2016 Beach Soccer Africa 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
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
← 2015 2018 →

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)
← 2015 2018 →

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 (2016-12-13)

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 (2016-12-13)

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 (2016-12-14)

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 (2016-12-14)

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 (2016-12-15)

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 (2016-12-15)

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 (2016-12-13)

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 (2016-12-13)

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 (2016-12-14)

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 (2016-12-14)

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 (2016-12-15)

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 (2016-12-15)

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 (2016-12-17)

16:15

Ivory Coast	Cancelled	Libya
	Report

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Referee: Wael Mostafa El Sabagh (Egypt)

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)

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 (2016-12-18)

16:15

Libya	Cancelled	Ghana
	Report

Eko Atlantic, Lagos

Fifth place match

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)

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 (2016-12-17)

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 (2016-12-17)

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 (2016-12-18)

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 (2016-12-18)

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 tournament1 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.