Uganda and Egypt have sealed their place in the semifinals of the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship on Monday as both recorded victories on day two that ensured they would finish in the top two in Group B at Durban’s South Beach Arena.
Uganda’s Sand Cranes showed their star quality with a comprehensive 9-2 win over Mauritius, while Egypt had to fight hard and grabbed a late win in a 4-3 success against last year’s beaten finalists Tanzania.
Ambrose Kigozi netted a hattrick for Uganda and tops the scorers charts with five goals, while Sharifu Dpuuli bagged a brace. Isma Kawawulo, Brian Nkuubi, Baker Lukooya and Joshua Lubwama also scored.
Mauritius got their goals through Jean Roseario and Louis Lal.
Egypt missed three penalties on their way to a nervous win and were trailing Tanzania going into the final few minutes of the game before goals from Hassan Hussein and a winner with seconds remaining from Haitham Mahsoub sealed the vital three points.
Moustafa Abdelmoneim and Mohamed Aly Hassan were also on target for the north Africans, while Jaruph Juma (two) and Goodluck Gama scored for the disappointed Tanzanians.
Uganda and Egypt have six points in the pool and cannot be caught in the top two, though they now play for first position in the pool on Wednesday.
Defending champions Mozambique made a statement of their potential to retain the trophy with a resounding 12-2 victory over Seychelles.
Mozambique made up for their opening loss to African champions Senegal with a superb performance as Neto and Nelson both scored hattricks to go with goals for Big Ro, Rachide, Figo, Mabomo, Arroz and Tomas.
Nelson, who was top-scorer in last year’s competition with six goals, and is second on the scorers charts again having netted four times so far.
Senegal did not have it all their own way early on against South Africa, but their class shone through in the end as they claimed an 8-3 victory.
Goalkeeper Al Seyni Ndiaye scored a brace of goals with two thunderous strikes from range, while Seydina Sene also got two. There were further scores for Souleymane Coly, Seydina Diagne, Seydina Mbaye and Mamour Diagne, who got his third of the competition.
South Africa had pegged Senegal back at 2-2, but could not keep up the fight as they scored through Nduduzo Phakathi, Abongile Gcuda and Siyabonga Mkhize.
The teams will do it all again on Wednesday with the third and final round of games in the two pools, and you can check all the fixtures here.
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MONDAY’S RESULTS
Group A
Mozambique 12 (Neto 3, Big Ro, Rachide, Figo, Mabomo, Nelson 3, Arroz, Tomas) Seychelles 2 (Coeur de Lion, Hoareau)
Senegal 8 (Ndiaye 2, Coly, S. Diagne, Mbaye, M. Diagne, Sene 2) South Africa 3 (Mkhize, Phakathi, Gcude)
Group B
Uganda 9 (Kigozi 3, Kawawulo, Dpuuli 2, Nkuubi, Lukooya, Lubwama) Mauritius 2 (Roseario, Lal)
Tanzania 3 (Gama, Juma 2) Egypt 4 (Aly Hassan, Abdelmoneim, Hussein, Mahsoub)
WEDNESDAY’S FIXTURES
Group A
Seychelles vs Senegal (KO 10h30; 08h30 GMT)
South Africa vs Mozambique (KO 12h30; 10h30 GMT)
Group B
Mauritius vs Tanzania (KO 14h30; 12h30 GMT)
Egypt vs Uganda (KO 16h30; 14h30 GMT)
GROUP STANDINGS
| GROUP A | P | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| Senegal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 0 |
| GROUP B | P | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| Uganda (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Egypt (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 0 |
Key: P = Played; W = Won; W+ = Won in extra-time; WP = Won on penalties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points
| Points Allocation: |
| Three points for a win |
| Two points for a win in extra-time |
| One point for a win via penalty kicks |
TOURNAMENT STATS
Matches Played: 8
Goals scored: 72
Biggest victory: Mozambique 12 Seychelles 2 (Group A, September 26)
Most goals in a game: 14 – Mozambique 12 Seychelles 2 (Group A, September 26)
GOALSCORERS
5 goals – Ambrose Kigozi (Uganda)
4 – Nelson (Mozambique)
3 – Mamour Diagne (Senegal), Jaruph Juma (Tanzania), Neto (Mozambique)
2 – Moustafa Abdelmoneim (Egypt), Arroz (Mozambique), Mohamed Aly Hassan (Egypt), Hansel Coeur de Lion (Seychelles), Seydina Diagne (Senegal), Sharifu Dpuuli (Uganda), Figo (Mozambique), Goodluck Gama (Tanzania), Hassan Hussein (Egypt), Isma Kawawulo (Uganda), Joshua Lubwama (Uganda), Haitham Mahsoub (Egypt), Al Seyni Ndiaye (Senegal), Nduduzo Phakathi (South Africa), Jean Roseario (Mauritius), Seydina Sene (Senegal)
1 – Elhusseini Aly (Egypt), Big Ro (Mozambique), Souleymane Coly (Senegal), Dez (Mozambique), Elvin Estico (Seychelles), Glenny Gamatis (Seychelles), Abongile Gcuda (South Africa), Davyan Hoareau (Seychelles), Louis Lal (Mauritius), Baker Lukooya (Uganda), Mabomo (Mozambique), Seydina Mbaye (Senegal), Siyabonga Mkhize (South Africa), Jean Nabab (Mauritius), Papa Ndour (Senegal), Abongile Ngamlana (South Africa), Brian Nkuubi (Uganda), Rachide (Mozambique), Mohammed Rajbally (Mauritius), Amar Samb (Senegal), Moustafa Shabaan (Egypt), Tomas (Mozambique)
L’Ouganda et l’Egypte dans le dernier carré
La deuxième journée de la Hollywoodbets COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship a permis à l’Ouganda et à l’Egypte de valider leur billet pour la demi-finale grâce à leur victoire respective. L’Afrique du Sud, la Tanzanie ou encore Maurice sont déjà éliminés de la compétition.
