The tournament was held in Morocco between 28 January – 7 February 2020 (original dates were 17–26 April 2020).

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CAF representatives.

[8] The draw for the final tournament took place on 7 December 2019, 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the Palais des Congrès in Laayoune.

If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Article 68):[8] All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

[12] In the knockout stage, extra time (two periods of 5 minutes each) and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.