Mauritania national beach soccer team

Mauritania
Nickname(s)Al-Murabitun (الْمُرَابِطُون)
AssociationFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachMoussa Baghayogho[1]
CaptainMohamed Diallo
FIFA codeMTN
BSWW ranking 36 2 (9 April 2025)[2]


First colours


Second colours
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2025)
Best resultGroup stage (2025)
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2024)
Best resultRunners-up (2024)
Medal record
Men's Football
African Nations Championship
2024 Egypt Team

The Mauritania national beach soccer team represents Mauritania in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the governing body for football in Mauritania. The team qualified for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 2024, they finished second in their first participation, which will make their debut at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2025 when they eliminated from the group stage.

History

The Mauritania beach soccer team was created in 2010, but it only really got going in 2020 due to a lack of infrastructure and resources.[3] The team's first participation was in the 2023 Arab Beach Soccer Cup in Egypt and was eliminated in the quarter-finals after the defeat against the host country 3–8.[4] The team qualified for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in 2024 after eliminating Nigeria from the qualifying round on away goals rule after a 10–10 draw in both matches.

In the finals in Egypt, the team entered strongly in Group B where they defeated Senegal, the title holders and the most successful team in the tournament history 5−2.[5] In the second match, the team lost on penalties to Mozambique 1–4 after a 3–3 draw in extra time.[6] In the third match, Mauritania achieved a resounding victory after defeating Malawi 11–6,[7] and the team advanced to the semi-finals at the top of the group. In the semi-finals, Mauritania swept Morocco 7–4,[8] and the team advanced to the final match to face Senegal again and qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the first time.[9][10] However, the team was shocked by a heavy defeat 1−6 against the experienced Senegalese team and get the silver medal.[11][12]

The performance in the World Cup did not rise, as the team suffered three defeats and was eliminated from the group stage. Mauritania competed in Group B alongside Iran, Portugal and Paraguay. The team lost the first match against Iran 4−5,[13] the second match against Portugal, double world champions 4−8 and the final match against Paraguay 5−9.[14][15] Mauritania left the tournament at the bottom of the group with three defeats, having scored 13 goals and conceded 22.

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W W+ L GF GA
2005 to 2021 Did not exist
2024 Did not enter
2025 Group stage 3 0 0 3 13 22
Total Group stage 1/1 3 0 0 3 13 22

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W W+ L GF GA
2006 to 2021 Did not exist
2022 Did not enter
2024 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 27 21
Total Runners-up 1/1 5 3 0 2 27 21

Arab Beach Soccer Cup

Arab Beach Soccer Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W W+ L GF GA
2008 to 2014 Did not enter
2023 Group stage – 4 2 0 2 15 22
Total Group stage 1/1 4 2 0 2 15 22

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Hacen Abeidi (2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 24) AS Vallee
2 2DF Ahmedou Bilal (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 25) Chemal FC
3 2DF Mohamed Diallo (1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 28) Olympic Sirghini
4 2DF El Bechir El Id (2000-03-13)13 March 2000 (aged 25) Chemal FC
5 2DF Mahmoud Samba (2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 25) AS Riyad
6 3MF Hamdy Salem (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 26) FC Arafat
7 4FW Cheikh Belkheir (2004-12-07)7 December 2004 (aged 20) IRT Tanger
8 4FW Bidjati Malick (1996-07-14)14 July 1996 (aged 28) FC Tensoueilim
9 3MF Abdel Aziz Diop (2002-04-03)3 April 2002 (aged 23) Inter Nouakchott
10 3MF El Hadj Niang (1991-12-02)2 December 1991 (aged 33) ASAC Concorde
11 4FW Mohamedou Ely (2003-08-15)15 August 2003 (aged 21) Chemal FC
12 1GK Abdoul Latif Sy (1998-12-11)11 December 1998 (aged 26) AS Vallee

Honours

Runners-up: 2024

References

  1. ^ "Baghayogho: No limits to Mauritania's beach soccer ambitions". fifa.com. 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ^ "CAN de Beach Soccer : La Mauritanie prête à bouleverser la hiérarchie continentale" [Beach Soccer AFCON: Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy]. www.cridem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  4. ^ "Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy". Mauritania ready to shake up the continental hierarchy. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  5. ^ "Senegal 2−5 Mauritania · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  6. ^ "Mozambique 3−3 Mauritania (4−1 pens.) · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  7. ^ "Malawi 6−11 Mauritania · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  8. ^ "Mauritania 7−4 Morocco · 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  9. ^ "Reigning champions Senegal to face debutants Mauritania in CAF Beach Soccer AFCON Final". cafonline. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  10. ^ "Wedou sends Mauritania to first global finals". FIFA.com. 25 October 2024.
  11. ^ @ffrim (24 October 2024). "🚨 | Les 𝓗𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓼 🇲🇷 de la 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂̀ 𝒍𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒓 @fifaworldcup_fr 2025 !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Senegal overpowers Mauritania to retain Beach Soccer AFCON title". Senegal overpowers Mauritania to retain Beach Soccer AFCON title. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  13. ^ "Mauritania - Iran 4:5". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  14. ^ "Mauritania - Portugal 4:8". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  15. ^ "Paraguay - Mauritania 9:5". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
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