2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityJohannesburg
Dates15–24 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Mozambique
Fourth place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored99 (6.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mozambique Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane (10 goals)
Fair play award Mozambique

The 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Futsal 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 held in South Africa between 15–24 April 2016. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.[1]

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 qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CAF representatives.[2]

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 version, Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Champions Morocco, runners-up Egypt and third-placed Mozambique qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CAF representatives.[4]

Qualification

South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt also qualified automatically as the highest-placed African team in the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took take place in December 2015.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Angola2ndGroup stage (2008)
 Egypt5thChampions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Libya3rdChampions (2008)
 Morocco4thRunners-up (2000)
 Mozambique3rdRunners-up (2004)
 South Africa (hosts)4thFourth place (2000)
 Tunisia2ndGroup stage (2008)
 Zambia2ndGroup stage (2008)

Venues

The matches were played at the Ellis Park Arena and the Wembley Indoor Stadium in Johannesburg.[5]

Johannesburg
Ellis Park ArenaWembley Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 6,300Capacity: 2,000

Squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 14 players.[6]

Group stage

The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 17 February 2016, 11:00 UTC+2, at the Southern Sun Hotel OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[7] For the draw, the hosts South Africa were seeded in position A1 and Egypt were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[8]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[6]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, SAST (UTC+2).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 3 2 1 0 15 9 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Zambia 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 3
4  South Africa (H) 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Africa 4–7 Mozambique
Renaldo Donnelly 11', 35'
Nwashokwe Gift Mashaba 18'
Radlin Dwayne Sanssoucie 19'		 Report Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane 3', 15', 28'
José Da Silva Uetimane 8'
Amin Claudio Basilio Dale 9'
Flavio Boavida Chauque 38'
Ziraldo Joca Antonio Daniel 39'
Referee: Ahmed Ali (Libya)
Zambia 4–2 Tunisia
Adrian Chama 8', 12', 31'
Kelvin Kangwa 32'		 Report Zoubeir Amimi 9'
Bilel Ajmi 11'
Referee: Mohamed Hassan Hassan Ahmed Youssef (Egypt)
South Africa 3–0 Zambia
Renaldo Donnelly 26'
Wiseman Cele 28'
Nwashokwe Gift Mashaba 34'		 Report
Referee: Paul Akpome Umuago (Nigeria)
Tunisia 1–4 Mozambique
Riadh Feker 17' Report Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane 18', 33'
Amin Claudio Basilio Dale 28', 39'
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
Tunisia 7–1 South Africa
Bilel Ajmi 21', 29', 37'
Zoubeir Amimi 36', 39', 39'
Moez Bacouche 37'		 Report Renaldo Donnelly 2' (pen.)
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Mozambique 4–4 Zambia
Mario Jona Junior 9'
Flavio Boavida Chauque 15', 24'
Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane 27'		 Report Adrian Chama 7', 36'
Chanda Brian Chungu 14'
Boniface Ndhlovu 37'
Wembley Indoor Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Mohamed Hassan Hassan Ahmed Youssef (Egypt)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3  Libya 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  Angola 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Egypt 0–0 Libya
Report
Referee: Moez Ben Salem (Tunisia)
Angola 2–5 Morocco
Paulo Alberto Ribeiro 20'
Quissanga Alberto De Almeida 24'		 Report Saad Knia 4'
Artur Saddam Samuel Dasilva 26' (o.g.)
Adil Habil 36'
Soufiane El Mesrar 37', 40'
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Egypt 4–2 Angola
Mostafa Nader Rezk 3'
Mostafa Eid Mohamed 16', 21'
Ibrahim Magdy Ibrahim 39'		 Report Mario Jose Nogueira Antonio 39'
Osvaldo Saturnino Gama Inacio 39'
Referee: Almoiz Ahmed Mohamed (Sudan)
Morocco 3–2 Libya
Bilal Bakkali 18', 23'
Mohamed Jouad 28'		 Report Mohamed Ibrahim Shahout 32'
Rabia Abdelrahim 38'
Referee: Theodore Yves Eyebe Messoa (Cameroon)
Morocco 2–3 Egypt
Mostafa Eid Mohamed 14' (o.g.)
Adil Habil 35'		 Report Ahmed Mohamed Abdelkader 12', 30'
Mostafa Eid Mohamed 33'
Referee: Almoiz Ahmed Mohamed (Sudan)
Libya 4–2 Angola
Salem Mustafa Aghila 2', 10', 22'
Mohamed Suleiman Ghaeb 7'		 Report Artur Saddam Samuel Dasilva 25'
Mario Jose Nogueira Antonio 36'
Wembley Indoor Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Moez Ben Salem (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 5 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played.[6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 April – Johannesburg
 
 
 Mozambique1
 
24 April – Johannesburg
 
 Morocco4
 
 Morocco3
 
22 April – Johannesburg
 
 Egypt2
 
 Egypt5
 
 
 Zambia4
 
Third place
 
 
24 April – Johannesburg
 
 
 Mozambique (p)5 (2)
 
 
 Zambia5 (1)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Mozambique 1–4 Morocco
Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane 39' Report El Mesrar 13'
Saad Knia 22'
Adil Habil 26' (pen.), 38'
Referee: Moez Ben Salem (Tunisia)
Egypt 5–4 Zambia
Mostafa Eid Mohamed 11', 11', 13'
Ahmed Mohamed Abdelkader 17'
Mohamed Mokhtar Mohamed 29'		 Report Boniface Ndhlovu 19'
Michelo Kaampwe 27', 35'
Donald Phiri 30' (pen.)
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

Third place play-off

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Mozambique 5–5 Zambia
Flavio Boavida Chauque 3'
Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane 5', 8', 34'
Amin Claudio Basilio Dale 35'		 Report Enock Shanchebo 4'
Ricardo Jorge Da Conceicao Ferreira 7' (o.g.)
Michelo Kaampwe 25'
Nobet Mwinga 32'
Kenneth Chulu 40'
Penalties
Ricardo Lenio Mendes Muendane soccer ball with red X
Ziraldo Joca Antonio Daniel soccer ball with red X
Manuel Francisco soccer ball with check mark
Amin Claudio Basilio Dale soccer ball with check mark		 2–1 soccer ball with red X Michelo Kaampwe
soccer ball with red X Kenneth Chulu
soccer ball with check mark Adrian Chama
soccer ball with red X Robby Phiri
Referee: Ahmed Ali (Libya)

Final

Morocco 3–2 Egypt
Mohamed Jouad 13'
Bilal Bakkali 19'
Adil Habil 38'		 Report Mostafa Eid Mohamed 12', 18'
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)

Winners

 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations 

Morocco
1st title

Tournament ranking

The three best ranked teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Morocco 5 4 0 1 17 10 +7 12 Champions
2  Egypt 5 3 1 1 14 11 +3 10 Runners-up
3  Mozambique 5 2 2 1 21 18 +3 8 Third place
4  Zambia 5 1 2 2 17 19 −2 5 Fourth place
5  Libya 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 3
7  South Africa (H) 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
8  Angola 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source:
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Morocco22 April 20161 (2012)
 Egypt22 April 20165 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Mozambique24 April 20160 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures for Women AFCON 2016 & Africa Futsal Cup of Nations 2016". CAF. 3 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Egypt, Morocco, Mozambique qualify for Colombia 2016". FIFA.com. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Media Guide" (PDF). CAF.
  6. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  7. ↑ "Futsal African Cup of Nations South Africa: Results of Draw for Final Tournament". CAF. 17 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Procedure for the draw of the Futsal AFCON South Africa 2016". CAF. 16 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRICA 2016" (PDF). CAF.
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