2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country  Nigeria
City Lagos
Dates 13–18 December 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, also known as the 2016 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, will be a beach soccer tournament which will take 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 will be the first time that the tournament is held in Nigeria.

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)

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 will be only one round of qualifiers this year where seven teams will emerge 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
14
Final tournament 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. 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]

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
  •  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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 December 2016. Source: CAF
(H) Host.

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
18:45
Ghana  v  Ivory Coast
Report

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
20:00
Nigeria  v  Egypt
Report

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)
17:30
Egypt  v  Ghana
Report

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)
20:00
Ivory Coast  v  Nigeria
Report

15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
17:30
Egypt  v  Ivory Coast
Report

15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
20:00
Nigeria  v  Ghana
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Placement stage
(5th–8th place)
4  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 December 2016. Source: CAF

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
16:15
Madagascar  v  Libya
Report

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
17:30
Morocco  v  Senegal
Report

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)
16:15
Libya  v  Morocco
Report

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)
18:45
Senegal  v  Madagascar
Report

15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
16:15
Libya  v  Senegal
Report

15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
18:45
Madagascar  v  Morocco
Report

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

Bracket (5th–8th place)

 
5th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
17 December
 
 
Third Group A
 
18 December
 
Fourth Group B
 
Winner Play-off 1
 
17 December
 
Winner Play-off 2
 
Fourth Group A
 
 
Third Group B
 
7th place
 
 
18 December
 
 
Loser Play-off 1
 
 
Loser Play-off 2

Fifth place semi-finals

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
16:15
Third Group A v Fourth Group B
Report

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
17:30
Fourth Group A v Third Group B
Report

Seventh place match

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
16:15
Loser Play-off 1 v Loser Play-off 2
Report

Fifth place match

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
17:30
Winner Play-off 1 v Winner Play-off 2
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket (1st–4th place)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 December
 
 
Winner Group A
 
18 December
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
17 December
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
Winner Group B
 
3rd place
 
 
18 December
 
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
18:45
Runner-up Group A v Winner Group B
Report

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
20:00
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Report

Third place match

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
18:45
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2
Report

Final

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
20:00
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
Report

References

  1. ↑ "Nigeria named Beach Soccer AFCON hosts". CAF. 18 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "14 teams battle for seven places". CAF. 4 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures of the Qualifiers of Beach Soccer AFCON" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ↑ "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "African hopefuls head to the beach". CAF. 26 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Final octet for Nigeria 2016 emerge". CAF. 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Beach Soccer AFCON 2016: Draw procedures". CAF. 22 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Host Nigeria draw rivals Ghana". CAF. 24 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Draw of the Final Tournament of the 2nd Edition of Beach Soccer AFCON Nigeria 2016" (PDF). CAF.

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