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2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Dates	17 March 2024 - 23 March 2024
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco
Runners-up	Mozambique
Third place	Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	116 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Isaac Kajam and Antonio Namape Jnr (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Antonio Namape Jnr
Best goalkeeper	Yassir Abada
Fair play award	Malawi
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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.

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

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. 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.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Malawi	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	6
3	South Africa (H)	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Seychelles	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3

South Africa	2–4	Malawi

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Seychelles

South Africa	3–2	Seychelles

Malawi	1–5	Saudi Arabia

Seychelles	2–7	Malawi

South Africa	1–3	Saudi Arabia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Mozambique	3	2	0	1	13	13	0	6
3	Angola	3	2	0	1	10	12	−2	6
4	Tanzania	3	0	0	3	7	10	−3	0

Tanzania	2–3 (aet)	Angola

Morocco	5–2	Mozambique

Mozambique	5–4	Tanzania

Morocco	2–3	Angola

Angola	4–8	Mozambique

Morocco	2–1	Tanzania

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

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

Semi-Final

Morocco	9–6	Malawi

Mozambique	8–1	Saudi Arabia

Third-place

Malawi	5–4	Saudi Arabia

Final

Morocco	4–4	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 Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Isaac Kajam and Antonio Namape Jnr	Ramzi Dakman	Driss Ghannam, Rachide Simithe, and Ayoub Zahraoui
8 goals	6 goals	5 goals
Golden Ball
Antonio Namape Jnr
Golden Glove
Yassir Abada
COSAFA Beach Soccer Fair Play Trophy
Malawi

Statistics

Goal scorers

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

8 goals

• Isaac Kajam
• Antonio Namape Jnr

6 goals

• Ramzi Dakman

5 goals

• Driss Ghannam
• Ayoub Zahraoui
• Rachide Simithe

4 goals

• Dala Dala
• Adnan Oubahri
• Angelo Tomas
• Jaruph Juma

3 goals

• Paolo Nascimento
• Oblen Khumbula
• Sandram Ussi
• Badr El Kraichly
• Helio Mahota

2 goals

• Joao Tchitungo
• Omar de Fonseca
• Amine El Bidouri
• Yuran Malate
• Paolo Novela
• Khaled Al Mowallad
• Mubarak Alduoasri
• Eslam Sarraj
• Stephen Lajoie
• Ryan Servina
• Abdulrahim Bausi

References

1. "Durban to host COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship in March". CAF. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
2. "COSAFA | 2022 BEACH SOCCER". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
3. "Morocco take gold at COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships". 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
4. "COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw set for March 7". 29 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
5. "Massive match-ups in COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships draw". 7 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

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