2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

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.

2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
City	Lagos
Dates	13–18 December 2016
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

Qualification

2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification

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)

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	Cape Verde  Egypt  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Liberia  Libya  Kenya  Madagascar  Morocco  Mozambique  Senegal  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda	14
Final tournament	Nigeria (hosts)	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.	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]

Qualified teams and draw

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
Nigeria (position A1)  Madagascar (position B1)	Senegal  Ivory Coast	Morocco  Egypt	Ghana  Libya

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, 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

Source: CAF
(H) Host.

13 December 2016

18:45

Ghana	0–5	Ivory Coast
	Report	Aka  12' Djedjed  12' Gbagra  16' Kablan  28' Djimi  32'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Mbokh Beye (Senegal)

13 December 2016

20:00

Nigeria	3–2	Egypt
Olawale  12' Emeka  16', 31'	Report	Mohamed  18' Abo  23'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

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14 December 2016

17:30

Egypt	5–4	Ghana
Abo  11', 13' M. Samir  22' Mohamed  23', 36'	Report	Osa  9' Husseini  11' Semabia  17' Kofi  30'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)

14 December 2016

20:00

Ivory Coast	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Kouadio  9' Kablan  14', 28' Aka  36'	Report	Abu  3', 31' Tale  23', 36'
Penalties
Djimi Gbagra Daniel	3–1	Tale Obodo

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

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15 December 2016

17:30

Egypt	4–2	Ivory Coast
Mohamed  4', 30' Mizo  15' Abo  29'	Report	Aka  6', 28'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

15 December 2016

20:00

Nigeria	4–3	Ghana
Emeka  28', 29' Obodo  33' Tale  35'	Report	Husseini  28' Adjei  29' Osa  33'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)

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

Source: CAF

13 December 2016

16:15

Madagascar	9–5	Libya
Enidiel  ?', ?' Ymelda  ?', ?' Toki  ?' Flavien  ?' Christian  ?' Pierralit  ?' Rufin  ?'	Report	Tariq  ?', ?' Zuheir  ?', ?', ?'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

13 December 2016

17:30

Morocco	1–2	Senegal
Nassim  36'	Report	Fall  29', 36'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

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14 December 2016

16:15

Libya	3–9	Morocco
Esam  1' Hany  3' Tariq  17'	Report	Nassim  3' El Hadaoui  5', 26' El Karkouri  7' El Ouariry  13' Iazal  23', 35' Nassim  29', 30'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Issam Bousbih (Tunisia)

14 December 2016

18:45

Senegal	3–1	Madagascar
Fall  3', 7', 26'	Report	Toky  19'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

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15 December 2016

16:15

Libya	2–10	Senegal
Zuheir  13' Jilwal  23'	Report	Diassy  2', 6', 17', 19' Sylla  18', 36' Faye  21' Fall  29' Thioune  33' Barry  36'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Sani Mohammed (Nigeria)

15 December 2016

18:45

Madagascar	1–2	Morocco
Ymelda  24'	Report	Nassim  15' Benmamma  18'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

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

17 December 2016

16:15

Ivory Coast	Cancelled	Libya
	Report

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

17 December 2016

17:30

Ghana	4–8	Madagascar
Kofi  2', 23' Adjei  34', 35'	Report	Toky  2', 19', 25' Marcel  7' Rufin  15' Flavien  24' Giovanni  36' Del  36'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Seventh place match

18 December 2016

16:15

Libya	Cancelled	Ghana
	Report

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Fifth place match

18 December 2016

17:30

Ivory Coast	3–4	Madagascar
Djimi  ?' Aka  ?', ?'	Report	Flavien  ?', ?' Enidiel  ?' Pierralit  ?'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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.

17 December 2016

18:45

Egypt	2–5	Senegal
M. Samir  11' Mizo  20'	Report	Faye  17' Fall  23', 31' Sylla  31' Diassy  33'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

17 December 2016

20:00

Nigeria	6–1	Morocco
Emmanuel  8' Abu  18', 30' Ogodo  20' Emeka  27' Emmanuel  29'	Report	Nassim  15'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match

18 December 2016

18:45

Morocco	1–4	Egypt
Iazal  23'	Report	Hassan  5', 16' Samir  8' Mohamed  23'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Yahya Abdel Ghani (Libya)

Final

18 December 2016

20:00

Nigeria	4–8	Senegal
Olawale  4' Ogodo  7', 20' Emeka  12'	Report	Fall  4', 33' Sylla  10', 25', 34' Barry  16' Diassy  17' Diouf  35'

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Awards

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

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Rank	Team
	Senegal
	Nigeria
	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 tournament^1 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.

References

1. "Nigeria named Beach Soccer AFCON hosts". CAF. 18 February 2016.
2. "14 teams battle for seven places". CAF. 4 July 2016.
3. "Fixtures of the Qualifiers of Beach Soccer AFCON" (PDF). CAF.
4. "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
5. "African hopefuls head to the beach". CAF. 26 August 2016.
6. "Final octet for Nigeria 2016 emerge". CAF. 21 September 2016.
7. "Beach Soccer AFCON 2016: Draw procedures". CAF. 22 September 2016.
8. "Host Nigeria draw rivals Ghana". CAF. 24 September 2016.
9. "Draw of the Final Tournament of the 2nd Edition of Beach Soccer AFCON Nigeria 2016" (PDF). CAF.
10. "Alteration to Beach Soccer AFCON schedule". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 December 2016.
11. "Senegal back to winning ways". FIFA.com. 19 December 2016.
12. "Nigeria, Senegal qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 17 December 2016.

External links

• Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations 2016, CAFonline.com
• CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria 2016 at Beachsoccer.com