2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2024
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates15–25 February 2024
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (6th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Iran
Fourth place Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored223 (6.97 per match)
Attendance72,893 (2,278 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belarus Ihar Bryshtel
(12 goals)
Best player(s)Italy Josep Jr. Gentilin
Best goalkeeperBrazil Tiago Bobô
Fair play award Portugal
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The 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was 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 was 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 which was not governed by FIFA; all world cups took place annually until 2009 when it then became a biennial event.

This edition was originally set to be the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup; at the FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in November 2017, it was announced that the World Cup would continue to be held biennially in odd-numbered years for the period 2018–2024.[1][2] The bidding process for said edition was subsequently opened by FIFA in October 2021,[3] concluding with the selection of the United Arab Emirates as the hosts in December 2022.[4] The tournament was initially set to take place from 16 to 26 November 2023.[5] However, in June 2023, the tournament was postponed until 15 to 25 February 2024,[6] in order to provide more time to the organisers to prepare for the event.[7] As a consequence, its original 2023 branding was dropped, and it subsequently became referred to as the 2024 edition.[8] It took place in Dubai, the second city to host in multiple times,[a] having also hosted the 2009 edition.[4]

Russia won the previous edition[b] and should have therefore been the defending champions. However, all Russian national teams are currently banned indefinitely from competing in FIFA competitions, due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.[10] The tournament was won by Brazil, who claimed their sixth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title, beating Italy in the final who finished as runners-up for a third time.[11]

  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 "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup destined for Dubai and the Seychelles". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA Council approves international match calendars". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023. The FIFA Council confirmed that the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2023 will take place from 16 to 26 November 2023
  6. ^ "New dates set for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Resilience, by Joan Cuscó, Beach Soccer Worldwide President". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023. ...potentially reschedule the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 to February 2024. This adjustment would allow the UAE FA to ensure the provision of a competition that lives up to the prestigious legacy of the tournament
  8. ^ "UAE 2024 excitement builds as Official Emblem is launched". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Switzerland to replace Ukraine at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021". FIFA. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Football Union of Russia withdraws appeal over FIFA ban". Al Jazeera. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Brasil brilha, supera a Itália e é hexacampeão da Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia". Lance! (in Portuguese). 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.


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