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Revision as of 20:58, 30 October 2019
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Morocco |
| City | Rabat |
| Dates | 17–26 April 2020 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
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The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations will be 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 will be held in Morocco between 17–26 April 2020.[1]
Same as previous editions, the tournament acts 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 will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania as the CAF representatives.[2]
Morocco are the defending champions.
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Angola |
3rd | Group stage (2008, 2016) |
 Egypt |
6th | Champions (1996, 2000, 2004) |
 Equatorial Guinea |
1st | Debut |
 Guinea |
1st | Debut |
 Morocco (hosts) |
5th | Champions (2016) |
 Mozambique |
4th | Runners-up (2004) |
 South Africa |
5th | Fourth place (2000) |
 Libya |
4th | Champions (2008) |
Venues
The matches will be played at the Salle Moulay Abdellah and the Salle Ibn Yassine in Rabat.
| Rabat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Salle Moulay Abdellah | Salle Ibn Yassine | ||
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | ||
Squads
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualify for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | April 2020 | |
| TBD | April 2020 | |
| TBD | April 2020 |
- 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.