Retour en force du Mozambique. Le champion en titre a atomisé les Seychelles lundi dans leur deuxième match de groupe. Les Mambas n’ont jamais douté dans cette rencontre et ont notamment pu compter sur les triplés de Neto et de Nelson pour survoler la rencontre. Les deux adversaires comptent désormais trois unités au compteur et peuvent toujours croire à une qualification pour le dernier carré.
Après une deuxième sortie parfaitement négociée, le Sénégal plane sur le groupe A. Lundi, le champion en titre de la Coupe d’Afrique des nations de beach soccer a facilement dominé l’Afrique du Sud 8-3. Les Sénégalais comptent désormais six points au compteur. Ndiaye et Sene ont chacun marqué par deux fois. Les Lions de la Teranga en sont désormais à 13 buts inscrits pour sept concédés.
Ils se sont livrés à un duel épique. Mais au final, ce sont les Egyptiens qui ont eu le dernier mot. Le dernier match du groupe B a été riche en spectacle lundi. D’un côté, des Pharaons qui cherchaient à se rapprocher du dernier carré et de l’autre la Tanzanie qui voulait le rachat.
Pendant toute sa durée, la rencontre a été riche en suspens avec notamment les Egyptiens ayant eu le dernier mot en s’imposant 4-3. Avec six unités au compteur, l’Egypte est assuré de faire partie des demis alors que la Tanzanie est éliminée. L’Ouganda sera également dans le dernier carré après son succès face à Maurice (9-2).
Au rayon des récompenses individuelles, l’Ouganda a vu son meilleur artificier être auréolé de ce trophée honorifique. Seyni Ndiaye du Sénégal s’est aussi distingué avec cette récompense tout comme le Mozambicain Nelson Manuel. Haitham Mahsoub, de l’Egypte s’est aussi distingué avec ce titre.
Pas de match de prévu ce mardi. Toutefois, les acrobates du sable reviennent en force mercredi avec quatre rencontres au programme. En fait, ce seront les derniers matchs du groupe A et B et forcément, il y aura des déceptions. Maurice et l’Afrique du Sud joueront un match pour du beurre chacun de leur côté.
Les Mauriciens ont enchainé deux revers de rang et ne peuvent plus espérer finir meilleur second au tableau de la poule B. Ils sont donc éliminés de la compétition. Ils espèrent sortir la tête haute face à la Tanzanie mercredi. Même chose pour l’Afrique du Sud. Les Bafana Bafana occupent le dernier rang du groupe A. Ils ont encaissé 11 buts jusqu’ici et ne sortiront pas des groupes. Ils seront aux prises avec le Mozambique, le champion en titre.
Moçambique aplica chapa 12 e Senegal atropela e segue!
Depois entrada em falso no jogo de abertura, após perder para o campeão africano, Senegal (5-4), hoje, Moçambique, detentor do título COSAFA, goleou a sua similar das Seychelles por expressivos 12-2, em desafio a contar para segunda jornada do Grupo A, da III edição da Taça COSAFA de Futebol de Praia, a decorrer na cidade balnear de Durban, África do Sul. Já os campeões africanos, Senegal despacharam por 8-3 a anfitriã, África do Sul no desfecho desta ronda.
Contudo, a selecção de Moçambique conseguiu redimir-se da aparatosa queda na jornada inaugural deixando claras as intenções de querer revalidar o título. A notável exibição do capitão Nelson Manuel foi evidente, facto que lhe valeu a distinção de melhor jogador em campo, depois de ter ajudado a sua equipa marcando três dos 12 tentos apontados. Aliás, vale lembrar no ano passado o mesmo foi eleito melhor jogador africano pela Confederação Africana de Futebol (CAF), após destacar-se no Africano realizado no Senegal.
Todavia, os moçambicanos partilham a liderança na pauta classificativa com as Seychelles (3), enquanto que os senegaleses comandam isolados no topo com seis pontos, frutos de dois triunfos. Na cauda da tabela está a África do Sul sem nenhum ponto.
Amanhã o dia estará reservado para o descanso das equipas, pelo que na próxima jornada (3ª), Moçambique enfrenta, a partir das 12.30 horas, a África do Sul, no South Beach Arena. Este jogo será antecedido com o desafio que irá colocar frente-a-frente as selecções da aflita Seychelles e Senegal.
Segundo o Regulamento da prova apuram-se para as meias-finais as primeiras duas classificadas de cada grupo e os segundos melhores classificados dos dois grupos. A final está agendada para o dia 30 do mês corrente.
Importa referir que aos interessados que quiserem viver de perto as emoções deste torneio regional, os bilhetes são GRATUITOS!
Os ingressos são atribuídos por ordem de chegada chegada no dia anterior à data prevista para os jogos, ou no dia do jogo. Os pontos de distribuição são Durban Parks and Beach Office (edifício azul) e Wedge Beach (em frente ao Hotel Edward).
Se não se pode estar na praia, há muitas outras formas de seguir a acção.
Os jogos serão transmitidos em directo no canal SuperSport 205, por favor consulte o seu Guia TV através da competição. Pode transmitir estes jogos através do now.dstv.com.
Também serão transmitidos em directo no canal SABC Sport Channel 124. Transmitiremos também todos os jogos para um mundo que os veja no COSAFA.TV e FIFA+.
