| Tourney Name: | African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 8 |
| Goals: | 50 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, to determine which under-18 national team from Africa qualify for the boys' tournament.[1]
Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of eight (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 12–14 January 2018 |
| Second leg | 26–28 January 2018 | |
| Second round | First leg | 23–25 February 2018 |
| Second leg | 9–11 March 2018 | |
| Third round | First leg | 13–15 April 2018 |
| Second leg | 27–29 April 2018 |
The winner of the third round qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.
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Mozambique won on walkover after Ethiopia withdrew.----Egypt won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.----Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.----Angola won 11–4 on aggregate.
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Egypt won 10–3 on aggregate.----Angola won 5–4 on aggregate.
Winner qualified for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.
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Egypt won 9–4 on aggregate.
The following team from CAF qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.[3]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Youth Olympics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (debut) |