Organising body | CAF |
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Founded | 2006 |
Region | Africa |
Number of teams | 8 (main tournament) Qualification numbers vary |
Qualifier for | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
Current champions | Senegal (8th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Senegal (8 titles) |
Website | Official website |
2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations |
The Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (BSAFCON) is the beach soccer tournament of Africa, [1] organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [2] Launched in 2006, the winners of each edition [3] qualifies for African nations to the upcoming 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 is the most successful nation in this competition and in World Cup qualifications, having won eight titles, including the latest one in 2024, and qualified from with nine out of eleven attempts; Nigeria follow close behind, with six qualifications.
In 2006, 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 organized 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 organizers in 2015, [11] establishing a qualification phase to determine the eight nations to compete in the main tournament. On 6 August 2015, CAF renamed the competition as the "Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations". [12] [13] 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. [14]
For all editions of this tournament, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Senegal (SEN) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Cameroon (CMR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
7 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Totals (8 entries) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total | |
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Senegal | 8 (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021*, 2022, 2024) | 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 |
Year | Top goalscorer(s) | Gls | Best player | Best goalkeeper |
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2006 |
| 9 | Frédéric Aka | Pascal Mbeyo |
2007 |
| 14 | Frédéric Aka | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2008 | Stephane Bobou [19] | 12 | Pape Koukpaki | Kevin Enam |
2009 | Isiaka Olawale [18] | 14 | Isiaka Olawale | Kevin Enam |
2011 | Babacar Fall Pape Koukpaki [20] | 8 | Isiaka Olawale | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2013 | Abu Azeez [21] | 12 | Nassim El Hadaoui | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2015 | Alexander Adjei [22] | 15 | Toky Randriamampandry | Jhorialy Rafalimanana |
2016 | Babacar Fall [23] | 11 | Emeka Ogbonna | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2018 | Assouan Kablan [24] | 10 | Abu Azeez | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2021 | Nelson Manuel [25] [26] | 10 | Nelson Manuel | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
2022 | Mandione Diagne [27] | 10 | Mandione Diagne | Al Seyni Ndiaye |
Rank | Team | Awards |
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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 |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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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
The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in this tournament 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.
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Year Team | 2006 (6) | 2007 (8) | 2008 (8) | 2009 (9) | 2011 (9) | 2013 (8) | 2015 (8) | 2016 (8) | 2018 (8) | 2021 (7) | 2022 (8) | 2024 (8) | Apps ⁄11 | |
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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 | 4th | 12 | |
Ghana | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | 7th | 7th | × | ×× | • | Q | 4 | |
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 | Q | 2 | |
Mauritania | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
Mauritius | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | 1 | |
Morocco | 6th | × | × | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 10 | |
Mozambique | × | R1 | R1 | 6th | × | × | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | Q | 6 | |
Nigeria | 2nd | 1st | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | × | xx | • | 10 | |
Senegal | × | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 11 | |
Seychelles | × | × | × | × | × | × | 8th | × | × | 7th | • | • | 2 | |
South Africa | 5th | 4th | R1 | R1 | 9th | × | • | × | ×× | × | × | • | 5 | |
Tanzania | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | • | Q | 3 | |
Uganda | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | ×× | • | 4th | 5th | • | 2 |
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.
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Team \ Years | 2005 [†] | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Cameroon | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Egypt | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Madagascar | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mauritania | Q | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mozambique | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nigeria | R1 | QF | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | 6 | |||||||
Senegal | QF | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | 4th | R1 | Q | 10 | |||
Seychelles | Q | 1 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total number of unique qualifiers | 10 |
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