2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
| country = South Africa
| dates = 1–5 July
| num_teams = 9
| cities = 1
| champion = Nigeria
| second = Côte d'Ivoire
| third = Senegal
| fourth = Egypt
| matches = 14
| goals = 215
| prevseason = 2008
| nextseason = 2011
}}
The 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship was a qualifying tournament held during 1–5 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
- {{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Egypt}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Libya|1977}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Mauritius}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Morocco}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Mozambique}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Senegal}}
- {{Beachsoccer|South Africa}}
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 to 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=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 |
| align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Morocco}}
|2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 3 |
| align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|South Africa}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 0 |
{{footballbox
|date=1 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|South Africa}}
|score= 2 – 4
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Morocco}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|score= 7 – 6
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Morocco}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=3 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|South Africa}}
|score= 6 – 7
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Senegal}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 |
| align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Mozambique}}
|2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9| | ||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||
| align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Libya|1977}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
{{footballbox
|date=1 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Libya|1977}}
|score= 7 – 7
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Senegal}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 3 – 4
|penalties2 =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Mozambique}}
|score= 6 – 6
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Libya|1977}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 1 – 0
|penalties2 =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=3 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Senegal}}
|score= 3 – 2
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Mozambique}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
=Group C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=150|Team
!width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 6 |
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Egypt}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3 |
| align="left"|{{Beachsoccer|Mauritius}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |
{{footballbox
|date=1 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Mauritius}}
|score= 0 – 13
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Egypt}}
|score= 10 – 3
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Mauritius}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=3 July 2009
|team1= {{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
|score= 6 – 5
|team2= {{Beachsoccer|Egypt}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium= Durban
}}
----
Knockout stage
{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Semi-finals
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1={{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
| RD1-score1=8(4)
| RD1-seed2=C2
| RD1-team2={{Beachsoccer|Egypt}}
| RD1-score2= 8(3)
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3={{Beachsoccer|Senegal}}
| RD1-score3= 6
| RD1-seed4=C1
| RD1-team4={{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
| RD1-score4= 7
| RD2-seed1=SF1
| RD2-team1={{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
| RD2-score1= 4
| RD2-seed2=SF2
| RD2-team2={{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
| RD2-score2=7
| RD2b=3rd/4th Place match
| RD2b-seed1=SF1
| RD2b-team1={{Beachsoccer|Senegal}}
| RD2b-score1=6
| RD2b-seed2=SF2
| RD2b-team2={{Beachsoccer|Egypt}}
| RD2b-score2= 4
}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Fifth place match
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{beachsoccer|MAR}}
| RD1-score1=9
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{beachsoccer|MOZ}}
| RD1-score2=3
}}
Winners
{{winners|beachsoccer|2009 CAF Beach Soccer winners|Nigeria|Second}}
Qualified Teams
- {{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}}
- {{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}}
Final standing
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank !Team | ||
| bgcolor="gold" | 1 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Nigeria}} |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Côte d'Ivoire}} |
| bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Senegal}} |
| | 4 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Egypt}} | |
| | 5 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Morocco}} | |
| | 6 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Mozambique}} | |
| | 7 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Libya|1977}} | |
| | 8 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|South Africa}} | |
| | 9 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|Mauritius}} |
References
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifabeach09.html
{{International beach soccer}}
{{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification}}