2010–2012 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Teams will compete in the sub-zonal tournaments, with all teams advancing, with each team carrying over the points it earns to the five zonal tournament, where teams not entered in the sub-zonal tournaments can enter. The top four teams in each group will advance to the second zonal round where teams are mixed. The top 2 teams from the second zonal round will advance to the continental cup. The winner of the 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup will advance to the Olympics 42 out of a 53 possible nations entered.

Group A

 * Host: Dakar, Senegal
 * Dates: January 8–10, 2011


 * Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
 * Dates: January 14–15, 2011

Group B

 * Host: Cotonou, Benin
 * Dates: January 30–31, 2010


 * Host: Lome, Togo
 * Dates: November 5–7, 2010

Group C

 * Host: Douala, Cameroon
 * Dates: January 27–29, 2011

Group D

 * Host: Gisenyi, Rwanda
 * Dates: December 2–4, 2010


 * Host: Khartoum, Sudan
 * Dates: December 24–25, 2010

Group E

 * Host: Windhoek, Namibia
 * Dates: January 21–23, 2011


 * Host: Maputo, Mozambique
 * Dates: February 4–6, 2011

Zonal round 1
Countries that didn't participate from the sub-zonal round are able to participate. The top 4 countries advance to the next round.

The following countries withdrew after playing in the sub-zonal round.

The following countries entered without playing in the sub-zonal round.

Group A

 * Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
 * Dates: July 3–5, 2011


 * Losers' bracket


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group B

 * Host: Ghana
 * Dates: August 16–18, 2011


 * Losers' bracket


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group C

 * Host: Libreville, Gabon
 * Dates: August 5–7, 2011


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group D

 * Host: Mombasa, Kenya
 * Dates: July 27–29, 2011


 * Losers' bracket


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group E

 * Host: Maputo, Mozambique
 * Dates: July 15–17, 2011


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Zonal round 2
The top 2 of each pool qualifies to the African Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.

The following countries withdrew

Pool 1

 * Host: Congo
 * Dates: October 21–23, 2011

Pool 2

 * Host: Agadir, Morocco
 * Dates: October 11–12, 2011

Pool 3

 * Host: Tomé, Togo
 * Dates: October 14–16, 2011


 * and advanced to the finals.

Pool 4

 * Host: Abuja, Nigeria
 * Dates: October 28–30, 2011


 * and advanced to the finals.

Continental final
The following teams have qualified for the men's continental final.



Group A

 * Host: Dakar, Senegal
 * Dates: January 8–10, 2011


 * Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
 * Dates: January 14–15, 2011

Group B

 * Host: Cotonou, Benin
 * Dates: October 30–31, 2010


 * Host: Tomé, Togo
 * Dates: November 5–6, 2010

Group C

 * Host: Douala, Cameroon
 * Dates: January 27–29, 2011

Group D

 * Host: Gisenyi, Rwanda
 * Dates: December 2–4, 2010

Group E

 * Host: Windhoek, Namibia
 * Dates: January 21–23, 2011


 * Host: Maputo, Mozambique
 * Dates: February 4–6, 2011

Zonal round 1
Countries that didn't participate from the sub-zonal round are able to participate. The top 4 countries advance to the next round.

The following countries withdrew after playing in the sub-zonal round.

The following countries entered without playing in the sub-zonal round.

Group A

 * Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
 * Dates: July 3–5, 2011


 * Losers' bracket


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group B

 * Host: Ghana
 * Dates: August 16–18, 2011


 * Losers' bracket


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group C

 * Host: Libreville, Gabon
 * Dates: August 5–7, 2011

Group D

 * Host: Mombasa, Kenya
 * Dates: July 27–29, 2011


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Group E

 * Host: Maputo, Mozambique
 * Dates: July 15–17, 2011


 * ,, and  advanced to the next round.

Zonal round 2
The top 2 of each pool qualifies to the African Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.

The following countries withdrew

Pool 1

 * Host: Tomé, Togo
 * Dates: October 14–16, 2011


 * and advanced to the finals.

Pool 2

 * Host: Agadir, Morocco
 * Dates: October 11–13, 2011

Pool 3

 * Host: Bejaia, Algeria
 * Dates: October 27–29, 2011


 * and advanced to the finals.

Pool 4

 * Host: Abuja, Nigeria
 * Dates: October 28–30, 2011

Continental final
The following teams have qualified for the women's continental final.