2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2024
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	15–25 February 2024
Teams	16 (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 played	32
Goals scored	223 (6.97 per match)
Attendance	72,893 (2,278 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ihar Bryshtel (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Josep Jr. Gentilin
Best goalkeeper	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 multiple times ^{[lower-alpha 1]} having also hosted the 2009 edition. ^[4]

Russia won the previous edition ^{[lower-alpha 2]} 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]

Host selection

The original bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows: ^[12]

• 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: ^[13]

•   Bahrain (Bahrain Football Association)
•   Colombia (Colombian Football Federation)
•   Seychelles (Seychelles Football Federation)
•   Thailand (Football Association of Thailand)
•   United Arab Emirates (United Arab Emirates Football Association)

On 14 February 2022, FIFA announced that three of the five associations had submitted bids through to the final stage of the process, ^[14] 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. ^[12] 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. ^[15] At the next Council meeting on 16 December 2022, in Doha, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates was awarded the hosting rights to the 2023 tournament. ^[16]

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the United Arab Emirates who qualified automatically as the host country, 15 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 14 March 2023. ^[17]

The process of qualification to the World Cup finals began in October 2022 and ended in August 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	Qualified through	Team	App	Last	Best performance
AFC (Asia; 3 teams + hosts)	Host nation	United Arab Emirates	8th	2021	Group stage (seven times)
	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	Mexico	7th	2019	Runners-up (2007)
		United States	7th	2021	Group stage (six times)
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	Tahiti	7th	2021	Runners-up (2015, 2017)
UEFA (Europe; 4 teams)	2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)	Belarus	3rd	2021	Group stage (2019, 2021)
		Italy	9th	2019	Runners-up (2008, 2019)
		Portugal	11th	2021	Champions (2015, 2019)
		Spain [Note ESP]	9th	2021	Runners-up (2013)

1. ^
   Note ESP: Ukraine originally qualified. However, on 27 September 2023, it was announced that the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine had refused to sanction the Ukrainian national team's participation in the tournament, in protest at the Belarus national team being allowed to compete, which it believes should be barred from entering due the country's role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^[18] Ukraine previously qualified for, but also boycotted the 2021 World Cup due to its venue being in Russia. ^{[19] [20]} They were replaced by Spain, who statistically finished in fifth place in the UEFA qualifiers ^[21] and therefore enter as lucky losers.

Venue

Location of the Design District Stadium in Dubai, where the tournament was held.

One venue was used in the city of Dubai. Despite being a coastal city with beaches, the stadium was located within the city's inland Design District; it was known by the name, Dubai Design District Stadium. ^[22] It hosted all 32 matches of the competition, with a capacity to accommodate almost 3,500 spectators. ^{[23] [lower-alpha 3]} The stadium was a temporary construction built purposely for the competition; its construction took just 25 days compared with typical lengths of 60 to 90 days. ^{[24] [25]}

Draw

The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place at 18:30 GST (UTC+4) on 6 October 2023 at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library in Dubai. ^[26] The drawing of lots was performed by Bakhit Saad and Christian Karembeu. ^[27] It was conducted under the following procedure: ^[28]

The teams were first divided into four pots of four based upon a ranking created by FIFA considering each team's performances at the World Cup over the past five editions (since 2013); the more recent the tournament, the more weight was given to those results. Bonus points were also awarded to the teams that won their confederation's championship during qualifying. Using this ranking, the best-performing teams were placed in Pot 1 (plus the hosts), the next best performers were placed in Pot 2 and so on. This resulted in the following composition pots:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United Arab Emirates (Hosts; assigned to A1) (10)   Brazil (Highest-ranked; assigned to D1) (1)   Tahiti (18)   Japan (6)	Italy (9)   Senegal (7)   Portugal (2)   Iran (8)	Spain (4)   Oman (17)   United States (13)   Belarus (22)	Argentina (14)   Mexico (21)   Colombia (11)   Egypt (24)

The numbers in parentheses show the BSWW World Ranking of the teams at the time of the draw, out of 102 nations. ^[29] The rankings are displayed for context only; it had no influence on the draw.

