2016 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
CityLagos
Dates13–18 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (4th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored138 (7.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Senegal Babacar Fall (10 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Emeka Ogbonna
Best goalkeeperSenegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
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The 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, also known as the 2016 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Lagos, Nigeria in December, to determine the best beach soccer nation in Africa and doubles as a qualification event for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, with the two finalists progressing to the finals in the Bahamas.[1] This was the first time that the tournament is held in Nigeria.

Qualification

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2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates26 August – 18 September 2016
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored71 (8.88 per match)
← 2015
2018 →

The 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying rounds decide the participating teams of the final tournament.

Due to being just 14 teams in qualifying compared to 19 at the previous edition, there was only one round of qualifiers this year where seven teams emerged to join host Nigeria for the final tournament.[2][3]

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).[4]

Entrants

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Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Qualification
14
Final tournament 1

Matches

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The first legs were scheduled for 26–28 August 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 16–18 September 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cape Verde  4–12  Senegal 2–7 2–5
Uganda  w/o  Egypt – –
Liberia  w/o  Morocco – –
Tanzania  7–13  Ivory Coast 3–7 4–6
Kenya  4–17  Ghana 3–10 1–7
Mozambique  4–9  Madagascar 2–3 2–6
Sudan  w/o  Libya – –

Note: Uganda, Liberia and Sudan withdrew.[5]

Qualified teams and draw

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 24 September 2016, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[8] For the draw, the hosts Nigeria are seeded in position A1 and the defending champions Madagascar were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were seeded based on their results in the 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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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, WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria (H) 3 2 0 0 1 11 9 +2 6 Knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 2 0 0 1 11 9 +2 6
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 1 1 11 8 +3 4 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Ghana 3 0 0 0 3 7 14 −7 0
Source: CAF
(H) Host
Ghana 0–5 Ivory Coast
Report
  • Aka 12'
  • Djedjed 12'
  • Gbagra 16'
  • Kablan 28'
  • Djimi 32'
Referee: Mbokh Beye (Senegal)
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
  • Olawale 12'
  • Emeka 16', 31'
 Report
  • Mohamed 18'
  • Abo 23'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Egypt 5–4 Ghana
  • Abo 11', 13'
  • M. Samir 22'
  • Mohamed 23', 36'
 Report
  • Osa 9'
  • Husseini 11'
  • Semabia 17'
  • Kofi 30'
Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)
Ivory Coast 4–4 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
  • Kouadio 9'
  • Kablan 14', 28'
  • Aka 36'
 Report
  • Abu 3', 31'
  • Tale 23', 36'
Penalties
  • Djimi soccer ball with check mark
  • Gbagra soccer ball with check mark
  • Daniel soccer ball with check mark
 3–1
  • soccer ball with red X Tale
  • soccer ball with check mark Obodo
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Egypt 4–2 Ivory Coast
  • Mohamed 4', 30'
  • Mizo 15'
  • Abo 29'
 Report
  • Aka 6', 28'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Nigeria 4–3 Ghana
  • Emeka 28', 29'
  • Obodo 33'
  • Tale 35'
 Report
  • Husseini 28'
  • Adjei 29'
  • Osa 33'
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 3 0 0 0 15 4 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3  Madagascar 3 1 0 0 2 11 10 +1 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Libya 3 0 0 0 3 10 28 −18 0
Source: CAF
Madagascar 9–5 Libya
  • Enidiel ?', ?'
  • Ymelda ?', ?'
  • Toki ?'
  • Flavien ?'
  • Christian ?'
  • Pierralit ?'
  • Rufin ?'
 Report
  • Tariq ?', ?'
  • Zuheir ?', ?', ?'
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)
Morocco 1–2 Senegal
  • Nassim 36'
 Report
  • Fall 29', 36'
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Libya 3–9 Morocco
  • Esam 1'
  • Hany 3'
  • Tariq 17'
 Report
  • Nassim 3'
  • El Hadaoui 5', 26'
  • El Karkouri 7'
  • El Ouariry 13'
  • Iazal 23', 35'
  • Nassim 29', 30'
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–1 Madagascar
  • Fall 3', 7', 26'
 Report
  • Toky 19'
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Libya 2–10 Senegal
  • Zuheir 13'
  • Jilwal 23'
 Report
  • Diassy 2', 6', 17', 19'
  • Sylla 18', 36'
  • Faye 21'
  • Fall 29'
  • Thioune 33'
  • Barry 36'
Referee: Sani Mohammed (Nigeria)
Madagascar 1–2 Morocco
  • Ymelda 24'
 Report
  • Nassim 15'
  • Benmamma 18'
Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

