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2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CitySharm El Sheikh
Dates8–14 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place 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

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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

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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

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Summary

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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  5–7  Ivory Coast 1–3 4–4
Kenya  w/o  Libya
Tanzania  w/o  South Africa
Sudan  w/o  Morocco
Mozambique  9–10  Madagascar 4–5 5–5
Bold: Tie winners; qualified for finals.

Details

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9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Uganda  1–3  Ivory Coast Spennah Beach, Entebbe
16:00 UTC+3
  • Muganga
Report
  • Kablan
  • Kouassitchi
  • Aka
Referee: Olawale Adeolu Fawole (Nigeria)
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Ivory Coast  4–4  Uganda Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0
  • Aka
  • Kabletchi
  • Djedjed
Report
  • Muganga
  • Katwe
  • Alex
  • Lwesibawa
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Kenya  Cancelled  Libya Pirates Beach, Mombasa
15:00 UTC+3 Report
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Libya  Cancelled  Kenya
Report

Libya won on walkover after Kenya withdrew.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Tanzania  Cancelled  South Africa Dar es Salaam
15:00 UTC+3 Report Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) South Africa  Cancelled  Tanzania
Report Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar)

Tanzania won on walkover after South Africa withdrew.


7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Sudan  Cancelled  Morocco
Report
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) Morocco  Cancelled  Sudan
Report

Morocco won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.


9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Mozambique  4–5  Madagascar Afrin Prestige, Maputo
15:00 UTC+2
  • Ainadine
  • De Jesus Novela
  • Mangue
  • Silvestre
Report
  • Regis
  • Toky
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Madagascar  5–5  Mozambique Majunga Beach, Mahajanga
15:00 UTC+3
  • Razafinilaina
  • Regis
  • Giovanni
  • Richard
  • Flavien
Report
  • Massingue
  • De Jesus Novela
  • Gerson
  • Malate
  • Ainadine
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Madagascar won 10–9 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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

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

Draw

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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]

  • to Group A: as the hosts,  Egypt
  • to Group B: as the champions of the last edition,  Senegal

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

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

  • Ivory Coast Innocent Desire Adjoumani
  • Ivory Coast Wonan Dominique Sidoine Toppe
  • Madagascar Tsaralaza Maolidy
  • Mauritius Louis Siave
  • Mauritius Reetesh Loll
  • Nigeria Olawale Adeolu Fawole
  • Nigeria Olayanka Olajide
  • Nigeria Sani Mohammed
  • Senegal Aly Deme
  • Senegal Mbokh Beye
  • Senegal Oumar Sagna
  • Senegal Youssouph Signate
  • Sudan Fadul Abdelmajeed Adam
  • Sudan Hassan Mohamed Eltoum
  • Sudan Nagi Ali Doka
  • Sudan Yasir Allahgabu Abdelrahman Tootoo
  • Tunisia Hamdi Bchir
  • Tunisia Med El Habib Hiba
  • Uganda Ivan Kintu
  • Uganda Muhammad Ssenteza
  • Uganda Shafic Mugerwa

Venue

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Location of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt

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

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

Group stage

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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, EET (UTC+2).[21]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 14 −2 6
3  Madagascar 3 1 0 0 2 10 13 −3 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 0 3 10 19 −9 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Egypt 6–1 Morocco
  • Hassan 20'
  • Aly 29'
  • Mohamed 32'
  • Samir 33'
  • Shaaban 33'
  • Ahmed 34'
Report
  • Elkhdym 33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Ivory Coast 3–4 Madagascar
  • Aka 3', 8'
  • Papet 32'
Report
  • Enidiel 1', 34' (pen.)
  • Fitana 4'
  • Razafimandimby 15' (pen.)
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Morocco 5–4 Ivory Coast
  • El Hadaoui 1', 16', 21'
  • Abada 15'
  • Iazal 28'
Report
  • Aka 4'
  • Kablan 31', 33' (pen.), 34'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Madagascar 2–4 Egypt
  • Fitana 5'
  • Enidiel 11'
Report
  • Samir 1' (pen.)
  • Hassan 3'
  • Aly 12'
  • El-Shahat 22'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

