CAF Beach Soccer Championship
The CAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in Africa. The first championship was held in September 2006 in Durban, South Africa, as all following tournaments were until 2011, when the tournament was moved to Casablanca, Morocco. The two finalists of the competition qualify for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The most successful nation is Senegal, who have won the tournament three of the six times, and have qualified for the World Cup four times.
Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Tournaments
| Year | Location | Final | Third place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 2005 | South Africa selected to represent CAF, no qualifiers held | ||||||
| 2006 | Durban, South Africa |  Cameroon |
5 – 3 |  Nigeria |
 Egypt |
8 – 3 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2007 | Durban, South Africa | Nigeria |
6 – 5 |  Senegal |
Côte d'Ivoire |
2 – 0 |  South Africa |
| 2008 | Durban, South Africa | Senegal |
12 – 6 | Cameroon |
Côte d'Ivoire |
6 – 3 | Egypt |
| 2009 | Durban, South Africa | Nigeria |
7 – 4 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Senegal |
6 – 4 | Egypt |
| 2011 | Casablanca, Morocco | Senegal |
7 – 4 | Nigeria |
Egypt |
4 – 4 aet (1 – 0) pen |
 Madagascar |
| 2013 | El Jadida, Morocco | Senegal |
4 – 1 | Côte d'Ivoire |
 Morocco |
7 – 2 | Nigeria |
| 2015 | Roche Caiman, Seychelles | Madagascar |
1 – 1 aet (2 – 1) pen |
Senegal |
Nigeria |
9 – 1 | Côte d'Ivoire |
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) |
Nations who have qualified for the World Cup
These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since 2005, to represent Africa.
- 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 |  2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
 2009 |
 2011 |
 2013 |
 2015 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||
| Madagascar | q | 1 | |||||||
| Nigeria | R1 | QF | R1 | QF | 4 | ||||
| Senegal | QF | R1 | QF | R1 | q | 5 | |||
| South Africa | R1 | 1 |
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