Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2006; 18 years ago (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 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.

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.

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.

History[edit]

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]

Results[edit]

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[a]
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)[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

By category[edit]

Al Seyni Ndiaye is a seven-time winner of the best goalkeeper award.
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 [1]
South Africa 2007 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale
Nigeria Gabriel Agu
14 Ivory Coast Frédéric Aka Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [2]
South Africa 2008 Ivory Coast Stephane Bobou 12 Senegal Pape Koukpaki Ivory Coast Kevin Enam [3]
South Africa 2009 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale 14 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale Ivory Coast Kevin Enam [4]
Morocco 2011 Senegal Babacar Fall
Senegal Pape Koukpaki
8 Nigeria Isiaka Olawale Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [5]
Morocco 2013 Nigeria Abu Azeez 12 Morocco Nassim El Hadaoui Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [6]
Seychelles 2015 Ghana Alexander Adjei 15 Madagascar Toky Randriamampandry Madagascar Jhorialy Rafalimanana [7]
Nigeria 2016 Senegal Babacar Fall 11 Nigeria Emeka Ogbonna Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [8]
Egypt 2018 Ivory Coast Assouan Kablan 10 Nigeria Abu Azeez Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [9][10]
Senegal 2021 Mozambique Nelson Manuel 10 Mozambique Nelson Manuel Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [11]
Mozambique 2022 Senegal Mandione Diagne 10 Senegal Mandione Diagne Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye [12]

By nationality[edit]

Rank Team Awards
1  Senegal 13
2  Nigeria 9
3  Ivory Coast 6
4  Madagascar 2
5  Mozambique 2
6  Morocco 1
7  Ghana 1
8  Cameroon 1
9  South Africa 1

Summary (2006-2022)[edit]

Rank Team Part M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
1  Senegal 10 47 36 1 3 7 275 148 +127 113
2  Nigeria 9 40 24 2 1 13 237 169 +68 77
3  Egypt 11 48 22 1 3 22 226 183 +41 71
4  Morocco 9 38 20 0 0 18 163 143 +20 60
5  Ivory Coast 9 40 16 1 4 19 180 185 –5 54
6  Madagascar 6 25 9 2 2 12 120 111 +9 33
7  Cameroon 3 12 6 0 1 5 55 55 0 19
8  Mozambique 5 18 6 0 1 11 59 89 –30 19
9  South Africa 5 15 4 0 0 11 60 65 –5 12
10  Uganda 2 8 2 0 1 5 26 44 –18 7
11  Ghana 3 12 2 0 0 10 48 76 –28 6
12  Cape Verde 2 7 1 0 1 5 22 46 –24 4
13  Algeria 1 3 1 0 0 2 14 19 –5 3
14  Libya 5 16 1 0 0 15 63 109 –46 3
15  Tanzania 2 8 0 1 0 7 20 42 –22 2
16  Malawi 1 3 0 0 0 3 11 17 –6 0
17  Mauritius 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 23 –20 0
18  Seychelles 2 8 0 0 0 8 12 58 –46 0

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

Appearances & performance timeline[edit]

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)
2024
Egypt
(8)
Apps
11
 Algeria × × × × 6th × × × × × × 1
 Cameroon 1st R1 2nd × × × ×× × × × 3
 Cape Verde × 6th R1 × × × × × × × 2
 Egypt 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd R1 6th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd Q 11
 Ghana × × × × × R1 7th 7th × ×× 3
 Ivory Coast 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 2nd 4th 6th 6th ×× 9
 Libya × × × R1 8th R1 ×× 8th 8th ×× ×× 5
 Madagascar × × × × 4th R1 1st 5th 5th ×× R1 6
 Malawi × × × × × × × × × × 6th 1
 Mauritius × × × R1 × × × × × × 1
 Morocco 6th × × 5th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 9
 Mozambique × R1 R1 6th × × 2nd 4th 5
 Nigeria 2nd 1st R1 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd × xx 10
 Senegal × 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 10
 Seychelles × × × × × × 8th × × 7th 2
 South Africa 5th 4th R1 R1 9th × × ×× × × 5
 Tanzania × × × × × × 7th 6th 2
 Uganda × × × × × × ×× 4th 5th 2

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup[edit]

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
 Cameroon R1 R1 2
 Côte d'Ivoire R1 R1 2
 Egypt Q 1
 Madagascar R1 1
 Mozambique R1 1
 Nigeria R1 QF R1 QF R1 R1 6
 Senegal QF R1 QF R1 R1 QF QF 4th Q 9
 Seychelles Q 1
 South Africa R1 1
Total number of unique qualifiers 9
Notes
  1. ^
    In 2005, no CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and South Africa were selected to represent CAF.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Four countries lead formation of West Africa Beach Soccer Union". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Senegal crowned AFCON champions". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Glossary / Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations". lechicfootafrique.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Regulations FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ Gaich, Rémi (11 January 2016). BSWW competitions / National teams. Barcelona: Beach Soccer Worldwide. pp. 14, 15, 19.
  9. ^ "Senegal claim African crown". FIFA. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. ^ "CAF BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS BEGIN IN MOROCCO". CAF. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  11. ^ "CAF COMPETITIONS / 13. African Beach Soccer Championship". CAF. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  12. ^ "CAF renames six competitions". Daily Post (Nigeria). 11 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Nigeria to host 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations". Goal. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ^ "CAN-2022 de futebol de praia é uma oportunidade para o País expor as suas potencialidades turísticas". Yassin Amuji (in Portuguese). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. ^ Gamal Ali, Ahmad (4 July 2022). "OFFICIAL: Egypt host 2024 CAF Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations". KingFut. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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