2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2015 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations,[1][2] was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Roche Caiman, Seychelles on 14–19 April 2015.[3] This was the first time that the CAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in Seychelles. All matches were played at the Roche Caiman Sports Complex.

2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Host country Seychelles
CityRoche Caiman
Dates14–19 April 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Madagascar (1st title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored163 (8.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alexander Adjei
(17 goals)
Best player(s) Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
Best goalkeeper Jhorialy Rafalimanana

As well as crowning the best beach soccer nation in Africa, the tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from Africa which are members of CAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal.[4] In the final, Madagascar defeated Senegal to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[5]

Qualification
2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 February – 29 March 2015
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored137 (10.54 per match)

The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship qualifying rounds decided the participating teams of the final tournament.

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

A total of 19 teams entered the qualifying rounds.[6]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
First round
10
Second round
9
Final tournament 1

First round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 February 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 February 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  w/o  Mali — —
Sudan  w/o  Djibouti — —
Cameroon  w/o  Uganda — —
Kenya  9–12  Tanzania 3–5 6–7
Mauritius  7–6  Mozambique 2–4 5–2

Note: Tunisia and Cameroon withdrew.[7] Sudan and Djibouti were to play a one-off match in Cairo, Egypt, but Sudan withdrew.[8]

Kenya 3–5 Tanzania
Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach, Mombasa
Tanzania 7–6 Kenya
Escape One Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam
Mauritius 2–4 Mozambique
Mont Choisy Beach, Grand-Baie
Mozambique 2–5 Mauritius
Complexo Matchiki-Tchiki, Maputo

Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 March 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 March 2015.

The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament, where they were joined by the hosts Seychelles.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  w/o  Senegal – –
Djibouti  1–16  Morocco — 1–16
Uganda  8–21  Ghana 6–9 2–12
Tanzania  6–15  Egypt 2–6 4–9
Mauritius  6–18  Ivory Coast 4–6 2–12
Madagascar  9–3  South Africa 5–1 4–2
Nigeria  w/o  Libya — —

Note: Libya withdrew.[8] Djibouti and Morocco played a one-off match in Casablanca, Morocco.[9] Madagascar and South Africa played both matches in Durban, South Africa as the beach venue at Mahajanga was rendered unplayable by several days of rain.[10] Mali and Senegal were to play both matches in Dakar, Senegal, but Mali withdrew.[11]

Morocco 16–1 Djibouti
Ain Diab Beach, Casablanca
Uganda 6–9 Ghana
Sports Beach, Entebbe
Ghana 12–2 Uganda
La Beach Soccer Arena, Accra
Tanzania 2–6 Egypt
Escape One Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam
Egypt 9–4 Tanzania
Goal Project Stadium, 6th of October City
Mauritius 4–6 Ivory Coast
Mont Choisy Beach, Grand-Baie
Ivory Coast 12–2 Mauritius
Parc des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
Madagascar 5–1 South Africa
South Africa 2–4 Madagascar

Qualified teams and draw

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[12]

The draw of the tournament was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 local time (UTC+2), at Cairo.[13] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams,[14] with the following seeding:[15]

Seeds Pot A Pot B Pot C

 Seychelles (assigned to A1)
 Senegal (assigned to B1)

 Nigeria
 Morocco

 Ivory Coast
 Madagascar

 Egypt
 Ghana

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.

Legend
The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals

All times are local, Seychelles Time (UTC+4).[16]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 0 21 8 +13 8 Knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 1 1 11 11 0 4
3  Egypt 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 0 3 Classification stage (5th place)
4  Seychelles (H) 3 0 0 0 3 4 17 −13 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Total goal difference; 4) Total goals scored; 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.[4]
(H) Host.
Seychelles 1–10 Nigeria
Robin Mathiot  22' Report 1
Report 2		 Emeka Hego Ogbonna  3', 22'
Isiaka Olawale  6', 20'
Emmanuel Evaware Ohwoferia  14'
Azeez Abu  15', 35'
Adams Taiwo  23'
Ibenegbu Ikechukwu Bartholomew  29'
Victor Sheneni Tale  31'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)
Egypt 3–3 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Ahmed Mohamed Abouserie  3'
Mohamed Gamal Hassan  23'
Moustafa Samir Abdelmoneim  25'		 Report 1
Report 2		 N'gnamke Ehanlimbie Didier Kabletchi  24'
Kablan Frederic Aka  26'
N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi  32'
Penalties
Moustafa Shaaban
Ahmed Mohamed Abouserie 		1–3 Brou Bernard Kouadio
Kablan Frederic Aka
N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Nigeria 4–1 Egypt
Isiaka Olawale  18'
Azeez Abu  27'
Emeka Hego Ogbonna  29', 32'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ahmed Mohamed Abouserie  34'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Ivory Coast 2–1 Seychelles
Assouan Bile Eric Sidoine Kablan  28'
Brou Bernard Kouadio  33'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Jean Paul Marguerite  34'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)
Seychelles 2–5 Egypt
Michael Cadeau  10'
Robin Mathiot  21'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mohamed Gamal Hassan  2', 15'
Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed  3'
Aly Mohamed Aly  22', 23'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Nigeria 7–6 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Isiaka Olawale  4', 32'
Ibenegbu Ikechukwu Bartholomew  7'
Azeez Abu  16'
Emeka Hego Ogbonna  26', 39'
Adams Taiwo  34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Eric Tchetche  1'
N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi  11'
Lacine Diomande  18'
Kablan Frederic Aka  19', 20', 30'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar 3 2 1 0 0 20 11 +9 8 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3
3  Morocco 3 1 0 0 2 13 18 −5 3 Classification stage (5th place)
4  Ghana 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 −5 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Total goal difference; 4) Total goals scored; 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.[4]
Senegal 7–3 Morocco
Pape Amadou Kamara  7', 21', 21', 28'
Hamad Francois Diouf  18'
Babacar Fall  25', 25'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Nassim El Hadaoui  30'
Anas El Hadaoui  33'
Kamal El Mahrouk  35'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Ghana 4–9 Madagascar
Alexander Adjei  2'
Michael Sema Sedziafa  4', 10'
Kofi Aziz  28'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry  6', 7', 10', 30'
Flavien Razafimahatratra  11', 16', 33'
Ymelda Razafimandimby  25', 31'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Bessem Boubaker (Tunisia)
Morocco 5–3 Ghana
Nassim El Hadaoui  5'
Yacine Benmamma  9', 35'
Kamal El Mahrouk  17'
Anas El Hadaoui  28'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Kofi Aziz  4'
Alexander Adjei  13', 16'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Madagascar 3–2 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Oscar Giovanni  2'
Flavien Razafimahatratra  22'
Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry  38'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Vieux Ibra Sahere Thioune  19', 27'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Bessem Boubaker (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–5 Ghana
Pape Amadou Kamara  14'
Hamad Francois Diouf  27'
Babacar Fall  31'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Alfred Kwame Torsu  15'
Alexander Adjei  16', 30', 33'
Mohammed Husseini  23'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)
Morocco 5–8 Madagascar
Nassim El Hadaoui  3'
Kamal El Mahrouk  4'
Yacine Benmamma  23'
Faicel El Karkouri  33', 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Oscar Giovanni  1'
Ymelda Razafimandimby  2'
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola  5'
Flavien Razafimahatratra  6', 8', 22'
Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry  24', 29'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Bessem Boubaker (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 April
 
