CAF Beach Soccer AFCON
Uganda stop Burundi to qualify for 2026 CAF Beach Soccer AFCON
Uganda has qualified for the 2026 CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
After drawing 4-4 in the first leg of the second round of the qualifiers against Burundi, the Uganda Sand Cranes won the return leg 9-6 in a match played at the Bunjako Beach on Sunday.
Joshua Letti Lubwama, Baker Lukooya and Godfrey Edweru all netted two goals each for the Uganda Sand Cranes. Ambrose Kigozi, Brian Nkuubi, and Paul Lule also had their names on the score sheet for the hosts.
La vie Nininahazwe and Mossi Nshimirimana each netted a hat-trick for the Burundi team.
“We are very happy to qualify for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations. We have worked really hard to be able to qualify,” said Uganda’s Baker Lukooya.
Uganda will be the only team from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone at the competition after Tanzania were eliminated by Mozambique.
Senegal will host the 2026 CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations that will feature eight teams from November 7-15.
The competition will also double as the African qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, with qualification granted to both finalists.
CECAFA representatives Tanzania have exited the on-going CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024.
The Tanzanian team lost 10-3 to Ghana in their last Group A match played on Tuesday in the Egyptian town of Hurghada.
Tanzania kick started their campaign with a narrow 4-3 defeat to Morocco last week, and suffered another defeat going down 9-3 to hosts Egypt in the second match.
While Egypt and Morocco advanced to the semi-final stage, Tanzania and Ghana were eliminated.
The CECAFA representatives were making their third appearance in the CAF Beach Soccer AFCON in 2018 and 2021 were they also got ejected in the group stage.
CECAFA representatives Tanzania will learn their opponents for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 on September 19th, 2024 when the draw is conducted.
The sixth edition of the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations will take place October 19-26th, 2024 in Hurghada, Egypt.
According to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the official draw for the competition will take place at 17h00 local time (14h00 GMT) in Cairo.
Tanzania qualified after their opponents in the last round of the qualifiers Uganda pulled out.
The other participating teams in the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 include, Egypt (hosts), Ghana, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique, Malawi and reigning champions Senegal.
The tournament will see the eight (8) nations divided into two groups of four.
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