Beach soccer world championship

This article describes the Beach Soccer World Championship ; for further soccer world championships see soccer world championship (explanation of terms) .

Beach soccer world championship
abbreviation	Beach soccer world championship
Association	FIFA
First edition	2005 (1995 - BSWW)
Teams	16
Game mode	Round tournament (4 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from quarterfinals)
Title holder	Portugal (3rd title)
Record winner	Brazil (14 wins)
Record player	Bruno Xavier (37 goals - FIFA World Cup only)
Record scorer	Madjer (79 goals - FIFA World Cup only)
Website	www.fifa.com

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (English: Beach Soccer World Cup to German beach soccer World Cup ) is a since 2005 by the world football body FIFA organized competition for national teams in beach soccer . The forerunner was the Beach Soccer World Cup held annually from 1995 to 2004 and organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide . The tournament has been held every two years since 2009.

In the first ten events that were not organized by FIFA, Brazil won nine and Portugal one title. France won their first title in 2005 and Russia in 2011. So far there are only four nations that have won the world championship. The record participant is Brazil, which has so far participated in all 18 events.

In 2005 FIFA became the organizer of the Beach Soccer World Cup. The world championships continued to be held annually. After the Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai in 2009 , the 1-year cycle will be abandoned and the world championships will only be held every two years, so that the continental winner can also be determined in a tournament at the continental level.

Germany submitted its application to host the 2017 World Cup for the first time. However, this took place in the Bahamas .

First participations

Apart from the Beach Soccer World Cup 2003, at least one national soccer team took part for the first time in each final round. Below are the 44 first-time participants:

year	First time participant
BSWW World Championships
1995	Argentina	Brazil	Germany	England
	Italy	Netherlands	Uruguay	United States
1996	Denmark	Canada	Russia	-
1997	France	Japan	Portugal	-
1998	Chile	Peru	Spain	-
1999	Malaysia	South Africa	-	-
2000	Venezuela	-	-	-
2001	Turkey	-	-	-
2002	Thailand	-	-	-
2003	no first-time participants
2004	Belgium	Switzerland	-	-
FIFA World Cups
2005	Australia	Ukraine	-	-
2006	Bahrain	Iran	Cameroon	Nigeria
	Poland	Solomon Islands	-	-
2007	Mexico	Senegal	United Arab Emirates	-
2008	El Salvador	-	-	-
2009	Costa Rica	Ivory Coast	-	-
2011	Oman	Tahiti	-	-
2013	Paraguay	-	-	-
2015	Madagascar	-	-	-
2017	Bahamas	Ecuador	Panama	-
2019	-	-	-	-

The tournaments at a glance

year	venue		final				Game for third place
			winner	Result	2nd place		3rd place	Result	4th Place
BSWW World Championships
1995 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	8: 1	United States		England	7: 6	Italy
1996 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	3-0	Uruguay		Italy	4: 3	United States
1997 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	5: 2	Uruguay		United States	5: 1	Argentina
1998 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	9: 2	France		Uruguay	6: 3	Peru
1999 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	5: 2	Portugal		Uruguay	7: 6	Peru
2000 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	6: 2	Peru		Spain	6: 3	Japan
2001 details	Costa do Sauípe ( Brazil )		Portugal	9: 3	France		Argentina	6: 5	Brazil
2002 details	Vitória / Guarujá ( Brazil )		Brazil	6: 5	Portugal		Uruguay	5: 3	Thailand
2003 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	8: 2	Spain		Portugal	7: 4	France
2004 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	6: 4	Spain		Portugal	5: 1	Italy
FIFA World Cups
2005 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		France	3: 3/1: 0 i. E.	Portugal		Brazil	11: 2	Japan
2006 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	4: 1	Uruguay		France	6: 4	Portugal
2007 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	8: 2	Mexico		Uruguay	2: 2/1: 0 i. E.	France
2008 details	Plage du Prado ( France )		Brazil	5: 3	Italy		Portugal	5: 4	Spain
2009 details	Dubai ( United Arab Emirates )		Brazil	10: 5	Switzerland		Portugal	14: 7	Uruguay
2011 details	Ravenna ( Italy )		Russia	12: 8	Brazil		Portugal	3: 2	El Salvador
2013 details	Papeete ( Tahiti )		Russia	5: 1	Spain		Brazil	7: 7/1: 0 i. E.	Tahiti
2015 details	Espinho ( Portugal )		Portugal	5: 3	Tahiti		Russia	5: 2	Italy
2017 details	Nassau ( Bahamas )		Brazil	6-0	Tahiti		Iran	5: 3	Italy
2019 details	Asunción ( Paraguay )		Portugal	6: 4	Italy		Russia	5: 4	Japan
2021 details	Moscow ( Russia )			:				:

