2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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Dates23 January – 8 February 2026
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying
Tournament details
Dates23 January – 8 February 2026
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition is the upcoming men's futsal competition that will determine the 7 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Morocco in the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations final tournament.

A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the competition. Apart from host Morocco, the remaining 18 teams entered the qualifying competition. The 10 highest-ranked teams based on the FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025 were given byes to the second round, while the remaining 8 teams entered in the first round.[1]

The teams were ranked according to their FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025.[2]

Final tournament hosts
TeamPts.Rank
 Morocco1481.266
Participating teams for the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying rounds
Teams entering second round
TeamPts.Rank
 Egypt1098.5639
 Libya1053.7750
 Angola1021.1959
 Ivory Coast974.0176
 Mozambique952.1185
 Zambia939.5392
 Algeria916.56100
 Guinea855.87117
 Mauritania824.42126
 Ghana[3]746.68134
Teams entering first round
TeamPts.Rank
 Tanzania730.96136
 Namibia715.55137
 CameroonUnranked[a]
 Cape VerdeN/a
 KenyaN/a
 SenegalN/a
 South SudanN/a
 ZimbabweN/a
Did not enter

The following 12 associations have futsal teams but chose not to enter the competition, while the remaining 23 associations do not have futsal national teams and therefore did not enter.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying competition took place in Rabat, Morocco at 18:00 GMT, 7 January 2026.[4]

The eight lowest-ranked teams were divided into two pots and drawn in pairs to form four fixtures, with each pot producing two pairings.

Based on the FIFA rankings, the four highest-ranked teams (Egypt, Libya, Angola and Côte d'Ivoire) were drawn to face the winners of the First Round. In each tie, the higher-ranked team will host the second leg. The remaining teams were allocated into two pots, with the higher-ranked teams placed in Pot 3 and the remaining teams in Pot 4. One team from Pot 4 was drawn against one team from Pot 3 until all teams were paired, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg.[5]

First round pots
Pot 1 Pot 2
Second round pots
Pot 3 Pot 4

First round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde 9–2 Senegal4–05–2
Namibia 18–11 Kenya8–410–7
Cameroon w/o South Sudan——
Zimbabwe w/o Tanzania——
Cape Verde 4–0 Senegal
  • Helder Semedo
  • Rui Fortes
  • Ezequiel Reis
Senegal 2–5 Cape Verde
  • Isaías Furtado GoalGoalGoal
  • Rui Fortes Goal
  • Joel Ribeiro Goal
Namibia 8–4 Kenya
  • Matheus Humphries
  • Ichshaun von Francois
  • Wesley Otto
  • George Haikali
  • Ken Salote
  • Mike Ochieng Otieno
  • Anas Mahad Shiek
  • Mohamed Hassan Yusuf
Kenya 7–10 Namibia
  • Ichshaun Von Francois Goal
  • Luis Solunga Goal
  • Celso Roberto Goal
  • Wesley Otto Goal
  • Nanguei Kamatuka Goal
  • Ken Salote GoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Undefined Goal (o.g.)

Second round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cape Verde 6–8 Egypt5–51–3
Namibia 4–19 Libya3–111–8
Cameroon 1–19 Angola0–121–7
Tanzania 9–7 Ivory Coast7–32–4
Ghana 6–8 Zambia6–60–2
Mauritania 4–7 Mozambique3–41–3
Guinea 1–11 Algeria0–41–7
Cape Verde 5–5 Egypt
  • Isaías Furtado GoalGoal
  • Undefined Goal (o.g.)
  • Rui Fortes Goal
  • Gerson Sanches Goal
  • Ahmed Ali GoalGoal
  • Ebrahim El Sayed GoalGoal
  • Khaled Yousry Goal
Egypt 3–1 Cape Verde
Namibia 3–11 Libya
  • Ichshaun von Francois Goal
  • George Haikali Goal
  • Luis Solunga Goal
  • Ali Shoshan Goal
  • Ibrahim Lemhammel GoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Fares Bukhshim Goal
  • Ahmed Ezwai Goal
  • Mohamed Said GoalGoal
  • Abdulhakim Rashid Goal
Ahmed Al-Yumni Goal
Libya 8–1 Namibia
Cameroon 0–12 Angola
Angola 7–1 Cameroon
Tanzania 7–3 Ivory Coast
  • Gidion Paul GoalGoal
  • Sharif Wilson GoalGoal
  • Bashiri Kibaila Goal
  • Razack Juma Goal
  • Adolfu Hamisi Goal
  • Stéphane Toh 7'
  • Roméo Langui 28'
  • Unknown
Ivory Coast 4–2 Tanzania
  • Razack Juma Goal
  • Sharif Wilson Goal
Referee: Said El Haoud (Morocco), Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Ghana 6–6 Zambia
Zambia 2–0 Ghana
Mauritania 3–4 Mozambique
Mozambique 3–1 Mauritania
Guinea 0–4 Algeria
  • Rayane Aït Hamadouche GoalGoal
  • Walid Betterki Goal
  • Abdelhak Djebrani Goal
Referee: Abel Kouamé Junior (Ivory Coast)
Algeria 7–1 Guinea
  • Amar Bessa Goal 2', 34'
  • Rayane Aït Hamadouche Goal 13'
  • Walid Riache Goal 18' (pen.)
  • Samyr Teffaf Goal 34'
  • Mathieu Hammad Goal 36'
  • Bilal Bentout Goal 40'
  • Mohamadou Tamanaté Goal 7'
Referee: Ndubuisi Ukah Odigomna (Nigeria)

Qualified teams

Notes

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