The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa. The tournament was first planned to be held in Mozambique. However Mozambique declined after, to host the competition. Morocco announced the organization of the tournament for the second time in a row.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup (except for 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was organized as the 2011 African Futsal Championship was cancelled). The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan as the CAF representatives.
Morocco are the defending champions.
Qualification
Qualified teams The following eight teams will qualify for the final tournament. The Draw took place on 23 December 2023 in the CAF Headquarters. The qualifiers will take place from 29 January to 11 February 2024. Angola, Egypt and Morocco who are all the highest ranked nations in the competition gained automatic entry.
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 4th (2020) 7th (1996, 2000, 2004) (hosts) 6th (2016, 2020) 1st 1st 2nd (1996) 3rd (2016) 5th (2008)
Venues The matches were played at two venues in Rabat. Salle Moulay Abdellah Salle Ibn Yassine
Squads
Each squad can contained a maximum of 14 players.
Group stage The top two teams of each group will advance to the semi finals.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Third place match Winner qualifies for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Final
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup 19 April 2024 1 (2021) 19 April 2024 3 (2012, 2016, 2021) 21 April 2024 2 (2008, 2012)
Ranking RankTeamMWDLGFGAGDPoints15500376+3115253022921+89352121821-37453112618+810531021516−13631021023−133730031226−14083003824−160
References
External links Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com