Women Beach Soccer Festival 2022 Fixtures Released

The fixtures for the women beach soccer festival have on Friday been released. Fourteen teams will battle for this year’s title from December 30^th to 31^st at Mutoola resort beach in Mukono, and they are set to play a combined total of 42 group phase matches before the knock out stage.

Uganda Martyrs won last year’s festival

Also read https://ubsa.co.ug/women-beach-soccer-festival-attract-fourteen-teams/

Winners of groups – A and B will match the second placed team in the opposite group at the semi finals on match day two, with the classification (losers) match preceding the final on that very day.

Defending champions – Uganda Martyrs will in group A, face off with Ms Sand Lions in the opening showdown of the gala before the Jinja based Nile Queens play Mutoola Ladies in group B.

Kick off time for all the matches will be communicated in the due course and please note fixtures are subject to change.

Full Fixtures

Women Beach Soccer Festival DRAFT FIXTURES 2022-2

Match day one – 30/12/2022

Uganda Martyrs Lubaga Vs Ms Sand Lionesses

Niles Queens Vs Mutoola Ladies

Kampala JT Vs Talented Ladies Kasawo

Alphinex Vs Gomba Ladies

Prison Ladies Vs Mpata Ladies

Nansana Ladies Vs Makindye Bees

Kampala JT Vs Uganda Martyrs Lubaga

Alphinex Vs Nile Queens

Talented Ladies Kasawo Vs Prison Ladies

Gomba Ladies Vs Nansana Ladies

Mpata Ladies Vs Katuuso Community

Makindye Bees Vs She Maroons

Nile Queens Vs Nansana Ladies

Ms Sand Lionesses Vs Kampala JT

Mutoola Ladies Vs Alphinex

Katuuso Community Vs Talented Ladies Kasawo

She Maroons Vs Gomba Ladies

Uganda Martyrs Lubaga Vs Prison Ladies

Katuuso Community Vs Uganda Martyrs Lubaga

Nansana Ladies Vs Mutoola Ladies

Prison Ladies Vs Ms Sand Lionesses

She Maroons Vs Nile Queens

Talented Ladies Kasawo Vs Mpata Ladies

Gomba Ladies Vs Makindye Bees

Match day two – 31/12/2022

Alphinex Vs Nansana Ladies

Uganda Martyrs Lubaga Vs Mpata Ladies

Mutoola Ladies Vs She Maroons

Ms Sand Lionesses Vs Katuuso Community

Nile Queens Vs Makindye Bees

Kampala JT Vs Prison Ladies

Talented Ladies Kasawo Vs Uganda Martyrs Lubaga

She Maroons Vs Alphinex

Mpata Ladies Vs Ms Sand Lionesses

Makindye Bees Vs Mutoola Ladies

Katuuso Community Vs Kampala JT

Gomba Ladies Vs Nile Queens

Ms Sand Lionesses Vs Talented Ladies Kasawo

Alphinex Vs Makindye Bees

Kampala JT Vs Mpata Ladies

Nansana Ladies Vs She Maroons

Prison Ladies Vs Katuuso Community

Mutoola Ladies Vs Gomba Ladies

Semi Final

M43 Winner Group A Vs Runner Up Group B

M44 Runner Up Group A Vs Winner Group B

Classification Match

M45 Loser M#43 Vs Loser M#44

Final

M46 Winner M#43 Vs Winner M#44

Women Beach Soccer Festival Attract Fourteen Teams

The second edition of the annual women beach soccer festival will have fourteen teams compete this year, indicating an increase of four from the ten that took part in 2021.

Action between Prison Ladies and Kampala Junior Team in inaugural edition

They have been pooled in two groups – A and B, seven teams in each group with the top two in each lot qualifying for the knock out stage.

Defending champions Uganda Martyrs Lubaga are in group A while last year’s first runners up – Nansana Ladies highlight group B that also includes Nile Queens from Jinja.

