Nigeria Beach Soccer Association regrets 2022 Beach Soccer Afcon withdrawal

Nigeria Beach Soccer Association (NBSA) has expressed regret over the Supersand Eagles absense from the 2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in Mozambique last November.

The Association, in a communique released after its second Annual General Meeting on Sunday, pledged to support the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure the Sand Eagles come back strong and continue to fly the country’s flag at international competition.

“The Congress regrets the failure of the National Beach soccer Team (Super Sand Eagles) to feature at the last African Cup of Nations in Vilankulo, Mozambique,” the communique reads.

“The Association pledges its continued commitment to complement the NFF on its mandates, it hopes that more would be done collaboratively to ensure that the Super Sand Eagles not only qualify for future international engagements but emerge victoriously, such as the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup scheduled for Dubai and its African qualifiers that shall be held before this global event.”

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Beach Soccer League coordinator, Mahmud Hadeji, has called on various states to submit their expression of interest to bid for the Association’s competition in the new year 2023.

The championship served as the World Cup qualification to pick teams to represent Africa at the 2023 Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates was won by Senegal for the fourth consecutive time and seventh overall.