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2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates15–24 April 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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The 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations will be the 5th 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 will be held in South Africa between 15–24 April 2016. A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts 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 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]

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 preliminary round, which took take place on 6 and 13 December 2015.[4]

Preliminary round

Winners qualify for 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  4–12  Angola 3–5 1–7
Tunisia  w/o[1]  Nigeria — —
Zambia  8–9[2]  Equatorial Guinea 3–2 5–7 (a.e.t.)
Ivory Coast  2–12  Morocco 2–7 0–5
Madagascar  4–17  Mozambique 1–7 3–10
Sudan  4–14  Libya 4–9 0–5

^w/o Nigeria withdrew from this tournament, therefore Tunisia qualified automatically.[5]
^ The referees incorrectly played extra-time when the score at full-time was 5-4 to Equatorial Guinea (7-7 on aggregate). CAF's rules state that the team with the most away goals wins in the event of a tie, and so CAF later declared Zambia the winners by virtue of their 4 away goals.[6]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Angola 2nd Group Stage (2008)
 Egypt 5th Champions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Libya 3rd Champions (2008)
 Morocco 4th Second place (2000)
 Mozambique 3rd Second place (2004)
 South Africa (hosts) 4th Fourth place (2000)
 Tunisia 2nd Group Stage (2008)
 Zambia 1st Debut

Venues

Draw

The final draw will be held in March 2016.


Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Main article: 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 23 players.[7]

Group stage

The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four.

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

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[7]

  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 are local, SAST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: April 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: April 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is 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 is played.[7]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
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Winner Group A
 
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Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
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Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place
 
 
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Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Third place play-off

Winner qualifies for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Loser Semi-final 1vLoser Semi-final 2

Final

Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

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. ^ "Fixtures Africa Futsal Cup of Nations South Africa 2016" (PDF). CAFonline.com.
  5. ^ "2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations". Futsal Planet.
  6. ^ "CAF declares Zambia winner over Equatorial Guinea".
  7. ^ a b c "Regulations of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
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