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 Egypt
1996
Egypt
2000
h/a
2004
Libya
2008
Burkina Faso
2011
South Africa
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

General Statistics

Team Editions Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
 Egypt 520154114350+9346
 Libya 3108224832+1626
 Morocco 4157265942+1720
 Mozambique 3125255045+517
 Ghana 14301429+339
 Zimbabwe 142112116+57
 Angola 272142632–67
 Nigeria 14112912–34
 Tunisia 272051924–56
 Zambia 282152742–157
 South Africa 412201033102-696
 Cameroon 14013622-161
 Somalia 14013531–261
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 140131445–311
 Guinea-Bissau 100000000

Table as of Jan 2016. Source:[2]

References

External links

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