Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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).^[8] FIFA currently allocate Africa two berths at the World Cup^[9] and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals.^[10]

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) originally organized the competition^[11] under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier^[12] (also known informally as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship).^[13] Despite historically having minimal input (often only sending delegates),^[14] CAF became lead organizers in 2015,^[15] 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".^[16][17] 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.^[18]

For all editions of this tournament, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier

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#	Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off			Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier (CAF Beach Soccer Championship)
1	2006 details	Durban, South Africa		Cameroon	5–3	Nigeria		Egypt	8–3	Ivory Coast	6
2	2007 details	Durban, South Africa		Nigeria	6–5	Senegal		Ivory Coast	2–0	South Africa	8
3	2008 details	Durban, South Africa		Senegal	12–6	Cameroon		Ivory Coast	6–3	Egypt	8
4	2009 details	Durban, South Africa		Nigeria	7–4	Ivory Coast		Senegal	6–4	Egypt	9
5	2011 details	Casablanca, Morocco		Senegal	7–4	Nigeria		Egypt	4–4 (a.e.t.) (1–0 p.)	Madagascar	9
6	2013 details	El Jadida, Morocco		Senegal	4–1	Ivory Coast		Morocco	7–2	Nigeria	8

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Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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#	Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off			Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
1	2015 details	Roche Caiman, Seychelles		Madagascar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p.)	Senegal		Nigeria	9–1	Ivory Coast	8
2	2016 details	Lagos, Nigeria		Senegal	8–4	Nigeria		Egypt	4–1	Morocco	8
3	2018 details	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Senegal	6–1	Nigeria		Egypt	3–2	Morocco	8
4	2021[a] details	Saly, Senegal		Senegal	4–1	Mozambique		Morocco	5–3	Uganda	7
5	2022 details	Vilankulo, Mozambique[19]		Senegal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.)	Egypt		Morocco	6–4	Mozambique	8
6	2024 details	Hurghada, Egypt[20]		Senegal	6–1	Mauritania		Morocco	4–3	Egypt	8
7	2026 details	Senegal									8

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1. [a]

   Originally scheduled for 2020. Delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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

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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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Timeline

Entry requirements:

• 2006–2013: Automatic entry for all teams.
• Since 2015: Eight teams qualify through the qualification round.

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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
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

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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
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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