2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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 be 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, which was held in Dubai.

2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2023
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates16–26 November
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBD

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 concluded with the selection of the United Arab Emirates as the hosts in December 2022.

Russia are the defending champions, however all Russian national teams are currently banned indefinitely from competing in FIFA competitions.[4]

Host selection

The original bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows:[5]

  • 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:[6]

On 14 February 2022, FIFA announced that three of the five associations had submitted bids through to the final stage of the process,[7] with Colombia and Thailand withdrawing.

Confirmation of the awarding of hosting rights was due to be announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar on 31 March 2022.[5] However, no announcement was made; it was then due to be awarded at its meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on 22 October 2022, but it was announced at the meeting that the decision had been deferred again until a subsequent Council meeting.[8] The United Arab Emirates was awarded the hosting rights to the 2023 tournament, while Seychelles was awarded for the 2025 edition on 16 December 2022.[9]

Qualification

A total of 16 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the United Arab Emirates who qualifies automatically as the host country, 15 other teams will qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 14 March 2023.[10]

The process of qualification to the World Cup finals will begin in 2022 and end in 2023.

Note: The appearance statistics below refer only to the FIFA era of world cups in beach soccer (since 2005); see this article for the inclusion of World Championships era stats (1995–2004).

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team App Last Best performance
AFC
(Asia; 3 teams + hosts)		 Host nation  United Arab Emirates 8th 2021 Group stage (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)
2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup  Iran 8th 2017 Third place (2017)
 Japan 12th 2021 Runners-up (2021)
 Oman 5th 2021 Group stage (2011, 2015, 2019, 2021)
CAF
(Africa; 2 teams)		 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations  Egypt 1st n/a Debut
 Senegal 9th 2021 Fourth place (2021)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean; 2 teams)		 2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship  
 
CONMEBOL
(South America; 3 teams)		 2023 Copa América de Beach Soccer  Argentina 9th 2015 Quarter-finals (2005, 2006, 2008, 2013)
 Brazil 12th 2021 Champions (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017)
 Colombia 1st n/a Debut
OFC
(Oceania; 1 team)		 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup  
UEFA
(Europe; 4 teams)		 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)  
 
 
 

Group stage

In the group stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (one period of three minutes) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner. Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, GST (UTC+4).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group C
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group D
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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. "Football Union of Russia withdraws appeal over FIFA ban". Al Jazeera. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. "Five member associations in race to host FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™". FIFA. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. "Three bids submitted for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™". FIFA. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. "Meeting in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau sees key transfer system regulations approved". FIFA. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022. It was also decided that four items would be presented at a subsequent FIFA Council meeting, namely the appointment of hosts for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™, proposed amendments to the FIFA Disciplinary Code and to the FIFA Code of Ethics, and the approval of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations.
  9. "FIFA World Cup 2022™ praised for its "unique cohesive power"". FIFA.com (Press release). December 16, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  10. "FIFA Council approves international match calendars". FIFA. 14 March 2023.
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