Ranking list

rank	country	title	World Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1	Brazil	14th	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017	1	2	1
2	Portugal	3	2001, 2015, 2019	3	5	1
3	Russia	2	2011, 2013	-	2	-
4th	France	1	2005	2	1	2
5	Uruguay	-	-	3	4th	1
6th	Spain	-	-	3	1	1
7th	Italy	-	-	2	1	4th
8th	Tahiti	-	-	2	-	1
9	United States	-	-	1	1	1
10	Peru	-	-	1	-	2
11	Mexico	-	-	1	-	-
	Switzerland	-	-	1	-	-
13	Argentina	-	-	-	1	1
14th	England	-	-	-	1	-
	Iran	-	-	-	1	-
16	Japan	-	-	-	-	3
17th	El Salvador	-	-	-	-	1
	Thailand	-	-	-	-	1

Awards

At the end of every soccer world championship, several awards are given to the best players and fairest teams. There are currently four different awards:

• the Adidas Golden Boot for the top scorer (top scorer until 2004)
• the Adidas Golden Ball for the best player (until 2004 best player)
• the Adidas Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper (until 2004 best goalkeeper)
• the FIFA Fair Play Award for the fairest team

BSWW World Championships
year	Best player	Top Goalscorer (Goals)	Best goalkeeper	FIFA Fair Play Award
1995	Zico / Júnior	Zico / Alessandro Altobelli (12)	Paulo Sérgio	not forgiven
1996	Edinho	Alessandro Altobelli (14 goals)	Paulo Sérgio
1997	Junior	Júnior / Venancio Ramos (11 goals)	Paulo Sérgio
1998	Junior	Júnior (14 goals)	Paulo Sérgio
1999	Jorginho	Júnior / Matosas (10 goals)	Pedro Crespo
2000	Junior	Júnior (13 goals)	Kato
2001	Hernani	Alan (10 goals)	Pascal Olmeta
2002	Neném	Neném / Madjer / Nico (9 goals)	Nomcharoen
2003	Amarelle	Neném (15 goals)	Robertinho
2004	Jorginho	Madjer (12 goals)	Roberto Valeiro
FIFA World Cups
year	Golden ball	Golden goalscorer	Golden glove	FIFA Fair Play Award
2005	Madjer	Madjer (12 goals)	not forgiven	Japan
2006	Madjer	Madjer (21 goals)		France
2007	Buru	Buru (10 goals)		Brazil
2008	Amarelle	Madjer (13 goals)	Roberto Valeiro	Russia
2009	Dejan Stanković	Dejan Stanković (16 goals)	Mão	Japan / Russia
2011	Ilya Leonov	André (14 goals)	Andrei Buchlizki	Nigeria
2013	Bruno Xavier	Dmitri Shishin (11 goals)	Dona	Russia
2015	Heimanu Taiarui	Pedro Morán (8 goals)	Jonathan Torohia	Brazil
2017	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Gabriele Gori (17 goals)	Peyman Hosseini	Brazil
2019	Ozu Moreira	Gabriele Gori (16 goals)	Andrade	Senegal

Web links

• FIFA for the Beach Soccer World Cup
• Beach soccer world association BSWW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RP Online ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Germany wants to apply for the Beach Soccer World Cup 2017 
2. ^ "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process" , FIFA.com, December 19, 2014