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2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

The 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON),[1] the premier beach soccer championship in Africa contested by men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The championship was originally organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the title of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier[2] (also informally known as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship). In 2015, CAF became its organisers and began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year.[3] Therefore, this was the 11th edition of the event overall.

2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryMozambique
CityVilankulo
Dates21–28 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (7th title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored118 (8.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)Senegal Mandione Diagne (10 goals)
Best player(s)Senegal Mandione Diagne
Best goalkeeperSenegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
← 2021
2024 →

The tournament takes place in Mozambique, which was confirmed as the host nation on 16 May 2021;[4] the city of Vilankulo stages all matches between 21 and 28 October 2022.[5][6] It is happening in only the next calendar year after the previous edition because said edition was postponed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

The tournament also acted as the qualification route for African teams to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates; with the winners and runners-up qualifying.

Senegal were the defending champions and successfully defended the title after defeating Egypt in the final to secure their 7th title.

Qualification

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2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 July – 7 August
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored101 (9.18 per match)
← 2021
2024 →

The 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying round determined the eight teams that will compete in the final tournament in October.

The fixtures were announced by CAF on 24 June 2022.[6] The matches were played on the weekends of 22–24 July and 5–7 August.

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away, two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time played).[7]

Entrants

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Fourteen teams entered qualifying. The seven winners of the ties qualified for the final tournament, joining one automatic qualifier – the hosts, Mozambique.[6]

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Qualification
14
Final tournament 1

Note: The numbers in parentheses show the African ranking of the teams at the time of the qualification round (out of 19 nations).[8]

Matches

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Libya withdrew before the first legs were played.[9]

Ivory Coast refused to continue their second leg match in protest of a penalty awarded to Morocco in the final moments of the game, and thus the match was abandoned with the score at 3–3.[10] The outcome was referred to CAF.[11] On 19 August, CAF announced their decision in applying Articles 54 and 56 of Chapter 30 (Withdrawals, Refusal to Play, Replacement) of the tournament regulations, thereby awarding Morocco with a 3–0 walkover victory in the second leg.[12][13]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Seychelles   4–11   Madagascar 2–5 2–6
Comoros   5–9   Uganda 2–5 3–4
Malawi   8–8 (a)   Tanzania 3–2 5–6
Libya   w/o   Nigeria — —
Ivory Coast   7–9   Morocco 7–6 aba., 0–3 w/o
Cameroon   4–16   Senegal 1–9 3–7
Ghana   11–12   Egypt 6–5 5–7

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams have qualified for the final tournament:

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Egypt 11th 3rd place (2006, 2011, 2016, 2018)
  Madagascar 6th Champions (2015)
  Malawi 1st Debut
  Mozambique (hosts) 5th Runners-up (2021)
  Senegal (title holders) 10th Champions (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021)
  Uganda 2nd 4th place (2021)
  Morocco 9th 3rd place (2013, 2021)

