The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers (CAF), more commonly known as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer

Beach soccer

Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....

 in Africa. The first championship was held in September 2006 in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, as all following tournaments were until 2011, when the tournament was moved to Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

, Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

. The two finalists of the competition qualify for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

. The most successful nation is the Nigeria

Nigeria national beach soccer team

The Nigerian national beach soccer team represents Nigeria in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation, the governing body for football in Nigeria.-Current squad:Coach: Audu Adamu...

, who have won the tournament two of the four times, and have qualified for the world cup three 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

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the 16th edition of the World Cup since its...

.

Tournaments

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006 2006 CAF Beach Soccer Championship -Winners:-Final standings:- References :...	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...		5 – 3			8 – 3
2007 2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship -Winners:-Final standings:...	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...		6 – 5			2 – 0
2008 2008 CAF Beach Soccer Championship The 2008 CAF Beach Soccer Championship also known as the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for was the third beach soccer championship for Africa, held in March 2008, in Durban, South Africa....	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...		12 – 6			6 – 3
2009 2009 CAF Beach Soccer Championship -Group C:-------------Knockout stage:-Final standing:...	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...		7 – 4			6 – 4
2011 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CAF) - Group B :--------- Group C :---------Knockout stage:-Seventh Place:-Semifinals:-Fifth Place:-Third Place:-Final:-Winners:-Awards:-Teams Qualifying:-Final Placement:-References:...	Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...		7 – 4			4 – 4 aet (1 – 0) pen

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
	2 (2007, 2009)	2 (2006, 2011)	-	-
	2 (2008, 2011)	1 (2007)	1 (2009)	-
	1 (2006)	1 (2008)	-	-
	-	1 (2009)	2 (2007, 2008)	1 (2006)
	-	-	2 (2006, 2011)	2 (2008, 2009)
	-	-	-	1 (2011)
	-	-	-	1 (2007)

Nations who have qualified for the world cup

These are the nations who have been successful enough in the competition to qualify to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

, to represent Africa. The numbers in brackets shows how many times that country has qualified over the four years the tournament has been held. (4) (3) (2) (1)