2018 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

The 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON),[1] the premier beach soccer championship in Africa contested by men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Originally organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier[2] (informally known as CAF Beach Soccer Championship), in 2015, CAF became organisers and began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year.[3] Overall, this was the 9th edition of the event.[4]

2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CitySharm El Sheikh
Dates8–14 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored185 (9.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Assouan Eric Kablan
Madagascar Regis Enidiel
(9 goals each)
2016
2021

The tournament was played in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt;[5] the North African country was awarded the hosting rights as they were the only nation to express interest by the deadline.[6] The finals were held from 8–14 December.[7] Qualification took place between 7–23 September.

The event also acted as the qualification route for African teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the winners and runners-up qualify.[8]

Senegal were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, after defeating Nigeria 6–1 in the final to secure their 5th title.

Qualification

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2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates7–22 September
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored31 (7.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Regis Enidiel (5 goals)
2016
2020

The 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying rounds determine the eight teams that will compete in the final tournament in December.

The fixtures were approved by CAF on 11 June.[9]

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).[10]

Hosts of the finals, Egypt, along with the champions and runners up of the last edition, Senegal and Nigeria respectively, received byes in qualifying; ten other nations contested five qualification berths.[11]

Ghana were due to play but failed to meet participation criteria by the May 31 entry deadline.[12]

Entrants

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Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Qualification
10
Final tournament 3

Note: The numbers in parentheses show the African ranking of the teams at the time of the qualification round (out of 20 nations).[13]

Matches

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Summary

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The first legs were scheduled for 7–9 September, and the second legs were scheduled for 21–23 September 2018.[11]

The winners of each tie qualified for the finals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda   5–7   Ivory Coast 1–3 4–4
Kenya   w/o   Libya
Tanzania   w/o   South Africa
Sudan   w/o   Morocco
Mozambique   9–10   Madagascar 4–5 5–5
Bold: Tie winners; qualified for finals.

Details

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9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Uganda   1–3   Ivory Coast Spennah Beach, Entebbe
16:00 UTC 3
  • Muganga  
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  •   Kablan
  •   Kouassitchi
  •   Aka
Referee: Olawale Adeolu Fawole (Nigeria)
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Ivory Coast   4–4   Uganda Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0
  • Aka  
  • Kabletchi   
  • Djedjed  
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  •   Muganga
  •   Katwe
  •   Alex
  •   Lwesibawa
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Kenya   Cancelled   Libya Pirates Beach, Mombasa
15:00 UTC 3 Report
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Libya   Cancelled   Kenya
Report

Libya won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Tanzania   Cancelled   South Africa Dar es Salaam
15:00 UTC 3 Report Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) South Africa   Cancelled   Tanzania
Report Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar)

Tanzania won on walkover after South Africa withdrew.


7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Sudan   Cancelled   Morocco
Report
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Morocco   Cancelled   Sudan
Report

Morocco won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Mozambique   4–5   Madagascar Afrin Prestige, Maputo
15:00 UTC 2
  • Ainadine  
  • De Jesus Novela  
  • Mangue  
  • Silvestre  
Report
  •      Regis
  •   Toky
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Madagascar   5–5   Mozambique Majunga Beach, Mahajanga
15:00 UTC 3
  • Razafinilaina  
  • Regis  
  • Giovanni  
  • Richard  
  • Flavien  
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  •   Massingue
  •   De Jesus Novela
  •   Gerson
  •   Malate
  •   Ainadine
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Madagascar won 10–9 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[14]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Egypt (hosts) 9th 3rd place (2006, 2011, 2016)
  Ivory Coast 9th Runners-up (2009, 2013)
  Libya 5th 7th place (2009, 2013)
  Madagascar 5th Champions (2015)
  Morocco 7th 3rd place (2013)
  Nigeria 9th Champions (2007, 2009)
  Senegal 8th Champions (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016)
  Tanzania 1st Debut

Draw

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The draw for the final tournament was held on 28 October 2018 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[15]

Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:[16]

  • to Group A: as the hosts,   Egypt
  • to Group B: as the champions of the last edition,   Senegal

The remaining six teams were split into two pots: one of two and one of four; the highest seeds were placed in Pot 1 and the lowest seeds were placed in Pot 2. The teams were seeded based on their results in the 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.[16] From Pot 1, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B; from Pot 2, two teams were drawn into Group A and two teams were drawn into Group B.[16]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Referees

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The following 21 referees will officiate the tournament:[17]

