2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

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2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم داخل الصالات 2024
2020

The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations will be the eighth edition of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa. The tournament was first planned to be held in Mozambique.[1] However Mozambique declined after, to host the competition.[2] Morocco announced the organization of the tournament for the second time in a row.[3]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup (except for 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was organized as the 2011 African Futsal Championship was cancelled). The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan as the CAF representatives.

Morocco are the defending champions.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following eight teams will qualify for the final tournament. The Draw took place on 23 December 2023 in the CAF Headquarters.[4] The qualifiers will take place from 29 January to 11 February 2024. Angola, Egypt and Morocco who are all the highest ranked nations in the competition gained automatic entry.[5]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Angola 4th Third place (
2020
)
 Egypt 7th Champions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Morocco (hosts) 6th Champions (
2020
)
 Mauritania 1st Debut
 Namibia 1st Debut
 Ghana 2nd Runners-up (1996)
 Zambia 3rd Fourth place (
2016
)
 Libya 5th Champions (2008)

Venues

The matches will be played at two venues in Rabat.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group will advance to the semi finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco (H) 3 3 0 0 26 5 +21 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Angola 3 2 0 1 21 13 +8 6
3  Zambia 3 1 0 2 10 23 −13 3
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Ghana 2–5 Zambia
Report (CAF)
Morocco 5–2 Angola
Report (CAF)
Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

Zambia 5–8 Angola
Report (CAF)
Morocco 8–3 Ghana
Report (CAF)

Angola 11–3 Ghana
Report (CAF)
Zambia 0–13 Morocco
Report (CAF)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 21 9 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Libya 3 2 0 1 16 13 +3 6
3  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 15 16 −1 3
4  Namibia 3 0 0 3 12 26 −14 0
Source: CAF
Egypt 4–0 Libya
Report (CAF)
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Namibia 4–5 Mauritania
Report (CAF)
Referee: José Katchingavisa (Angola)

Egypt 10–3 Namibia
Report (CAF)
Referee: Pedro-Luis Ndong Ondo (Equatorial Guinea)
Mauritania 4–5 Libya
Report (CAF)

Mauritania 6–7 Egypt
Report (CAF)
Libya 11–5 Namibia
Report (CAF)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

extra time and penalty shoot-out
are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 April
 
 
 Morocco6
 
21 April
 
 Libya0
 
 Morocco5
 
19 April
 
 Angola1
 
 Egypt3
 
 
 Angola7
 
Third place match
 
 
21 April
 
 
 Libya (p)2 (3)
 
 
 Egypt2 (1)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Egypt 3–7 Angola
Report (CAF)
Referee: Abel Junior Kouamé (Ivory Coast)
Morocco 6–0 Libya
Report (CAF)
Referee: Eric Elingui Mindjih (Cameroon)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Libya 2–2 Egypt
Report (CAF)
Penalties
3–1
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Final

Morocco 5–1 Angola
Report (CAF)
Egypt
)

Goalscorers

There were 155 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 9.69 goals per match.

7 goals

  • Angola Chico
  • Angola Hélber
  • Morocco Soufian Charraoui

6 goals

  • Egypt Koki
  • Morocco Soufiane El Mesrar
  • Morocco Bilal Bakkali

5 goals

  • Egypt Alaa Eissa
  • Libya Ali Shoshan
  • Morocco Anas El Ayyane

4 goals

  • Egypt Khaled Abdelhalim
  • Libya Mohamed Said
  • Morocco Youssef Jouad
  • Zambia Wiseman Phiri

3 goals

  • Angola Braúlio
  • Angola Anderson
  • Egypt Ahmed Aly
  • Egypt Mohamed Said
  • Egypt Essam Ramadan
  • Ghana Philip Nii Boye
  • Libya Mohamed Zreeg
  • Libya Suhayb Alghoul
  • Mauritania Yacoub N'Diel
  • Mauritania Ely Chendhoura Ahmed Aidda
  • Morocco Idriss Raiss El Fenni
  • Namibia Remario Mathys
  • Namibia Ken Salote

2 goals

  • Angola Arroz Doce
  • Angola Pesado
  • Egypt Abdelrahman Moawad
  • Ghana Emmanuel Nakotey
  • Ghana Prince Arthur
  • Libya Ahmed Alajnaf
  • Mauritania Yakhouba Sylla
  • Mauritania Abderhemane Bouhoumadi
  • Mauritania M'Hamed M'Hamed
  • Mauritania Dioncounda Sow
  • Zambia Patrick Banda
  • Zambia Francis Chinyam

1 goal

  • Angola
  • Angola Kaluanda
  • Angola Gomito
  • Angola Adérito
  • Libya Suliman Elderwish
  • Morocco Khalid Bouzid
  • Morocco Ismail Amazal
  • Morocco Othmane Elidrissi
  • Morocco Anas Dahani
  • Morocco Soufiane Borite
  • Mauritania Moudery Drame
  • Namibia George Haikalia
  • Namibia Reginald Willemse
  • Namibia Rowen Jager
  • Namibia Usurua Ryiena Riya
  • Namibia Nanguei Kamatuka
  • Namibia Luis Solunga
  • Zambia Mbalika Mwaliteta
  • Zambia Jackson Simwami

1 own goal

  • Angola Adérito (against Ghana)
  • Zambia Prince Lungu (against Angola)
  • Zambia Jackson Simwami (against Morocco)

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous
appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
 Angola 19 April 2024 1 (2021)
 Morocco 19 April 2024 3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
 Libya 21 April 2024 2 (2008, 2012)

Ranking

Rank Team M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Morocco 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 15
2  Angola 5 3 0 2 29 21 +8 9
3  Libya 5 2 1 2 18 21 -3 7
4  Egypt 5 3 1 1 26 18 +8 10
5  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 15 16 −1 3
6  Zambia 3 1 0 2 10 23 −13 3
7  Namibia 3 0 0 3 12 26 −14 0
8  Ghana 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0

References

  1. ^ "Mozambique será el anfitrión del Campeonato Africano de Futsal en 2024". 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "CAN Futsal 2024 : le Mozambique se retire de l'organisation". 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ "المغرب ينظم كاس افريقيا للأمم لكرة القدم داخل القاعة" [Morocco organizes the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations]. frmf.ma (in Arabic). 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "WATCH LIVE: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  5. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.

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