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

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.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

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

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 soccer ball with check mark
Ahmed Mohamed Abouserie soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Brou Bernard Kouadio
soccer ball with check mark Kablan Frederic Aka
soccer ball with check mark 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 soccer ball with check mark
Tianasoa Rabeasimbola soccer ball with check mark
Flavien Razafimahatratra soccer ball with red X
Ymelda Razafimandimby soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X Brou Bernard Kouadio
soccer ball with check mark Lacine Diomande
soccer ball with check mark N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi
soccer ball with red X 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 soccer ball with check mark
Vieux Ibra Sahere Thioune soccer ball with red X
Pape Amadou Kamara soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
soccer ball with red X Tianasoa Rabeasimbola
soccer ball with check mark Flavien Razafimahatratra
Roche Caiman Sports Complex, Roche Caiman
Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)

Final ranking
Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Madagascar
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Senegal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria
4  Ivory Coast
5  Morocco
6  Egypt
7  Ghana
8  Seychelles

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

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

References
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