2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
The 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations was the 5th 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 South Africa between 15–24 April 2016. A total of eight teams played in the tournament. 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 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CAF representatives. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, similar to the football version, Africa Cup of Nations. Champions Morocco, runners-up Egypt and third-placed Mozambique qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CAF representatives. Qualification. South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt also qualified automatically as the highest-placed African team in the 2012  FIFA Futsal World Cup, while the remaining six spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took take place in December 2015. Qualified teams. The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Venues. The matches were played at the Ellis Park Arena and the Wembley Indoor Stadium in Johannesburg. Squads. Each squad could contain a maximum of 14 players. Group stage. The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 17 February 2016, 11:00 , at the Southern Sun Hotel OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For  the draw, the hosts South Africa were seeded in position A1 and Egypt were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: All times were local, SAST (). Knockout stage. In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the  end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 5 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played. Semi-finals. Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Third place play-off. Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Tournament ranking. The three best ranked teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup. The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup