2008 African Futsal Championship

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2008 African Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates21–31 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Third place Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Fourth place Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored175 (7.29 per match)
Best player(s) Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Mohammed Shahout
2004
2011
All statistics correct as of 25 December 2008.

The 2008 African Futsal Championship took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

Contents

The tournament was contested by ten teams, split into two groups of five. Group A was contested of hosts Libya, along with Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia, while Group 2 consisted of Angola, Egypt, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. The matches were played at two venues in Tripoli: Cortuba and African Union.

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 4400194+1512Advanced to the semi-finals
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4301166+109
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 411291234Eliminated and missed out on the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 410391563
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 4013622161
Source: [ citation needed ]

Matches

Match No.DateTimeTeam 1ScoreTeam 2VenueMatch Report
22008-03-2114:00Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0 – 5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Cortuba Match Report
42008-03-2120:30Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 4 – 0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria African Union Match Report
52008-03-2218:00Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3 – 3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria African Union Match Report
72008-03-2220:00Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 4 – 2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia African Union Match Report
92008-03-2318:00Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1 – 4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia African Union Match Report
112008-03-2320:00Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 4 – 1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco African Union Match Report
152008-03-2418:00Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1 – 7Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya African Union Match Report
162008-03-2420:00Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2 – 1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Cortuba Match Report
172008-03-2518:00Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5 – 3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Cortuba Match Report
182008-03-2520:00Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 8 – 1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon African Union Match Report

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4220207+138Advanced to the semi-finals
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 42112512+137
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 42112019+17Eliminated and missed out on the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 41031528133
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 41031731143
Source: [ citation needed ]

Matches

Match No.DateTimeTeam 1ScoreTeam 2VenueMatch Report
12008-03-2112:00Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 – 8Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Cortuba Match Report
32008-03-2116:00Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 9 – 0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Cortuba Match Report
62008-03-2218:00Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 8 – 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cortuba Match Report
82008-03-2220:00Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 9 – 2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Cortuba Match Report
102008-03-2318:00Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2 – 2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cortuba Match Report
122008-03-2320:00Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3 – 10Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Cortuba Match Report
132008-03-2418:00Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1 – 1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Cortuba Match Report
142008-03-2420:00Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 8 – 4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola African Union Match Report
192008-03-2518:00Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 5 – 6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cortuba Match Report
202008-03-2520:00Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 6 – 5Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique African Union Match Report

Semi-finals

Match No.DateTimeTeam 1ScoreTeam 2VenueMatch Report
212008-03-2817:00Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4 – 1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco African Union Match Report
222008-03-2819:30Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 4 – 1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique African Union Match Report

3rd Place

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg3 – 1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Match Report
African Union

Final

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3 – 4 (a.e.t.)Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Match Report
African Union

Honors

 2008 African Futsal Championship 
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg
Libya
1st title

Final standings

  1. Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya (Qualified to 2008 World Cup)
  2. Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (Qualified to 2008 World Cup)
  3. Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
  4. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

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