2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship was a qualifying tournament held during 1 July – 5 July, 2009 in Durban, South Africa that determined which two participants will represent the CAF region at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates1 July – 5 July
Teams9
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored215 (15.36 per match)

Participating teams

Format

The nine nation tournament consisted of three groups. The teams played each other once in their group during the group stage. The top teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, the fourth team would be selected according to the best of the second top team of the three groups. The semifinal winners qualified for the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 22001412+26
 Morocco 2101109+13
 South Africa 2002811−30
 South Africa2 – 4 Morocco
Durban
 Ivory Coast7 – 6 Morocco
Durban
 South Africa6 – 7 Ivory Coast
Durban


Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 2200109+15
 Mozambique 210189-12
 Libya 2002131300
 Libya7 – 7 Senegal
Penalties
3 – 4
Durban
 Mozambique6 – 6 Libya
Penalties
1 – 0
Durban
 Senegal3 – 2 Mozambique
Durban

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 2200195+146
 Egypt 2101159+63
 Mauritius 2002323−200
 Mauritius0 – 13 Nigeria
Durban
 Egypt10 – 3 Mauritius
Durban
 Nigeria6 – 5 Egypt
Durban

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals     Final
                 
  A1  Ivory Coast 8(4)  
  C2  Egypt 8(3)    
      SF1  Ivory Coast 4
      SF2  Nigeria 7
  B1  Senegal 6    
  C1  Nigeria 7   3rd/4th Place match
 
SF1  Senegal 6
  SF2  Egypt 4
Fifth place match
   
 Morocco 9
 Mozambique 3

Winners
 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Winners 

Nigeria
Second title

Qualified Teams


Final standing
Rank Team
1 Nigeria
2 Ivory Coast
3 Senegal
4 Egypt
5 Morocco
6 Mozambique
7 Libya
8 South Africa
9 Mauritius

References

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fifabeach09.html

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