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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
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)Ghana Alexander Adjei
(17 goals)
Best player(s)Madagascar Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
Best goalkeeperMadagascar Jhorialy Rafalimanana
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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 edit

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)
2016 →

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 edit

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 edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Top goalscorers edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "AFRICA BEACH-SOCCER CUP OF NATIONS, SEYCHELLES 2015". CAF. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "'Supersand Eagles will be ready for Africa'". Punch Newspapers. 3 December 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Seychelles gearing up for CAF's African Beach Soccer Championship 2015". Seychelles News Agency. August 23, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Madagascar is now African Champion". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 March 2015.
  6. ^ "African Beach Championship qualifiers get underway". CAF. 13 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Mauritius, Tanzania triumph in historic Beach Soccer qualifiers". CAF. 18 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b "African Beach Soccer Championship Seychelles: Mauritius, Tanzania reach final round". CAF. 24 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Field is still wide open in Africa". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Beach soccer boost for SA". Kickoff.com. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ^ "CAN de Beach Soccer : Le Mali forfait, le Sénégal qualifié". Africa Top Sports. 26 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Septet emerge for African Beach Soccer Championship". CAF. 30 March 2015.
  13. ^ "CHAN 2016 & Beach Soccer Championship draws for April 5". CAF. 24 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Hosts Seychelles handed tough draw". CAF. 5 April 2015.
  15. ^ "African Beach Soccer Championship Draw Procedures" (PDF). CAF.
  16. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 1st African Beach Soccer Championship, Seychelles 2015" (PDF). CAF.

External links edit

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