The draw started with Pot 1. As the hosts, the United Arab Emirates were automatically assigned to position A1. The highest-ranked team, Brazil, was automatically assigned to position D1. The other teams were then drawn – the first out was placed into Group B and the second, C. The teams from Pot 2 were then drawn – the first out was placed into Group A, second into B and so on. The same was repeated for Pots 3 and 4. The exact positions in the groups the teams were allocated to was determined by the drawing of lots from an auxiliary pot. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group.

The draw resulted in the following groups: ^[30]

Group A Pos Team A1   United Arab Emirates A2   Egypt A3   United States A4   Italy

Group B Pos Team B1   Spain B2   Iran B3   Tahiti B4   Argentina

Group C Pos Team C1   Senegal C2   Belarus C3   Colombia C4   Japan

Group D Pos Team D1   Brazil D2   Oman D3   Portugal D4   Mexico

Match officials

From the International Referees List, FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to adjudicate matches at the World Cup, who were revealed on 14 December 2023. ^{[31] [32]}

At least one referee represented each of the six confederations of FIFA: four from the AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC, and eight from UEFA.

Confederation Referee Age Qualified [33] AFC Abdulaziz Abdullah 48 2009 Turki Al Salehi 47 2009 Yuichi Hatano 42 2015 Ibrahim Alreesi 39 2017 CAF Louis Siave 35 2016 Jelili Ogunmuyiwa 44 2008 Said Hachim 44 2010 CONCACAF Juan Angeles 44 2012 Gumercindo Batista 44 2012 Gonzalo Carballo 41 2014 CONMEBOL Jorge Gómez 37 2016 Lucas Estevão 38 2017 Aecio Fernández 40 2018 Mickie Palomino 42 2012 Mariano Romo 42 2013

Confederation Referee Age Qualified [33] OFC Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy 42 2018 UEFA Eduards Borisevics 41 2008 Vladimir Tashkov 36 2016 Francisco Bumedien 32 2018 Sérgio Soares 44 2014 Vitalij Gomolko 34 2015 Ingilab Mammadov 40 2012 Saverio Bottalico 42 2017 Łukasz Ostrowski 38 2012

Squads

Main article: 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 12 and 18 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 12 players (two of whom must have been goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to "serious" injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match. ^[34]

The final squad lists were revealed by FIFA on 7 February 2024. ^[35]

Group stage

The match schedule was published on the 6 October, following the draw. ^[22]

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. ^[34]

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows: ^[34]

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:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. 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;
8. 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	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	+2	6
3	Egypt	3	0	1	0	2	8	12	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	0	0	3	7	11	−4	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)

15:30

United States	1–3	Italy
Rezende 11'	Report	Josep Jr. 2' Zurlo 12' Giordani 20'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 711

Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Josep Jr. (Italy) ^[36]

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)

19:30

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Egypt
W. Beshr 8' Ali 15'	Report	Paulo 32'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,253

Referee: Jorge Gómez (Colombia)
Man of the match: Waleed Beshr (UAE) ^[36]

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17 February 2024 (2024-02-17)

15:30

Italy	6–2	Egypt
Sciacca 8' Bertacca 12' Miceli 15' Josep Jr. 21' Fazzini 25' Giordani 35'	Report	Sasa 11', 17'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,465

Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)
Man of the match: Josep Jr. (Italy) ^[37]

17 February 2024 (2024-02-17)

19:30

United Arab Emirates	3–2 (a.e.t.)	United States
Eid 16' Abbas 24' Ali 39' (e.t.)	Report	Toth 27' Canale 36'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,127

Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Man of the match: Ali Mohammad (UAE) ^[37]

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19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)

