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]

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Organising body	CAF
Founded	2006; 19 years ago (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

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.

History

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]

Results

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

Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier (CAF Beach Soccer Championship)
2006 details	Durban, South Africa		Cameroon	5–3	Nigeria		Egypt	8–3	Ivory Coast
2007 details	Durban, South Africa		Nigeria	6–5	Senegal		Ivory Coast	2–0	South Africa
2008 details	Durban, South Africa		Senegal	12–6	Cameroon		Ivory Coast	6–3	Egypt
2009 details	Durban, South Africa		Nigeria	7–4	Ivory Coast		Senegal	6–4	Egypt
2011 details	Casablanca, Morocco		Senegal	7–4	Nigeria		Egypt	4–4 (a.e.t.) (1–0 p.)	Madagascar
2013 details	El Jadida, Morocco		Senegal	4–1	Ivory Coast		Morocco	7–2	Nigeria
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
2015 details	Roche Caiman, Seychelles		Madagascar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p.)	Senegal		Nigeria	9–1	Ivory Coast
2016 details	Lagos, Nigeria		Senegal	8–4	Nigeria		Egypt	4–1	Morocco
2018 details	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Senegal	6–1	Nigeria		Egypt	3–2	Morocco
2021[a] details	Saly, Senegal		Senegal	4–1	Mozambique		Morocco	5–3	Uganda
2022 details	Vilankulo, Mozambique[15]		Senegal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.)	Egypt		Morocco	6–4	Mozambique
2024 details	Hurghada, Egypt[16]		Senegal	6–1	Mauritania		Morocco	4–3	Egypt

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

Medals (2006-2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Senegal (SEN)	8	2	1	11
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	Mauritania (MRT)	0	1	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	0	1
9	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	4	4
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	12	36

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
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*)	3 (2008, 2009, 2024*)	8
Mozambique	–	1 (2021*)	–	1 (2022)	2
Mauritania	–	1 (2024)	–	–	1
Morocco	–	–	4 (2013*, 2021, 2022, 2024)	2 (2016, 2018)	6
Uganda	–	–	–	1 (2021)	1
South Africa	–	–	–	1 (2007*)	1

* Hosts

Awards

By category

Al Seyni Ndiaye is a seven-time winner of the best goalkeeper award.

Year	Top goalscorer(s)	Gls	Best player	Best goalkeeper
2006	Gabriel Agu Mark Williams [17]	9	Frédéric Aka	Pascal Mbeyo
2007	Isiaka Olawale Gabriel Agu [18]	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

By nationality

Rank	Team	Awards
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

Summary (2006-2022)

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

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points

Appearances & performance timeline

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.

Legend

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place 5th–9th – Fifth to ninth place[a] R1 – Round 1 (group stage) × – Did not enter

×× – Entered qualifying but withdrew • – Did not qualify •• – Qualified but withdrew q – Qualified for upcoming tournament    – Hosts (qualify automatically) Apps – No. of appearances

a. ^ In some years, teams knocked-out at round 1 played no further matches (these results are marked as R1).
In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements.

Timeline

Entry requirements:

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

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

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics

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    – Hosts

QF – Quarter-finals R1 – Round 1 (group stage) q – Qualified for upcoming tournament Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

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

Notes

1. ^
   In 2005, no qualification was held and South Africa were selected to represent CAF at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.