2018 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier
File:Beach soccer AFCON logo 2018.png
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CitySharm El Sheikh
Dates8–14 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (5th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Third placeFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Morocco.svg 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 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] 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

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)Madagascar 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

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

Summary

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 File:Flag of Uganda.svg 5–7 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 1–3 4–4
Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg w/o File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg w/o File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg w/o File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 9–10 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 4–5 5–5
Bold: Tie winners; qualified for finals.

Details

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Uganda File:Flag of Uganda.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Spennah Beach, Entebbe
16:00 UTC+3
Report Referee: Olawale Adeolu Fawole (Nigeria)

Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate.


Libya won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.


Tanzania won on walkover after South Africa withdrew.


Morocco won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.


Madagascar won 10–9 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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

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

Draw

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]

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

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

Venue

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

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

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, EET (UTC+2).[21]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 14 −2 6
3 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 3 1 0 0 2 10 13 −3 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 3 0 0 0 3 10 19 −9 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg6–1File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg3–4File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg5–4File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg2–4File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg6–4File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg10–3File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3 2 0 1 0 26 7 +19 7 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 2 0 0 1 14 9 +5 6
3 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 3 1 0 0 2 9 18 −9 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg5–2File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg6–3File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg2–12File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg4–2File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg10–1File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

Bracket (5th–8th place)

 
Fifth place semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar5
 
13 December
 
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania2
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (a.e.t.)9
 
12 December
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast8
 
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya3
 
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast6
 
Seventh place match
 
 
13 December
 
 
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (a.e.t.)6
 
 
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya5

Fifth place semi-finals

Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg5–2File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg3–6File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Seventh place match

Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg6–5 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Fifth place match

Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg9–8 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Knockout stage

Bracket (1st–4th place)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt6
 
14 December
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria7
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria1
 
13 December
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal6
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal7
 
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco2
 
Third place match
 
 
14 December
 
 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3
 
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg6–7File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg7–2File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg3–2File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Final

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg1–6File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Report
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
4 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
5 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
6 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
7 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
8 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 12 December 2018 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg 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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