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.
| كأس أمم إفريقيا لكرة القدم داخل الصالات 2024 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Morocco |
| City | Rabat |
| Dates | 11–21 April |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Angola |
| Third place | Libya |
| Fourth place | Egypt |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 155 (9.69 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Chico Hélber Soufian Charraoui (7 goals each) |
| Best player | Bilal Bakkali |
| Best goalkeeper | Abdelkrim Anbia |
| Fair play award | Ghana |
← 2020 2026 → | |
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.
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Morocco (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Ghana | 2–5 | Zambia |
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| Morocco | 5–2 | Angola |
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| Zambia | 5–8 | Angola |
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| Morocco | 8–3 | Ghana |
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| Angola | 11–3 | Ghana |
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| Zambia | 0–13 | Morocco |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Libya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mauritania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 0 |
| Egypt | 4–0 | Libya |
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| Namibia | 4–5 | Mauritania |
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| Egypt | 10–3 | Namibia |
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| Mauritania | 4–5 | Libya |
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| Mauritania | 6–7 | Egypt |
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| Libya | 11–5 | Namibia |
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19 April | ||||||
| Morocco | 6 | |||||
| 21 April | ||||||
| Libya | 0 | |||||
| Morocco | 5 | |||||
| 19 April | ||||||
| Angola | 1 | |||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| Angola | 7 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 21 April | ||||||
| Libya (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Egypt | 2 (1) | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Egypt | 3–7 | Angola |
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| Morocco | 6–0 | Libya |
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Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Libya | 2–2 | Egypt |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–1 |
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Final
| Morocco | 5–1 | Angola |
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Goalscorers
There were 155 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 9.69 goals per match.
7 goals
- Chico
- Hélber
- Soufian Charraoui
6 goals
- Koki
- Soufiane El Mesrar
- Bilal Bakkali
5 goals
- Alaa Eissa
- Ali Shoshan
- Anas El Ayyane
4 goals
- Khaled Abdelhalim
- Mohamed Said
- Youssef Jouad
- Wiseman Phiri
3 goals
- Braúlio
- Anderson
- Ahmed Aly
- Mohamed Said
- Essam Ramadan
- Philip Nii Boye
- Mohamed Zreeg
- Suhayb Alghoul
- Yacoub N'Diel
- Ely Chendhoura Ahmed Aidda
- Idriss Raiss El Fenni
- Remario Mathys
- Ken Salote
2 goals
- Arroz Doce
- Pesado
- Abdelrahman Moawad
- Emmanuel Nakotey
- Prince Arthur
- Ahmed Alajnaf
- Yakhouba Sylla
- Abderhemane Bouhoumadi
- M'Hamed M'Hamed
- Dioncounda Sow
- Patrick Banda
- Francis Chinyam
1 goal
- Jô
- Kaluanda
- Gomito
- Adérito
- Suliman Elderwish
- Khalid Bouzid
- Ismail Amazal
- Othmane Elidrissi
- Anas Dahani
- Soufiane Borite
- Moudery Drame
- George Haikalia
- Reginald Willemse
- Rowen Jager
- Usurua Ryiena Riya
- Nanguei Kamatuka
- Luis Solunga
- Mbalika Mwaliteta
- Jackson Simwami
1 own goal
- Adérito (against Ghana)
- Prince Lungu (against Angola)
- Jackson Simwami (against Morocco)
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Ranking
| Rank | Team | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 1 | Morocco | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | +31 | 15 |
| 2 | Angola | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 | Libya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 7 |
| 4 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 10 |
| 5 | Mauritania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 3 |
| 6 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 |
| 7 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 0 |
| 8 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 0 |
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