2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates | 12–21 October |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2024 2028 → | |
The 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, commonly referred to as CAF Futsal AFCON 2026, will be the ninth edition of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international futsal championship organised by CAF for the men's national teams of Africa.
This will be the first edition of the tournament to be staged on a biennial basis, following its previous quadrennial format. It will be hosted by Morocco for the third time in a row.[1]
Morocco are three-time defending champions after previously winning in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
Qualified teams
A record total of 18 teams registered to take part in the qualifying rounds. The eight lowest-ranked teams competed in the first round, with the four winners advancing to join the remaining ten teams in the second round. The winners of the seven ties then qualified to join the automatically qualified hosts and defending champions Morocco.[2]
Of the eight teams, only five had previously participated in 2024. Algeria and Tanzania qualified for the first time, on their third and second attempts respectively.[3] The only returning team was Mozambique, whose last appearance came in 2020, marking its fifth overall appearance.
Last edition debutants Mauritania and Namibia failed to qualify for a second appearance, while Ghana, who returned to the continental stage after a 28-year absence at the previous edition, also failed to secure back-to-back tournament qualifications.[4]
The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualification method |
Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | WR[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | Streak | |||||
 Morocco |
Host nation | 5 January 2026 | 7th | 2000 | 2024 | 7 | Champions (2016, 2020, 2024) | 6th |
 Tanzania |
Second round winners | 7 February 2026 | 1st | Debut | 136th | |||
 Zambia |
8 February 2026 | 4th | 2008 | 2024 | 2 | Fourth place (2016) | 92th | |
 Mozambique |
5th | 2004 | 2020 | 1 | Runners-up (2004) | 85th | ||
 Algeria |
1st | Debut | 100th | |||||
 Egypt |
8th | 1996 | 2024 | 8 | Champions (1996, 2000, 2004) | 39th | ||
 Libya |
6th | 2000 | 2024 | 5 | Champions (2008) | 50th | ||
 Angola |
9 February 2026 | 5th | 2008 | 2024 | 5 | Runners-up (2024) | 59th | |
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up will advance to the semi-finals.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco (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 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 (H) | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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