2016 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification explained

Tourney Name:Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification
Year:2016
Dates:6–14 December 2015
Num Teams:12
Confederations:1
Matches:10
Goals:83
Nextseason:2020

The 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification was a men's futsal competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Africa who qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt who qualified automatically as the highest-placed African team in the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[1]

Teams

A total of 12 teams entered the qualifying rounds.[2]

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Preliminary round12
Final tournament 2

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[3]

The six winners of the preliminary round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[2]

RoundLegDate
Preliminary roundFirst leg6 December 2015
Second leg13 December 2015

Preliminary round

Winners qualified for 2016 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations.[4]

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Notes

Angola won 12–4 on aggregate.----Tunisia won on walkover.----7–7 on aggregate. Zambia won on away goals.----Morocco won 12–2 on aggregate.----Mozambique won 17–4 on aggregate.----Libya won 14–4 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
(hosts) (2000, 2004, 2008)
(1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2000, 2004, 2008)
(2004, 2008)
(2000, 2008)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fixtures for Women AFCON 2016 & Africa Futsal Cup of Nations 2016. CAF. 3 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Fixtures Africa Futsal Cup of Nations South Africa 2016. CAFonline.com.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations. CAF.
  4. Web site: News in Brief. CAF. 16 December 2015.