Tournament details | |
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Host country | Morocco |
City | Laayoune |
Dates | 8–17 April |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
The 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations will be 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 planed to be held in Mozambique.[1] However Mozambique declined after, to host the competition.[2] Morocco announced the organization of the tournament for the second time in a row.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Angola | 4th | Third-place (2020) |
Egypt | 7th | Champions (1996, 2000, 2004) |
Morocco (hosts) | 6th | Champions (2016, 2020) |
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Venues
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Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ↑ "Mozambique será el anfitrión del Campeonato Africano de Futsal en 2024". 3 July 2022.
- ↑ "CAN Futsal 2024 : le Mozambique se retire de l'organisation". 21 November 2023.
- ↑ "المغرب ينظم كاس افريقيا للأمم لكرة القدم داخل القاعة" [Morocco organizes the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations]. frmf.ma (in Arabic). 10 January 2024.
- ↑ "WATCH LIVE: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ↑ "TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted". CAF. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
External links
- Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com