2013 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2013 CAF Beach Soccer Championship took place from 22 May to 26 May 2013, in El Jadida, Morocco,[1] for the first time. It is the second time in Morocco, following Casablanca hosting the previous qualification tournament in 2011. It was originally scheduled for 10–14 April and then for 29 May - 2 June 2013. The two finalists of the championship will be the nations who will qualify for the World Cup and go on to represent Africa in Tahiti in September.

2013 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates22–26 May 2013
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (3rd title)
Runners-up Côte d'Ivoire
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored160 (10 per match)
Top scorer(s) Azeez Abu (12 goals)
Best player(s) Nassim El Hadaoui
Best goalkeeper El Seyni Ndiaye

All matches are to be held at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida.

Participating teams

Eight teams have confirmed their participation in the competition:[2]

There was to have been a team from Uganda taking part in the tournament, but they were forced to withdraw due to a lack of funding.[3]

Draw

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four and the determination of the subsequent schedule was held at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida.[4]

Group stage

All match times are correct to that of local time in El Jadida, being Western European Summer Time, (UTC +1).

Group A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 3300218+139
 Morocco 3201178+96
 Madagascar 3102161603
 Ghana 3003830-220
Senegal 7 - 3 Madagascar
B. Fall  4'
N. Sylla  14',  23'
P. Koukpaki  28',  31'
M. Sylla  31'
C. Ba  33'		 Report  11' G. Oscar
 35' T. Rabehasimbola
 35' D. Fabrice
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Ghana 2 - 9 Morocco
D. Sapper  5'
J. Lawer  26'		 Report  5',  23',  34' N. El Hadaoui
 12' N. Boulakouabaa
 12',  14' A. El Hadaoui
 14' A. El Hamidy
 18' Gio
 26' Brigel
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Senegal 11 - 3 Ghana
N. Sylla  1',  1',  5'
P. Koukpaki  2',  21'
C. Ba  15',  33'
S. Thioub  15',  25'
P. Ndour  18'
B. Fall  35'		 Report  1',  17' N. Lamptey
 23' J. Lawer
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Morocco 6 - 3 Madagascar
N. Boulakouabaa  4'
Brigel  6'
N. El Hadaoui  16',  32',  34'
A. El Hamidy  19'		 Report  21',  25' T. Rabehasimbola
 32' Bernardin
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Madagascar 10 - 3 Ghana
G. Oscar  5'
Bernardin  11'
Flavien  16'
Anderson  24',  30'
T. Rabehasimbola  31',  31',  33',  34',  36'		 Report  14',  31' Kofi
 18' D. Sapper
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Morocco 2 - 3 Senegal
B. Esaadi  6'
Brigel  10'		 Report  1' P. Koukpaki
 14' N. Sylla
 15' C. Ba
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Group B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Côte d'Ivoire 3300149+59
 Nigeria 32012013+76
 Egypt 31021315-23
 Libya 30031121-100
Côte d'Ivoire 4 - 1 Egypt
Sakanoto  4'
David  12',  14'
Aka  22'		 Report  19' Aly
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Libya 4 - 8 Nigeria
Hani  15'
Shushan  15',  33'
Kharif  26'		 Report  1' E. Kyande
 3',  3',  21' I. Olawale
 9',  23',  29' E. Ogbonnaya
 35' A. Abu
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 4 Libya
David  10'
Dago  19'
Sakanoko  27',  28'
Ludovic  35'		 Report  1' Hani
 2',  4' Howssein
 12' Mohammed
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Nigeria 8 - 4 Egypt
B. Badmus  11',  19'
A. Abu  13'  21',  26'
I. Olawale  23',  23',  26'		 Report  22' El Agouz
 26',  33' Aly
 31' Osman
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Nigeria 4 - 5 Côte d'Ivoire
B. Badmus  17'
E. Ogbonnaya  18'
A. Abu  19',  27'		 Report  15',  18',  30' Sakanoto
 28',  36' David
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Egypt 8 - 3 Libya
Abo Serie  3',  10',  20'
Aly  14',  14',  25'
Osman  32'
Sayed  36'		 Report  3' Bdiri
 29',  36' Mohammed
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals     Final
                 
  A1  Senegal 9  
  B2  Nigeria 8    
      SF1  Senegal 4
      SF2  Côte d'Ivoire 1
  B1  Côte d'Ivoire 5    
  A2  Morocco 4   3rd/4th Place match
 
SF1  Nigeria 2
  SF2  Morocco 7

Semifinals
Senegal 9 - 8 Nigeria
N. Sylla  8',  16'
P. Koukpaki  10',  23'
C. Ba  12',  30',  33'
B. Fall  13',  19'		 Report  11' E. Ogbonnaya
 15',  24',  26',  36' A. Abu
 20',  23',  33' V. Tale
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 4 Morocco
Report
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Third Place
Nigeria 2 - 7 Morocco
A. Abu  15',  16' Report  2' Brigel
 9',  28' N. El Hadaoui
 11',  19',  30' A. El Hadaoui
 36' A. Lahmidi
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Final
Senegal 4 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
Report
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Winners
 (2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (CAF) Winners: 

Senegal
third title

Awards
Best Player (MVP)
Nassim El Hadaoui
Top Scorer
Azeez Abu
12 goals
Best Goalkeeper
El Seyni Ndiaye

Teams Qualifying
Team
1st Place Senegal
2nd Place Côte d'Ivoire

Final Placement
Rank Team
1 Senegal
2 Côte d'Ivoire
3 Morocco
4 Nigeria
5 Madagascar
6 Egypt
7 Libya
8 Ghana

References
  1. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/667
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0tTGz9rzc
  3. "Lack of funds rules Uganda out of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers". brazilsun.com. 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/695
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