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.

Entrants

A total of 19 teams entered the qualifying rounds.
RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
First round
10
Second round
9
Final tournament
1

First round

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

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.

Qualified teams and draw

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
The draw of the tournament was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 local time, at Cairo. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the following seeding:
SeedsPot APot BPot C












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.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place semi-finals

Semi-finals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8

Awards

Top goalscorers

;17 goals
;9 goals
;8 goals
;7 goals
;5 goals