**Uganda Martyrs were full of smiles after hoisting the trophy last year**

The festival, organised by the Uganda Beach Soccer Association (UBSA) together with the Uganda Women Football Association (UWFA), is scheduled for every 31st December.

Mutoola Resort Beach in Mukono to host the women’s showpiece for the second time running.

Draw in full.

Group A

Uganda Martyrs Lubaga

Ms Sand Lionesses

Kampala Junior Team

Prison Ladies

Katuuso Community

Mpata Ladies

Talented Ladies Kasawo

Group B

Nansana Ladies

She Maroons

Makindye Bees

Gomba Ladies

Alphinex

Nile Queens

Mutoola Ladies

AFRICAN BEACH SOCCER UPDATES

The Beach Soccer African Cup of Nations ( BSAFCON) championship was established in 2006 when FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments on Beach Soccer to determine the best national teams in their region.

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) initially organised the competition under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier also known as the CAF Beach Soccer championship

CAF became the lead organisers in 2015, establishing a qualification phase to determine the elite nations to compete in the tournament finals. CAF also officially renamed the Tournament as Beach Soccer African Cup of Nations (BSAFCON)

Current rankings of teams qualified for the BSAFCON 2022

1st – Senegal (5th Global)
2nd – Mozambique (21st Global)
3rd – Morocco (23rd Global)
4th – Egypt (28th Global)
5th – Uganda (46th Global)
6th – Nigeria (47th Global)
7th – Madagascar (75th Global)
8th – Malawi (102nd Global)

Picture: Big Roo (Moz) & Raoul (Sen) during the 2021 BSAFCON finals in Saly Senegal.

Picture credits: @Nasyr_auwal

CELEBRATED BEACH SOCCER COACH ANGELO SCHRINZI UNVEILED AS UGANDA SAND CRANES HEAD COACH

The Fufa president Eng. Moses Magogo has told unveiled the Swiss Coach Angelo Shrinzi as head Coach of the sand Cranes. Angelo is a big name in the world of beach soccer and a lot of expectation from Ugandans is high.

Coach Angelo is hired on a short contract to steer the Uganda National Beach Soccer team to Fufa Beach Soccer World Cup.

While unveiling him, the FUFA president Eng. Moses Magogo said that Angelo’s vast expertise in the game will spur the team to FIFA BEACH SOCCER World Cup and help our local coaches learn a lot from him. ” We are more determined than before to take this game to another level. We hope your experience will guide us in this.”

On his part Coach, Angelo Shrinzi spoke much about his career as a beach soccer coach and Fifa Beach Soccer Coaches Instructor. He has immense experience good enough to develop Uganda’s national beach soccer team.

Present during the unveiling was the Fufa Excom Member Mr. Ronnie Kalema who is the Executive Secretary in charge of football development at Fufa, Mr. Deo Mutabazi the Uganda Beach Soccer Association chairman, and Me. Decolas Hantali Kizza the Fufa deputy CEO in charge of football and Mr. Tumwesigye Anthony the Fufa Delegate was representing beach soccer in the Fufa assembly.

Anthony, Mutabazi, Angelo, Edgar, and Kalema while FUFA CEO’s office

The ceremony took place at Fufa Mengo with a press conference where the media took him through a questions session.

Before coming to Uganda coach Angelo has just aided the Swiss National Beach Soccer team win the European Beach Soccer Championship in Italy. He told members of the press that he has been to Seven Fifa Beach Soccer World Cups a vast experience to make us proud.

Angelo pointing the FUFA FM logo at fUFA house

His immediate task is to prepare the team for Cosafa Beach Soccer Championship in Durban South Africa which kicks off from 25th Sept to 1st October 2022. Then later to Maputo Mozambique for the AFCON BEACH SOCCER FINALS 2022.

At Uganda Beach soccer Association we wish coach Angelo the best of luck and we pledge to give him the necessary support.