Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

The Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON) is the main championship for beach soccer in Africa,[1] contested between senior men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2] It is the sport's version of the better known Africa Cup of Nations in association football.

Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
Founded2006 (2006)
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams8 (finals)
Nº in qualifiers varies
Qualifier forFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions Senegal (5th title)
Most successful team(s) Senegal (5 titles)
Websitecafonline.com
2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions;[3] the tournament also acts as the qualification route for African nations to the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] 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.

The championship was established in 2006 when 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 organised 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 organisers in 2015,[11] establishing a qualification phase to determine the elite eight nations to compete in the tournament finals. CAF also began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed for the next edition,[12] scheduled for 2017. However, 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.[13]

Senegal are the most successful nation having won the event five times and are also the current champions. In terms of success in qualifying to the World Cup, again Senegal are the most outstanding nation, having qualified in seven out of nine attempts. Nigeria follow closely behind, with six qualifications.

Results

For all tournaments, 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
Africa Beach Soccer 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
2020
details		 TBA, Senegal[14]
2022
details		 TBA[15]

Performance

Successful nations
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total top 4
 Senegal 5 (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018) 2 (2007, 2015) 1 (2009) – 8
 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 – – 4 (2006, 2011, 2016, 2018*) 2 (2008, 2009) 6
 Morocco – – 1 (2013*) 2 (2016, 2018) 3
 South Africa – – – 1 (2007*) 1
* Hosts

Awards
Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper Ref.
2006 Gabriel Agu
Mark Williams		 9 Frédéric Aka Pascal Mbeyo
2007 Isiaka Olawale
Gabriel Agu		 14 Frédéric Aka Al Seyni Ndiaye
2008 Stephane Bobou 12 Pape Koukpaki Kevin Enam
2009 Isiaka Olawale 14 Isiaka Olawale Kevin Enam
2011 Babacar Fall
Pape Koukpaki		 8 Isiaka Olawale Al Seyni Ndiaye
2013 Abu Azeez 12 Nassim El Hadaoui Al Seyni Ndiaye
2015 Alexander Adjei 15 Toky Randriamampandry Jhorialy Rafalimanana
2016 Babacar Fall 11 Emeka Ogbonna Al Seyni Ndiaye
2018 Assouan Kablan
Regis Enidiel		 9 not awarded
a. ^ Statistically the top scorers, but no award was actually given.

All-time table

As of 2018

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts PPG Win %
1  Senegal 83828127231130+101882.3281.6
2  Nigeria 940242113237169+68771.9367.5
3  Egypt 939181218181152+29581.4953.8
4  Ivory Coast 940161419180185–5541.3552.5
5  Morocco 729140015126118+8421.4548.3
6  Madagascar 522922910993+16331.559.1
7  Cameroon 312601555550191.5858.3
8  South Africa 515400116065–5120.826.7
9  Ghana 312200104876–2860.516.7
10  Cape Verde 2710152246–2440.5728.6
11  Mozambique 3910172559–3440.4422.2
12  Algeria 1310021419–53133.3
13  Libya 5161001563109–4630.196.3
14  Tanzania 1501041431–1720.420
15  Mauritius 120002323–20000
16  Seychelles 150005634–28000

Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations and how many appearances they each have made.

Additionally, seven teams have entered the qualificiation 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: Djibouti, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sudan, Tunisia and Uganda.

Legend
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)		 2020

(8)		 Apps
​⁄9
 Algeria ××××6th×××× 1
 Cameroon 1stR12nd××××××× 3
 Cape Verde ×6thR1××××•× 2
 Egypt 3rd5th4th4th3rdR16th3rd3rd 9
 Ghana ×××××R17th7th× 3
 Ivory Coast 4th3rd3rd2nd7th2nd4th6th6th 9
 Libya ×××R18thR1××8th8th 5
 Madagascar ××××4thR11st5th5th 5
 Mauritius ×××R1×ו×× 1
 Morocco 6th××5th5th3rd5th4th4th 7
 Mozambique ×R1R16th×ו•• 3
 Nigeria 2nd1stR11st2nd4th3rd2nd2nd 9
 Senegal ×2nd1st3rd1st1st2nd1st1stq 8
 Seychelles ××××××8th×× 1
 South Africa 5th4thR1R19thו××× 5
 Tanzania ×××××ו•7th 1

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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
Team \ Years
2005[†]
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021		 Total
 CameroonR1R12
 Côte d'IvoireR1R12
 MadagascarR11
 NigeriaR1QFR1QFR1R16
 SenegalQFR1QFR1R1QFQF7
 South AfricaR11
Total no. of unique qualifiers6
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
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  2. "Regulations of the African Beach Soccer Championship" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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  9. "Senegal claim African crown". FIFA. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. "CAF BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS BEGIN IN MOROCCO". CAF. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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  14. Senegal to host the CAF Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 September 2020.
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