Mauritania national beach soccer team

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]

The performance in the World Cup did not rise, as the team suffered three defeats and was eliminated from the group stage. Mauritania competed in Group B alongside Iran, Portugal and Paraguay. The team lost the first match against Iran 4−5,^[13] the second match against Portugal, double world champions 4−8 and the final match against Paraguay 5−9.^[14][15] Mauritania left the tournament at the bottom of the group with three defeats, having scored 13 goals and conceded 22.

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Coach: Moussa Baghayoko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hacen Abeidi	(2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 24)	AS Vallee
2	2DF	Ahmedou Bilal	(2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 25)	Chemal FC
3	2DF	Mohamed Diallo	(1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 28)	Olympic Sirghini
4	2DF	El Bechir El Id	(2000-03-13)13 March 2000 (aged 25)	Chemal FC
5	2DF	Mahmoud Samba	(2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 25)	AS Riyad
6	3MF	Hamdy Salem	(1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 26)	FC Arafat
7	4FW	Cheikh Belkheir	(2004-12-07)7 December 2004 (aged 20)	IRT Tanger
8	4FW	Bidjati Malick	(1996-07-14)14 July 1996 (aged 28)	FC Tensoueilim
9	3MF	Abdel Aziz Diop	(2002-04-03)3 April 2002 (aged 23)	Inter Nouakchott
10	3MF	El Hadj Niang	(1991-12-02)2 December 1991 (aged 33)	ASAC Concorde
11	4FW	Mohamedou Ely	(2003-08-15)15 August 2003 (aged 21)	Chemal FC
12	1GK	Abdoul Latif Sy	(1998-12-11)11 December 1998 (aged 26)	AS Vallee