2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations was the 6th 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]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Morocco |
City | Laayoune |
Dates | 28 January – 7 February 2020 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 83 (5.93 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Fair play award | |
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
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]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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3rd | Group stage (2008, 2016) | |
6th | Champions (1996, 2000, 2004) | |
1st | Debut | |
1st | Debut | |
4th | Champions (2008) | |
1st | Debut | |
5th | Champions (2016) | |
4th | Runners-up (2004) |
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]
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).[12]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | Withdrew after one match[lower-alpha 1] |
- 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]
Equatorial Guinea | 4–2 | |
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Morocco | 8–1 | |
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Libya | 2–1 | |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 0 |
Egypt | 9–0 | |
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Angola | 7–4 | |
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Mozambique | 3–7 | |
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Mozambique | 2–3 | |
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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-finals | Final | |||||
5 February – Hizam Hall | ||||||
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7 February – Hizam Hall | ||||||
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5 | ||||||
5 February – Hizam Hall | ||||||
0 | ||||||
5 | ||||||
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Third place match | ||||||
7 February – Hizam Hall | ||||||
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0 |
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Egypt | 5–2 | |
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Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Goalscorers
There were 83 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 5.93 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Leu Osnã Ibrahim Bogy Ibrahim Eika Khaled Maradona Keny Domingo Manami Roberto Tobe Junior Wheeler Sidina Dramé Mohamed Aboras Adham Al-Toumi Ibrahim Lamhammel Mohamed Suleiman Mercyn Jocelyn Fabrice Pithia Soufiane Borite Idriss El-Fenni Abdelatif Fati Mito
1 own goal
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualify for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 |
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5 February 2020[15] | 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | |
5 February 2020[15] | 2 (2012, 2016) | |
7 February 2020[15] | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
- "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2020 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 June 2018.
- "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
- "SAFA withdraws from 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations". Sport24. 15 January 2020.
- Gangaram, Loïc (16 January 2020). "Futsal – CAN 2020 : Maurice remplace l'Afrique du Sud" (in French). Le Défi Plus.
- "Mauritius replaces South Africa for Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020". CAF. 21 January 2020.
- "Decisions of CAF Disciplinary Board – 30 January 2020" (PDF). CAF. 31 January 2020.
- "Regulations of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
- "Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020: Results of Draw for Final Tournament". CAF. 7 December 2019.
- "Watch live: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020 draw". CAF. 7 December 2019.
- "Procedure for the draw of the Futsal AFCON Morocco 2020". CAF. 7 December 2019.
- "FIXTURES FROM THE 28TH OF JANUARY TO THE 7 TH OF FEBRUARY 2020" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Withdrawal of Mauritius from the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2020". CAF. 30 January 2020.
- "Mauritius follow SA's lead and withdraw from controversial Futsal Africa Cup of Nations". Daily Dispatch. 30 January 2020.
- "Egypt and Morocco punch Africa's first tickets to Lithuania 2020". FIFA.com. 5 February 2020.
External links
- Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com