The Confederation of African Football through a letter informed the Nigeria Football Federation that they will have to host the tournament which was supposed to hold in 2017.

CAF decided to shift the tournament to December 2016 because of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in early 2017.

"CAF in odd years do organize three major events back to back, namely the Africa Cup of Nations followed by the U20 and U17 Cup of Nations from January to April 2017, the CAF Executive Committee decided to ease the overall calendar of events by organizing the Beach Soccer Cup of Nations every even years from now on," part of the letter read.

The 2nd Africa Cup of Nations of Beach Soccer will serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which will be held in The Bahamas.