Morocco 6–4 Madagascar
  • Iazal 1'
  • Elkhdym 4'
  • El Hamidy 8', 18'
  • El Hadaoui 10'
  • Kerroum 14'
Report
  • Razafinilaina 15', 15'
  • Fitana 21'
  • Richard 24'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Egypt 10–3 Ivory Coast
  • Samir 3'
  • Taha 13', 14', 22'
  • Atef 20', 33'
  • El-Sayed 22'
  • Hassan 32', 35'
  • Ahmed 36'
Report
  • Aka 21'
  • Djedjed 34', 35'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 0 1 0 26 7 +19 7 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 0 1 14 9 +5 6
3  Libya 3 1 0 0 2 9 18 −9 3 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Tanzania 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal 4–4 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
  • Diassy 3', 5'
  • Diagne 21'
  • Barry 34'
Report
  • Ekujimi 20'
  • Adams 26', 34'
  • Ogbonna 28'
Penalties
  • Diatta soccer ball with red X
  • Ndoye soccer ball with check mark
  • Diassy soccer ball with check mark
2–0
  • soccer ball with red X Ohwoferia
  • soccer ball with red X Ekujimi
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)
Libya 5–2 Tanzania
  • Al-Abidi 3'
  • Rahoumah 7', 10'
  • El-Mengawi 30', 33'
Report
  • Abdallah 5'
  • Ahmada 18'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Nigeria 6–3 Libya
  • Ogbonna 1', 19'
  • Azeez 9', 20'
  • Mohammed 10'
  • Ohwoferia 11'
Report
  • Al-Abidi 3', 7'
  • Zaed 23'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)
Tanzania 2–12 Senegal
  • Ibrahim 23' (pen.)
  • Tumbo 24'
Report
  • Diassy 2', 13'
  • Diagne 4'
  • Barry 6' (pen.)
  • Ndiaye 8'
  • Mendy 11', 34', 35'
  • Bleck 16'
  • Fall 17'
  • Diouf 20', 24'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Nigeria 4–2 Tanzania
  • Azeez 5'
  • Ohwoferia 21'
  • Ujukwu 22'
  • Adams 32'
Report
  • Tumbo 12'
  • Juma 26'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)
Senegal 10–1 Libya
  • Diagne 5', 23'
  • Diatta 9', 10'
  • Fall 16'
  • Diouf 18'
  • Bleck 24'
  • Diassy 29'
  • Ndoye 30'
  • Mendy 31'
Report
  • Aburaghiga 33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

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Bracket (5th–8th place)

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Fifth place semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
 Madagascar5
 
13 December
 
 Tanzania2
 
 Madagascar (a.e.t.)9
 
12 December
 
 Ivory Coast8
 
 Libya3
 
 
 Ivory Coast6
 
Seventh place match
 
 
13 December
 
 
 Tanzania (a.e.t.)6
 
 
 Libya5

Fifth place semi-finals

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Madagascar 5–2 Tanzania
  • Ramanantsoany 2'
  • Andriamifehy 4'
  • Enidiel 9', 35'
  • Fitana 29'
Report
  • Mauru 8'
  • Juma 17'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

Libya 3–6 Ivory Coast
  • Zaed 8'
  • Rahoumah 28'
  • Al-Shareef 33'
Report
  • Kabletchi 8', 35'
  • Abe 11', 30'
  • Kablan 14'
  • Aka 26'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Seventh place match

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Tanzania 6–5 (a.e.t.) Libya
  • Juma 14', 28', 37'
  • Tumbo 22'
  • Ibrahim 30'
  • Msonjo 36'
Report
  • Rahoumah 6', 18'
  • Al-Abidi 15'
  • Aburaghiga 23', 33'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Fifth place match

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Madagascar 9–8 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
  • Ramanantsoany 6'
  • Enidiel 12', 27', 38', 39'
  • Razafimandimby 14'
  • Richard 17'
  • Rabeasimbola 19' (pen.)
  • Ratsimarinala 34'
Report
  • Kablan 11', 11', 19' (pen.), 25', 28'
  • Aka 32', 36', 38'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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Bracket (1st–4th place)

