List of world cups in beach soccer

World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships (1995–2004)
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2005–present)
Founded
1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Editions held
22
Region
International (FIFA)
Number of teams
16 (since 2006)
Current champions
 Brazil (15th title; 2024)
Most successful team
 Brazil (15 titles)
World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

In competitive beach soccer, the world cup is the sport's paramount competition.[1][2] It is contested by senior men's national teams.

To date, two iterations of a world cup in beach soccer have existed. The first was the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran annually from 1995 to 2004.[3] FIFA then became the governing body of the sport.[2] As a result, the World Championships were abolished and replaced by the second and current iteration, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which began in 2005 and was also held annually; since 2009, it has been a biennial event.[4] Whilst being two independently governed competitions, both have occurred to determine the same outcome: the world champions in beach soccer.[5]

Four nations have been crowned world champions of the 22 editions to date.[4] By far the most successful team is Brazil (also current champions) who have historically dominated the title, winning 15; they and Portugal are the only two nations to win in both eras of the sport's world cup. The other victors are Russia[RFU] and France.

The following lists a summary of the results of each world cup and associated statistics; the latter combines the data of all the editions of both iterations.

List of world cups

The numbers in parentheses indicate the total number of world titles won by that team as of that victory.

Beach Soccer World Championships (1995–2004)

# Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1 Brazil 1995[6]  Brazil (1)  United States  England  Italy
2 Brazil 1996[7]  Brazil (2)  Uruguay  Italy  United States
3 Brazil 1997[8]  Brazil (3)  Uruguay  United States  Argentina
4 Brazil 1998[9]  Brazil (4)  France  Uruguay  Peru
5 Brazil 1999[10]  Brazil (5)  Portugal  Uruguay  Peru
6 Brazil 2000[11]  Brazil (6)  Peru  Spain  Japan
7 Brazil 2001[12]  Portugal (1)  France  Argentina  Brazil
8 Brazil 2002[13]  Brazil (7)  Portugal  Uruguay  Thailand
9 Brazil 2003[14]  Brazil (8)  Spain  Portugal  France
10 Brazil 2004[15]  Brazil (9)  Spain  Portugal  Italy

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2005–present)

# Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
11 Brazil 2005[16]  France (1)  Portugal  Brazil  Japan
12 Brazil 2006[17]  Brazil (10)  Uruguay  France  Portugal
13 Brazil 2007[18]  Brazil (11)  Mexico  Uruguay  France
14 France 2008[19]  Brazil (12)  Italy  Portugal  Spain
15 United Arab Emirates 2009[20]  Brazil (13)   Switzerland  Portugal  Uruguay
16 Italy 2011[21]  Russia (1)  Brazil  Portugal  El Salvador
17 French Polynesia 2013[22]  Russia (2)  Spain  Brazil  Tahiti
18 Portugal 2015[23]  Portugal (2)  Tahiti  Russia  Italy
19 The Bahamas 2017[24]  Brazil (14)  Tahiti  Iran  Italy
20 Paraguay 2019[25]  Portugal (3)  Italy  Russia  Japan
21 Russia 2021  RFU (3)[RFU]  Japan   Switzerland  Senegal
22 United Arab Emirates 2024  Brazil (15)  Italy  Iran  Belarus
23 Seychelles 2025

Statistics

Successful nations

The following lists the teams that have finished in the top four.

Overall, 20 nations have made at least one top four finish. Of those 20 nations, only seven have made a top four finish in both iterations of the competition. Brazil remained the only nation to finish in the final four of every championship until 2015 when they finished in fifth place.

Team Titles Years Runners-up Years 3rd place Years 4th place Years Total
 Brazil 15 1995*, 1996*, 1997*,
1998*, 1999*, 2000*,
2002*, 2003*, 2004*,
2006*, 2007*, 2008,
2009, 2017, 2024 		1 2011 2 2005*, 2013 1 2001* 19
 Portugal 3 2001, 2015*, 2019 3 1999, 2002, 2005 5 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 1 2006 12
 Russia[RFU] 3 2011, 2013, 2021* 0 2 2015, 2019 0 5
 France 1 2005 2 1998, 2001 1 2006 2 2003, 2007 6
 Uruguay 0 3 1996, 1997, 2006 4 1998, 1999, 2002, 2007 1 2009 8
 Italy 0 3 2008, 2019, 2024 1 1996 4 1995, 2004, 2015, 2017 8
 Spain 0 3 2003, 2004, 2013 1 2000 1 2008 5
 Tahiti 0 2 2015, 2017 0 1 2013* 3
 United States 0 1 1995 1 1997 1 1996 3
  Switzerland 0 1 2009 1 2021 0 2
 Japan 0 1 2021 0 3 2000, 2005, 2019 4
 Peru 0 1 2000 0 2 1998, 1999 3
 Mexico 0 1 2007 0 0 1
 Iran 0 0 2 2017, 2024 0 2
 Argentina 0 0 1 2001 1 1997 2
 England 0 0 1 1995 0 1
 Belarus 0 0 0 1 2024 1
 Senegal 0 0 0 1 2021 1
 El Salvador 0 0 0 1 2011 1
 Thailand 0 0 0 1 2002 1
* = Hosts

