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The Futsal Africa Cup of Nations (previously known as the African Futsal Championship) 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. It is a qualification to FIFA Futsal World Cup.
In 2015, the CAF Executive Committee changed the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations.
Only three teams have won the cup since its foundation. Egypt and Morocco are the most successful teams with three titles each. Libya has won it once. Currently, Morocco holds the title of African champion after defeateing Angola 5–1 in the 2024 final held in the Moroccan capital.
History
The first edition took place in 1996, which witnessed Egypt claiming the first continental title. Egypt went on to dominate winning three consecutive title before losing the 2008 final to Libya.
2011 African Futsal Championship has been cancelled as Burkina Faso withdrew from hosting the event which was meant to start at the beginning of April and a replacement could not be found.
In the 6th edition, Morocco won the title for the first time after defeating Egypt 3–2 in the final. In the following edition, Morocco defeated Egypt 5–0 in the 2020 final, becoming the second nation after Egypt to win back-to-back titles.
The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations was scheduled to be held in Mozambique, but Mozambique declined to host the competition, and Morocco was selected to host the 2024 edition. For this edition, Morocco defeated Angola 5–1 in the final, thus joining Egypt as the two teams to have won the continental championship on three occasions.
Editions
^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
* = hosts
Medals
Awards
Participating nations
Legend
Summary (1996-2024)
Qualification
Results at the FIFA Futsal World Cup
Legend
1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
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. Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations".
References
External links
CAF futsal - cafonline.com
African Futsal Championship Overview - rsssf.com
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