2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Sharm El Sheikh
Dates	8–14 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	185 (9.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Assouan Eric Kablan Regis Enidiel (9 goals each)
←2016 2021 →

The2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the third edition of theAfrica Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON),^[1] the premierbeach soccer championship inAfrica contested by men's national teams who are members of theConfederation of African Football (CAF). Originally organised byBeach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the titleFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier^[2] (informally known as CAF Beach Soccer Championship), in 2015, CAF became organisers and began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year.^[3] Overall, this was the 9th edition of the event.^[4]

The tournament was played inSharm El Sheikh,Egypt;^[5] the North African country was awarded the hosting rights as they were the only nation to express interest by the deadline.^[6] The finals were held from 8–14 December.^[7] Qualification took place between 7–23 September.

The event also acted as the qualification route for African teams to the2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the winners and runners-up qualify.^[8]

Senegal were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, after defeatingNigeria 6–1 in the final to secure their 5th title.

2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Dates	7–22 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	31 (7.75 per match)
Top scorer	Regis Enidiel(5 goals)
←2016 2020 →

The 2018Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying rounds determine the eight teams that will compete in the final tournament in December.

The fixtures were approved byCAF on 11 June.^[9]

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away,two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, theaway goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to apenalty shoot-out (noextra time is played).^[10]

Hosts of the finals,Egypt, along with the champions and runners up of the last edition,Senegal andNigeria respectively, receivedbyes in qualifying; ten other nations contested five qualification berths.^[11]

Ghana were due to play but failed to meet participation criteria by the May 31 entry deadline.^[12]

Note: The numbers in parentheses show theAfrican ranking of the teams at the time of the qualification round (out of 20 nations).^[13]

The first legs were scheduled for 7–9 September, and the second legs were scheduled for 21–23 September 2018.^[11]

The winners of each tie qualified for the finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	5–7	Ivory Coast	1–3	4–4
Kenya	w/o	Libya	—	—
Tanzania	w/o	South Africa	—	—
Sudan	w/o	Morocco	—	—
Mozambique	9–10	Madagascar	4–5	5–5

Bold: Tie winners; qualified for finals.

Uganda  v Ivory Coast

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	Uganda	1–3	Ivory Coast	Spennah Beach,Entebbe
16:00 UTC+3	Muganga	Report	Kablan Kouassitchi Aka	Referee: Olawale Adeolu Fawole (Nigeria)

Ivory Coast  v Uganda

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	Ivory Coast	4–4	Uganda	Parc des sports de Treichville,Abidjan
16:00 UTC+0	Aka Kabletchi Djedjed	Report	Muganga Katwe Alex Lwesibawa	Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate.

Kenya  v Libya

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	Kenya	Cancelled	Libya	Pirates Beach,Mombasa
15:00 UTC+3		Report

Libya  v Kenya

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	Libya	Cancelled	Kenya
		Report

Libya won onwalkover after Kenya withdrew.

Tanzania  v South Africa

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	Tanzania	Cancelled	South Africa	Dar es Salaam
15:00 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)

South Africa  v Tanzania

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	South Africa	Cancelled	Tanzania
		Report		Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar)

Tanzania won on walkover after South Africa withdrew.

Sudan  v Morocco

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)	Sudan	Cancelled	Morocco
		Report

Morocco  v Sudan

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	Morocco	Cancelled	Sudan
		Report

Morocco won on walkover after Sudan withdrew.

Mozambique  v Madagascar

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	Mozambique	4–5	Madagascar	Afrin Prestige,Maputo
15:00 UTC+2	Ainadine De Jesus Novela Mangue Silvestre	Report	Regis Toky	Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

Madagascar  v Mozambique

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)	Madagascar	5–5	Mozambique	Majunga Beach,Mahajanga
15:00 UTC+3	Razafinilaina Regis Giovanni Richard Flavien	Report	Massingue De Jesus Novela Gerson Malate Ainadine	Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

Madagascar won 10–9 on aggregate.

