2016_Africa_Beach_Soccer_Cup_of_Nations
2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
International football competition
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Nigeria |
| City | Lagos |
| Dates | 13–18 December |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 138 (7.67 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Babacar Fall (10 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Emeka Ogbonna |
| Best goalkeeper | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
← 2015 2018 → | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 August – 18 September 2016 |
| Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 71 (8.88 per match) |
← 2015 2018 → | |
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 |
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14 |
| Final tournament |
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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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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]
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]
Egypt
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Libya
Madagascar
Morocco
Nigeria (hosts)
Senegal
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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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, 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 |
| Ghana | 0–5 | Ivory Coast |
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| Egypt | 5–4 | Ghana |
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| Ivory Coast | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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| Penalties | ||
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3–1 |
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| Egypt | 4–2 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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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 |
| Madagascar | 9–5 | Libya |
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| Libya | 3–9 | Morocco |
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| Libya | 2–10 | Senegal |
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| Madagascar | 1–2 | Morocco |
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Bracket (5th–8th place)
Libya withdrew from the placement stage due to administrative reasons.[10]
| 5th place semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
| 17 December | ||||||
| Ivory Coast (w/o) | — | |||||
| 18 December | ||||||
| Libya | — | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||
| 17 December | ||||||
| Madagascar | 4 | |||||
| Ghana | 4 | |||||
| Madagascar | 8 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 18 December | ||||||
| Libya | — | |||||
| Ghana (w/o) | — | |||||
Fifth place semi-finals
| Ghana | 4–8 | Madagascar |
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Seventh place match
Fifth place match
| Ivory Coast | 3–4 | Madagascar |
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Report |
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Bracket (1st–4th place)
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 17 December | ||||||
| Nigeria | 6 | |||||
| 18 December | ||||||
| Morocco | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| 17 December | ||||||
| Senegal | 8 | |||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| Senegal | 5 | |||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| 18 December | ||||||
| Morocco | 1 | |||||
| Egypt | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Third place match
Final
| Nigeria | 4–8 | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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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 |
| Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Senegal |
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Nigeria |
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 17 December 2016 | 5 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Nigeria | 17 December 2016 | 4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- "Nigeria named Beach Soccer AFCON hosts". CAF. 18 February 2016.
- "14 teams battle for seven places". CAF. 4 July 2016.
- "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- "African hopefuls head to the beach". CAF. 26 August 2016.
- "Final octet for Nigeria 2016 emerge". CAF. 21 September 2016.
- "Beach Soccer AFCON 2016: Draw procedures". CAF. 22 September 2016.
- "Host Nigeria draw rivals Ghana". CAF. 24 September 2016.
- "Alteration to Beach Soccer AFCON schedule". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 December 2016.
- "Senegal back to winning ways". FIFA.com. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017.
- "Nigeria, Senegal qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016.
- Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations 2016, CAFonline.com
- CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria 2016 Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at Beachsoccer.com