2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying
Tournament details
Dates23 January – 8 February 2026
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition is the upcoming men's futsal competition that will determine the 7 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Morocco in the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations final tournament.

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A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the competition. Apart from host Morocco, the remaining 18 teams entered the qualifying competition. The 10 highest-ranked teams based on the FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025 were given byes to the second round, while the remaining 8 teams entered in the first round. [1]

Entrants

The teams were ranked according to their FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025. [2]

Final tournament hosts
TeamPts.Rank
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1481.266
Participating teams for the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying rounds
Teams entering second round
TeamPts.Rank
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1098.5639
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1053.7750
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1021.1959
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 974.0176
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 952.1185
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 939.5392
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 916.56100
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 855.87117
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 824.42126
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana [3] 746.68134
Teams entering first round
TeamPts.Rank
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 730.96136
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 715.55137
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Unranked [a]
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde N/a
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya N/a
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal N/a
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan N/a
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe N/a
Did not enter

The following 12 associations have futsal teams but chose not to enter the competition, while the remaining 23 associations do not have futsal national teams and therefore did not enter.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying competition took place in Rabat, Morocco at 18:00 GMT, 7 January 2026. [4]

The eight lowest-ranked teams were divided into two pots and drawn in pairs to form four fixtures, with each pot producing two pairings.

Based on the FIFA rankings, the four highest-ranked teams (Egypt, Libya, Angola and Côte d'Ivoire) were drawn to face the winners of the First Round. In each tie, the higher-ranked team will host the second leg. The remaining teams were allocated into two pots, with the higher-ranked teams placed in Pot 3 and the remaining teams in Pot 4. One team from Pot 4 was drawn against one team from Pot 3 until all teams were paired, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg. [5]

First round pots
Pot 1Pot 2
Second round pots
Pot 3Pot 4

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg9–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4–0 5–2
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg18–11Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8–4 10–7
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg w/o Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan — —
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg w/o Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania — —
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg4–0Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
  • Helder Semedo Soccerball shade.svg
  • Rui Fortes Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Ezequiel Reis Soccerball shade.svg
Pavilhão Municipal, Tarrafal
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–5Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
  • Isaías Furtado Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Rui Fortes Soccerball shade.svg
  • Joel Ribeiro Soccerball shade.svg
Dakar Arena, Diamniadio
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg8–4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  • Matheus Humphries Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ichshaun von Francois Soccerball shade.svg
  • Wesley Otto Soccerball shade.svg
  • George Haikali Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ken Salote Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Mike Ochieng Otieno Soccerball shade.svg
  • Anas Mahad Shiek Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Mohamed Hassan Yusuf Soccerball shade.svg
MTC The Dome  [ de ], Swakopmund
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg7–10Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
  • Ichshaun Von Francois Soccerball shade.svg
  • Luis Solunga Soccerball shade.svg
  • Celso Roberto Soccerball shade.svg
  • Wesley Otto Soccerball shade.svg
  • Nanguei Kamatuka Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ken Salote Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Undefined Soccerball shade.svg (o.g.)
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5–5 7–8 Feb
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svgFlag of Libya.svg  Libya 3–11 7–8 Feb
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 0–12 7–8 Feb
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svgFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 7–3 7–8 Feb
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 6–6 8 Feb
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svgFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3–4 8 Feb
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svgFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–4 8 Feb
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg5–5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
  • Isaías Furtado Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Undefined Soccerball shade.svg (o.g.)
  • Rui Fortes Soccerball shade.svg
  • Gerson Sanches Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ahmed Ali Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Ebrahim El Sayed Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Khaled Yousry Soccerball shade.svg
Pavilhão Municipal, Tarrafal
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgvFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Cairo
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg3–11Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
  • Ichshaun von Francois Soccerball shade.svg
  • George Haikali Soccerball shade.svg
  • Luis Solunga Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ali Shoshan Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ibrahim Lemhammel Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Fares Bukhshim Soccerball shade.svg
  • Ahmed Ezwai Soccerball shade.svg
  • Mohamed Said Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Abdulhakim Rashid Soccerball shade.svg
Ahmed Al-Yumni Soccerball shade.svg
MTC The Dome  [ de ], Swakopmund
Libya  Flag of Libya.svgvFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–12Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
Angola  Flag of Angola.svgvFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg7–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
  • Gidion Paul Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Sharif Wilson Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Bashiri Kibaila Soccerball shade.svg
  • Razack Juma Soccerball shade.svg
  • Adolfu Hamisi Soccerball shade.svg
  • Stéphane Toh Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Roméo Langui Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Unknown Soccerball shade.svg
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svgvFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Referee: Said El Haoud (Morocco), Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg6–6Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svgvFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg3–4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svgvFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
  • Rayane Aït Hamadouche Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • Walid Betterki Soccerball shade.svg
  • ‏Abdelhak Djebrani Soccerball shade.svg
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svgvFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Futsal AFCON 1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco host4 January 20266 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 , 2020 , 2024 )
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

  1. ↑ The team is unranked after exceeding the inactivity period; its last match was played on 13 December 2015 against Angola.

References

  1. ↑ "Revised procedures and time for TotalEnergies CAF Futsal AFCON Morocco 2026 Qualifiers Draw to be held in Rabat on 07 January". Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ghana ranked among Africa's top 10 Futsal Nations, earns AFCON qualifiers bye". Ghana Football Association. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Ben Gamra, Farah (7 January 2026). "CAF Futsal AFCON Morocco 2026 Qualifiers Draw to Be Held in Rabat". Rabat: Morocco World News . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Road to Futsal AFCON 2026 begins with qualifiers draw in Rabat". Ground Sports. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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