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:^[14]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Egypt (hosts)	9th	3rd place (2006,2011,2016)
Ivory Coast	9th	Runners-up (2009,2013)
Libya	5th	7th place (2009,2013)
Madagascar	5th	Champions (2015)
Morocco	7th	3rd place (2013)
Nigeria	9th	Champions (2007,2009)
Senegal	8th	Champions (2008,2011,2013,2016)
Tanzania	1st	Debut

The draw for the final tournament was held on 28 October 2018 at the CAF Headquarters inCairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.^[15]

Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:^[16]

• to Group A: as the hosts, Egypt
• to Group B: as the champions of the last edition, Senegal

The remaining six teams were split into two pots: one of two and one of four; the highest seeds were placed in Pot 1 and the lowest seeds were placed in Pot 2. The teams were seeded based on their results in the2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.^[16] From Pot 1, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B; from Pot 2, two teams were drawn into Group A and two teams were drawn into Group B.^[16]

The following 21 referees will officiate the tournament:^[17]

Sharm El Sheikh

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Location of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt

One venue was used in the city ofSharm El Sheikh.^[18]

• All matches took place at a purpose built arena at Laguna Vista Beach Resort, known as theLaguna Vista Beach Soccer Stadium, with a capacity of 1,200.^[19]

Each squad can contain a maximum of 12 players.^[20]

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,EET (UTC+2).^[21]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt(H)	3	3	0	0	0	20	6	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	0	1	12	14	−2	6
3	Madagascar	3	1	0	0	2	10	13	−3	3	Placement stage (5th–8th place)
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	0	3	10	19	−9	0

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

14:30

Egypt	6–1	Morocco
Hassan 20' Aly 29' Mohamed 32' Samir 33' Shaaban 33' Ahmed 34'	Report	Elkhdym 33'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)

12:00

Ivory Coast	3–4	Madagascar
Aka 3',8' Papet 32'	Report	Enidiel 1',34' (pen.) Fitana 4' Razafimandimby 15' (pen.)

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)

12:00

Morocco	5–4	Ivory Coast
El Hadaoui 1',16',21' Abada 15' Iazal 28'	Report	Aka 4' Kablan 31',33' (pen.),34'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)

13:15

Madagascar	2–4	Egypt
Fitana 5' Enidiel 11'	Report	Samir 1' (pen.) Hassan 3' Aly 12' El-Shahat 22'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)

13:15

Morocco	6–4	Madagascar
Iazal 1' Elkhdym 4' El Hamidy 8',18' El Hadaoui 10' Kerroum 14'	Report	Razafinilaina 15',15' Fitana 21' Richard 24'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)

14:30

Egypt	10–3	Ivory Coast
Samir 3' Taha 13',14',22' Atef 20',33' El-Sayed 22' Hassan 32',35' Ahmed 36'	Report	Aka 21' Djedjed 34',35'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	0	1	0	26	7	+19	7	Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	0	1	14	9	+5	6
3	Libya	3	1	0	0	2	9	18	−9	3	Placement stage (5th–8th place)
4	Tanzania	3	0	0	0	3	6	21	−15	0

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

12:00

Senegal	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Diassy 3',5' Diagne 21' Barry 34'	Report	Ekujimi 20' Adams 26',34' Ogbonna 28'
Penalties
Diatta Ndoye Diassy	2–0	Ohwoferia Ekujimi

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

13:15

Libya	5–2	Tanzania
Al-Abidi 3' Rahoumah 7',10' El-Mengawi 30',33'	Report	Abdallah 5' Ahmada 18'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)

13:15

Nigeria	6–3	Libya
Ogbonna 1',19' Azeez 9',20' Mohammed 10' Ohwoferia 11'	Report	Al-Abidi 3',7' Zaed 23'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)

14:30

Tanzania	2–12	Senegal
Ibrahim 23' (pen.) Tumbo 24'	Report	Diassy 2',13' Diagne 4' Barry 6' (pen.) Ndiaye 8' Mendy 11',34',35' Bleck 16' Fall 17' Diouf 20',24'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)