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Bracket (5th–8th place)

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Libya withdrew from the placement stage due to administrative reasons.[10]

 
5th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
17 December
 
 
 Ivory Coast (w/o)—
 
18 December
 
 Libya—
 
 Ivory Coast3
 
17 December
 
 Madagascar4
 
 Ghana4
 
 
 Madagascar8
 
7th place
 
 
18 December
 
 
 Libya—
 
 
 Ghana (w/o)—

Fifth place semi-finals

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Ivory Coast Cancelled Libya
Report
Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)
Ghana 4–8 Madagascar
  • Kofi 2', 23'
  • Adjei 34', 35'
 Report
  • Toky 2', 19', 25'
  • Marcel 7'
  • Rufin 15'
  • Flavien 24'
  • Giovanni 36'
  • Del 36'
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Seventh place match

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Libya Cancelled Ghana
Report

Fifth place match

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Ivory Coast 3–4 Madagascar
  • Djimi ?'
  • Aka ?', ?'
 Report
  • Flavien ?', ?'
  • Enidiel ?'
  • Pierralit ?'
Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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Bracket (1st–4th place)

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 December
 
 
 Nigeria6
 
18 December
 
 Morocco1
 
 Nigeria4
 
17 December
 
 Senegal8
 
 Egypt2
 
 
 Senegal5
 
3rd place
 
 
18 December
 
 
 Morocco1
 
 
 Egypt4

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Egypt 2–5 Senegal
  • M. Samir 11'
  • Mizo 20'
 Report
  • Faye 17'
  • Fall 23', 31'
  • Sylla 31'
  • Diassy 33'
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Nigeria 6–1 Morocco
  • Emmanuel 8'
  • Abu 18', 30'
  • Ogodo 20'
  • Emeka 27'
  • Emmanuel 29'
 Report
  • Nassim 15'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match

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Morocco 1–4 Egypt
  • Iazal 23'
 Report
  • Hassan 5', 16'
  • Samir 8'
  • Mohamed 23'
Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)

Final

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Nigeria 4–8 Senegal
  • Olawale 4'
  • Ogodo 7', 20'
  • Emeka 12'
 Report
  • Fall 4', 33'
  • Sylla 10', 25', 34'
  • Barry 16'
  • Diassy 17'
  • Diouf 35'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Awards

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Winners

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 2016 Africa Beach Soccer
Cup of Nations champions 

Senegal
Fourth title

Individual awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

Most valuable player
Nigeria Emeka Ogbonna
Top scorer
Senegal Babacar Fall (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper
Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Senegal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Nigeria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Morocco
5  Madagascar
6  Ivory Coast
7  Ghana
8  Libya

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005)
 Senegal 17 December 2016 5 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Nigeria 17 December 2016 4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Nigeria named Beach Soccer AFCON hosts". CAF. 18 February 2016.
  2. ^ "14 teams battle for seven places". CAF. 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Fixtures of the Qualifiers of Beach Soccer AFCON" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ^ "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ "African hopefuls head to the beach". CAF. 26 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Final octet for Nigeria 2016 emerge". CAF. 21 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Beach Soccer AFCON 2016: Draw procedures". CAF. 22 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Host Nigeria draw rivals Ghana". CAF. 24 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Draw of the Final Tournament of the 2nd Edition of Beach Soccer AFCON Nigeria 2016" (PDF). CAF.
  10. ^ "Alteration to Beach Soccer AFCON schedule". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Senegal back to winning ways". FIFA.com. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017.
  12. ^ "Nigeria, Senegal qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016.
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