| 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]
A total of 12 teams entered the qualifying rounds.[2]
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 12 | ||
| Final tournament |
| 2 |
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.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[2]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | First leg | 6 December 2015 |
| Second leg | 13 December 2015 |
Winners qualified for 2016 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations.[4]
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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.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous 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.