2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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2024 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates2–11 February 2024
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification is the qualification process organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the participating teams for the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the 7th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Africa. [1]

Contents

Teams

A total of 10 teams entered the qualifying rounds.

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round
10
Final tournament3

Draw

The 2024 Qualifiers official draw was held on 23 December 2024 at 6th of October City, Giza in Egypt, the CAF Headquarters.

Pot 1Pot 2
Pots

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 leg2–4 February 2024
Second leg9–11 February 2024

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3–20–2
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg8–8 (a)Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2–56–3
Libya  Flag of Libya.svg6–5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4–42–1
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg6–6 (a)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–46–2
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgdqFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania ——
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Pavilhão Da Uem, Maputo
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Automotive Futsal Arena, Lusaka

Zambia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg2–5Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Windhoek Showgrounds Sport Plaza, Windhoek
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg3–6Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Starlight Futsal Arena, Dar es Salam

8–8 on aggregate. Namibia won on away goals.

Libya  Flag of Libya.svg4–4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Report (FAF)
Misrata Sporting Hall, Misrata
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg1–2Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
La Coupole, Algiers

Libya won 6–5 on aggregate.

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg0–4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
University of Cape Coast Sports Hall, Cape Coast
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–6Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

6–6 on aggregate. Ghana won on away goals.

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgCancelledFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svgCancelledFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Mauritania advanced to the final tournament after Cameroon was disqualified from the competition due to sanctions imposed by CAF, for their withdrawal from last edition qualifiers. [2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Angola, Egypt and Morocco qualified automatically.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 23 December 20233 (2008, 2016, 2020)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 23 December 20236 ( 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008, 2016, 2020)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 23 December 20235 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 , 2020 )
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 28 January 20240 (debut)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 9 February 20240 (debut)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 9 February 20241 (1996)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 10 February 20242 (2008, 2016)
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 10 February 20244 (2000, 2008 , 2016, 2020)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted". My Afrika Magazine. MyAfrikaMagazine Editorial. 24 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Officiel : L'équipe nationale de futsal se qualifie pour la CAN 2024 de la discipline" [National futsal team qualify for the AFCON 2024] (in French). Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024– via Facebook.
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