2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
# 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

The 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON), 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 (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. Therefore, this was the 11th edition of the event overall.

The tournament takes place in Mozambique, which was confirmed as the host nation on 16 May 2021; the city of Vilankulo stages all matches between 21 and 28 October 2022. 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

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. 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).

### Entrants

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

| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| - | - | - |
| Qualification | Cameroon (n/a)  Comoros (18th)  Egypt (4th)  Ghana (n/a)  Ivory Coast (13th)  Libya (9th)  Madagascar (11th)  Malawi (19th)  Morocco (2nd)  Nigeria (6th)  Senegal (1st)  Seychelles (8th)  Tanzania (7th)  Uganda (5th) | 14 |
| Final tournament | Mozambique (3rd) | 1 |

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

### Matches

Libya withdrew before the first legs were played.

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. The outcome was referred to CAF. 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.

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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

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

### Group A

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 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 | |

## 5th place play-off

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 | Fifth place play-off |
| - | - |
| 26 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 |
| Malawi | 6 (1) |
| Uganda (p) | 6 (4) |

## Knockout stage

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 October | 26 October |
| Morocco | 4 |
| Morocco | 4 | 28 October | 28 October |
| Egypt | 5 | 28 October | 28 October |
| Egypt | 5 | Egypt | 2 (5) |
| 26 October | 26 October | | Egypt | 2 (5) |
| 26 October | 26 October | Senegal | 2 (6) |
| Senegal | 3 | Senegal | 2 (6) |
| Mozambique | 2 | | |
| Mozambique | 2 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 28 October | 28 October |
| | | Morocco | 6 |
| | | Mozambique | 4 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

## Awards

* Best player
* Mandione Diagne
* Top scorer
* Mandione Diagne
* 10 goals
* Best goalkeeper
* Al Seyni Ndiaye

## Goalscorers

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

* Paulo

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

* 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

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 Cup 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.