  •   Innocent Desire Adjoumani
  •   Wonan Dominique Sidoine Toppe
  •   Tsaralaza Maolidy
  •   Louis Siave
  •   Reetesh Loll
  •   Olawale Adeolu Fawole
  •   Olayanka Olajide
  •   Sani Mohammed
  •   Aly Deme
  •   Mbokh Beye
  •   Oumar Sagna
  •   Youssouph Signate
  •   Fadul Abdelmajeed Adam
  •   Hassan Mohamed Eltoum
  •   Nagi Ali Doka
  •   Yasir Allahgabu Abdelrahman Tootoo
  •   Hamdi Bchir
  •   Med El Habib Hiba
  •   Ivan Kintu
  •   Muhammad Ssenteza
  •   Shafic Mugerwa

Venue

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Location of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt

One venue was used in the city of Sharm El Sheikh.[18]

  • All matches took place at a purpose built arena at Laguna Vista Beach Resort, known as the Laguna Vista Beach Soccer Stadium, with a capacity of 1,200.[19]

Squads

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Each squad can contain a maximum of 12 players.[20]

Group stage

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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, EET (UTC 2).[21]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 0 20 6 14 9 Knockout stage
2   Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 14 −2 6
3   Madagascar 3 1 0 0 2 10 13 −3 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 0 0 3 10 19 −9 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Egypt  6–1  Morocco
  • Hassan   20'
  • Aly   29'
  • Mohamed   32'
  • Samir   33'
  • Shaaban   33'
  • Ahmed   34'
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  • Elkhdym   33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Ivory Coast  3–4  Madagascar
  • Aka   3', 8'
  • Papet   32'
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  • Enidiel   1', 34' (pen.)
  • Fitana   4'
  • Razafimandimby   15' (pen.)
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Morocco  5–4  Ivory Coast
  • El Hadaoui   1', 16', 21'
  • Abada   15'
  • Iazal   28'
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  • Aka   4'
  • Kablan   31', 33' (pen.), 34'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Madagascar  2–4  Egypt
  • Fitana   5'
  • Enidiel   11'
Report
  • Samir   1' (pen.)
  • Hassan   3'
  • Aly   12'
  • El-Shahat   22'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

Morocco  6–4  Madagascar
  • Iazal   1'
  • Elkhdym   4'
  • El Hamidy   8', 18'
  • El Hadaoui   10'
  • Kerroum   14'
Report
  • Razafinilaina   15', 15'
  • Fitana   21'
  • Richard   24'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Egypt  10–3  Ivory Coast
  • Samir   3'
  • Taha   13', 14', 22'
  • Atef   20', 33'
  • El-Sayed   22'
  • Hassan   32', 35'
  • Ahmed   36'
Report
  • Aka   21'
  • Djedjed   34', 35'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 2 0 1 0 26 7 19 7 Knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 0 1 14 9 5 6
3   Libya 3 1 0 0 2 9 18 −9 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4   Tanzania 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria
  • Diassy   3', 5'
  • Diagne   21'
  • Barry   34'
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  • Ekujimi   20'
  • Adams   26', 34'
  • Ogbonna   28'
Penalties
  • Diatta  
  • Ndoye  
  • Diassy  
2–0
  •   Ohwoferia
  •   Ekujimi
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)
Libya  5–2  Tanzania
  • Al-Abidi   3'
  • Rahoumah   7', 10'
  • El-Mengawi   30', 33'
Report
  • Abdallah   5'
  • Ahmada   18'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Nigeria  6–3  Libya
  • Ogbonna   1', 19'
  • Azeez   9', 20'
  • Mohammed   10'
  • Ohwoferia   11'
Report
  • Al-Abidi   3', 7'
  • Zaed   23'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Tanzania  2–12  Senegal
  • Ibrahim   23' (pen.)
  • Tumbo   24'
Report
  • Diassy   2', 13'
  • Diagne   4'
  • Barry   6' (pen.)
  • Ndiaye   8'
  • Mendy   11', 34', 35'
  • Bleck   16'
  • Fall   17'
  • Diouf   20', 24'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Nigeria  4–2  Tanzania
  • Azeez   5'
  • Ohwoferia   21'
  • Ujukwu   22'
  • Adams   32'
Report
  • Tumbo   12'
  • Juma   26'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)
Senegal  10–1  Libya
  • Diagne   5', 23'
  • Diatta   9', 10'
  • Fall   16'
  • Diouf   18'
  • Bleck   24'
  • Diassy   29'
  • Ndoye   30'
  • Mendy   31'
Report
  • Aburaghiga   33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

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Bracket (5th–8th place)

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Fifth place semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
  Madagascar5
 
13 December
 
  Tanzania2
 
  Madagascar (a.e.t.)9
 
12 December
 
  Ivory Coast8
 
  Libya3
 
 
  Ivory Coast6
 
Seventh place match
 
 
13 December
 
 
  Tanzania (a.e.t.)6
 
 
  Libya5

Fifth place semi-finals

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Madagascar  5–2  Tanzania
  • Ramanantsoany   2'
  • Andriamifehy   4'
  • Enidiel   9', 35'
  • Fitana   29'
Report
  • Mauru   8'
  • Juma   17'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

