2013 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates22–26 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (3rd title)
Runners-up Côte d'Ivoire
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored160 (10 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Azeez Abu (12 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui
Best goalkeeperSenegal El Seyni Ndiaye

The 2013 CAF Beach Soccer Championship took place from 22 May to 26 May 2013, in El Jadida, Morocco,[1] for the first time. It is the second time in Morocco, following Casablanca hosting the previous qualification tournament in 2011. It was originally scheduled for 10–14 April and then for 29 May - 2 June 2013. The two finalists of the championship qualified for the 2013 World Cup and went on to represent Africa in Tahiti in September.

All matches were held at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida.

Participating teams

Eight teams have confirmed their participation in the competition:[2]

There was to have been a team from Uganda taking part in the tournament, but they were forced to withdraw due to a lack of funding.[3]

Draw

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four and the determination of the subsequent schedule was held at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida.[4]

Group stage

All match times are correct to that of local time in El Jadida, being Western European Summer Time, (UTC +1).

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 3300218+139
 Morocco 3201178+96
 Madagascar 3102161603
 Ghana 3003830-220
Senegal 7 - 3 Madagascar
B. Fall 4'
N. Sylla 14', 23'
P. Koukpaki 28', 31'
M. Sylla 31'
C. Ba 33'		 Report 11' G. Oscar
35' T. Rabehasimbola
35' D. Fabrice
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Ghana 2 - 9 Morocco
D. Sapper 5'
J. Lawer 26'		 Report 5', 23', 34' N. El Hadaoui
12' N. Boulakouabaa
12', 14' A. El Hadaoui
14' A. El Hamidy
18' Gio
26' Brigel
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Senegal 11 - 3 Ghana
N. Sylla 1', 1', 5'
P. Koukpaki 2', 21'
C. Ba 15', 33'
S. Thioub 15', 25'
P. Ndour 18'
B. Fall 35'		 Report 1', 17' N. Lamptey
23' J. Lawer
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Morocco 6 - 3 Madagascar
N. Boulakouabaa 4'
Brigel 6'
N. El Hadaoui 16', 32', 34'
A. El Hamidy 19'		 Report 21', 25' T. Rabehasimbola
32' Bernardin
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Madagascar 10 - 3 Ghana
G. Oscar 5'
Bernardin 11'
Flavien 16'
Anderson 24', 30'
T. Rabehasimbola 31', 31', 33', 34', 36'		 Report 14', 31' Kofi
18' D. Sapper
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Morocco 2 - 3 Senegal
B. Esaadi 6'
Brigel 10'		 Report 1' P. Koukpaki
14' N. Sylla
15' C. Ba
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Côte d'Ivoire 3300149+59
 Nigeria 32012013+76
 Egypt 31021315-23
 Libya 30031121-100
Côte d'Ivoire 4 - 1 Egypt
Sakanoto 4'
David 12', 14'
Aka 22'		 Report 19' Aly
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Libya 4 - 8 Nigeria
Hani 15'
Shushan 15', 33'
Kharif 26'		 Report 1' E. Kyande
3', 3', 21' I. Olawale
9', 23', 29' E. Ogbonnaya
35' A. Abu
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 4 Libya
David 10'
Dago 19'
Sakanoko 27', 28'
Ludovic 35'		 Report 1' Hani
2', 4' Howssein
12' Mohammed
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Nigeria 8 - 4 Egypt
B. Badmus 11', 19'
A. Abu 13' 21', 26'
I. Olawale 23', 23', 26'		 Report 22' El Agouz
26', 33' Aly
31' Osman
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
Nigeria 4 - 5 Côte d'Ivoire
B. Badmus 17'
E. Ogbonnaya 18'
A. Abu 19', 27'		 Report 15', 18', 30' Sakanoto
28', 36' David
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Egypt 8 - 3 Libya
Abo Serie 3', 10', 20'
Aly 14', 14', 25'
Osman 32'
Sayed 36'		 Report 3' Bdiri
29', 36' Mohammed
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1  Senegal 9
B2  Nigeria 8
SF1  Senegal 4
SF2  Côte d'Ivoire 1
B1  Côte d'Ivoire 5
A2  Morocco 4 3rd/4th Place match
SF1  Nigeria 2
SF2  Morocco 7

Semifinals

Senegal 9 - 8 Nigeria
N. Sylla 8', 16'
P. Koukpaki 10', 23'
C. Ba 12', 30', 33'
B. Fall 13', 19'		 Report 11' E. Ogbonnaya
15', 24', 26', 36' A. Abu
20', 23', 33' V. Tale
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida


Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 4 Morocco
Report
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Third Place

Nigeria 2 - 7 Morocco
A. Abu 15', 16' Report 2' Brigel
9', 28' N. El Hadaoui
11', 19', 30' A. El Hadaoui
36' A. Lahmidi
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Final

Senegal 4 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
Report
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida

Winners

 (2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (CAF) Winners: 

Senegal
third title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui
Top Scorer
Nigeria Azeez Abu
12 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Senegal El Seyni Ndiaye

Teams Qualifying

Team
1st Place Senegal
2nd Place Côte d'Ivoire

Final Placement

Rank Team
1 Senegal
2 Côte d'Ivoire
3 Morocco
4 Nigeria
5 Madagascar
6 Egypt
7 Libya
8 Ghana

References

  1. ↑ "News".
  2. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Lack of funds rules Uganda out of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers". brazilsun.com. 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. ↑ "News".
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