2018 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Egypt |
City | Sharm El Sheikh |
Dates | 8–14 December |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 185 (9.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (9 goals each) |
The 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON),[1] the premier beach soccer championship in Africa contested by men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Originally organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier[2] (informally known as CAF Beach Soccer Championship), in 2015, CAF became organisers and began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year.[3] Overall, this was the 9th edition of the event.[4]
The tournament was played in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt;[5] the North African country was awarded the hosting rights as they were the only nation to express interest by the deadline.[6] The finals were held from 8–14 December.[7] Qualification took place between 7–23 September.
The event also acted as the qualification route for African teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the winners and runners-up qualify.[8]
Senegal were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, after defeating Nigeria 6–1 in the final to secure their 5th title.
Qualification
[edit]The 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying rounds determine the eight teams that will compete in the final tournament in December.
The fixtures were approved by CAF on 11 June.[9]
Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away, two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[10]
Hosts of the finals, Egypt, along with the champions and runners up of the last edition, Senegal and Nigeria respectively, received byes in qualifying; ten other nations contested five qualification berths.[11]
Ghana were due to play but failed to meet participation criteria by the May 31 entry deadline.[12]
Entrants
[edit]Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | ||
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Final tournament | 3 |
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the African ranking of the teams at the time of the qualification round (out of 20 nations).[13]
Matches
[edit]Summary
[edit]The first legs were scheduled for 7–9 September, and the second legs were scheduled for 21–23 September 2018.[11]
The winners of each tie qualified for the finals.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uganda |
5–7 | 1–3 | 4–4 | |
Kenya |
w/o | — | — | |
Tanzania |
w/o | — | — | |
Sudan |
w/o | — | — | |
Mozambique |
9–10 | 4–5 | 5–5 |
- Bold: Tie winners; qualified for finals.
Details
[edit]9 September 2018 | Uganda | 1–3 | | Spennah Beach, Entebbe |
16:00 UTC+3 |
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Referee: Olawale Adeolu Fawole (Nigeria) |
21 September 2018 | Ivory Coast | 4–4 | | Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
16:00 UTC±0 |
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Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal) |
Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate.
Libya won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.
9 September 2018 | Tanzania | Cancelled | | Dar es Salaam |
15:00 UTC+3 | Report | Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia) |
21 September 2018 | South Africa | Cancelled | | |
Report | Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar) |
Tanzania won on walkover after South Africa withdrew.
Morocco won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.
9 September 2018 | Mozambique | 4–5 | | Afrin Prestige, Maputo |
15:00 UTC+2 |
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Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius) |
22 September 2018 | Madagascar | 5–5 | | Majunga Beach, Mahajanga |
15:00 UTC+3 |
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Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda) |
Madagascar won 10–9 on aggregate.
Qualified teams
[edit]The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[14]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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9th | 3rd place (2006, 2011, 2016) | |
9th | Runners-up (2009, 2013) | |
5th | 7th place (2009, 2013) | |
5th | Champions (2015) | |
7th | 3rd place (2013) | |
9th | Champions (2007, 2009) | |
8th | Champions (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016) | |
1st | Debut |
Draw
[edit]The draw for the final tournament was held on 28 October 2018 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[15]
Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:[16]
The remaining six teams were split into two pots: one of two and one of four; the highest seeds were placed in Pot 1 and the lowest seeds were placed in Pot 2. The teams were seeded based on their results in the 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.[16] From Pot 1, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B; from Pot 2, two teams were drawn into Group A and two teams were drawn into Group B.[16]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Referees
[edit]The following 21 referees will officiate the tournament:[17]
Innocent Desire Adjoumani
Wonan Dominique Sidoine Toppe
Tsaralaza Maolidy
Louis Siave
Reetesh Loll
Olawale Adeolu Fawole
Olayanka Olajide
Sani Mohammed
Aly Deme
Mbokh Beye
Oumar Sagna
Youssouph Signate
Fadul Abdelmajeed Adam
Hassan Mohamed Eltoum
Nagi Ali Doka
Yasir Allahgabu Abdelrahman Tootoo
Hamdi Bchir
Med El Habib Hiba
Ivan Kintu
Muhammad Ssenteza
Shafic Mugerwa
Venue
[edit]One venue was used in the city of Sharm El Sheikh.[18]
- All matches took place at a purpose built arena at Laguna Vista Beach Resort, known as the Laguna Vista Beach Soccer Stadium, with a capacity of 1,200.[19]
Squads
[edit]Each squad can contain a maximum of 12 players.[20]
Group stage
[edit]Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, EET (UTC+2).[21]
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 | Placement stage (5th–8th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 0 |
Egypt | 6–1 | |
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Ivory Coast | 3–4 | |
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Morocco | 5–4 | |
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Madagascar | 2–4 | |
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Morocco | 6–4 | |
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Egypt | 10–3 | |
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Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 7 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | Placement stage (5th–8th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 |
Senegal | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | |
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Penalties | ||
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2–0 |
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Libya | 5–2 | |
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Nigeria | 6–3 | |
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Tanzania | 2–12 | |
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Nigeria | 4–2 | |
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Senegal | 10–1 | |
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Placement stage (5th–8th place)
[edit]Bracket (5th–8th place)
[edit]Fifth place semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
12 December | ||||||
5 | ||||||
13 December | ||||||
2 | ||||||
9 | ||||||
12 December | ||||||
8 | ||||||
3 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
Seventh place match | ||||||
13 December | ||||||
6 | ||||||
5 |
Fifth place semi-finals
[edit]Madagascar | 5–2 | |
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Libya | 3–6 | |
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Seventh place match
[edit]Tanzania | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | |
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Fifth place match
[edit]Madagascar | 9–8 (a.e.t.) | |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket (1st–4th place)
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 December | ||||||
6 | ||||||
14 December | ||||||
7 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
13 December | ||||||
6 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
Third place match | ||||||
14 December | ||||||
3 | ||||||
2 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Egypt | 6–7 | |
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Senegal | 7–2 | |
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Third place match
[edit]Egypt | 3–2 | |
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Final
[edit]Nigeria | 1–6 | |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 185 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.25 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Karim El-Sayed
Ahmed El-Shahat
Hassane Mohamed
Moustafa Ahmed Shaaban
Franck Papet
Adel Al-Shareef
Chrétien Andriamifehy
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
Juliot Ratsimarinala
Yassir Abada
Miloud Ennakhli
Yassine Kerroum
Eganosi Ekujimi
Suleman Mohammed
Emmanuel Ujukwu
Papa Modou Ndoye
Ibrahim Abdallah
Abdi Ahmada
Samwel Mauru
Rolland Msonjo
Final ranking
[edit]Qualified for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
Rank | Team |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 |
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
[edit]The following two teams from CAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[22]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005) |
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12 December 2018 | 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) | |
13 December 2018 | 6 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
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External links
[edit]- Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations , Egypt 2018, at CAFonline.com
- 3rd Edition Of Beach Soccer AFCON Egypt 2018 (qualifiers), at CAFonline.com
- CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations - Egypt, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- African Cup 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)