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. It is a qualification to FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Founded | 1996 |
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Region | Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Morocco (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Egypt (3 titles) |
2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations |
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 | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
1996 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
n/a | Ghana |
Zimbabwe |
n/a | Somalia | ||
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] |
Morocco |
5 – 0 | Egypt |
Angola |
2 – 0 | Libya |
^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 |
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Egypt | 3 (1996*, 2000*, 2004) | 3 (2008, 2016, 2020) | ||
Morocco | 2 (2016, 2020*) | 1 (2000) | 2 (2004, 2008) | |
Libya | 1 (2008*) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2020) | |
Mozambique | 1 (2004) | 1 (2016) | 1 (2008) | |
Ghana | 1 (1996) | |||
Angola | 1 (2020) | |||
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 |
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1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Libya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
Participating nations
Team | 1996 | 2000 | h/a 2004 | 2008 | 2011 | 2016 | 2020 | Years |
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Angola | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | 3rd | 3 | |
Cameroon | × | × | × | R1 | • | × | 1 | |
Congo DR | 5th | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | |
Egypt | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 6 | |
Equatorial Guinea | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | 1 | |
Ghana | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | |
Guinea-Bissau | × | × | SF | × | × | × | 1 | |
Guinea | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | 1 | |
Libya | × | 3rd | × | 1st | R1 | 4th | 4 | |
Mauritius | – | – | – | – | – | •• | 1 | |
Morocco | × | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5 | |
Mozambique | × | × | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | R1 | 4 | |
Nigeria | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | 1 | |
Somalia | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | |
South Africa | × | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | •• | 5 | |
Tunisia | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | 2 | |
Zambia | × | × | × | R1 | • | 4th | • | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 3rd | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 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
- •• – Withdrew before or during tournament
- – To be determined
- — Hosts
General Statistics
As of 2020
Pos | Team | Editions | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | Egypt | 6 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 163 | 59 | +104 | 58 |
2 | Morocco | 5 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 38 |
3 | Libya | 4 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 32 |
4 | Mozambique | 6 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 79 | 68 | +11 | 30 |
5 | Angola | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 44 | –4 | 16 |
6 | Ghana | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 9 | +33 | 9 |
7 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 7 |
8 | Nigeria | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | –3 | 4 |
9 | Tunisia | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 24 | –5 | 6 |
10 | Zambia | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 42 | –15 | 7 |
11 | South Africa | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 102 | -69 | 6 |
12 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 3 |
13 | Guinea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 3 |
14 | Cameroon | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 1 |
15 | Somalia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | –26 | 1 |
16 | Congo DR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 45 | –31 | 1 |
17 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Mauritius | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
Table as of February 2020. Source:
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 a CAF member
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | Total |
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Algeria | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Angola | Q | 1 | ||||||||
Egypt | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | QF | Q | 7 | ||
Libya | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||
Morocco | R1 | R1 | Q | 3 | ||||||
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.[3] 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.
- AfricaNews (2017-04-18). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-04-18.