# 2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship

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 A | Group B |
| South Africa Saudi Arabia Seychelles Malawi | Morocco Mozambique Tanzania Angola |

## Group stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout 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 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | |

### 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 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 0 | |

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

#### Final
## 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