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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 
| year           = 1996
| other_titles   = 
| dates          = {{nowrap|25–30 September}}
| num_teams      = [[#Teams|5]]
| associations   = 5
| champion_other = {{flagicon|EGY}} '''[[Egypt national futsal team|Egypt]]''' 
| count          = 1
| second_other   = {{flagicon|GHA}} '''[[Ghana national futsal team|Ghana]]''' 
| third_other   =  {{flagicon|ZIM}} '''[[Zimbabwe national futsal team|Zimbabwe]]'''
| fourth_other   = {{flagicon|SOM}} '''[[Somalia national futsal team|Somalia]]''' 
| matches        = 10
| goals          = 113
| top_scorer     =
| prevseason     = 
| nextseason     = [[2000 African Futsal Championship|2000]]
| updated        = 13 February 2016
}}
The '''1996 African Futsal Championship''' took place in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] from 25 to 30 September 1996. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the [[1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup]] in [[Spain]].

==Matches Results==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="165"|Team 1
!width="60"|Score
!width="165"|Team 2
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Egypt]] {{flagicon|Egypt}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|'''6–6'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Ghana]] {{flagicon|Ghana}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''19–5'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Zaire]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Egypt]] {{flagicon|Egypt}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2–1'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Somalia]] {{flagicon|Somalia}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4–4'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Zaire]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Egypt]] {{flagicon|Egypt}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10–1'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Ghana]] {{flagicon|Ghana}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''9–2'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Ghana]] {{flagicon|Ghana}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13–0'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Zimbabwe]] {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''9–1'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Zaire]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Egypt]] {{flagicon|Egypt}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13–4'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Zaire]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Zimbabwe]] {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}}
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4–0'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
|-
|}

==Standings==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y
|sortable_table=y

|team1=EGY|name_EGY={{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt]]
|team2=GHA|name_GHA={{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
|team3=ZIM|name_ZIM={{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
|team4=SOM|name_SOM={{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
|team5=ZAI|name_ZAI={{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Zaire]]
|win_EGY=3|draw_EGY=1|loss_EGY=0|gf_EGY=31|ga_EGY=12
|win_GHA=3|draw_GHA=0|loss_GHA=1|gf_GHA=42|ga_GHA=9
|win_ZIM=2|draw_ZIM=1|loss_ZIM=1|gf_ZIM=21|ga_ZIM=16
|win_SOM=0|draw_SOM=1|loss_SOM=3|gf_SOM=5|ga_SOM=31
|win_ZAI=0|draw_ZAI=1|loss_ZAI=3|gf_ZAI=14|ga_ZAI=45

|col_C=green1|text_C=African Futsal Champions and qualified  for the [[1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup]]
|result1=C
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-afr.html rsssf.com]
}}

==Honors==

{{winners||African Futsal Championship <br />1996 winners|[[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|100px|Egypt]]<br>[[Egypt]]|1st}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.cafonline.com/?lng=1&opt=95559&cmpt=52&titre=Past%20Competitions# Official Site]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-afr.html On RSSSF]

{{African Futsal Championship}}
[[Category:1996 in Egyptian sport]]
[[Category:September 1996 sports events in Africa]]
[[Category:Futsal Africa Cup of Nations|1996]]
[[Category:International futsal competitions hosted by Egypt|1996]]
[[Category:1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification|CAF]]
[[Category:1996 in African football|Futsal]]
[[Category:1990s in Cairo]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Cairo]]