2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
DatesTBD 2023
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBD
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The 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 12th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this will the 22nd edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. This will be the seventh tournament to take place biennially; the World Cup took place annually until 2009.

The tournament was first intimated in November 2017 at the FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop when it was announced that the World Cup would continue to be held every two years for the period 2018–2024.[1][2] The bidding process was opened by FIFA in October 2021[3] and will conclude with the selection of the hosts in March 2022.[4]

Russia are the defending champions.

Host selection[]

The bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows:[4]

  • 6 October 2021 – FIFA opens the bidding process.
  • 29 October 2021 – Deadline for national associations to declare interest of hosting to FIFA.
  • 1 November 2021 – FIFA circulates documents detailing the application campaign and conditions of participation to the bidding associations to analyse.
  • 26 November 2021 – Deadline for associations to reaffirm their bidding intentions by agreeing to the terms of the documents.
  • 30 January 2022 – Deadline for nations to prepare and submit their complete bidding packages to be evaluated by FIFA.
  • 31 March 2022 – Hosts announced by FIFA.

On 8 December 2021, FIFA revealed that five associations had affirmed their bidding intentions:[5]

On 14 February 2022, FIFA announced that three of the five associations had submitted bids through to the final stage of the process,[6] with Colombia and Thailand withdrawing.

Confirmation of the awarding of hosting rights is due to be announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar on 31 March 2022.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Closing a successful season..." Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Чемпионаты мира по пляжному футболу до 2024 года будут проходить под эгидой ФИФА" [FIFA World Cup Beach Soccer Championships until 2024] (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Bidding process for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™ now open". FIFA. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Bidding process for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Five member associations in race to host FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™". FIFA. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Three bids submitted for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™". FIFA. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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