Mauritius national beach soccer team
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The Mauritius national beach soccer team represents Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

 in international 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....

 competitions and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association
Mauritius Football Association
The Mauritius Football Association is the governing body of football in Mauritius. It was founded in 1952, affiliated to FIFA in 1962 and to CAF in 1963. The association was formerly known as the Mauritius Sports Association but renamed to Mauritius Football Association in 1984 through the...

, the governing body for football in Mauritius. The Mauritius national beach soccer team played their first game, a 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...

 qualifier, in July 2009, losing 0–13 to 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...

. Their first win came in the 2009 Festisable du Tampon, which took place in Réunion
Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...

, in which Mauritius won against the hosts 3-2.

CAF Beach Soccer Championship record

  • 2006–2008 — Did not participate
  • 2009 — 9th
  • 2011 — Did not participate

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record

  • 1995–2008 — Did not participate
  • 2009 — Did not qualify
  • 2011 — Did not participate

Schedule

Recent results

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Current squad

Squad called up for the 2011 Festisable du Tampon.
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Manager:  Mauritius Eddy Rose

Head of Delegation:  Mauritius Nanda Kistnen

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