As the 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations takes center stage in South Africa, at stake will be the three slots reserved for the continent at the World Cup in Colombia later this year.
This is the 5th edition of the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international Futsal championship organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men’s national teams of Africa.
Qualification procedure:
South Africa qualified automatically as hosts. Egypt also qualified automatically as the highest-placed African team in the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Meanwhile the remaining six spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took take place on 6–7 and 13–14 December 2015.
Zambia, Tunisia, Mozambique, Libya, Angola, and Morocco are the teams that made the tournament through qualifiers.
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 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CAF representatives.
Groups:
Group A: South Africa, Zambia, Tunisia & Mozambique
Group B: Egypt, Libya, Angola & Morocco
Opening Fixtures:
15-April, 2016: South Africa v Mozambique, Zambia v Tunisia
16-April, 2016: Egypt v Libya, Angola v Morocco
