2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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2024 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
City Hurghada
Dates19–26 October [1]
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (8th title)
Runners-upFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Third placeFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Fourth placeFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored106 (8.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ghana.svg Alexander Adjetey
(8 goals)
2022
2025

The 2024 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON), the premier beach soccer championship in Africa contested by Confederation of African Football (CAF) member association men's national teams. [2] And the 12th edition of the beach soccer championships on the continent, including the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifiers championships organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide before its rebranding in 2015.

Contents

The tournament was held in Hurghada, Egypt, with all matches taking place from 19 to 26 October 2024. [3] It also serves as the qualification pathway for African teams to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Seychelles, with the winner and runner-up qualifying alongside the automatically qualified host team, Seychelles.

Senegal were the defending champions, and successfully defending the title. [4]

Qualification

2024 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates19 – 28 July
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored95 (5.94 per match)
2022
2026

The 2024 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying round determined the eight teams that competed in the final tournament in October. The draw for the qualifiers took place on June 13, 2024, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo. [5] The matches were held during the weekends of July 19–21 and July 26–28. [6]

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away, two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time played).

Entrants

Host Egypt qualified automatically, while the other 14 teams competed against each other to determine the remaining 7 spots.

The BSWW World Ranking was provided in parentheses for context only.

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teams
Qualification
14
Final tournament1
Withdrawals

Angola and Uganda withdrew before the first legs were played. [7] [8]

Results

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg4–13Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3–91–4
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg w/o Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg10–5Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 5–35–2
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg10–10 (a)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4–56–5
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg w/o Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svg4–9Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3–71–2
Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg14–15Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 6–78–8

Qualified teams

The following eight teams have qualified for the final tournament:

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (hosts)12thRunners-up (2022)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 4th7th place (2015, 2016)
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2nd6th place (2016)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1stDebut
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 10th3rd place (2013, 2021, 2022)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 6thRunners-up (2021)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (title holders)11thChampions (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3rd6th place (2021)

Group Stage

The draw took place on 19 September 2024. [9]

All times are local, EGY (UTC+2).

Group A

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (H)33000188+109 Knockout stage
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 32001118+36
3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 310021514+13 Fifth place play-off
4Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 30003923140 Seventh place play-off
Source: CAF
(H) Host
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg4–3Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report (FRMF)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg6–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report (GFA)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Steven Siave (Mauritius)

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg5–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report (FRMF)
Report (GFA)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Ivan Kintu (Uganda)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg9–3Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar)

Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg3–10Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report (GFA)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Hany Farouk (Egypt)
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg2–3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report (FRMF)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Ramadhani Ndayisaba (Burundi)

Group B

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 320011911+86 Knockout stage
2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 32001149+56
3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 31011101224 Fifth place play-off
4Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 300031021110 Seventh place play-off
Source: CAF
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–5Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Report (FSF)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Ahmed Nofal (Egypt)
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg4–3Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report (FMF)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Driss Lamghaidar (Morocco)

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg6–1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Report (FSF)
Report (CAF)
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Omar Tiguili (Morocco)
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Report (FMF)
Penalties
4–1
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Jackson Steven Msilombo (Tanzania)

Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg6–11Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg3–6Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Steven Siave (Mauritius)

7th place play-off

The teams finishing in forth place in the groups are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in a consolation match to determine 7th and 8th place in the final standings.

 
Seventh place play-off
 
  
 
24 October 2024
 
 
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 5
 
 
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (a.e.t.)6
 
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg5–6 (a.e.t.)Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Ahmed Nofal (Egypt)

5th place play-off

The teams finishing in third place in the groups are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in a consolation match to determine 5th and 6th place in the final standings.

 
Fifth place play-off
 
  
 
24 October 2024
 
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 5
 
 
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3
 
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg5–3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Aly Deme (Senegal)

Knockout stage

The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
24 October
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1
 
26 October
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6
 
24 October
 
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1
 
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 7
 
 
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
26 October
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
 
 
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Steven Siave (Mauritius)
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg7–4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada
Referee: Tsaralaza Maolidy (Madagascar)

Third place play-off

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3–4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada

Final

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg6–1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Albatross Stadium, Hurghada

Goalscorers

There have been 106 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 8.83 goals per match (as of 22 October 2024).

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final standings

Qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
4thFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
5thFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
6thFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
7thFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
8thFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CAF qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup alongside Seychelles who automatically qualified as host.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 16 December 20220 (Debut)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 24 October 20249 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 24 October 20240 (Debut)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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