List of world cups in beach soccer

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World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships (1995–2004)
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2005–present)
Founded
1995; 27 years ago (1995)
Editions held
21
Region
International (FIFA)
Number of teams
16 (since 2006)
Current champions
 Russia[RFU] (3rd title; 2021)
Most successful team
 Brazil (14 titles)
World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
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 21 editions to date.[4] By far the most successful team is Brazil who have historically dominated the title, winning 14; they and Portugal are the only two nations to win in both eras of the sport's world cup. The current champions are Russia[RFU], who won the 2021 competition The other victors are 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  Russia[RFU] (3)  Japan   Switzerland  Senegal

Statistics[]

Successful nations[]

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

Overall, 19 nations have made at least one top four finish. Of those 19 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 14 1995*, 1996*, 1997*,
1998*, 1999*, 2000*,
2002*, 2003*, 2004*,
2006*, 2007*, 2008,
2009, 2017 		1 2011 2 2005*, 2013 1 2001* 18
 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
 Spain 0 3 2003, 2004, 2013 1 2000 1 2008 5
 Italy 0 2 2008, 2019 1 1996 4 1995, 2004, 2015, 2017 7
 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
 Argentina 0 0 1 2001 1 1997 2
 Iran 0 0 1 2017 0 1
 England 0 0 1 1995 0 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) 14 5 7 5 31
Europe (UEFA) 7 11 12 8 38
North America (CONCACAF) 0 2 1 2 5
Oceania (OFC) 0 2 0 1 3
Asia (AFC) 0 1 1 4 6
Africa (CAF) 0 0 0 1 1

Appearances and performance[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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.

All-time table[]

As of 2021

The following table shows the overall statistics of all 21 world cups, combining the results of both the Beach Soccer World Championships era and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup era.

Notes:
  • Key: Appearances Apps / Win in Normal Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time W+ = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Loss L = 0 Points / Points per game PPG
  • Ranking & tie breaking criteria: 1. Points; 2. Fewest games played; 3. Goal difference
  • FIFA issued changes to the rules of beach soccer in July 2014 meaning teams now earn 1 point for a penalty shootout win;[26] teams were awarded 2 points for a shootout win prior to July 2014. For the purpose of this table, the calculation of points earned goes by the current rules meaning that penalty shootout wins that occurred both after and before the 2014 rule change have been counted as just 1 point in the "Pts" column.
Pos Team Apps Pld W W+ WP L GF GA Dif Pts PPG Win %
1  Brazil 21 109 97 0 3 9 798 301 +497 294 2.7 91.7 (100–9)
2  Portugal 18 87 53 4 4 26 465 301 +164 171 1.97 70.1 (61–26)
3  Uruguay 17 71 30 3 4 34 280 285 –5 100 1.41 52.1 (37–34)
4  Spain 15 60 31 1 0 28 242 228 +14 95 1.58 53.3 (32–28)
5  Russia[RFU] 9 44 27 3 2 12 206 144 +62 89 2.02 72.7 (32–12)
6  Italy 18 68 25 2 4 37 278 309 –31 79 1.16 45.6 (31–37)
7  France 12 50 23 0 4 23 212 221 –9 73 1.46 54 (27–23)
8  Argentina 16 57 23 0 1 33 167 211 –44 70 1.23 42.1 (24–33)
9  Japan 15 56 18 2 2 34 196 266 –70 60 1.07 39.3 (22–34)
10  United States 15 50 18 0 0 32 169 233 –64 54 1.08 36 (18–32)
11   Switzerland 7 30 15 1 2 12 159 144 +15 49 1.63 60 (18–12)
12  Tahiti 6 28 14 1 2 11 127 125 +2 46 1.64 60.7 (17–11)
13  Senegal 8 31 12 2 2 15 153 126 +27 42 1.35 51.6 (16–15)
14  Peru 5 21 11 0 0 9 81 78 +3 33 1.57 52.4 (11–9)
15  Iran 7 26 6 1 1 18 95 115 –20 21 0.81 30.8 (6–18)
16  Nigeria 6 20 5 1 2 12 88 119 –31 19 0.95 40 (8–12)
17  Paraguay 5 16 6 0 0 10 76 71 +5 18 1.13 37.5 (6–10)
18  Mexico 6 22 5 0 2 15 53 90 –37 17 0.77 31.8 (7–15)
19  United Arab Emirates 7 21 4 1 1 15 66 83 –17 15 0.71 28.6 (6–15)
20  El Salvador 5 19 4 1 0 14 63 98 –35 14 0.74 26.3 (5–14)
21  Solomon Islands 5 15 4 0 0 11 55 105 –50 12 0.8 26.7 (4–11)
22  Canada 3 10 3 0 1 6 34 63 –29 10 1 40 (4–6)
23  Ukraine 3 9 3 0 0 6 32 28 +4 9 1 33.3 (3–6)
24  Oman 4 12 3 0 0 9 35 53 –18 9 0.75 25 (3–9)
25  England 1 5 2 0 0 3 20 31 –11 6 1.2 40 (2–3)
26  Belarus 2 6 1 0 1 4 18 30 –12 4 0.67 33.3 (2–4)
27  Bahrain 2 7 1 0 1 5 21 38 –17 4 0.57 28.6 (2–5)
28  Thailand 2 7 1 0 1 5 16 34 –18 4 0.57 28.6 (2–5)
29  Mozambique 1 3 1 0 0 2 15 18 –3 3 1 33.3 (1–2)
30  Denmark 1 3 1 0 0 2 10 16 –6 3 1 33.3 (1–2)
31  Bahamas 1 3 1 0 0 2 7 14 –7 3 1 33.3 (1–2)
32  Chile 1 4 1 0 0 3 14 22 –8 3 0.75 25 (1–3)
33  Ivory Coast 2 6 1 0 0 5 26 37 –11 3 0.5 16.7 (1–5)
34  Poland 2 6 1 0 0 5 24 42 –18 3 0.5 16.7 (1–5)
35  Venezuela 3 8 1 0 0 7 22 33 –11 3 0.38 12.5 (1–7)
36  Germany 4 9 1 0 0 8 22 56 –34 3 0.33 11.1 (1–8)
37  Cameroon 2 6 0 0 1 5 12 35 –23 1 0.17 16.7 (1–5)
38  Netherlands 2 6 0 0 1 5 13 42 –29 1 0.17 16.7 (1–5)
39  Turkey 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 –4 0 0 0
40  Australia 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 –6 0 0 0
41  Malaysia 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 13 –9 0 0 0
42  Belgium 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 18 –13 0 0 0
43  Madagascar 1 3 0 0 0 3 7 12 –5 0 0 0
44  Panama 1 3 0 0 0 3 4 14 –10 0 0 0
45  Ecuador 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 22 –16 0 0 0
46  South Africa 2 4 0 0 0 4 6 29 –23 0 0 0
47  Costa Rica 2 6 0 0 0 6 8 31 –23 0 0 0

