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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 January – 28 April 2018 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Angola |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 50 (6.25 per match) |
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Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Teams
editA total of eight (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.[2]
- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
Format
editQualification 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit| 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 won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.
| Morocco | Cancelled | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Equatorial Guinea | Cancelled | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Morocco won on walkover after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
| Zambia | 1–5 | Angola |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Angola won 11–4 on aggregate.
Second round
edit| 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 |
| Egypt | 6–0 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Egypt won 10–3 on aggregate.
Angola won 5–4 on aggregate.
Third round
editWinner 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
editThe following team from CAF qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.[3]
| 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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "YOG Buenos Aires 2018 - CAF Qualifiers". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Egypt claim sole ticket to Buenos Aires". CAF. 29 April 2018.