2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
# 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2015 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Roche Caiman, Seychelles on 14–19 April 2015. This was the first time that the CAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in Seychelles. All matches were played at the Roche Caiman Sports Complex.

As well as crowning the best beach soccer nation in Africa, the tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from Africa which are members of CAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Madagascar defeated Senegal to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

## Qualification

The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship qualifying rounds decided the participating teams of the final tournament.

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).

### Entrants

A total of 19 teams entered the qualifying rounds.

| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| - | - | - |
| First round | Cameroon  Djibouti  Kenya  Mali  Mauritius  Mozambique  Sudan  Tanzania  Tunisia  Uganda | 10 |
| Second round | Egypt  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Libya  Madagascar  Morocco  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa | 9 |
| Final tournament | Seychelles (hosts) | 1 |

### First round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 February 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 February 2015.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | w/o | Mali | — | — |
| Sudan | w/o | Djibouti | — | — |
| Cameroon | w/o | Uganda | — | — |
| Kenya | 9–12 | Tanzania | 3–5 | 6–7 |
| Mauritius | 7–6 | Mozambique | 2–4 | 5–2 |

Note: Tunisia and Cameroon withdrew. Sudan and Djibouti were to play a one-off match in Cairo, Egypt, but Sudan withdrew.

### Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 March 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 March 2015.

The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament, where they were joined by the hosts Seychelles.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali | w/o | Senegal | – | – |
| Djibouti | 1–16 | Morocco | — | 1–16 |
| Uganda | 8–21 | Ghana | 6–9 | 2–12 |
| Tanzania | 6–15 | Egypt | 2–6 | 4–9 |
| Mauritius | 6–18 | Ivory Coast | 4–6 | 2–12 |
| Madagascar | 9–3 | South Africa | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| Nigeria | w/o | Libya | — | — |

Note: Libya withdrew. Djibouti and Morocco played a one-off match in Casablanca, Morocco. Madagascar and South Africa played both matches in Durban, South Africa as the beach venue at Mahajanga was rendered unplayable by several days of rain. Mali and Senegal were to play both matches in Dakar, Senegal, but Mali withdrew.

## Qualified teams and draw

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Madagascar
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Seychelles (hosts)

The draw of the tournament was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 local time (UTC+2), at Cairo. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the following seeding:

| Seeds | Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
| - | - | - | - |
| Seychelles (assigned to A1)  Senegal (assigned to B1) | Nigeria  Morocco | Ivory Coast  Madagascar | Egypt  Ghana |

## 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.

* Legend
* The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals

All times are local, Seychelles Time (UTC+4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | Classification stage (5th place) |
| 4 | Seychelles (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | Classification stage (5th place) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 3 | Classification stage (5th place) |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 3 | Classification stage (5th place) |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 April | 18 April |
| Nigeria | 3 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 19 April | 19 April |
| Senegal (a.e.t.) | 4 | 19 April | 19 April |
| Senegal (a.e.t.) | 4 | Senegal | 1 (1) |
| 18 April | 18 April | | Senegal | 1 (1) |
| 18 April | 18 April | Madagascar (p) | 1 (2) |
| Madagascar (p) | 4 (3) | Madagascar (p) | 1 (2) |
| Ivory Coast | 4 (2) | | |
| Ivory Coast | 4 (2) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 April | 19 April |
| | | Nigeria | 9 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Fifth Place Semi-finals | Fifth Place Semi-finals | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 18 April | 18 April |
| Egypt | 6 |
| Egypt | 6 | 19 April | 19 April |
| Ghana | 5 | 19 April | 19 April |
| Ghana | 5 | Egypt | 1 |
| 18 April | 18 April | | Egypt | 1 |
| 18 April | 18 April | Morocco | 3 |
| Morocco | 5 | Morocco | 3 |
| Seychelles | 1 | | |
| Seychelles | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 19 April | 19 April |
| | | Ghana | 12 |
| | | Seychelles | 1 |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Madagascar |
| | Senegal |
| | Nigeria |
| 4 | Ivory Coast |
| 5 | Morocco |
| 6 | Egypt |
| 7 | Ghana |
| 8 | Seychelles |

## Awards

| Best Player (MVP) | Top Scorer(s) | Best Goalkeeper |
| - | - | - |
| Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry | Alexander Adjei | Jhorialy Rafalimanana |

## Top goalscorers

### 17 goals

* Alexander Adjei

### 9 goals

* Emeka Hego Ogbonna

### 8 goals

* Tokiniaina Francegal Randriamampandry
* Flavien Razafimahatratra
* Azeez Abu

### 7 goals

* Isiaka Olawale

### 5 goals

* Mohamed Gamal Hassan
* N'guessan Daniel Kouassitchi
* Pape Amadou Kamara
