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2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification

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Dates
  
6–14 December 2015

Goals scored
  
83 (8.3 per match)

Matches played
  
10

Teams
  
12 (from 1 confederation)

The 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification was a men's futsal competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations.

Contents

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Africa who qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt who qualified automatically as the highest-placed African team in the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams

A total of 12 teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The six winners of the preliminary round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Preliminary round

Winners qualified for 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations.

Notes

Angola won 12–4 on aggregate.

Tunisia won on walkover.

7–7 on aggregate. Zambia won on away goals.

Morocco won 12–2 on aggregate.

Mozambique won 17–4 on aggregate.

Libya won 14–4 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

References

2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification Wikipedia