| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–30 September |
| Teams | 5 (from 5 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Ghana |
| Third place |  Zimbabwe |
| Fourth place |  Somalia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 113 (11.3 per match) |
The 1996 African Futsal Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 30 September 1996. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Spain.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6–6 | Zimbabwe |
| Ghana | 19–5 |  Zaire |
| Egypt | 2–1 | Ghana |
| Somalia | 4–4 | Zaire |
| Egypt | 10–1 | Somalia |
| Ghana | 9–2 | Zimbabwe |
| Ghana | 13–0 | Somalia |
| Zimbabwe | 9–1 | Zaire |
| Egypt | 13–4 | Zaire |
| Zimbabwe | 4–0 | Somalia |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 10 | African Futsal Champions and qualified for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
| Ghana | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 9 | +33 | 9 | |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 7 | |
| Somalia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | −26 | 1 | |
| Zaire | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 1 |
| African Futsal Championship 1996 winners |
|---|
 Egypt 1st title |
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