2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
# 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.

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.

* 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 |
| First round | Second leg | 26–28 January 2018 |
| Second round | First leg | 23–25 February 2018 |
| Second round | Second leg | 9–11 March 2018 |
| Third round | First leg | 13–15 April 2018 |
| Third round | 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 | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco | — | — | w/o | | | | | | | | |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | — | | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Angola | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Angola | 6 | 5 | 11 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Zambia | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Zambia | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | Angola | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Ethiopia | — | — | | | | | | | | | | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Mozambique | — | — | w/o | | | | | | | | |
| Mozambique | — | — | w/o | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Egypt | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| Egypt | — | — | w/o | Egypt | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| 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 |

Mozambique won on walkover after Ethiopia withdrew.

Egypt won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.

Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

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 |

Egypt won 10–3 on aggregate.

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 |

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.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Youth Olympics |
| - | - | - |
| Egypt | 28 April 2018 | 0 (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.