Top goalscorers[]

As of 2021

From the data available,[Note] the table below lists the all-time top 30 goalscorers, totalling goals scored by players across both world cup iterations.

Rank Player Team Goals
WC era FIFA era Total
1 Madjer  Portugal 52 88 140
2 Alan  Portugal 37 38 75
3 Júnior Negão  Brazil 54 18 72
4 Júnior  Brazil 71 0 71
5 Benjamin  Brazil 30 35 65
6 Neném  Brazil 55 9 64
7 Amarelle  Spain 32 27 59
8 Jorginho  Brazil 43 6 49
9 Dejan Stanković   Switzerland 0 47 47
10 Belchior  Portugal 6 39 45
11 Buru  Brazil 8 35 43
12 Bruno  Brazil 2 39 41
Gabriele Gori  Italy 0 41
14 André  Brazil 1 38 39
15 Venancio Ramos  Uruguay 34 0 34
16 Dmitry Shishin  Russia 0 33 33
17 Alessandro Altobelli  Italy 30 0 30
Nico  Spain 12 18
19 Juninho  Brazil 25 4 29
20 Cláudio Adão  Brazil 28 0 28
Paolo Palmacci  Italy 0 28
Ricardo Martinez  Uruguay 1 27
23 Hernâni  Portugal 22 5 27
24 Mohammad Ahmadzadeh  Iran 0 26 26
25 Didier Samoun  France 7 18 25
Edinho  Brazil 25 0
Noël Ott   Switzerland 0 25
Pedro Morán  Paraguay 0 25
29 Pape Jean Koukpaki  Senegal 0 23 23
Rodrigo  Brazil 0 23
Zico  Brazil 23 0
Sources:
1995–2001 (combined list), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
Notes:^
  • Note that the source for 1995–2002 is a list of the players with the most goals from all those tournaments combined; players must have scored at least 10 goals overall to make the list; players with less goals are not listed. This means for players who subsequently scored enough goals to make the above all-time table, if they played between 1995–2002 and scored less than 10 goals, they would not have made the source lists and therefore any goals they did score during that time are a) unknown and b) missing from the above table (if they did score any).
  • Note that there are some discrepancies between FIFA's individual match reports and FIFA's top scorers lists for the same tournament; the data for this table is taken from the latter.
  • During the early years of beach soccer, goals scored in a penalty shootout were often combined with goals scored during regulation time when the match score was reported – note that it is also possible such goals may have been counted in a player's goal tally in the sources.

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.[27] 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.

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