Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

The Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON) is the main championship for beach soccer in Africa,[1] contested between senior men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2] It is the sport's version of the better known Africa Cup of Nations in association football.

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2006 (2006)
RegionAfrica
Number of teams8 (finals)
Nº in qualifiers varies
Qualifier forFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions Senegal (7th title)
Most successful team(s) Senegal (7 titles)
Websitecafonline.com
2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions;[3] the tournament also acts as the qualification route for African nations to the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

The championship was established in 2006 when FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play without having to earn their place).[4] FIFA currently allocate Africa two berths at the World Cup[5] and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals.[6]

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) originally organised the competition[7] under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier[8] (also known informally as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship).[9] Despite historically having minimal input (often only sending delegates),[10] CAF became lead organisers in 2015,[11] establishing a qualification phase to determine the elite eight nations to compete in the tournament finals. CAF also began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed for the next edition,[12] scheduled for 2017. However, CAF later announced that since three of its competitions were already held in odd-numbered years, the tournament would now be held in even-numbered years henceforth to desaturate the calendar, starting with 2016.[13]

Senegal are the most successful nation having won the event seven times and are also the current champions. In terms of success in qualifying to the World Cup, again Senegal are the most outstanding nation, having qualified in nine out of eleven attempts; Nigeria follow close behind, with six qualifications. Mozambique had its debut in 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Results

For all tournaments, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place play-off
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier (CAF Beach Soccer Championship)
2006
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Cameroon		 5–3
Nigeria
Egypt		 8–3
Ivory Coast
2007
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Nigeria		 6–5
Senegal
Ivory Coast		 2–0
South Africa
2008
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Senegal		 12–6
Cameroon
Ivory Coast		 6–3
Egypt
2009
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Nigeria		 7–4
Ivory Coast
Senegal		 6–4
Egypt
2011
details		 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
Senegal		 7–4
Nigeria
Egypt		 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 p.)
Madagascar
2013
details		 Morocco El Jadida, Morocco
Senegal		 4–1
Ivory Coast
Morocco		 7–2
Nigeria
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2015
details		 Seychelles Roche Caiman, Seychelles
Madagascar		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p.)
Senegal
Nigeria		 9–1
Ivory Coast
2016
details		 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria
Senegal		 8–4
Nigeria
Egypt		 4–1
Morocco
2018
details		 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Senegal		 6–1
Nigeria
Egypt		 3–2
Morocco
2021[lower-alpha 1]
details		 Senegal Saly, Senegal
Senegal		 4–1
Mozambique
Morocco		 5–3
Uganda
2022
details		 Mozambique Vilankulo, Mozambique[14]
Senegal		 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p.)
Egypt
Morocco		 6–4
Mozambique
2024
details		 TBA, Egypt Egypt[15]
  1. Originally scheduled for 2020. Delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medals (2006-2022)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Senegal (SEN)72110
2 Nigeria (NGR)2417
3 Cameroon (CMR)1102
4 Madagascar (MAD)1001
5 Ivory Coast (CIV)0224
6 Egypt (EGY)0145
7 Mozambique (MOZ)0101
8 Morocco (MAR)0033
Totals (8 entries)11111133

Successful nations
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 Senegal 7 (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021*, 2022) 2 (2007, 2015) 1 (2009) – 10
 Nigeria 2 (2007, 2009) 4 (2006, 2011, 2016*, 2018) 1 (2015) 1 (2013) 8
 Cameroon 1 (2006) 1 (2008) – – 2
 Madagascar 1 (2015) – – 1 (2011) 2
 Ivory Coast – 2 (2009, 2013) 2 (2007, 2008) 2 (2006, 2015) 6
 Egypt – 1 (2022) 4 (2006, 2011, 2016, 2018*) 2 (2008, 2009) 7
 Mozambique – 1 (2021*) – 1 (2022) 2
 Morocco – – 3 (2013*, 2021, 2022) 2 (2016, 2018) 5
 Uganda – – – 1 (2021) 1
 South Africa – – – 1 (2007*) 1
* Hosts

