2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

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.

2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
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) Babacar Fall (10 goals)
Best player(s) Emeka Ogbonna
Best goalkeeper Al Seyni Ndiaye

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)

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
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

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
  •  Ghana
  •  Libya

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  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
  • Gbagra
  • Daniel
3–1
  • Tale
  • 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
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)

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
 
 Libya—
 
 Ivory Coast3
 
17 December
 
 Madagascar4
 
 Ghana4
 
 
 Madagascar8
 
7th place
 
 
18 December
 
 
 Libya—
 
 
 Ghana (w/o)—

Fifth place semi-finals
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
Libya Cancelled Ghana
Report

Fifth place match
Ivory Coast 3–4 Madagascar
  • Djimi  ?'
  • Aka  ?', ?'
 Report
  • Flavien  ?', ?'
  • Enidiel  ?'
  • Pierralit  ?'
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  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
Morocco 1–4 Egypt
  • Iazal  23'
 Report
  • Hassan  5', 16'
  • Samir  8'
  • Mohamed  23'
Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)

Final
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

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
Emeka Ogbonna
Top scorer
Babacar Fall (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper
Al Seyni Ndiaye

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
 Senegal
 Nigeria
 Egypt
4  Morocco
5  Madagascar
6  Ivory Coast
7  Ghana
8  Libya

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)
 Senegal17 December 20165 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Nigeria17 December 20164 (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.
  12. "Nigeria, Senegal qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 17 December 2016.
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