2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament

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2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates14 January – 28 April 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored50 (6.25 per match)
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The 2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, to determine which under-18 national team from Africa qualify for the boys' tournament. [1]

Contents

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

A total of eight (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. [2]

Notes

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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

RoundLegDate
First roundFirst leg12–14 January 2018
Second leg26–28 January 2018
Second roundFirst leg23–25 February 2018
Second leg9–11 March 2018
Third roundFirst leg13–15 April 2018
Second leg27–29 April 2018

Bracket

The winner of the third round qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.

  First round Second round Third round
                  
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco w/o  
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea  
 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 314 
 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 325 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 6511
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 314 
 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 224
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 639
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique w/o  
 Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 303
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4610 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt w/o
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg w/o Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg w/o Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg w/o Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg11–4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 6–35–1
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svgCancelledFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
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Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svgCancelledFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
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Mozambique won on walkover after Ethiopia withdrew.


Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgCancelledFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svgCancelledFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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Egypt won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.


Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgCancelledFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svgCancelledFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.


Angola  Flag of Angola.svg6–3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
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Referee: Abdoulkarim Magadji (Cameroon)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–5Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
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Referee: Matendene Santos Mahumana (Mozambique)

Angola won 11–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–10Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3–40–6
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg4–5Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3–31–2
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg6–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
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Egypt won 10–3 on aggregate.


Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg3–3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
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Complexe Sportif Moulay Abdallah, Rabat
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg2–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
Referee: Ibrahim Fagge Umar (Nigeria)

Angola won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third round

Winner qualified for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg4–9Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2–62–3
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg2–6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
Referee: Almoiz Ahmed Mohamed (Sudan)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3–2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
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Egypt won 9–4 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics

The following team from CAF qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament. [3]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Youth Olympics
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 28 April 20180 (debut)
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References

  1. 1 2 "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "YOG Buenos Aires 2018 - CAF Qualifiers". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Egypt claim sole ticket to Buenos Aires". CAF. 29 April 2018.