The national beach soccer team will on Saturday begin camping for this year’s African Beach Soccer Championship, which will take place in Casablanca, Morocco, 15th – 19th June, 2011.

Team Coach Adamu Audu said during the week that the team, which has in its kitty two African titles from 2007 and 2009, will start the camping with 30 new players in Ajaokuta, Kogi State from Saturday, 14th – 27th June.

“We want to start with the new players, because the truth is that some of the established squad are really getting old for the strenuous demands of beach soccer. So, when we have this two-week camping in Ajaokuta, we will select 15 new players, who will join some of the old guard for the second phase of camping”, said Coach Audu.

The second phase of camping will take place at the team’s regular base in Badagry, Lagos from 29th May – 12th June, which will see 25 players battling for shirts in the 12-man squad that will represent Nigeria in the continental tourney. Only 10 players from the old guard will be welcome.

The top two teams from the African Beach Soccer Championship will qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer Championship scheduled for Rivera, Italy in September.