15:30

Egypt	5–4 (a.e.t.)	United States
Paulo 10', 11', 30' Elshahat 33' (p) Taha 38' (e.t.)	Report	Canale 10', 16' Collier 16' Navas 24'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 749

Referee: Eduards Borisēvičs (Latvia)
Man of the match: Hossam Paulo (Egypt) ^[38]

19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)

19:30

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
Bertacca Giordani Fazzini Josep Jr.	1–3	Haitham Kamal W. Beshr

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,305

Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)
Man of the match: Humaid Jamal (UAE) ^[38]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	0	1	0	17	12	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	Tahiti	3	2	0	0	1	12	11	+1	6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	0	2	11	14	−3	3
4	Spain	3	0	0	0	3	13	16	−3	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)

17:00

Tahiti	4–3	Argentina
Salem 13', 31' Li Fung Kuee 21' Tiniraurii 30'	Report	Ponzetti 2', 32' Pomar 34'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 813

Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Man of the match: Jonathan Torohia (Tahiti) ^[36]

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)

21:00

Spain	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Iran
D. Ardil 1', 10' Chiky 7', 39' (e.t.) Kuman 18' J. Arias 21'	Report	Mesigar 12' Mokhtari 15', 22', 31' (p), 35' Amiri 37' (e.t.)
Penalties
Antonio Chiky J. Arias Pedro	1–3	Mokhtari Mirshekari Movahed Akbari

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,006

Referee: Jelili Ogunmuyiwa (Nigeria)
Man of the match: Mohammadali Mokhtari (Iran) ^[36]

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17 February 2024 (2024-02-17)

17:00

Spain	3–5	Tahiti
J. Arias 3' Batis 10' Dona 15'	Report	Taiarui 17' Tepa 23' Labaste 23' Tinirauarii 24', 36'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,622

Referee: Mickie Palomino (Peru)
Man of the match: Heimanu Taiarui (Tahiti) ^[37]

17 February 2024 (2024-02-17)

21:00

Argentina	3–6	Iran
Medero 11', 34' Holmedilla 18' (p)	Report	Mokhtari 4' Behzadpour 7' Amiri 11' Moradi 34' Mohammadpour 35' Mirshekari 35'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Man of the match: Ali Mirshekari (Iran) ^[39]

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19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)

17:00

Argentina	5–4	Spain
Holmedilla 18' Rutterschmidt 18' Ponzetti 29' Pomar 32' Medero 35'	Report	J. Arias 19' Chiky 23', 29' Kuman 36'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,066

Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Man of the match: Lucas Medero (Argentina) ^[38]

19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)

21:00

Iran	5–3	Tahiti
Behzadpour 24', 31' Mirjalili 28' Tehau 32' (o.g.) Mokhtari 35'	Report	Labaste 14' Tinirauarii 22' Tepa 32'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Man of the match: Hamid Behzadpour (Iran) ^[40]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	0	13	6	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	10	9	+1	6
3	Senegal	3	1	0	0	2	13	15	−2	3
4	Colombia	3	0	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

15:30

Colombia	2–3	Japan
De Avila 22' (p) Pantoja 35'	Report	Akaguma 2' Ozu 19' Oba 26'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 868

Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
Man of the match: Yusuke Kawai (Japan) ^[41]

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

19:30

Senegal	4–6	Belarus
Samb 13' Man. Diagne 20', 36' Mendy 33' (p)	Report	Hapon 11' (p), 16', 31' Bryshtel 13', 21' Piatrouski 27'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,004

Referee: Turki al Salehi (Oman)
Man of the match: Aleh Hapon (Belarus) ^[41]

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18 February 2024 (2024-02-18)

15:30

Japan	1–3	Belarus
Kanstantsinau 3' (o.g.)	Report	Bryshtel 5' Avgustov 20' Drozd 23'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,411

Referee: Lucas Estevão (Brazil)
Man of the match: Ihar Bryshtel (Belarus) ^[42]

