The 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition is the upcoming men's futsal competition that will determine the 7 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Morocco in the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations final tournament.
A total of 19 CAF member national teams entered the competition. Apart from host Morocco, the remaining 18 teams entered the qualifying competition. The 10 highest-ranked teams based on the FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025 were given byes to the second round, while the remaining 8 teams entered in the first round.
Entrants The teams were ranked according to their FIFA Futsal World Ranking of 11 December 2025. +Final tournament hosts Team 1481.26 6 +Participating teams for the 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations qualifying rounds+Teams entering second round Team 1098.56 39 1053.77 50 1021.19 59 974.01 76 952.11 85 939.53 92 916.56 100 855.87 117 824.42 126 746.68 134+Teams entering first round Team 730.96 136 715.55 137 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 Did not enter The following 12 associations have futsal teams but chose not to enter the competition, while the remaining 23 associations do not have futsal national teams and therefore did not enter.
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Draw The draw for the qualifying competition took place in Rabat, Morocco at 18:00 GMT, 7 January 2026.
The eight lowest-ranked teams were divided into two pots and drawn in pairs to form four fixtures, with each pot producing two pairings.
Based on the FIFA rankings, the four highest-ranked teams (Egypt, Libya, Angola and Côte d'Ivoire) were drawn to face the winners of the First Round. In each tie, the higher-ranked team will host the second leg. The remaining teams were allocated into two pots, with the higher-ranked teams placed in Pot 3 and the remaining teams in Pot 4. One team from Pot 4 was drawn against one team from Pot 3 until all teams were paired, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg.
+First round pots Pot 1 Pot 2+Second round pots Pot 3 Pot 4
First round
Second round
Qualified teams The following 8 teams qualified for 2026 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in Futsal AFCON1 6 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024) 0 (debut) 3 (2008, 2016, 2024) 4 (2004, 2008, 2016, 2020) 0 (debut) 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024) 5 (2000, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024) 4 (2008, 2016, 2020, 2024) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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