2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship
File:2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer logo.jpg | |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
City | Durban |
Dates | 17 March 2024 - 23 March 2024 |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco Morocco |
Runners-up | Mozambique Mozambique |
Third place | Malawi Malawi |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 116 (7.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Malawi Isaac Kajam and Mozambique Antonio Namape Jnr (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | Mozambique Antonio Namape Jnr |
Best goalkeeper | Morocco Yassir Abada |
Fair play award | Malawi Malawi |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship was the fourth edition of the annual tournament organized by COSAFA. The tournament was held in Durban, South Africa.[1] Senegal are defending champions.[2] Morocco beat Mozambique 4-3 via penalties in the final after the final match ended in a 4-4 draw.[3]
Venues
This edition of the tournament was held at South Beach, Durban in South Africa.
Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 7 March 2024 at 11h00 CAT.[4] The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[5]
Group A | Group B |
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Group stage
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
2 | Malawi Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | South Africa South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Seychelles Seychelles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Morocco Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
2 | Mozambique Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Angola Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
4 | Tanzania Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 0 |
Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
21 March – South Beach, Durban | ||||||
MoroccoMorocco | 9 | |||||
23 March – South Beach, Durban | ||||||
MalawiMalawi | 6 | |||||
MoroccoMorocco (p) | 4 (4) | |||||
21 March – South Beach, Durban | ||||||
MozambiqueMozambique | 4 (3) | |||||
MozambiqueMozambique | 8 | |||||
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | 1 | |||||
Third Place match | ||||||
23 March – South Beach, Durban | ||||||
MalawiMalawi | 5 | |||||
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | 4 |
Semi-Final
Third-place
Final
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).
Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
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Malawi Isaac Kajam and Mozambique Antonio Namape Jnr | Saudi Arabia Ramzi Dakman | Morocco Driss Ghannam, Mozambique Rachide Simithe, and Morocco Ayoub Zahraoui |
8 goals | 6 goals | 5 goals |
Golden Ball | ||
Mozambique Antonio Namape Jnr | ||
Golden Glove | ||
Morocco Yassir Abada | ||
COSAFA Beach Soccer Fair Play Trophy | ||
Malawi Malawi |
Statistics
Goal scorers
There were 116 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 7.25 goals per match. 8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Angola Paolo Nascimento
- Malawi Oblen Khumbula
- Malawi Sandram Ussi
- Morocco Badr El Kraichly
- Mozambique Helio Mahota
2 goals
- Angola Joao Tchitungo
- Angola Omar de Fonseca
- Morocco Amine El Bidouri
- Mozambique Yuran Malate
- Mozambique Paolo Novela
- Saudi Arabia Khaled Al Mowallad
- Saudi Arabia Mubarak Alduoasri
- Saudi Arabia Eslam Sarraj
- Seychelles Stephen Lajoie
- Seychelles Ryan Servina
- Tanzania Abdulrahim Bausi
References
- ↑ "Durban to host COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship in March". CAF. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ↑ "COSAFA | 2022 BEACH SOCCER". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "Morocco take gold at COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships". 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw set for March 7". 29 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ↑ "Massive match-ups in COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw". 7 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.