18 February 2024 (2024-02-18)

19:30

Senegal	5–3	Colombia
Mam. Diagne 14' Faye 19' Mendy 29' Ndoye 31' Man. Diagne 36'	Report	López 2' Ossa 8' De Avila 27'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,248

Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)
Man of the match: Mamour Diagne (Senegal) ^[42]

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20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)

15:30

Belarus	4–1	Colombia
Ryabko 5' Bryshtel 8', 18', 32'	Report	De Avila 36'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 720

Referee: Ibrahim Alreesi (United Arab Emirates)
Man of the match: Ihar Bryshtel (Belarus) ^[43]

20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)

19:30

Japan	6–4	Senegal
Matsuo 16' Matsuda 26', 32' Oba 32', 35' (p) Ozu 35'	Report	Diatta 7' Samb 14', 29' Mam. Diagne 28'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,511

Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Man of the match: Takaaki Oba (Japan) ^[43]

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	1	2	0	0	12	8	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	0	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Oman	3	1	0	0	2	10	10	0	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	7	17	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

17:00

Portugal	8–2	Mexico
Léo Martins 1', 9', 14', 32', 32' Bê Martins 4' Lourenço 11' Jordan 12'	Report	Acevedo 26' Maldonado 33'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,172

Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (Tahiti)
Man of the match: Léo Martins (Portugal) ^[41]

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

21:00

Brazil	5–3	Oman
Edson Hulk 3' (p), 29' Mauricinho 6' Catarino 11' Rodrigo 12'	Report	Al Sauti 2' Al Fazari 11' K. Al Oraimi 15'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,752

Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Man of the match: Tiago Bobô (Brazil) ^[41]

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18 February 2024 (2024-02-18)

17:00

Mexico	2–5	Oman
Castillo 12' Martínez 13'	Report	Al Muraiki 1', 27' Al Hindasi 17' Al Araimi 24' K. Al Oraimi 29'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,416

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Man of the match: Khalid Al Oraimi (Oman) ^[42]

18 February 2024 (2024-02-18)

21:00

Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Rodrigo 6' Catarino 18' Mauricinho 38' (e.t.)	Report	Bê Martins 27' Jordan 27'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)
Man of the match: Mauricinho (Brazil) ^[42]

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20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)

17:00

Oman	2–3	Portugal
Al Sauti 26' K. Al Oraimi 36'	Report	Léo Martins 16', 36' Jordan 20'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 978

Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Khalid Al Oraimi (Oman) ^[43]

20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)

21:00

Mexico	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Castillo 1' Wbias 18' Maldonado 35'	Report	Edson Hulk 7', 39' (e.t.) Mauricinho 11' Alisson 31'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Francisco Bumedien (Spain)
Man of the match: Edson Hulk (Brazil) ^[43]

Knockout stage

21 and 23 February are allocated as rest days. ^[22]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 February
	Iran	2
					24 February
	United Arab Emirates	1
					Iran	2
	22 February
					Brazil	3
	Brazil	8
									25 February
	Japan	4
									Brazil	6
	22 February
									Italy	4
	Italy	5
					24 February
	Tahiti	2
					Italy (p)	3 (5)
	22 February
					Belarus	3 (4)			Third place match
	Belarus (a.e.t.)	4
									25 February
	Portugal	3
									Iran	6
									Belarus	1

Quarter-finals

22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)

15:30

Brazil	8–4	Japan
Alisson 2', 25' Bruno Xavier 7' Rodrigo 10' Filipe Silva 20' Brendo 20' Edson Hulk 23' Catarino 34'	Report	Yamada 27' Oba 28', 33' Kawai 29'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,505

Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)
Man of the match: Filipe Silva ^[44]

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22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)

17:00

Belarus	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Bryshtel 13', 14', 18' (p), 39' (e.t.)	Report	Algarvio 9' Jordan 23' B. Lopes 29'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 2,293

Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Man of the match: Ihar Bryshtel ^[44]

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22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)

