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.