Mauritania national beach soccer team

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Mauritania
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Nickname(s) Al-Murabitun (الْمُرَابِطُون)
Association Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coachMoussa Baghayogho [1]
Captain Mohamed Diallo
FIFA code MTN
BSWW ranking 76 Increase2.svg 4 (8 April 2024) [2]
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First colours
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Second colours
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2025 )
Best resultTBD (2025)
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2024 )
Best resultRunners-up (2024)
Medal record
Men's Football
African Nations Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Egypt Team

The Mauritania national beach soccer team represents Mauritania in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the governing body for football in Mauritania. The team qualified for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 2024, they finished second in their first participation, which will make their debut at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2025.

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History

The Mauritania beach soccer team was created in 2010, but it only really got going in 2020 due to a lack of infrastructure and resources. [3] The team's first participation was in the 2023 Arab Beach Soccer Cup in Egypt and was eliminated in the quarter-finals after the defeat against the host country 3–8. [4] The team qualified for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in 2024 after eliminating Nigeria from the qualifying round on away goals rule after a 10–10 draw in both matches.

In the finals in Egypt, the team entered strongly in Group B where they defeated Senegal, the title holders and the most successful team in the tournament history 5−2. [5] In the second match, the team lost on penalties to Mozambique 1–4 after a 3–3 draw in extra time. [6] In the third match, Mauritania achieved a resounding victory after defeating Malawi 11–6, [7] and the team advanced to the semi-finals at the top of the group. In the semi-finals, Mauritania swept Morocco 7–4, [8] and the team advanced to the final match to face Senegal again and qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the first time. [9] [10] However, the team was shocked by a heavy defeat 1−6 against the experienced Senegalese team and get the silver medal. [11] [12]

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations. [13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Abdoulatif Sy
2Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Ahmadou Bilal
3Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Mohamed Diallo
4Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Bechir Elid
5Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Sidi Limam
7Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Cheikh Belkheir
No.Pos.NationPlayer
8Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Bijati Malik
9Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Abdelazize Diop
10Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN El Hadj Thierno
11Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Mouhamedou Ely
13Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Hamdy Salem
14 GK Flag of Mauritania.svg  MTN Hassen Abedi


Competitive record

Arab Beach Soccer Cup

Arab Beach Soccer Cup record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Egypt.svg 2008 to Flag of Egypt.svg 2014 Did not enter
Flag of Egypt.svg 2023 Quarter-finals–42021522
TotalQuarter-finals1/142021522

Honours

Silver medal africa.svg Runners-up: 2024

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References

  1. ↑ "Baghayogho: No limits to Mauritania's beach soccer ambitions". fifa.com. 9 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "CAN de Beach Soccer : La Mauritanie prête à bouleverser la hiérarchie continentale" [Beach Soccer AFCON: Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy]. www.cridem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy". Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  5. ↑ "Senegal 2−5 Mauritania · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Mozambique 3−3 Mauritania (4−1 pens.) · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  7. ↑ "Malawi 6−11 Mauritania · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  8. ↑ "Mauritania 7−4 Morocco · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  9. ↑ "Reigning champions Senegal to face debutants Mauritania in CAF Beach Soccer AFCON Final". cafonline. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Wedou sends Mauritania to first global finals". FIFA.com. 25 October 2024.
  11. ↑ @ffrim (24 October 2024). "🚨 | Les 𝓗𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓼 🇲🇷 de la 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂̀ 𝒍𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒓 @fifaworldcup_fr 2025 !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ "Senegal overpowers Mauritania to retain Beach Soccer AFCON title". Senegal overpowers Mauritania to retain Beach Soccer AFCON title. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  13. ↑ @ffrim (6 October 2024). "#FFRIM 🚨 | La liste de la 𝒔𝒆́𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒓 🇲🇷 choisie par le coach 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒈𝒉𝒐 pour prendre part à la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations de la discipline « Égypte 2024 »" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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