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 2 2 0 0 0 10 4 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   Mozambique (H) 2 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 3
3   Malawi 2 0 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0 Fifth place play-off
4   Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CAF
(H) Host
Mozambique  4–2  Malawi
  • Manuel   11', 31'
  • Arroz   21'
  • Big Ro   26'
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  • Dala   9'
  • Ussi   15'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Morocco  3–1  Mozambique
  • Yassine   15'
  • Frindi   24'
  • Jabbary   28'
 Report
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Hany Farouk (Egypt)
Malawi  3–7  Morocco
  • Ussi   17', 30'
  • Dala   21'
 Report
  • Frindi   1', 20'
  • El Ouariry   5'
  • Ghailani   9'
  • Abagli   17', 36'
  • Khabaz   32'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 3 0 0 0 24 9 +15 9 Knockout stage
2   Egypt 3 1 0 1 1 14 12 +2 4
3   Uganda 3 1 0 0 2 9 19 −10 3 Fifth place play-off
4   Madagascar 3 0 0 0 3 11 18 −7 0
Source: CAF
Senegal  10–1  Uganda
  • Sylla   3'
  • Md. Diagne   7', 24', 25', 26', 35'
  • Mendy   8', 8'
  • Samb   30'
  • Sene   31'
 Report
  • Lukooya   25'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)
Madagascar  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
  • Richard   11'
  • Randriama   28', 34'
  • Rakotomalala   36' (pen.)
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  • Hussein   1'
  • Paulo   9'
  • El-Shahat   26'
  • El-Shafei   31'
Penalties
  • Razafimamdimby  
  • Enidiel  
  • Jinidy  
  • Richard  
  • Randriamampandry  
 3–4
  •   Samir
  •   Paulo
  •   Costa
  •   Hussein
  •   M. Ahmed
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Steven Msilombo (Tanzania)
Uganda  6–3  Madagascar
  • Nkuubi   20', 25', 25', 32'
  • Lubwama   24'
  • Kawawulo   26'
 Report
  • Raharison   7'
  • Razafimandimby   20'
  • Alexandre   23'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Dominique Toppe (Ivory Coast)
Egypt  4–6  Senegal
  • Loha   10'
  • Paulo   15'
  • Costa   17', 21' (pen.)
 Report
  • Ndiaye   4'
  • Md. Diagne   16', 18'
  • Diatta   22'
  • Mm. Diagne   27'
  • Sene   33'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Uganda  2–6  Egypt
  • Lukooya   9' (pen.)
  • Nkuubi   35'
 Report
  • M. Ahmed   8', 30'
  • Paulo   15', 25'
  • Hussein   18'
  • Bahgat   35'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Senegal  8–4  Madagascar
  • Md. Diagne   7', 14'
  • Mm. Diagne   19' (pen.), 20', 21'
  • Coly   9'
  • S. Ndoye   13'
  • Sene   30'
 Report
  • Razafimandimby   14'
  • Richard   14'
  • Rakotomalala   27'
  • Jindy   29'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Ramadhani Ndayisaba (Burundi)

5th place play-off

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The teams finishing in third place in the groups are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in a consolation match to determine 5th and 6th place in the final standings.

 
Fifth place play-off
 
  
 
26 October 2022
 
 
  Malawi6 (1)
 
 
  Uganda (p)6 (4)
 
Malawi  6–6 (a.e.t.)  Uganda
  • Dala   8'
  • Frazer   11'
  • Mphande   15'
  • Ussi   17', 38'
  • Nkhulumba   20'
 Report
  • Nkuubi   17', 36', 39'
  • Lukooya   22' (pen.)
  • Opuuli   23'
  • Lubwama   25'
Penalties
  • Kajamu  
  • Biliati  
  • Nkhulumba  
 1–4
  •   Lule
  •   Lubwama
  •   Opuuli
  •   Kigozi
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

Knockout stage

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The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October
 
 
  Morocco4
 
28 October
 
  Egypt5
 
  Egypt2 (5)
 
26 October
 
  Senegal2 (6)
 
  Senegal3
 
 
  Mozambique2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
28 October
 
 
  Morocco6
 
 
  Mozambique4

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Morocco  4–5  Egypt
  • Frindi   4', 4', 26', 27' (pen.)
 Report
  • Paulo   13', 24'
  • Bahgat   22', 32'
  • El-Shahat   34'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Reetesh Loll (Mauritius)
Senegal  3–2  Mozambique
  • Sene   21'
  • Fall   24'
  • Sylla   29'
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  • Manuel   10', 21'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo

Third place play-off

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Morocco  6–4  Mozambique
  • Jabbary   11'
  • El Khdym   14'
  • El Hamidy   19'
  • Big Ro   20' (o.g.)
  • Frindi   21'
  • Aboutalbi   35'
 Report
  • Monstro   6'
  • Arroz   6'
  • Abagli   15' (o.g.)
  • Manuel   25'
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo
Referee: Ivan Kintu (Uganda)

