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.
Host: Dakar, Senegal
Dates: January 8–10, 2011
Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Dates: January 14–15, 2011
Host: Cotonou, Benin
Dates: January 30–31, 2010
Host: Lome, Togo
Dates: November 5–7, 2010
Host: Douala, Cameroon
Dates: January 27–29, 2011
Host: Gisenyi, Rwanda
Dates: December 2–4, 2010
Host: Khartoum, Sudan
Dates: December 24–25, 2010
Host: Windhoek, Namibia
Dates: January 21–23, 2011
Host: Maputo, Mozambique
Dates: February 4–6, 2011
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.
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Djibouti
Libya
Mauritania
Senegal
Zambia
The following countries entered without playing in the sub-zonal round.
Angola
Congo
DR Congo
Ethiopia
Mauritius
Tanzania
Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Dates: July 3–5, 2011
Losers' bracket
Morocco, Cape Verde, The Gambia and Liberia advanced to the next round.
Host: Ghana
Dates: August 16–18, 2011
Losers' bracket
Nigeria, Ghana, Algeria and Togo advanced to the next round.
Host: Libreville, Gabon
Dates: August 5–7, 2011
Angola, Congo, Gabon and DR Congo advanced to the next round.
Host: Mombasa, Kenya
Dates: July 27–29, 2011
Losers' bracket
Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and Burundi advanced to the next round.
Host: Maputo, Mozambique
Dates: July 15–17, 2011
South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.
The top 2 of each pool qualifies to the African Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.
The following countries withdrew
Cape Verde
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya
Liberia
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Host: Congo
Dates: October 21–23, 2011
Host: Agadir, Morocco
Dates: October 11–12, 2011
Host: Tomé, Togo
Dates: October 14–16, 2011
South Africa and Egypt advanced to the finals.
Host: Abuja, Nigeria
Dates: October 28–30, 2011
Angola and Nigeria advanced to the finals.
The following teams have qualified for the men's continental final.
Algeria
Angola
Congo
Egypt
Mauritius
Morocco
Nigeria
South Africa
Host: Dekar, Senegal
Dates: January 8–10, 2011
Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Dates: January 14–15, 2011
Host: Cotonou, Benin
Dates: October 30–31, 2010
Host: Tomé, Togo
Dates: November 5–6, 2010
Host: Douala, Cameroon
Dates: January 27–29, 2011
Host: Gisenyi, Rwanda
Dates: December 2–4, 2010
Host: Windhoek, Namibia
Dates: January 21–23, 2011
Host: Maputo, Mozambique
Dates: February 4–6, 2011
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.
Cameroon
Senegal
The following countries entered without playing in the sub-zonal round.
Cape Verde
Congo
DR Congo
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Tanzania
Host: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Dates: July 3–5, 2011
Losers' bracket
Morocco, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde and Guinea advanced to the next round.
Host: Ghana
Dates: August 16–18, 2011
Losers' bracket
Togo, Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana advanced to the next round.
Host: Libreville, Gabon
Dates: August 5–7, 2011
Host: Mombasa, Kenya
Dates: July 27–29, 2011
Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia advanced to the next round.
Host: Maputo, Mozambique
Dates: July 15–17, 2011
Mozambique, Mauritius, South Africa and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.
The top 2 of each pool qualifies to the African Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.
The following countries withdrew
Cape Verde
Congo
Ethiopia
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Host: Tomé, Togo
Dates: October 14–16, 2011
South Africa and Kenya advanced to the finals.
Host: Agadir, Morocco
Dates: October 11–13, 2011
Host: Bejaia, Algeria
Dates: October 27–29, 2011
Algeria and Mozambique advanced to the finals.
Host: Abuja, Nigeria
Dates: October 28–30, 2011
The following teams have qualified for the women's continental final.
Algeria
DR Congo
Kenya
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Rwanda
South Africa