Libya  3–6  Ivory Coast
  • Zaed   8'
  • Rahoumah   28'
  • Al-Shareef   33'
Report
  • Kabletchi   8', 35'
  • Abe   11', 30'
  • Kablan   14'
  • Aka   26'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Seventh place match

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Tanzania  6–5 (a.e.t.)  Libya
  • Juma   14', 28', 37'
  • Tumbo   22'
  • Ibrahim   30'
  • Msonjo   36'
Report
  • Rahoumah   6', 18'
  • Al-Abidi   15'
  • Aburaghiga   23', 33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Fifth place match

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Madagascar  9–8 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
  • Ramanantsoany   6'
  • Enidiel   12', 27', 38', 39'
  • Razafimandimby   14'
  • Richard   17'
  • Rabeasimbola   19' (pen.)
  • Ratsimarinala   34'
Report
  • Kablan   11', 11', 19' (pen.), 25', 28'
  • Aka   32', 36', 38'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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Bracket (1st–4th place)

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
  Egypt6
 
14 December
 
  Nigeria7
 
  Nigeria1
 
13 December
 
  Senegal6
 
  Senegal7
 
 
  Morocco2
 
Third place match
 
 
14 December
 
 
  Egypt3
 
 
  Morocco2

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Egypt  6–7  Nigeria
  • Aly   10'
  • Atef   18'
  • Samir   23', 27'
  • Hassan   29' (pen.), 33'
Report
  • Azeez   6', 21', 26', 31'
  • Adams   9'
  • Ogbonna   20', 36'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Senegal  7–2  Morocco
  • Diassy   8', 34'
  • Ndiaye   9'
  • Barry   10', 21'
  • Mendy   15'
  • Diatta   27'
Report
  • Ennakhli   26'
  • El Hadaoui   30'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match

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Egypt  3–2  Morocco
  • Hassan   15'
  • Ahmed   22'
  • Aly   25'
Report
  • Iazal   18'
  • El Hadaoui   36'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Final

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Nigeria  1–6  Senegal
  • Azeez   1'
Report
  • Diagne   2', 35'
  • Diassy   5'
  • Fall   28'
  • Mendy   30', 32'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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There have been 185 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.25 goals per match.

9 goals

  •   Assouan Eric Kablan
  •   Regis Enidiel

8 goals

  •   Kablan Frederic Aka
  •   Abu Azeez
  •   Lansana Diassy

7 goals

  •   Mohamed Abdelnaby Hassan
  •   Raoul Mendy

6 goals

  •   Nassim El Hadaoui
  •   Mamour Diagne

5 goals

  •   Moustafa Samir
  •   Waleed Rahoumah
  •   Emeka Ogbonna
  •   Jaruph Juma

4 goals

  •   Moustafa Aly
  •   Islam Al-Abidi
  •   Romain Fitana
  •   Taiwo Adams
  •   Hamidou Barry

3 goals

  •   Abdelrahaman Hassan Ahmed
  •   Haitham Atef
  •   El-Husseini Taha
  •   Abbulhamid Aburaghiga
  •   Sami Iazal
  •   Ninou Diatta
  •   Hamad François Diouf
  •   Babacar Fall
  •   Yahya Tumbo

2 goals

  •   Blaise Abe
  •   Nahounoud Guy Djedjed
  •   N’Gnamke Kabletchi
  •   Zuheir El-Mengawi
  •   Esam Zaed
  •   Hollas Ramanantsoany
  •   Ymelda Razafimandimby
  •   Angeluc Razafinilaina
  •   Marcel Richard
  •   Azzeddine El Hamidy
  •   Ali Elkhdym
  •   Emmanuel Ohwoferia
  •   Jean Charles Bleck
  •   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  •   Juma Ibrahim

1 goal

  •   Karim El-Sayed
  •   Ahmed El-Shahat
  •   Hassane Mohamed
  •   Moustafa Ahmed Shaaban
  •   Franck Papet
  •   Adel Al-Shareef
  •   Chrétien Andriamifehy
  •   Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
  •   Juliot Ratsimarinala
  •   Yassir Abada
  •   Miloud Ennakhli
  •   Yassine Kerroum
  •   Eganosi Ekujimi
  •   Suleman Mohammed
  •   Emmanuel Ujukwu
  •   Papa Modou Ndoye
  •   Ibrahim Abdallah
  •   Abdi Ahmada
  •   Samwel Mauru
  •   Rolland Msonjo

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
    Senegal
    Nigeria
    Egypt
4   Morocco
5   Madagascar
6   Ivory Coast
7   Tanzania
8   Libya

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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The following two teams from CAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[22]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
  Nigeria 12 December 2018 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
  Senegal 13 December 2018 6 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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