2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

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2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2016 CAF Beach Soccer Championship (logo).png
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
CityLagos
Dates13–18 December 2016
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[]

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[]

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

Matches[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  4–12  Senegal 2–7 2–5
Uganda  w/o  Egypt – –
  w/o  Morocco – –
  7–13  Ivory Coast 3–7 4–6
  4–17  Ghana 3–10 1–7
Mozambique  4–9  Madagascar 2–3 2–6
  w/o   – –

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

Qualified teams and draw[]

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[]

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[]

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 Goal 12'
  • Djedjed Goal 12'
  • Gbagra Goal 16'
  • Kablan Goal 28'
  • Djimi Goal 32'
Referee: Mbokh Beye (Senegal)
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
  • Olawale Goal 12'
  • Emeka Goal 16', 31'
 Report
  • Mohamed Goal 18'
  • Abo Goal 23'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Egypt 5–4 Ghana
  • Abo Goal 11', 13'
  • M. Samir Goal 22'
  • Mohamed Goal 23', 36'
 Report
  • Osa Goal 9'
  • Husseini Goal 11'
  • Semabia Goal 17'
  • Kofi Goal 30'
Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)
Ivory Coast 4–4 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
  • Kouadio Goal 9'
  • Kablan Goal 14', 28'
  • Aka Goal 36'
 Report
  • Abu Goal 3', 31'
  • Tale Goal 23', 36'
Penalties
  • Djimi Penalty scored
  • Gbagra Penalty scored
  • Daniel Penalty scored
 3–1
  • Penalty missed Tale
  • Penalty scored Obodo
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Egypt 4–2 Ivory Coast
  • Mohamed Goal 4', 30'
  • Mizo Goal 15'
  • Abo Goal 29'
 Report
  • Aka Goal 6', 28'
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Nigeria 4–3 Ghana
  • Emeka Goal 28', 29'
  • Obodo Goal 33'
  • Tale Goal 35'
 Report
  • Husseini Goal 28'
  • Adjei Goal 29'
  • Osa Goal 33'
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)

Group B[]

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   3 0 0 0 3 10 28 −18 0
Source: CAF
Madagascar 9–5 
  • Enidiel Goal ?', ?'
  • Ymelda Goal ?', ?'
  • Toki Goal ?'
  • Flavien Goal ?'
  • Christian Goal ?'
  • Pierralit Goal ?'
  • Rufin Goal ?'
 Report
  • Tariq Goal ?', ?'
  • Zuheir Goal ?', ?', ?'
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)
Morocco 1–2 Senegal
  • Nassim Goal 36'
 Report
  • Fall Goal 29', 36'
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
 3–9 Morocco
  • Esam Goal 1'
  • Hany Goal 3'
  • Tariq Goal 17'
 Report
  • Nassim Goal 3'
  • El Hadaoui Goal 5', 26'
  • El Karkouri Goal 7'
  • El Ouariry Goal 13'
  • Iazal Goal 23', 35'
  • Nassim Goal 29', 30'
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–1 Madagascar
  • Fall Goal 3', 7', 26'
 Report
  • Toky Goal 19'
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
 2–10 Senegal
  • Zuheir Goal 13'
  • Jilwal Goal 23'
 Report
  • Diassy Goal 2', 6', 17', 19'
  • Sylla Goal 18', 36'
  • Faye Goal 21'
  • Fall Goal 29'
  • Thioune Goal 33'
  • Barry Goal 36'
Referee: Sani Mohammed (Nigeria)
Madagascar 1–2 Morocco
  • Ymelda Goal 24'
 Report
  • Nassim Goal 15'
  • Benmamma Goal 18'
Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)[]

Bracket (5th–8th place)[]

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

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

Fifth place semi-finals[]

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

Seventh place match[]

 Cancelled Ghana
Report

Fifth place match[]

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

Knockout stage[]

Bracket (1st–4th place)[]

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

Semi-finals[]

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

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

Third place match[]

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

Final[]

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

Awards[]

Winners[]

 2016 Africa Beach Soccer
Cup of Nations Champions 

Senegal
Fourth title

Individual awards[]

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[]

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  

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

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[]

  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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