zambia	2	8	2	1	5	27	42	–15	7
South Africa	4	12	2	0	10	33	102	-69	6
Cameroon	1	4	0	1	3	6	22	-16	1
Somalia	1	4	0	1	3	5	31	–26	1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	4	0	1	3	14	45	–31	1
Guinea-Bissau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table as of Jan 2016. Source:^[2]

References

1. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
2. FutsalPlanet

External links

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