Success by region

Region Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
South America (CONMEBOL) 15 5 7 5 32
Europe (UEFA) 7 12 12 9 40
North America (CONCACAF) 0 2 1 2 5
Oceania (OFC) 0 2 0 1 3
Asia (AFC) 0 1 2 4 7
Africa (CAF) 0 0 0 1 1

Appearances and performance

The following lists the teams who have appeared in at least one tournament, in order from the most appearances down to the least, and that nation's best performance.

As of the 2021 edition, 47 countries have participated over the 21 tournaments. However, only one country has participated in all the events which is Brazil. European teams have dominated in appearances by continent, since 15 of the 47 countries have been from Europe, double than that of any other.

Only eight countries who appeared in an edition of the World Championships have failed to reappear in a FIFA World Cup. Peru (5) have appeared in the most events without any one of those being under FIFA's control. Senegal (8) have appeared in the most FIFA tournaments without having ever once appeared in the World Championships.

Apps Country First Last Best result
21  Brazil 1995 2021 Champions
18  Italy 1995 2019 Runners-up
 Portugal 1997 2021 Champions
17  Uruguay 1995 2021 Runners-up
16  Argentina 1995 2015 Third place
15  USA 1995 2021 Runners-up
 Japan 1997 2021 Runners-up
 Spain 1998 2021 Runners-up
12  France 1997 2008 Champions
9  Russia[RFU] 1996 2021 Champions
8  Senegal 2007 2021 Fourth place
 UAE 2007 2023 Round 1
7   Switzerland 2004 2021 Runners-up
 Iran 2006 2017 Third place
6  Nigeria 2006 2019 QF
 Mexico 2007 2019 Runners-up
 Tahiti 2011 2021 Runners-up
5  Peru 1998 2004 Runners-up
 Solomon Isl. 2006 2013 Round 1
 El Salvador 2008 2021 Fourth place
 Paraguay 2013 2021 QF
4  Germany 1995 2004 Round 1
 Oman 2011 2021 Round 1
3  Canada 1996 2006 QF
 Venezuela 2000 2011 QF
 Ukraine 2005 2013 QF
Apps Country First Last Best result
2  Netherlands 1995 2013 Round 1
 South Africa 1999 2005 Round 1
 Thailand 2002 2005 Fourth place
 Poland 2006 2017 Round 1
 Bahrain 2006 2009 QF
 Cameroon 2006 2008 Round 1
 Costa Rica 2009 2015 Round 1
 Ivory Coast 2009 2013 Round 1
 Belarus 2019 2021 Round 1
1  England 1995 Third place
 Denmark 1996 Round 1
 Chile 1998 Round 1
 Malaysia 1999 Round 1
 Turkey 2001 Round 1
 Belgium 2004 Round 1
 Australia 2005 Round 1
 Madagascar 2015 Round 1
 Bahamas 2017 Round 1
 Ecuador 2017 Round 1
 Panama 2017 Round 1
 Mozambique 2021 Round 1
 Egypt 2023 TBD
 Seychelles 2025 TBD
Key:

Italics – edition of the World Championships
Apps – Appearances

QF – Quarter-finals
Map of the nations that have appeared in any world cup in beach soccer by appearance.
Map of the best results by nation in world cups of beach soccer.
  Champions   Runners-up   Semi-finals   Quarter-finals   Round 1

Notes

  1. ^
    At the 2021 edition, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from Russia was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the World Cup as "the team of the Russian Football Union (RFU)", and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.[26] For the purpose of continuity in this article, the results of the RFU team in 2021 are considered as de facto results of the Russian national team.

References

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External links

  • FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, at FIFA.com
  • FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  • Beach Soccer World Cup - Overview, at RSSSF
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