Awards
Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper Ref.
South Africa 2006 Nigeria Gabriel Agu
South Africa Mark Williams		 9 Ivory Coast Frédéric Aka Cameroon Pascal Mbeyo
South Africa 2007 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale
Nigeria Gabriel Agu		 14 Ivory Coast Frédéric Aka Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
South Africa 2008 Ivory Coast Stephane Bobou 12 Senegal Pape Koukpaki Ivory Coast Kevin Enam
South Africa 2009 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale 14 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale Ivory Coast Kevin Enam
Morocco 2011 Senegal Babacar Fall
Senegal Pape Koukpaki		 8 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
Morocco 2013 Nigeria Abu Azeez 12 Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
Seychelles 2015 Ghana Alexander Adjei 15 Madagascar Toky Randriamampandry Madagascar Jhorialy Rafalimanana
Nigeria 2016 Senegal Babacar Fall 11 Nigeria Emeka Ogbonna Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
Egypt 2018 Ivory Coast Assouan Kablan 10 Nigeria Abu Azeez Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
Senegal 2021 Mozambique Nelson Manuel 10 Mozambique Nelson Manuel Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
Mozambique 2022 Senegal Mandione Diagne 10 Senegal Mandione Diagne Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye

Total Awards (2006-2021)
Rank Team Numbers
1 Senegal13
2 Nigeria9
3 Ivory Coast6
4 Madagascar2
5 Mozambique2
6 Morocco1
7 Ghana1
8 Cameroon1
9 South Africa1

Summary (2006-2022)
RankTeamPartMWWEWPLGFGAGDPoints
1 Senegal104736137275148+127113
2 Nigeria940242113237169+6877
3 Egypt1148221322226183+4171
4 Morocco938200018163143+2060
5 Ivory Coast940161419180185–554
6 Madagascar62592212120111+933
7 Cameroon31260155555019
8 Mozambique518601115989–3019
9 South Africa515400116065–512
10 Uganda2820152644–187
11 Ghana312200104876–286
12 Cape Verde2710152246–244
13 Algeria1310021419–53
14 Libya5161001563109–463
15 Tanzania2801072042–222
16 Malawi1300031117–60
17 Mauritius120002323–200
18 Seychelles2800081258–460

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations and how many appearances they each have made.

Additionally, eight teams have entered the qualification round at least once since its introduction in 2015 without having yet qualified for the finals, nor having participated in the tournament before 2015 when entry was automatic which are: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sudan and Tunisia. A further team, DR Congo, qualified for the 2021 tournament but withdrew before the finals began.

Legend
a. ^ In some years, teams knocked-out at round 1 played no further matches (these results are marked as R1).
In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements.
Timeline

Entry requirements:

  • 2006–2013: Automatic entry for all teams.
  • Since 2015: Eight teams qualify through the qualification round.
Year
Team
 2006
South Africa
(6)		 2007
South Africa
(8)		 2008
South Africa
(8)		 2009
South Africa
(9)		 2011
Morocco
(9)		 2013
Morocco
(8)		 2015
Seychelles
(8)		 2016
Nigeria
(8)		 2018
Egypt
(8)		 2021
Senegal
(7)		 2022
Mozambique
(8)		 Apps
⁄11
 Algeria ××××6th×××××× 1
 Cameroon 1stR12nd×××××××ו 3
 Cape Verde ×6thR1×××ו××× 2
 Egypt 3rd5th4th4th3rdR16th3rd3rd5th2nd 11
 Ghana ×××××R17th7th××ו 3
 Ivory Coast 4th3rd3rd2nd7th2nd4th6th6th×ו 9
 Libya ×××R18thR1××8th8th×××× 5
 Madagascar ××××4thR11st5th5th××R1 6
 Malawi ××××××××××6th 1
 Mauritius ×××R1×ו×××× 1
 Morocco 6th××5th5th3rd5th4th4th3rd3rd 9
 Mozambique ×R1R16th×ו••2nd4th 5
 Nigeria 2nd1stR11st2nd4th3rd2nd2nd×xx 10
 Senegal ×2nd1st3rd1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st 10
 Seychelles ××××××8th××7th• 2
 South Africa 5th4thR1R19thו××××× 5
 Tanzania ×××××ו•7th6th• 2
 Uganda ×××××ו×ו4th5th 2

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup
Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics

The following is a performance timeline of the CAF teams who appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend
Team \ Years Brazil
2005[†]		 Brazil
2006		 Brazil
2007		 France
2008		 United Arab Emirates
2009		 Italy
2011		 French Polynesia
2013		 Portugal
2015		 The Bahamas
2017		 Paraguay
2019		 Russia
2021		 United Arab Emirates
2023		 Seychelles
2025		 Total
 CameroonR1R12
 Côte d'IvoireR1R12
 EgyptQ1
 MadagascarR11
 MozambiqueR11
 NigeriaR1QFR1QFR1R16
 SenegalQFR1QFR1R1QFQF4thQ9
 SeychellesQ1
 South AfricaR11
Total number of unique qualifiers9
Notes
  1. ^
    In 2005, no CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and South Africa were selected to represent CAF.

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