2016 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations explained

Tourney Name:Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
Year:2016
Country: Nigeria
City:Lagos
Dates:13–18 December
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:4
Matches:18
Goals:138
Top Scorer: Babacar Fall
Player: Emeka Ogbonna
Goalkeeper: Al Seyni Ndiaye
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2018

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.

Qualification

Tourney Name:Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification
Year:2016
Num Teams:14
Confederations:1
Matches:8
Goals:71
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason: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

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Qualification14
Final tournament
  • (hosts)
1

Matches

The first legs were scheduled for 26–28 August 2016, and the second legs were scheduled for 16–18 September 2016.

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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]

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

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Group B

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Placement stage (5th–8th place)

Bracket (5th–8th place)

Libya withdrew from the placement stage due to administrative reasons.[10]

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Final

Awards

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

width=300Most 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
RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[12]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005)
(2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015)
(2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria named Beach Soccer AFCON hosts. CAF. 18 February 2016.
  2. Web site: 14 teams battle for seven places. CAF. 4 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Fixtures of the Qualifiers of Beach Soccer AFCON. CAF.
  4. Web site: Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship. Confédération Africaine de Football. 31 March 2015.
  5. Web site: African hopefuls head to the beach. CAF. 26 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Final octet for Nigeria 2016 emerge. CAF. 21 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Beach Soccer AFCON 2016: Draw procedures. CAF. 22 September 2016.
  8. Web site: Host Nigeria draw rivals Ghana. CAF. 24 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Draw of the Final Tournament of the 2nd Edition of Beach Soccer AFCON Nigeria 2016. CAF.
  10. Web site: Alteration to Beach Soccer AFCON schedule. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 December 2016.
  11. Web site: Senegal back to winning ways. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123031931/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/y=2016/m=12/news=senegal-back-to-winning-ways-2861374.html. dead. January 23, 2017. FIFA.com. 19 December 2016.
  12. Web site: Nigeria, Senegal qualify for Bahamas 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161219031501/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/y=2016/m=12/news=senegal-book-place-at-bahamas-2017-2860885.html. dead. December 19, 2016. FIFA.com. 17 December 2016.