2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

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]

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) Assouan Eric Kablan
Regis Enidiel
(9 goals each)

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
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) Regis Enidiel (5 goals)

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
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]

Summary

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. 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
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

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

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Egypt (hosts)9th3rd place (2006, 2011, 2016)
 Ivory Coast9thRunners-up (2009, 2013)
 Libya5th7th place (2009, 2013)
 Madagascar5thChampions (2015)
 Morocco7th3rd place (2013)
 Nigeria9thChampions (2007, 2009)
 Senegal8thChampions (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016)
 Tanzania1stDebut

Draw

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

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

Venue
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

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

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, EET (UTC+2).[21]

Group A
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
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
  • Ndoye
  • Diassy
2–0
  • Ohwoferia
  • 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)

Bracket (5th–8th place)
 
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
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
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
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

Bracket (1st–4th place)
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
 Egypt6
 
14 December
 
 Nigeria7
 
 Nigeria1
 
13 December
 
 Senegal6
 
 Senegal7
 
 
 Morocco2
 
Third place match
 
 
14 December
 
 
 Egypt3
 
 
 Morocco2

Semi-finals

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
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
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

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

9 goals

  • Assouan Eric Kablan
  • Regis Enidiel

8 goals

  • Kablan Frederic Aka
  • Abu Azeez
  • Lansana Diassy

7 goals

  • Mohamed Abdelnaby Hassan
  • Raoul Mendy

6 goals

  • Nassim El Hadaoui
  • Mamour Diagne

5 goals

  • Moustafa Samir
  • Waleed Rahoumah
  • Emeka Ogbonna
  • Jaruph Juma

4 goals

  • Moustafa Aly
  • Islam Al-Abidi
  • Romain Fitana
  • Taiwo Adams
  • Hamidou Barry

3 goals

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

2 goals

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

1 goal

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

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
 Senegal
 Nigeria
 Egypt
4  Morocco
5  Madagascar
6  Ivory Coast
7  Tanzania
8  Libya

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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)
 Nigeria12 December 20185 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
 Senegal13 December 20186 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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