2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2024 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates2–11 February 2024
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification is the qualification process organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the participating teams for the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the 7th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Africa.[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Preliminary round
10
Final tournament 3
Did not enter
  •  Benin
  •  Botswana
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Burundi
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Comoros
  •  Congo
  •  Djibouti
  •  DR Congo
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Eritrea
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Gabon
  •  Gambia
  •  Guinea
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Kenya
  •  Lesotho
  •  Liberia
  •  Madagascar
  •  Malawi
  •  Mali
  •  Mauritius
  •  Niger
  •  Nigeria
  •  Rwanda
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Senegal
  •  Seychelles
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Somalia
  •  South Africa
  •  South Sudan
  •  Sudan
  •  Eswatini
  •  Togo
  •  Tunisia
  •  Uganda
  •  Zimbabwe

Draw

The 2024 Qualifiers official draw was held on 23 December 2024 at 6th of October City, Giza in Egypt, the CAF Headquarters.

Pot 1 Pot 2
Pots
  1.  Mozambique
  2.  Zambia
  3.  Namibia
  4.  Tanzania

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The five winners of the preliminary round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Round Leg Date
Preliminary round First leg 2–4 February 2024
Second leg 9–11 February 2024

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  3–4  Zambia 3–2 0–2
Namibia  8–8 (a)  Tanzania 2–5 6–3
Libya  6–5  Algeria 4–4 2–1
Ghana  6–6 (a)  Ivory Coast 0–4 6–2
Cameroon  dq  Mauritania — —
Mozambique 3–2 Zambia
Pavilhão Da Uem, Maputo
Zambia 2–0 Mozambique
  • Banda Goal 14'
  • Chinyama Goal 36'
Automotive Futsal Arena, Lusaka

Zambia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Namibia 2–5 Tanzania
Windhoek Showgrounds Sport Plaza, Windhoek
Tanzania 3–6 Namibia
Starlight Futsal Arena, Dar es Salam

8–8 on aggregate. Namibia won on away goals.

Libya 4–4 Algeria
  • Al-Shushan Goal ?, ?
  • Lamhammel Goal ?
  • Al-Ajnaf Goal ?
 Report (FAF)
  • Bendifallah Goal ?
  • Medjahed Goal ?, ?
  • Teffaf Goal ?
Misrata Sporting Hall, Misrata
Algeria 1–2 Libya
  • Bensaber Goal 1'
  • Al-Ghoul Goal ?
  • Al-Yamani Goal 40'

Libya won 6–5 on aggregate.

Ghana 0–4 Ivory Coast
University of Cape Coast Sports Hall, Cape Coast
Ivory Coast 2–6 Ghana

6–6 on aggregate. Ghana won on away goals.

Cameroon Cancelled Mauritania
Mauritania Cancelled Cameroon

Mauritania advanced to the final tournament after Cameroon was disqualified from the competition due to sanctions imposed by CAF, for their withdrawal from last edition qualifiers.[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Angola, Egypt and Morocco qualified automatically.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Angola 23 December 2023 3 (2008, 2016, 2020)
 Egypt 23 December 2023 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020)
 Morocco 23 December 2023 5 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020)
 Mauritania 28 January 2024 0 (debut)
 Namibia 9 February 2024 0 (debut)
 Ghana 9 February 2024 1 (1996)
 Zambia 10 February 2024 2 (2008, 2016)
 Libya 10 February 2024 4 (2000, 2008, 2016, 2020)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted". My Afrika Magazine. MyAfrikaMagazine Editorial. 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Officiel : L'équipe nationale de futsal se qualifie pour la CAN 2024 de la discipline" [National futsal team qualify for the AFCON 2024] (in French). Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024 – via Facebook.

External links

  • 2024 Futsal Afcon qualification - cafonline.com
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