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 Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, (known as the African Futsal Championship until 2015 and now named Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorhip reasons) 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
Egypt		 n/a
Ghana
Zimbabwe		 n/a
Somalia
2000
Details		 Egypt
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
Libya		 4 – 3 a.e.t.
Egypt
Morocco		 3 – 1 a.e.t.
Mozambique
2011
Details		 Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso		 Cancelled Cancelled
2016
Details		 South Africa
South Africa
Morocco		 3 – 2
Egypt
Mozambique		 5 – 5 a.e.t.
(2 – 1) pen
Zambia
2020
Details		 To be determined

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^Cancelled The 2011 tournament was cancelled. To determine the three African qualifiers to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, a separate qualification tournament was held, with Egypt, Libya and Morocco qualifying.

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 		TBD
2020 		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

Pos Team Editions Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Egypt 520154114350+9346
2  Libya 3128224832+1626
3  Morocco 4157265942+1720
4  Mozambique 3179357051+1917
4  Ghana 14301429+339
5  Zimbabwe 142112116+57
6  Angola 272142632–67
7  Nigeria 14112912–34
8  Tunisia 272051924–56
9  Zambia 282152742–157
10  South Africa 412201033102-696
11  Cameroon 14013622-161
12  Somalia 14013531–261
13  Democratic Republic of the Congo 140131445–311
14  Guinea-Bissau 100000000

Table as of April 2016. Source:[2]

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.[3] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations".

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  2. ↑ FutsalPlanet
  3. ↑ AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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