2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament

The 2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, to determine which under-18 national team from Africa qualify for the boys' tournament.[1]

2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates14 January – 28 April 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored50 (6.25 per match)

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

A total of eight (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[2]

  •  Angola
  •  Egypt
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Morocco
  •  Mozambique
  •  Sudan
  •  Zambia
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.

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 tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Round Leg Date
First round First leg 12–14 January 2018
Second leg 26–28 January 2018
Second round First leg 23–25 February 2018
Second leg 9–11 March 2018
Third round First leg 13–15 April 2018
Second leg 27–29 April 2018

Bracket

The winner of the third round qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.

  First round Second round Third round
                                   
 Morocco — — w/o  
 Equatorial Guinea — —  
   Morocco 3 1 4  
   Angola 3 2 5  
 Angola 6 5 11
 Zambia 3 1 4  
   Angola 2 2 4
   Egypt 6 3 9
 Ethiopia — —  
 Mozambique — — w/o  
   Mozambique 3 0 3
   Egypt 4 6 10  
 Egypt — — w/o
 Sudan — —  

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  w/o  Mozambique — —
Egypt  w/o  Sudan — —
Morocco  w/o  Equatorial Guinea — —
Angola  11–4  Zambia 6–3 5–1
Ethiopia Cancelled Mozambique
Report
Mozambique Cancelled Ethiopia
Report

Mozambique won on walkover after Ethiopia withdrew.

Egypt Cancelled Sudan
Report
Sudan Cancelled Egypt
Report

Egypt won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.

Morocco Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Morocco
Report

Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

Angola 6–3 Zambia
Report
Referee: Abdoulkarim Magadji (Cameroon)
Zambia 1–5 Angola
Report
Olympic Youth Development Centre, Lusaka
Referee: Matendene Santos Mahumana (Mozambique)

Angola won 11–4 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  3–10  Egypt 3–4 0–6
Morocco  4–5  Angola 3–3 1–2
Mozambique 3–4 Egypt
Report
Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
Egypt 6–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Mohamed Abid (Tunisia)

Egypt won 10–3 on aggregate.

Morocco 3–3 Angola
Report
Complexe Sportif Moulay Abdallah, Rabat
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Angola 2–1 Morocco
Report
Referee: Ibrahim Fagge Umar (Nigeria)

Angola won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third round

Winner qualified for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angola  4–9  Egypt 2–6 2–3
Angola 2–6 Egypt
Report
Referee: Almoiz Ahmed Mohamed (Sudan)
Egypt 3–2 Angola
Report
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Egypt won 9–4 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics

The following team from CAF qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.[3]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Youth Olympics
 Egypt28 April 20180 (debut)
Notes
  • Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the runners-up will qualify instead if the winners are not nominated.
  • As participation in team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field hockey, and Rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated.[1]

References
  1. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "YOG Buenos Aires 2018 - CAF Qualifiers". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Egypt claim sole ticket to Buenos Aires". CAF. 29 April 2018.
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