2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification

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2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates23–30 October 2019
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored44 (7.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Angola.svg Prado (5 goals)
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The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, the 6th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Africa.

Contents

Teams

A total of 10 teams entered the qualifying rounds.

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round
10
Final tournament3

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.

RoundLegDate
Preliminary roundFirst leg23–26 October 2019
Second leg29–30 October 2019

Preliminary round

Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt and Mozambique also qualified automatically as the other African teams in the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, while the remaining five spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took take place in October 2019. [1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svgw/o [note 1] Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea ——
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg6–12Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 2–54–7
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svgw/o [note 2] Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon ——
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–13Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0–41–9
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg1–11Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–61–5
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg2–5Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
  • Melki Soccerball shade.svg37', 39'
 Report
La Coupole, Algiers
Referee: Nabil Guéddich (Tunisia)
Libya  Flag of Libya.svg7–4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
  • Al-Toumi Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Al-Mahmal Soccerball shade.svg
  • Al-Shoushan Soccerball shade.svg
  • Suleiman Soccerball shade.svg
  • Sharksih Soccerball shade.svg
  • Massaud Soccerball shade.svg
  • Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Maadi Olympic Center, Cairo (Egypt) [note 3]
Referee: Tarek El-Khataby (Egypt)

Libya won 12–6 on aggregate.

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg0–4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
  • Prado Soccerball shade.svg2', 20'
  • Caluanda Soccerball shade.svg27'
  • Jó Soccerball shade.svg28'
Olympic Youth Development Centre, Lusaka
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg9–1Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
  • Bebucho Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Manocele Soccerball shade.svg7', 23', 25'
  • Caluanda Soccerball shade.svg8' (pen.)
  • Prado Soccerball shade.svg24', 36', 39'
  • Jó Soccerball shade.svg36'
  • Kaoma Soccerball shade.svg40'
Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
Referee: Sipho Mahlangu (South Africa)

Angola won 13–1 on aggregate.

Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0–6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Phoenix Gymnasium, Port Louis
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5–1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
  • Ngcobo Soccerball shade.svg15'
  • Cele Soccerball shade.svg25'
  • Joharie Soccerball shade.svg27'
  • Donnelly Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Ryan Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Perle Soccerball shade.svg36'
Orlando Community Hall, Soweto

South Africa won 11–1 on aggregate. South Africa withdrew from the tournament on 15 January 2020 as they refused to play in Laayoune of Western Sahara due to the Western Sahara conflict and were replaced by Mauritius. [5] [6]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. South Africa, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Mauritius. [5] [6]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (hosts)29 September 2018 [7] 4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 )
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 29 September 20185 ( 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008, 2016)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 29 September 20183 (2004, 2008, 2016)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 26 September 2019 [2] 0 (debut)
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 30 October 20193 (2000, 2008 , 2016)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 22 October 2019 [4] 0 (debut)
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 29 October 20192 (2008, 2016)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 16 January 2020 [6] 0 (debut)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Guinea won on a walkover after Cape Verde withdrew. [2]
  2. ↑ Equatorial Guinea won on a walkover after Cameroon withdrew. [3] [4]
  3. ↑ Libya played their home leg in Egypt due to the Libyan Civil War.

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  3. ↑ "Le Cameroun se retire, la Guinée Équatoriale qualifiée" (in French). Afrique Futsal. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 "La selección nacional masculina de fútbol sala ya ha viajado a Marruecos" (in Spanish). FEGUIFUT. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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