| Organising body | BSWW |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Abolished | 2004 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Last champions |  Brazil (9th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Brazil (9 titles) |
| World cups in beach soccer | |
|---|---|
| Beach Soccer World Championships | |
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | |
The Beach Soccer World Championships was the premier international beach soccer competition contested by men's national teams between 1995 and 2004. It was replaced by the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1]
The tournament took place annually in Brazil under the supervision of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and its predecessors, crowning the world champions of the sport.[2] Due to the sport's rapid growth, FIFA took an interest in it, and as the main tournament in world beach soccer, it joined hands with BSWW in 2005 to take over the organization of the competition, re-branding it as an official FIFA tournament.[3]
Brazil were the most successful team, winning nine of the ten tournaments.
- ^ DUBAI 2009: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Bleacher Report. 25 November 2009.
- ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017 Statistical Kit – post event edition. FIFA. 14 August 2017.
- ^ "FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". fifa.com. 1 February 2005. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.