2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

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]

2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم داخل الصالات 2024
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityRabat
Dates11–21 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up Angola
Third place Libya
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored155 (9.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chico
Hélber
Soufian Charraoui
(7 goals each)
Best player(s) Bilal Bakkali
Best goalkeeper Abdelkrim Anbia
Fair play award Ghana

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
Main article: 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 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
 Angola4thThird place (2020)
 Egypt7thChampions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Morocco (hosts)6thChampions (2016, 2020)
 Mauritania1stDebut
 Namibia1stDebut
 Ghana2ndRunners-up (1996)
 Zambia3rdFourth place (2016)
 Libya5thChampions (2008)

Venues

The matches will be played at two venues in Rabat.

Squads
Main article: 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contained a maximum of 14 players.[6]

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
  • Nakotey  7'33"
  • Boye  30'57"
 Report (CAF)
  • Banda  18'54"
  • Chinyama  21'26"
  • Phiri  22'38"
  • Mwaliteta  33'33"
  • Simwami  38'14"
Referee: (Egypt)
Morocco 5–2 Angola
  • Raiss El Fenni  7'13"
  • Charraoui  13'34", 15'46", 15'59"
  • El Ayyane  20'56"
 Report (CAF)
  • Hélber  6'52"
  • Anderson  38'49"
Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)
Zambia 5–8 Angola
  • Banda  18'12"
  • Phiri  31'43", 36'28", 37'14"
  • Chinyama  34'19"
 Report (CAF)
  • Lungu  23'08" (o.g.)
  • Chico  29'42", 35'32", 39'07"
  • Pesado  30'54"
  • Hélber  32'16", 34'58"
  • Anderson  38'37"
Morocco 8–3 Ghana
  • Jouad  0'14", 37'55"
  • El Mesrar  2'39", 10'40"
  • Charraoui  7'50", 16'16"
  • Bakkali  31'03" (pen.)
  • Bouzid  34'21"
 Report (CAF)
  • Arthur  5'41"
  • Boye  13'26", 16'32"
Angola 11–3 Ghana
  • Braúlio  0'28", 22'34", 34'56"
  • Jô  0'51"
  • Arroz Doce  10'43", 25'27"
  • Chico  16'47" (pen.), 19'54", 23'36"
  • Hélber  30'04"
  • Kaluanda  32'27"
 Report (CAF)
  • Adérito  8'13" (o.g.)
  • Nakotey  14'53"
  • Arthur  38'37"
Zambia 0–13 Morocco
Report (CAF)
  • El Mesrar  3'28"
  • Bakkali  4'03", 21'49"
  • Amazal  6'05"
  • Charraoui  6'30", 7'12"
  • Raiss El Fenni  10'54"
  • El Ayyane  16'53", 17'25"
  • Elidrissi  27'07"
  • Dahani  30'06"
  • Simwami  34'27" (o.g.)
  • Jouad  39'58

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
  • Koki  9'11", 19'30"
  • Said  28'53"
  • Eissa  39'11"
 Report (CAF)
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Namibia 4–5 Mauritania
  • Salote  26'50", 38'43"
  • Mathys  29'30"
  • Haikali  33'23"
 Report (CAF)
  • Bouhoumadi  4'13"
  • Sylla  12'28", 12'54"
  • Drame  17'54"
  • M'Hamed  25'23"
Referee: José Katchingavisa (Angola)
Egypt 10–3 Namibia
  • Eissa  5'06"
  • Abdelhalim  12'23", 39'23"
  • Koki  17'41", 27'40"
  • Ramadan  20'50"
  • Moawad  30'55"
  • Aly  37'55", 39'04", 39'58"
 Report (CAF)
  • Willemse  11'35"
  • Jager  12'56"
  • Usurua  18'08"
Referee: Pedro-Luis Ndong Ondo (Equatorial Guinea)
Mauritania 4–5 Libya
  • N'Diel  8'33", 36'33"
  • Sow  22'15"
  • Bouhoumadi  33'51"
 Report (CAF)
  • Shoshan  9'29", 16'53", 17'36"
  • Said  10'47"
  • Zreeg  32'41"
Mauritania 6–7 Egypt
  • N'Diel  3'24"
  • M'Hamed  9'20"
  • Sow  16'02"
  • Chendhoura  26'50", 32'03", 37'52"
 Report (CAF)
  • Koki  12'50", 27'26"
  • Abdelhalim  21'21", 29'57"
  • Moawad  22'26"
  • Eissa  28'03"
  • Said  35'04"
Libya 11–5 Namibia
  • Said  0'47", 23'00"
  • Alajnaf  6'40", 39'39"
  • Zreeg  9'46", 27'22"
  • Shoshan  21'21", 22'23"
  • Elderwish  21'46"
  • Alghoul  35'34", 36'05"
 Report (CAF)
  • Kamatuka  2'19"
  • Mathys  18'10", 30'05"
  • Salote  19'42"
  • Solunga  24'18"

Knockout stage

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

All times are local, MST (UTC-1).

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
  • Eissa  1'42", 18'28" (pen.)
  • Said  36'06"
 Report (CAF)
  • Chico  1'11"
  • Pesado  13'28"
  • Anderson  13'17
  • Gomito  34'27"
  • Hélber  37'29", 38'07", 38'58"
Referee: Abel Junior Kouamé (Ivory Coast)
Morocco 6–0 Libya
  • El Mesrar  2'43", 21'51"
  • Jouad  5'04"
  • Bakkali  11'53", 28'12"
  • El Ayyane  16'49"
 Report (CAF)
Referee: Eric Elingui Mindjih (Cameroon)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Libya 2–2 Egypt
  • Said  22'26"
  • Alghoul  37'03"
 Report (CAF)
  • Ramadan  14'47", 18'14"
Penalties
  • Said
  • Rashid
  • Zreeg
3–1
  • Farag
  • Eissa
  • Aly
  • Said
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Final
Morocco 5–1 Angola
  • Borite  5'39"
  • Raiss El Fenni  15'07"
  • El Mesrar  16'35"
  • El Ayyane  30'23"
  • Bakkali  34'26" (pen.)
 Report (CAF)
  • Adérito  6'14"
Referee: Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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

7 goals

  • Chico
  • Hélber
  • Soufian Charraoui

6 goals

  • Koki
  • Soufiane El Mesrar
  • Bilal Bakkali

5 goals

  • Alaa Eissa
  • Ali Shoshan
  • Anas El Ayyane

4 goals

  • Khaled Abdelhalim
  • Mohamed Said
  • Youssef Jouad
  • Wiseman Phiri

3 goals

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

2 goals

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

1 goal

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

1 own goal

  • Adérito (against Ghana)
  • Prince Lungu (against Angola)
  • 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
 Angola19 April 20241 (2021)
 Morocco19 April 20243 (2012, 2016, 2021)
 Libya21 April 20242 (2008, 2012)

Ranking
RankTeamMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Morocco5500376+3115
2 Angola53022921+89
3 Libya52121821-37
4 Egypt53112618+810
5 Mauritania31021516−13
6 Zambia31021023−133
7 Namibia30031226−140
8 Ghana3003824−160

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.
  6. "CAF announces Squad Lists for TotalEnergies CAF Futsal AFCON Morocco 2024". CAF. 8 April 2024.
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