Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Founded	1996
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Morocco (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (3 titles)
	2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

The Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, (known as the African Futsal Championship until 2015 and now named Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the main national futsal competition of the Confederation of African Football nations. It was first held in 1996 and has been played every four years.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations.^[1]

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
1996 Details	Egypt	Egypt	^n/a	Ghana	Somalia	^n/a	Zimbabwe
2000 Details	Egypt	Egypt	^n/a	Morocco	Libya	^n/a	South Africa
2004 Details	Home & away	Egypt	10 – 2 3 – 5	Mozambique	Guinea-Bissau / Morocco
2008 Details	Libya	Libya	4 – 3 a.e.t.	Egypt	Morocco	3 – 1 a.e.t.	Mozambique
2011 Details	Burkina Faso	^Cancelled			^Cancelled
2016 Details	South Africa	Morocco	3 – 2	Egypt	Mozambique	5 – 5 a.e.t. (2 – 1) pen	Zambia
2020 Details	Morocco^[2]

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^Cancelled The 2011 tournament was cancelled. To determine the three African qualifiers to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, a separate qualification tournament was held, with Egypt, Libya and Morocco qualifying.

Performance by nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Egypt	3 (1996, 2000, 2004)	2 (2008, 2016)
Morocco	1 (2016)	1 (2000)	2 (2004, 2008)
Libya	1 (2008*)		1 (2000)
Mozambique		1 (2004)	1 (2016)	1 (2008)
Ghana		1 (1996)
Guinea-Bissau			1 (2004)
Zimbabwe			1 (1996)
Somalia				1 (1996)
South Africa				1 (2000)
Zambia				1 (2016)

* = hosts

Medal Summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	3	2	0	5
2	Morocco	1	1	2	4
3	Libya	1	0	1	2
4	Mozambique	0	1	1	2
5	Ghana	0	1	0	1
6	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	1	1
6	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		5	5	6	16

Participating nations

Team	1996	2000	h/a 2004	2008	2011	2016	Years
Angola	×	×	×	R1		R1	2
Cameroon	×	×	×	R1		•	1
Congo DR	5th	×	×	×		×	1
Egypt	1st	1st	1st	2nd		2nd	5
Ghana	2nd	×	×	×		×	1
Guinea-Bissau	×	×	SF	×		×	1
Libya	×	3rd	×	1st		R1	3
Morocco	×	2nd	SF	3rd		1st	4
Mozambique	×	×	2nd	4th		3rd	3
Nigeria	×	×	×	R1		×	1
Somalia	4th	×	×	×		×	1
South Africa	×	4th	R1	R1		R1	4
Tunisia	×	×	×	R1		R1	2
Zambia	×	×	×	R1		4th	2
Zimbabwe	3rd	×	×	×		×	1
Total	5	4	5	10	0	8

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
SF — Semifinals
5th — 5th place
R1 — Round 1
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
× – Did not enter
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew before qualification
– To be determined
— Hosts

General Statistics

As 2016

Pos	Team	Editions	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Egypt	5	20	15	4	1	143	50	+93	46
2	Libya	3	12	8	2	2	48	32	+16	26
3	Morocco	4	15	7	2	6	59	42	+17	20
4	Mozambique	3	17	9	3	5	70	51	+19	17
4	Ghana	1	4	3	0	1	42	9	+33	9
5	Zimbabwe	1	4	2	1	1	21	16	+5	7
6	Angola	2	7	2	1	4	26	32	–6	7
7	Nigeria	1	4	1	1	2	9	12	–3	4
8	Tunisia	2	7	2	0	5	19	24	–5	6
9	Zambia	2	8	2	1	5	27	42	–15	7
10	South Africa	4	12	2	0	10	33	102	-69	6
11	Cameroon	1	4	0	1	3	6	22	-16	1
12	Somalia	1	4	0	1	3	5	31	–26	1
13	Congo DR	1	4	0	1	3	14	45	–31	1
14	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table as of April 2016. Source:^[3]

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
– Not an CAF member
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Algeria	R1								1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	6
Libya						R1	R1		2
Morocco							R1	R1	2
Mozambique								R1	1
Nigeria		R1							1
Zimbabwe	R1								1

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.^[4] Due to this sponsorship, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa Futsal Cup of Nations".

References

↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
↑ FutsalPlanet
↑ AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

External links

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[1] "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.

[2] "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.

[3] FutsalPlanet

[4] AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

n/a

Cancelled