 
 Nigeria 3
 
19 April
 
 Senegal (a.e.t.) 4
 
 Senegal 1 (1)
 
18 April
 
 Madagascar (p) 1 (2)
 
 Madagascar (p) 4 (3)
 
 
 Ivory Coast 4 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
19 April
 
 
 Nigeria 9
 
 
 Ivory Coast 1
 
Fifth Place Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
18 April
 
 
 Egypt 6
 
19 April
 
 Ghana 5
 
 Egypt 1
 
18 April
 
 Morocco 3
 
 Morocco 5
 
 
 Seychelles 1
 
Seventh Place
 
 
19 April
 
 
 Ghana 12
 
 
 Seychelles 1

Fifth place semi-finals
Egypt 6–5 Ghana
Mohamed Gamal Hassan  7', 8'
Moustafa Samir Abdelmoneim  23', 35'
Eslam Ahmed Elsayed  26'
Ahmed Mohamed Abouserie  29'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mohammed Husseini  17'
Alexander Adjei  22', 27'
Kofi Aziz  25', 28'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Morocco 5–1 Seychelles
Yacine Benmamma  6'
Ismail El Ouariry  8', 16'
Azzeddine El Hamidy  18', 19'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Robin Mathiot  33'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

Semi-finals
Nigeria 3–4 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Emeka Hego Ogbonna  3'
Azeez Abu  4'
Isiaka Olawale  9'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Babacar Fall  2'
Hamad Francois Diouf  8'
Vieux Ibra Sahere Thioune  20', 37'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Bessem Boubaker (Tunisia)
Madagascar 4–4 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry  14'
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola  17', 26'
Ymelda Razafimandimby  19'		 Report 1
Report 2		 N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi  9', 20', 34'
Nahounoud Guy Hans Donald Djedjed  13'
Penalties
Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
Flavien Razafimahatratra
Ymelda Razafimandimby 		3–2 Brou Bernard Kouadio
Lacine Diomande
N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi
Kablan Frederic Aka
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Seventh place match
Ghana 12–1 Seychelles
Alexander Adjei  5', 7', 8', 9', 13', 17', 20', 27', 31'
Michael Sema Sedziafa  29', 30'
Alfred Kwame Torsu  34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Rondy Onezime  32'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

Fifth place match
Egypt 1–3 Morocco
Almoatazbellah Sami Abdelsamie  31' Report 1
Report 2		 Anas El Hadaoui  13', 35'
Nassim El Hadaoui  36'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match
Nigeria 9–1 Ivory Coast
Azeez Abu  6', 11', 28'
Emeka Hego Ogbonna  7', 27'
Isiaka Olawale  14'
Ibenegbu Ikechukwu Bartholomew  16', 18'
Lokosa Junior Sewanu  26'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Koffi Boris Evin Enan  5'
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)

Final
Senegal 1–1 (a.e.t.) Madagascar
Ngalla Sylla  13' Report 1
Report 2		 Flavien Razafimahatratra  5'
Penalties
Babacar Fall
Vieux Ibra Sahere Thioune
Pape Amadou Kamara 		1–2 Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
Flavien Razafimahatratra
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

Final ranking
Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
 Madagascar
 Senegal
 Nigeria
4  Ivory Coast
5  Morocco
6  Egypt
7  Ghana
8  Seychelles

Awards
Best Player (MVP)[5] Top Scorer(s)[5] Best Goalkeeper[5]
Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry Alexander Adjei Jhorialy Rafalimanana

Top goalscorers
17 goals
  • Alexander Adjei
9 goals
  • Emeka Hego Ogbonna
8 goals
  • Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
  • Flavien Razafimahatratra
  • Azeez Abu
7 goals
  • Isiaka Olawale
5 goals
  • Mohamed Gamal Hassan
  • N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi
  • Pape Amadou Kamara

References
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