14:30

Nigeria	4–2	Tanzania
Azeez 5' Ohwoferia 21' Ujukwu 22' Adams 32'	Report	Tumbo 12' Juma 26'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)

12:00

Senegal	10–1	Libya
Diagne 5',23' Diatta 9',10' Fall 16' Diouf 18' Bleck 24' Diassy 29' Ndoye 30' Mendy 31'	Report	Aburaghiga 33'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

	Fifth place semi-finals				Fifth place match
	12 December
	Madagascar	5
					13 December
	Tanzania	2
					Madagascar(a.e.t.)	9
	12 December
					Ivory Coast	8
	Libya	3
	Ivory Coast	6
					Seventh place match
					13 December
					Tanzania(a.e.t.)	6
					Libya	5

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

12:00

Madagascar	5–2	Tanzania
Ramanantsoany 2' Andriamifehy 4' Enidiel 9',35' Fitana 29'	Report	Mauru 8' Juma 17'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

13:15

Libya	3–6	Ivory Coast
Zaed 8' Rahoumah 28' Al-Shareef 33'	Report	Kabletchi 8',35' Abe 11',30' Kablan 14' Aka 26'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Ivan Bayige Kintu (Uganda)

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)

13:15

Tanzania	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Libya
Juma 14',28',37' Tumbo 22' Ibrahim 30' Msonjo 36'	Report	Rahoumah 6',18' Al-Abidi 15' Aburaghiga 23',33'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)

14:30

Madagascar	9–8 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Ramanantsoany 6' Enidiel 12',27',38',39' Razafimandimby 14' Richard 17' Rabeasimbola 19' (pen.) Ratsimarinala 34'	Report	Kablan 11',11',19' (pen.),25',28' Aka 32',36',38'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Ahmed Abdelhamid Nofal (Egypt)

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 December
	Egypt	6
					14 December
	Nigeria	7
					Nigeria	1
	13 December
					Senegal	6
	Senegal	7
	Morocco	2
					Third place match
					14 December
					Egypt	3
					Morocco	2

Winners qualify for2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

14:30

Egypt	6–7	Nigeria
Aly 10' Atef 18' Samir 23',27' Hassan 29' (pen.),33'	Report	Azeez 6',21',26',31' Adams 9' Ogbonna 20',36'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)

12:00

Senegal	7–2	Morocco
Diassy 8',34' Ndiaye 9' Barry 10',21' Mendy 15' Diatta 27'	Report	Ennakhli 26' El Hadaoui 30'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Said Nassur Hachim (Madagascar)

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)

13:15

Egypt	3–2	Morocco
Hassan 15' Ahmed 22' Aly 25'	Report	Iazal 18' El Hadaoui 36'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Youssouph Signate (Senegal)

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)

14:30

Nigeria	1–6	Senegal
Azeez 1'	Report	Diagne 2',35' Diassy 5' Fall 28' Mendy 30',32'

Laguna Vista Stadium,Sharm El Sheikh

Referee: Hany Farouk El Eraky (Egypt)

There have been 185 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.25 goals per match.

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6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Rank	Team
	Senegal
	Nigeria
	Egypt
4	Morocco
5	Madagascar
6	Ivory Coast
7	Tanzania
8	Libya

The following two teams from CAF qualify for the2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[22]

Team	Qualified on	Previousappearances inFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005)
Nigeria	12 December 2018	5 (2006,2007,2009,2011,2017)
Senegal	13 December 2018	6 (2007,2008,2011,2013,2015,2017)

¹Bold indicates champions for that year.Italic indicates hosts for that year.

• Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations , Egypt 2018, at CAFonline.com
• 3rd Edition Of Beach Soccer AFCON Egypt 2018 (qualifiers), at CAFonline.com
• CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations - Egypt, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• African Cup 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)

• Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
• 2018 in African men's international football
• 2018 in beach soccer
• 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
• International men's association football competitions hosted by Egypt
• December 2018 sports events in Egypt

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