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 qualified for the 2013 World Cup and went 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
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)Nigeria Azeez Abu (12 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui
Best goalkeeperSenegal El Seyni Ndiaye
2011
2015

All matches were held at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida.

Participating teams

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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

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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

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

Group A

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Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts
  Senegal 3 3 0 0 21 8 13 9
  Morocco 3 2 0 1 17 8 9 6
  Madagascar 3 1 0 2 16 16 0 3
  Ghana 3 0 0 3 8 30 -22 0
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

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Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts
  Côte d'Ivoire 3 3 0 0 14 9 5 9
  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 20 13 7 6
  Egypt 3 1 0 2 13 15 -2 3
  Libya 3 0 0 3 11 21 -10 0
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

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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

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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

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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

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

Winners

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

Awards

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

Teams Qualifying

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

Final Placement

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

References

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  1. ^ "News".
  2. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Lack of funds rules Uganda out of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers". brazilsun.com. 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. ^ "News".