2018 Beach Soccer AFCON Draw: Sand Eagles, Senegal, Libya, Tanzania in Group B

2018 Beach Soccer AFCON Draw: Sand Eagles, Senegal, Libya, Tanzania in Group B

Nigeria's Super Sand Eagles have been drawn together with Senegal, debutants Tanzania and Libya in the 2018 African Cup of Nations for beach soccer to hold in Egypt in December.

Two-time champions Nigeria will rekindle their rivalry with defending champions Senegal after the Francophone speaking nation stopped them from clinching a third title two years ago in Lagos, with Nigeria losing 8-4 in the final.

Debutants Tanzania qualified at the expense of South Africa who withdrew from the competition whilst Libya makes a return after missing the last edition walking over Kenya in the qualifiers to advance to the main draw.

Host nation Egypt were drawn in Group A together with Morocco, Madagascar and Cote d'Ivoire, with the top two nations qualifying to represent the continent at the 2019 World Cup in Paraguay.

See Full Draws:

Group A: Egypt, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, and Madagascar

Group B: Senegal, Nigeria, Libya, and Tanzania

The competition scheduled to hold in Giza, Egypt will start from Sunday, December 9 till Friday, December 14, 2018.

This article was most recently revised and updated 4 years ago

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