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
 Egypt6
 
14 December
 
 Nigeria7
 
 Nigeria1
 
13 December
 
 Senegal6
 
 Senegal7
 
 
 Morocco2
 
Third place match
 
 
14 December
 
 
 Egypt3
 
 
 Morocco2

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Egypt 6–7 Nigeria
  • Aly 10'
  • Atef 18'
  • Samir 23', 27'
  • Hassan 29' (pen.), 33'
Report
  • Azeez 6', 21', 26', 31'
  • Adams 9'
  • Ogbonna 20', 36'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

Senegal 7–2 Morocco
  • Diassy 8', 34'
  • Ndiaye 9'
  • Barry 10', 21'
  • Mendy 15'
  • Diatta 27'
Report
  • Ennakhli 26'
  • El Hadaoui 30'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

Third place match

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Egypt 3–2 Morocco
  • Hassan 15'
  • Ahmed 22'
  • Aly 25'
Report
  • Iazal 18'
  • El Hadaoui 36'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Final

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Nigeria 1–6 Senegal
  • Azeez 1'
Report
  • Diagne 2', 35'
  • Diassy 5'
  • Fall 28'
  • Mendy 30', 32'
Laguna Vista Stadium, Sharm El Sheikh
Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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

9 goals

  • Ivory Coast Assouan Eric Kablan
  • Madagascar Regis Enidiel

8 goals

  • Ivory Coast Kablan Frederic Aka
  • Nigeria Abu Azeez
  • Senegal Lansana Diassy

7 goals

  • Egypt Mohamed Abdelnaby Hassan
  • Senegal Raoul Mendy

6 goals

  • Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui
  • Senegal Mamour Diagne

5 goals

  • Egypt Moustafa Samir
  • Libya Waleed Rahoumah
  • Nigeria Emeka Ogbonna
  • Tanzania Jaruph Juma

4 goals

  • Egypt Moustafa Aly
  • Libya Islam Al-Abidi
  • Madagascar Romain Fitana
  • Nigeria Taiwo Adams
  • Senegal Hamidou Barry

3 goals

  • Egypt Abdelrahaman Hassan Ahmed
  • Egypt Haitham Atef
  • Egypt El-Husseini Taha
  • Libya Abbulhamid Aburaghiga
  • Morocco Sami Iazal
  • Senegal Ninou Diatta
  • Senegal Hamad François Diouf
  • Senegal Babacar Fall
  • Tanzania Yahya Tumbo

2 goals

  • Ivory Coast Blaise Abe
  • Ivory Coast Nahounoud Guy Djedjed
  • Ivory Coast N’Gnamke Kabletchi
  • Libya Zuheir El-Mengawi
  • Libya Esam Zaed
  • Madagascar Hollas Ramanantsoany
  • Madagascar Ymelda Razafimandimby
  • Madagascar Angeluc Razafinilaina
  • Madagascar Marcel Richard
  • Morocco Azzeddine El Hamidy
  • Morocco Ali Elkhdym
  • Nigeria Emmanuel Ohwoferia
  • Senegal Jean Charles Bleck
  • Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
  • Tanzania Juma Ibrahim

1 goal

  • Egypt Karim El-Sayed
  • Egypt Ahmed El-Shahat
  • Egypt Hassane Mohamed
  • Egypt Moustafa Ahmed Shaaban
  • Ivory Coast Franck Papet
  • Libya Adel Al-Shareef
  • Madagascar Chrétien Andriamifehy
  • Madagascar Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
  • Madagascar Juliot Ratsimarinala
  • Morocco Yassir Abada
  • Morocco Miloud Ennakhli
  • Morocco Yassine Kerroum
  • Nigeria Eganosi Ekujimi
  • Nigeria Suleman Mohammed
  • Nigeria Emmanuel Ujukwu
  • Senegal Papa Modou Ndoye
  • Tanzania Ibrahim Abdallah
  • Tanzania Abdi Ahmada
  • Tanzania Samwel Mauru
  • Tanzania Rolland Msonjo

Final ranking

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

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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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)
 Nigeria 12 December 2018 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
 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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