2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship

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2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship
2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
City Durban
Dates17 March 2024 - 23 March 2024
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Runners-up Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Third place Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored116 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Malawi.svg Isaac Kajam and Flag of Mozambique.svg Antonio Namape Jnr (8 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Mozambique.svg Antonio Namape Jnr
Best goalkeeper Flag of Morocco.svg Yassir Abada
Fair play award Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
2022
2024

The 2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship was the fourth edition of the annual tournament organized by COSAFA. The tournament was held in Durban, South Africa. [1]

Contents

Senegal are defending champions. [2] Morocco beat Mozambique 4-3 via penalties in the final after the final match ended in a 4-4 draw. [3]

Venues

This edition of the tournament was held at South Beach, Durban in South Africa.

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 7 March 2024 at 11h00 CAT. [4] The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages. [5]

Group AGroup B

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 320195+46Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 3201129+36
3 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (H)31026933
4 Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 310271143
Source:
(H) Hosts
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 15 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 27 Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3201129+36Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 3201131306
3 Flag of Angola.svg Angola 3201101226
4 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 300371030
Source:
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 52 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 54 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 23 Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 48 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 21 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
21 March – South Beach, Durban
 
 
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 9
 
23 March – South Beach, Durban
 
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 6
 
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (p)4 (4)
 
21 March – South Beach, Durban
 
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 4 (3)
 
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 8
 
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1
 
Third Place match
 
 
23 March – South Beach, Durban
 
 
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 5
 
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 4

Semi-Final

Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 96 Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi

Third-place

Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 54 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia

Final

Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 44 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Penalties
4-3

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).

Golden BootSilver BootBronze Boot
Flag of Malawi.svg Isaac Kajam and Flag of Mozambique.svg Antonio Namape Jnr Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ramzi Dakman Flag of Morocco.svg Driss Ghannam, Flag of Mozambique.svg Rachide Simithe, and Flag of Morocco.svg Ayoub Zahraoui
8 goals6 goals5 goals
Golden Ball
Flag of Mozambique.svg Antonio Namape Jnr
Golden Glove
Flag of Morocco.svg Yassir Abada
COSAFA Beach Soccer Fair Play Trophy
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi

Statistics

Goal scorers

There were 116 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

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