2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

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2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityLaayoune
Dates28 January – 7 February 2020
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (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 scorer(s)Mozambique Magu (6 goals)
Best goalkeeperMorocco Reda Khiyari
Fair play award Angola
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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]

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 Africa Futsal 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 , 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
 Angola 3rd Group stage (2008, 2016)
 Egypt 6th Champions (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Equatorial Guinea 1st Debut
  1st Debut
 Libya 4th Champions (2008)
  1st Debut
 Morocco (hosts) 5th Champions (2016)
 Mozambique 4th Runners-up (2004)

Venues[]

The matches were played at two venues in Laayoune.

  • Hizam Hall
  • El Massira Hall

Squads[]

Main article: 2020 Africa Futsal 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[]

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   3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Withdrew after one match[a]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ On 30 January 2020, 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 
  • Tobe Goal 24'
  • Owono Goal 26', 32'
  • Wheeler Goal 37'
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Morocco 3–0 Libya
  • Knia Goal 6'
  • El-Ayyane Goal 12'
  • Jouad Goal 31'
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
 Cancelled
Awarded 0–3		 Libya
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Morocco 8–1 Equatorial Guinea
  • Jouad Goal 8'
  • El-Mesrar Goal 17'
  • Knia Goal 19'
  • Saoud Goal 20', 25'
  • Borite Goal 31'
  • El-Fenni Goal 34'
  • Maimón Goal 38'
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Libya 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
  • Aboras Goal 14'
  • Al-Toumi Goal 39'
 Report
El Massira Hall, Laayoune
 Cancelled
Awarded 0–3		 Morocco
Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Group B[]

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   3 1 0 2 8 17 −9 3
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 9 17 −8 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Egypt 9–0 
  • Moza Goal 4', 27'
  • El Ashwal Goal 4'
  • Maradona Goal 27'
  • Mizo Goal 29'
  • Eid Goal 33', 36'
  • Said Goal 33'
  • Koki Goal 34' (pen.)
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Angola 7–4 Mozambique
  • Leu Goal 7'
  • Magu Goal 9' (o.g.)
  • Jó Goal 17'
  • Nonó Goal 20', 35'
  • Manocele Goal 23'
  • Levessene Goal 37' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Magu Goal 9', 18', 31'
  • Mito Goal 37' (pen.)
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Egypt 3–0 Angola
  • Said Goal 5'
  • Moza Goal 13'
  • El Ashwal Goal 32'
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Mozambique 3–7 
  • Magu Goal 25', 32'
  • Dos Santos Goal 36'
 Report
  • B. Keita Goal 18' (pen.), 31'
  • D. Camara Goal 27', 35' (pen.), 37' (pen.)
  • Fofana Goal 32', 34'
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
Mozambique 2–3 Egypt
  • Dos Santos Goal ?'
  • Magu Goal ?'
  • Eika Goal ?'
  • Koki Goal ?'
  • Bogy Goal 40'
Hizam Hall, Laayoune
 1–5 Angola
  • Dramé Goal 38'
 Report
  • Jó Goal 4', 16', 39'
  • Osnã Goal 22'
  • Prado Goal 30' (pen.)
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.

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

Third place match[]

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Angola 2–0 Libya
  • Prado Goal 17'
  • Manocele Goal 40'
 Report
Hizam Hall, Laayoune

Final[]

Morocco 5–0 Egypt
  • El-Mesrar Goal 3', 17'
  • Fati Goal 13'
  • El-Ayyane Goal 23'
  • Knia Goal 27'
 Report
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

  • Egypt Mostafa Eid
  • Guinea Daouda Camara
  • Morocco Soufiane El-Mesrar
  • Morocco Mohamed Jouad
  • Morocco Saad Knia

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

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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1
 Egypt 5 February 2020[15] 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 Morocco 5 February 2020[15] 2 (2012, 2016)
 Angola 7 February 2020[15] 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References[]

  1. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2020 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ "SAFA withdraws from 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations". Sport24. 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ Gangaram, Loïc (16 January 2020). "Futsal – CAN 2020 : Maurice remplace l'Afrique du Sud" (in French). Le Défi Plus.
  6. ^ "Mauritius replaces South Africa for Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020". CAF. 21 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Decisions of CAF Disciplinary Board – 30 January 2020" (PDF). CAF. 31 January 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Regulations of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  9. ^ "Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020: Results of Draw for Final Tournament". CAF. 7 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Watch live: Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2020 draw". CAF. 7 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Procedure for the draw of the Futsal AFCON Morocco 2020". CAF. 7 December 2019.
  12. ^ "FIXTURES FROM THE 28TH OF JANUARY TO THE 7 TH OF FEBRUARY 2020" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Withdrawal of Mauritius from the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2020". CAF. 30 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Mauritius follow SA's lead and withdraw from controversial Futsal Africa Cup of Nations". Daily Dispatch. 30 January 2020.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Egypt and Morocco punch Africa's first tickets to Lithuania 2020". FIFA.com. 5 February 2020.

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