AFCON 2018 Beach Soccer Qualifiers
First Leg: Sunday 9th September 2018
- Uganda Vs Ivory Coast – Entebbe
Return Leg: 21, 22, 23 September 2018
- Ivory Coast Vs Uganda – Abidjan
West Africans Ivory Coast will play Uganda Sand Cranes in a two legged qualification arrangement for the AFCON 2018 Beach Soccer Championship.
The two legged encounter will see the winner book a place at the finals slated for December 9–14 in Cairo, Egypt.
FUFA Communications Manager Ahmed Hussein noted;
Uganda has been drawn against Ivory Coast in the AFCON Beach Soccer Qualifiers 2018. We are looking forward for better preparations ahead of the qualifiers. We are confident our team is young and has experience. They are looking forward to the game
The last time Uganda took part in the qualifiers was in 2015 when Sand Cranes were eliminated by the Ghana National team-Black Sharks.
The provisional team will be named in the due course.
Meanwhile, CAF has invited Ugandan Beach Soccer instructor Ali Mwebe and beach soccer Referee Ivan Kintu Bayige for a CAF Beach Soccer Referees Course to take place in Cairo (Egypt) from the 14th -18th July 2018.
The duo is expected to leave Uganda on the 13th July 2018.
