Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Founded 1996
Region Africa (CAF)
Number of teams 10
Current champions  Libya (1 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
Egypt
Morocco		 4 – 1
Mozambique
2011
Details		  Burkina Faso Cancelled Cancelled
2016
Details		  South Africa

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

Participating nations

Team Egypt
1996 		Egypt
2000 		h/a
2004 		Libya
2008 		Burkina Faso
2011 		South Africa
2016 		Years
 Angola R1 Q 2
 Cameroon R1 1
 Congo DR 5th 1
 Egypt 1st 1st 1st 2nd Q 5
 Equatorial Guinea Q 1
 Ghana 2nd 1
 Guinea-Bissau SF 1
 Libya 3rd 1st Q 3
 Morocco 2nd SF 3rd Q 4
 Mozambique 2nd 4th Q 3
 Nigeria R1 1
 Somalia 4th 1
 South Africa 4th R1 R1 Q 4
 Tunisia R1 Q 2
 Zambia R1 1
 Zimbabwe 3rd 1
Total 5 4 5 10 0 8
Legend

References

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

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