2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	1 July – 5 July
Teams	9
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	203 (15.62 per match)

The 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship was a qualifying tournament held during 1 July – 5 July, 2009 in Durban, South Africa that determined which two participants will represent the CAF region at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Participating teams

Format

The nine nation tournament consisted of three groups. The teams played each other once in their group during the group stage. The top teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, the fourth team would be selected according the best of the second top team of the three groups. The semifinal winners qualified for the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	14	12	+2	6
Morocco	2	1	1	10	9	+1	3
South Africa	2	0	2	8	11	−3	0

South Africa v Morocco

1 July 2009

South Africa	2 – 4	Morocco

Durban

Ivory Coast v Morocco

2 July 2009

Ivory Coast	7 – 6	Morocco

Durban

South Africa v Ivory Coast

3 July 2009

South Africa	6 – 7	Ivory Coast

Durban

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	10	9	+1	5
Mozambique	2	1	1	8	9	-1	2
Libya	2	0	2	13	13	0	0

Libya v Senegal

1 July 2009

Libya	7 – 7	Senegal

	Penalties
	3 – 4

Durban

Mozambique v Libya

2 July 2009

Mozambique	6 – 6	Libya

	Penalties
	1 – 0

Durban

Senegal v Mozambique

3 July 2009

Senegal	3 – 2	Mozambique

Durban

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	2	0	19	5	+14	6
Egypt	2	1	1	15	9	+6	3
Mauritius	2	0	2	3	23	−20	0

Mauritius v Nigeria

1 July 2009

Mauritius	0 – 13	Nigeria

Durban

Egypt v Mauritius

2 July 2009

Egypt	10 – 3	Mauritius

Durban

Nigeria v Egypt

3 July 2009

Nigeria	6 – 5	Egypt

Durban

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

A1	Ivory Coast	8(4)
C2	Egypt	8(3)
			SF1	Ivory Coast	4
			SF2	Nigeria	7
B1	Senegal	6
C1	Nigeria	7	3rd/4th Place match

			SF1	Senegal	6
			SF2	Egypt	4

Winners

2009 CAF Beach Soccer Winners
Nigeria Second title

Qualified Teams

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Nigeria
2	Ivory Coast
3	Senegal
4	Egypt
5	Morocco
6	Mozambique
7	Libya
8	South Africa
9	Mauritius

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship Cup

Africa	CAF – Championship

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Championship

Oceania	OFC – Championship

Europe	UEFA – FIFA Qualifiers Cup League Winners Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹

UEFA	2005¹ 2006³ 2007³ 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.

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