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.svgFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23 Jan 28 Jan
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23 Jan 28 Jan
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svgFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 23 Jan 28 Jan
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svgFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 23 Jan 28 Jan

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde or Senegal Flag of None.svg Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Namibia or Kenya Flag of None.svg Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Cameroon or South Sudan Flag of None.svg Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Zimbabwe or Tanzania Flag of None.svg Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svgFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svgFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–4 Feb 7–8 Feb

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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