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The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations was the seventh 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 Morocco between 28 January – 7 February 2020 (original dates were 17–26 April 2020).[1]

Host countryMorocco
CityLaayoune
Dates28 January – 7 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityLaayoune
Dates28 January – 7 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (2nd title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Angola
Fourth place Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored83 (5.93 per match)
Top scorerMozambique Magu (6 goals)
Best goalkeeperMorocco Reda Khiyari
Fair play award Angola
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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 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CAF representatives.[2][3]

Morocco were the defending champions and successfully managed to defend their title after beating Egypt 5–0 in the final.

Qualification

Main article: 2020 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. South Africa withdrew from the tournament on 15 January 2020 as they refused to play in Laayoune of Western Sahara due to the Western Sahara conflict.[4] They were replaced by Mauritius, which were eliminated by South Africa in the qualifying round.[5][6] South Africa, together with Mauritius which withdrew after playing one match in the final tournament, were banned from the next two editions of the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations.[7]

More information Team, Appearance ...
Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Angola3rdGroup stage (2008, 2016)
 Egypt6thChampions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Equatorial Guinea1stDebut
 Guinea1stDebut
 Libya4thChampions (2008)
 Mauritius1stDebut
 Morocco (hosts)5thChampions (2016)
 Mozambique4thRunners-up (2004)
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Venues

The matches were played at two venues in Laayoune.

  • Hizam Hall
  • El Massira Hall

Squads

Main article: 2020 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations squads

Each squad can contained a maximum of 14 players.[8]

Group stage

The draw for the final tournament took place on 7 December 2019, 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the Palais des Congrès in Laayoune.[9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[10] For the draw, the hosts Morocco were seeded in position A1, and Egypt, which had the highest ranking among the other teams, were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[11]

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 (Article 68):[8]

  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, WEST (UTC+1).[12]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco (H) 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Libya 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Equatorial Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4  Mauritius 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Withdrew after one match[a]
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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. [a]
    On 30 January 2020, Mauritius announced that they had withdrawn from the tournament due to the Western Sahara conflict.[13][14] Their remaining matches were awarded as 3–0 wins for their opponents (Regulations Article 81).[8]
More information Equatorial Guinea, 4–2 ...
Equatorial Guinea 4–2 Mauritius
  • Tobe 24'
  • Owono 26', 32'
  • Wheeler 37'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
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Morocco 3–0 Libya
  • Knia 6'
  • El-Ayyane 12'
  • Jouad 31'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Mauritius, Cancelled Awarded 0–3 ...
Mauritius Cancelled
Awarded 0–3		 Libya
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Morocco, 8–1 ...
Morocco 8–1 Equatorial Guinea
  • Jouad 8'
  • El-Mesrar 17'
  • Knia 19'
  • Saoud 20', 25'
  • Borite 31'
  • El-Fenni 34'
  • Maimón 38'
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  • Manami 10'
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More information Libya, 2–1 ...
Libya 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
  • Aboras 14'
  • Al-Toumi 39'
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El Massira Hall, Laayoune
More information Mauritius, Cancelled Awarded 0–3 ...
Mauritius Cancelled
Awarded 0–3		 Morocco
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Angola 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3  Guinea 3 1 0 2 8 17 −9 3
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 9 17 −8 0
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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information Egypt, 9–0 ...
Egypt 9–0 Guinea
  • Moza 4', 27'
  • El Ashwal 4'
  • Maradona 27'
  • Mizo 29'
  • Eid 33', 36'
  • Said 33'
  • Koki 34' (pen.)
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Angola, 7–4 ...
Angola 7–4 Mozambique
  • Leu 7'
  • Magu red-colored football 9' (o.g.)
  • Jó 17'
  • Nonó 20', 35'
  • Manocele 23'
  • Levessene red-colored football 37' (o.g.)
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  • Magu 9', 18', 31'
  • Mito 37' (pen.)
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Egypt, 3–0 ...
Egypt 3–0 Angola
  • Said 5'
  • Moza 13'
  • El Ashwal 32'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Mozambique, 3–7 ...
Mozambique 3–7 Guinea
  • Magu 25', 32'
  • Dos Santos 36'
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  • B. Keita 18' (pen.), 31'
  • D. Camara 27', 35' (pen.), 37' (pen.)
  • Fofana 32', 34'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Mozambique, 2–3 ...
Mozambique 2–3 Egypt
  • Dos Santos (?)
  • Magu (?)
  • Eika (?)
  • Koki (?)
  • Bogy 40'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Guinea, 1–5 ...
Guinea 1–5 Angola
  • Dramé 38'
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  • Jó 4', 16', 39'
  • Osnã 22'
  • Prado 30' (pen.)
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El Massira Hall, Laayoune

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time (two periods of 5 minutes each) and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 February – Hizam Hall
 
 
 Morocco4
 
7 February – Hizam Hall
 
 Angola0
 
 Morocco5
 
5 February – Hizam Hall
 
 Egypt0
 
 Egypt5
 
 
 Libya2
 
Third place match
 
 
7 February – Hizam Hall
 
 
 Angola2
 
 
 Libya0

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

More information Egypt, 5–2 ...
Egypt 5–2 Libya
  • El Ashwal 2', 40'
  • Eid 23'
  • Mizo 32'
  • Moza 39'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune
More information Morocco, 4–0 ...
Morocco 4–0 Angola
  • Saoud 7', 17'
  • Jouad 8'
  • Maimón 33'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

More information Angola, 2–0 ...
Angola 2–0 Libya
  • Prado 17'
  • Manocele 40'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Final

More information Morocco, 5–0 ...
Morocco 5–0 Egypt
  • El Mesrar 3', 17'
  • Fati 13'
  • El-Ayyane 23'
  • Knia 27'
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Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Goalscorers

There were 83 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 5.93 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Mozambique Magu

4 goals

  • Angola Jó
  • Egypt Abdel Rahman El Ashwal
  • Egypt Ahmed Moza
  • Morocco Achraf Saoud

3 goals

2 goals

  • Angola Manocele
  • Angola Nonó
  • Angola Prado
  • Egypt Koki
  • Egypt Mizo
  • Egypt Mohamed Said
  • Equatorial Guinea Vicente Owono
  • Guinea Mbemba Fofana
  • Guinea Batoura Keita
  • Morocco Anás El-Ayyane
  • Morocco Hamza Maimón
  • Mozambique Oséias dos Santos

1 goal

  • Angola Leu
  • Angola Osnã
  • Egypt Ibrahim Bogy
  • Egypt Ibrahim Eika
  • Egypt Khaled Maradona
  • Equatorial Guinea Keny
  • Equatorial Guinea Domingo Manami
  • Equatorial Guinea Roberto Tobe
  • Equatorial Guinea Junior Wheeler
  • Guinea Sidina Dramé
  • Libya Mohamed Aboras
  • Libya Adham Al-Toumi
  • Libya Ibrahim Lamhammel
  • Libya Mohamed Suleiman
  • Mauritius Mercyn Jocelyn
  • Mauritius Fabrice Pithia
  • Morocco Soufiane Borite
  • Morocco Idriss El-Fenni
  • Morocco Abdelatif Fati
  • Mozambique Mito

1 own goal

  • Mozambique Abilio Levessene (against Angola)
  • Mozambique Magu (against Angola)

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

More information Team, Qualified on ...
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1
 Egypt5 February 2020[15]6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 Morocco5 February 2020[15]2 (2012, 2016)
 Angola7 February 2020[15]0 (debut)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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