2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship explained

Tourney Name:2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship
Dates:17 March 2024 - 23 March 2024
Num Teams:8
Venues:1
Cities:1
Country:South Africa
City:Durban
Champion Other: Morocco
Second Other: Mozambique
Third Other: Malawi
Matches:16
Goals:116
Fair Play: Malawi
Player: Antonio Namape Jnr
Goalkeeper: Yassir Abada
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship was the fourth edition of the annual tournament organized by COSAFA. The tournament was held in Durban, South Africa.[1]

Senegal are defending champions.[2] Morocco beat Mozambique 4-3 via penalties in the final after the final match ended in a 4-4 draw.[3]

Venues

This edition of the tournament was held at South Beach, Durban in South Africa.

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 7 March 2024 at 11h00 CAT.[4] The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[5]

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Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).

scope=col style="background-color: gold"Golden BootSilver BootBronze Boot
Isaac Kajam and Antonio Namape Jnr Ramzi Dakman Driss Ghannam, Rachide Simithe, and Ayoub Zahraoui
8 goals6 goals5 goals
Golden Ball
Antonio Namape Jnr
Golden Glove
Yassir Abada
COSAFA Beach Soccer Fair Play Trophy
Malawi

Statistics

Goal scorers

There were 116 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

References

  1. Web site: 2024-02-27 . Durban to host COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship in March . 2024-03-18 . CAF . en-GB.
  2. Web site: COSAFA 2022 BEACH SOCCER . 2024-03-23 . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2024-03-23 . Morocco take gold at COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships . 2024-03-23 . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 2024-02-29 . COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw set for March 7 . 2024-03-18 . en-GB.
  5. Web site: 2024-03-07 . Massive match-ups in COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw . 2024-03-18 . en-GB.