Final

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Egypt  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Senegal
  • Hussein   27'
  • Diatta   27' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Md. Diagne   7'
  • Mendy   32'
Penalties
  • Samir  
  • Paulo  
  • Costa  
  • Sasa  
  • E. Ahmed  
  • Loha  
 5–6
  •   Sylla
  •   Fall
  •   Md. Diagne
  •   Mm. Diagne
  •   Mendy
  •   Diatta
Vilankulo Arena, Vilankulo

Awards

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Best player[14]
  Mandione Diagne
Top scorer
  Mandione Diagne
10 goals
Best goalkeeper
  Al Seyni Ndiaye

Goalscorers

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There were 118 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 8.43 goals per match.

10 goals

  •   Mandione Diagne

8 goals

  •   Anouar Frindi
  •   Brian Nkuubi

6 goals

5 goals

  •   Nelson Manuel
  •   Sandram Ussi

4 goals

  •   Mamour Diagne
  •   Seydina Sene

3 goals

  •   Ismael Bahgat
  •   Hassan Hussein
  •   Simba Dala
  •   Raoul Mendy

2 goals

  •   Moustafa Ahmed
  •   Costa
  •   Ahmed El-Shahat
  •   Orlando Rakotomalala
  •   Tokindrainy Randriama
  •   Ymelda Razafimandimby
  •   Marcel Richard
  •   Ibrahim Abagli
  •   Zouhair Jabbary
  •   Arroz
  •   Mamadou Sylla
  •   Joshua Lubwama
  •   Baker Lukooya

1 goal

  •   Loha
  •   Abdelrahiman El-Shafei
  •   Fofo Alexandre
  •   Joel Jindy
  •   Jacques Raharison
  •   Rabi Aboutalbi
  •   Mohamed Ghailani
  •   Azzedine El Hamidy
  •   Mohamed Khabaz
  •   Ali El Khdym
  •   Ismail El Ouariry
  •   Kamal Yassine
  •   Big Ro
  •   Dez
  •   Monstro
  •   Watson Frazer
  •   Ganizani Mphande
  •   O'Brien Nkhulumba
  •   Souley Coly
  •   Ninou Diatta
  •   Babacar Fall
  •   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  •   Saliou Ndoye
  •   Amar Samb
  •   Isma Kawawulo
  •   Sharifu Opuuli

1 own goal

  •   Ibrahim Abagli (against Mozambique)
  •   Big Ro (against Morocco)
  •   Ninou Diatta (against Egypt)

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
    Senegal
    Egypt
    Morocco
4th   Mozambique
5th   Uganda
6th   Malawi
7th   Madagascar

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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The following two teams from CAF qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
  Senegal 26 October 2022 8 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
  Egypt 26 October 2022 0 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee holds meeting in Kampala". CAF. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ Gaich, Rémi (11 January 2016). BSWW competitions / National teams. Barcelona: Beach Soccer Worldwide. pp. 14, 15, 19.
  3. ^ "CAF renames six competitions". Daily Post (Nigeria). 11 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Mozambique chosen by CAF to host 2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". COSAFA. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ "CAN-2022 de futebol de praia é uma oportunidade para o País expor as suas potencialidades turísticas". Yassin Amuji (in Portuguese). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Beach Soccer AFCON qualifiers road to Mozambique revealed". Confederation of African Football. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Rankings – Men's National Teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ "First leg of the African Cup of Nations qualifier played". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ^ "The Ivorian selection withdraws". Morocco Latest News. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 Beach Soccer AFCON : Title holders Senegal and other giants qualify". CAFonline.com. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Beach-soccer: Morocco qualified for CAN-2022". Morocco News. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  13. ^ "The eight teams qualified for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations 2022 revealed". CAFOnline.com. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Unstoppable Senegal clinch a fourth consecutive Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". cafonline.com. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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