The 2026 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations () is the upcoming seventh edition of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (BSAfCON), the premier international beach soccer tournament in Africa, contested by men's national teams of the member associations of CAF. In total, this will be the 13th edition of Africa's continental beach soccer championship, counting the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification events staged by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) from 2006 until the tournament's rebranding in 2015.
It will be hosted in Senegal for the second time, having previously staged the tournament in 2021. The competition will also double as the African qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, with qualification granted to both finalists.
Senegal are the five-time defending champions, having won every edition consecutively since 2016. Qualification Of the 54 CAF member associations, 17 entered the qualifying competition, with hosts Senegal automatically qualifying for the final tournament. The other 16 teams were seeded according to their results in the previous three editions of the competition. The four lowest-ranked teams entered the first round, while the remaining 12 teams received a bye to the second round. The seven winners then will join Senegal in the final tournament. First round
Second round
Qualified teams The following eight teams have qualified for the final tournament:
TeamQualified asQualified onAppearancesPrevious best performanceFirstLast Host nation18 May 20267th201520247 (2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Group Stage All times are local, GMT (UTC±0) Group A
Group B
Placement matches Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Knockout stage
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The following two teams from CAF will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1only FIFA era (since 2005) 1 Italic indicates hosts for that year. References