2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	3 July - 8 July 2007
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	174 (10.24 per match)
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The 2007 CAF Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CAF) was the second beach soccer championship for Africa, held in July 2007, in Durban, South Africa. Nigeria won the championship, with Senegal finishing second. The two moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 11.^[1]

Contents 1 Participating nations 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Knockout stage 4 Winners 5 Final standings 6 References

Participating nations

•  Cameroon
•  Cape Verde
•  Egypt
•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Mozambique
•  Nigeria
•  Senegal
•  South Africa

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	9	3	3	0	21	8	+13
South Africa	6	3	2	1	18	15	+3
Cape Verde	3	3	1	2	14	16	-2
Mozambique	0	3	0	3	8	21	-13

3 July 2007	Cape Verde	6 – 5	Mozambique	Durban

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3 July 2007	Côte d'Ivoire	9 – 4	South Africa	Durban

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4 July 2007	Côte d'Ivoire	4 – 2	Cape Verde	Durban

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4 July 2007	South Africa	7 – 1	Mozambique	Durban

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5 July 2007	Côte d'Ivoire	8 – 2	Mozambique	Durban

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5 July 2007	South Africa	7 – 5	Cape Verde	Durban

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	9	3	3	0	24	13	+11
Senegal	6	3	2	1	15	17	-2
Egypt	3	3	1	2	18	20	-2
Cameroon	0	3	0	3	9	16	-7

3 July 2007	Nigeria	5 – 0	Cameroon	Durban

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3 July 2007	Senegal	5 – 4	Egypt	Durban

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4 July 2007	Nigeria	9 – 7	Egypt	Durban

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4 July 2007	Senegal	4 – 3	Cameroon	Durban

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5 July 2007	Nigeria	10 – 6	Senegal	Durban

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5 July 2007	Egypt	7 – 6	Cameroon	Durban

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 July 2007
	Senegal	9
	Côte d'Ivoire	3
					8 July 2007
					Nigeria	6
					Senegal	5
					Third place
	7 July 2007			8 July 2007
	Nigeria	7		Côte d'Ivoire	2
	South Africa	6			South Africa	0

	5th/6th Place match
	3A	Cape Verde	2
	3B	Egypt	8

Winners

(2007) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CAF) Winners:
Nigeria First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Nigeria
2	Senegal
3	Côte d'Ivoire
4	South Africa
5	Egypt
6	Cape Verde
7	Cameroon
8	Mozambique

References