Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Logo for the 2015 edition
Founded 2006
Region Africa (CAF)
Number of teams 8 (finals)
20 (in qualifying)
Current champions  Madagascar
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)  Senegal
(3 titles)

The Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (previously known as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship prior to 2016) is the main international championship for beach soccer in Africa, mirroring that of the Africa Cup of Nations in association football, aiming to crown the best nation on the continent. Also referred to as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for CAF, the championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made requirements for all confederations to begin holding a qualification tournament to determine the best national team(s) in the region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the forthcoming FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] Therefore, since the World Cup takes place every two years, so does the championship.

Africa was awarded two spots at the finals under FIFA's new changes to the organisation of the World Cup and hence the winners and runners-up of the championship qualify to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for African nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional title beforehand.

Organisation of the championship had previously all but been the responsibility of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW),[2] however, after minimal input in preceding editions, in 2015 CAF made a commitment to extensively increase their involvement in the organisation of the championship. This saw mass expansion, with CAF establishing a qualification phase taking place first to determine the elite eight nations to compete in the finals of the championship itself, as opposed to automatic entry as in the past, causing a surge in the number of teams participating.[3] This involvement lead to CAF referring to the tournament as the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations to which it was officially renamed for the 2016 event.[4]

Preparing for the 2017 edition, CAF announced that, since three major CAF competitions are held in odd years already, the tournament would be changing to be held in even years henceforth, starting with 2016.[5]

The most successful nation is Senegal, who have won the tournament three of the seven times, and have qualified for the World Cup five times.

Tournament results

For all tournaments, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2006
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Cameroon		 5 – 3
Nigeria
Egypt		 8 – 3
Côte d'Ivoire
2007
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Nigeria		 6 – 5
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire		 2 – 0
South Africa
2008
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Senegal		 12 – 6
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire		 6 – 3
Egypt
2009
details		 South Africa Durban, South Africa
Nigeria		 7 – 4
Côte d'Ivoire
Senegal		 6 – 4
Egypt
2011
details		 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
Senegal		 7 – 4
Nigeria
Egypt		 4 – 4 aet
(1 – 0) pen
Madagascar
2013
details		 Morocco El Jadida, Morocco
Senegal		 4 – 1
Côte d'Ivoire
Morocco		 7 – 2
Nigeria
2015
details		 Seychelles Roche Caiman, Seychelles
Madagascar		 1 – 1 aet
(2 – 1) pen
Senegal
Nigeria		 9 – 1
Côte d'Ivoire
2016
details		 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
 Senegal 3 (2008, 2011, 2013) 2 (2007, 2015) 1 (2009) -
 Nigeria 2 (2007, 2009) 3 (2006, 2011) 1 (2015) 1 (2013)
 Cameroon 1 (2006) 1 (2008) - -
 Madagascar 1 (2015) - - 1 (2011)
 Côte d'Ivoire - 2 (2009, 2013) 2 (2007, 2008) 2 (2006, 2015)
 Egypt - - 2 (2006, 2011) 2 (2008, 2009)
 Morocco - - 1 (2013) -
 South Africa - - - 1 (2007)

Appearances

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the CAF Beach Soccer Championship since 2006.

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • R1 – Group Stage (2007–present)
  • • – Did not quality
  • •• – Qualified but withdrew
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Hosts
2006
South Africa
(6)		 2007
South Africa
(8)		 2008
South Africa
(8)		 2009
South Africa
(9)		 2011
Morocco
(9)		 2013
Morocco
(8)		 2015
Seychelles
(8)		 2016
Nigeria
(8)		 Total
 Algeria • • • • R1 • • 1
 Cameroon 1st R1 2nd • • • • 3
 Cape Verde • 6th R1 • • • • 1
 Ivory Coast 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd R1 2nd 4th 7
 Democratic Republic of the Congo • • • • •• • • 0
 Egypt 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd R1 6th q 7
 Ghana • • • • • R1 7th 2
 Libya • • • R1 R1 R1 • q 3
 Mauritius • • • R1 • • • 1
 Madagascar • • • • 4th R1 1st 3
 Morocco 6th • • R1 R1 3rd 5th q 5
 Mozambique • R1 R1 R1 • • • 3
 Nigeria 2nd 1st R1 1st 2nd 4th 3rd q 7
 Senegal • 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 6
 Seychelles • • • • • • 8th 1
 South Africa 5th 4th R1 R1 R1 • • 5

World Cup performance

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.

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Hosts
Team Brazil
2005[†]		 Brazil
2006		 Brazil
2007		 Brazil
2008		 United Arab Emirates
2009		 Italy
2011		 French Polynesia
2013		 Portugal
2015		 The Bahamas
2017		 Total
 Cameroon R1 R1 2
 Ivory Coast R1 R1 2
 Madagascar R1 1
 Nigeria R1 QF R1 QF 4
 Senegal QF R1 QF R1 R1 5
 South Africa R1 1
Notes
  1. ^ In 2005, no CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and South Africa were selected to represent CAF.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". fifa.com. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on May 13, 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Regulation FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). cafonline.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "NFF constitutes LOC for 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations". goal.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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