19:30

Iran	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Masoumi 17' Mirjalili 23'	Report	Abdulla 14'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Man of the match: Seyed Mirjalili ^[44]

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22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)

21:00

Italy	5–2	Tahiti
Giordani 12', 17' Bertacca 30' Josep Jr. 34' Remedi 35'	Report	Taiarui 3' Tetauira 3'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 1,901

Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Luca Bertacca ^[44]

Semi-finals

24 February 2024 (2024-02-24)

18:00

Iran	2–3	Brazil
Mirshekari 1' Masoumi 13'	Report	Alisson 15' (p), 27' Brendo 36'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Man of the match: Alisson (Brazil) ^[45]

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24 February 2024 (2024-02-24)

19:30

Italy	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Belarus
Josep Jr. 20' Giordani 24' Zurlo 31'	Report	Bryshtel 4', 30' Novikau 9'
Penalties
Bertacca Fazzini Josep Jr. Alla Zurlo	5–4	Bryshtel Hardzetski Bokach Drozd Novikau

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Mickie Palomino (Peru)
Man of the match: Josep Jr. (Italy) ^[45]

Third place match

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25)

18:00

Iran	6–1	Belarus
Mirshekari 2' Movahed 3' Moradi 14' Amiri 14' Masoumi 20' Mokhtari 33'	Report	Chaikouski 34'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,333

Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)
Man of the match: Reza Amiri (Iran) ^[46]

Final

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25)

19:30

Brazil	6–4	Italy
Rodrigo 12', 19', 29' Bruno Xavier 21' Genovali 23' (o.g.) Brendo 27'	Report	Genovali 4', 33' Fazzini 19', 27'

Dubai Design District Stadium

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)
Man of the match: Rodrigo (Brazil) ^[47]

Awards

After the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, three top goalscorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking. ^[48] Following this, the winners' trophy was awarded to Brazil's captain, Datinha, by FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. ^[49]

Winners

2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Champions
Brazil Sixth title 15th world title

Individual awards

The individual awards were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award. The Golden, Silver and Bronze Balls were awarded by FIFA's Technical Study Group, which included current and former players Dejan Stankovic, Matteo Marrucci and Pascal Zuberbühler, and led by Arsene Wenger. ^[50]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Josep Junior	Mauricinho	Ihar Bryshtel
Golden Scorer	Silver Scorer	Bronze Scorer
Ihar Bryshtel (12 goals)	Léo Martins (7 goals; 4 assists)	Mohammadali Mokhtari (7 goals; 1 assist)
Golden Glove
Tiago Bobô
FIFA Fair Play Award
Portugal

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 223 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.97 goals per match.

12 goals

• Ihar Bryshtel

7 goals

• Léo Martins
• Mohammadali Mokhtari

6 goals

• Rodrigo

5 goals

• Alisson
• Edson Hulk
• Marco Giordani
• Takaaki Oba

4 goals

• Hossam Paulo
• Josep Junior
• Jordan Santos
• Chiky Ardil
• Roonui Tinirauarii

3 goals

• Lucas Medero
• Lucas Ponzetti
• Aleh Hapon
• Brendo
• Catarino
• Mauricinho
• Esleider Avila
• Reza Amiri
• Hamid Behzadpour
• Mohammad Masoumi
• Ali Mirshekari
• Tommaso Fazzini
• Khalid Al Oraimi
• Mandione Diagne
• Amar Samb
• Jose Arias
• Alessandro Canale

2 goals

• Emiliano Holmedilla
• Manuel Pomar
• Bruno Xavier
• Moustafa Sasa
• Seyed Mirjalili
• Movahed Mohammadpour
• Mohammad Moradi
• Luca Bertacca
• Gianmarco Genovali
• Emmanuele Zurlo
• Kosuke Matsuda
• Ozu Moreira
• Cristofher Castillo
• Ramón Maldonado
• Yahya Al Muraiki
• Abdullah Al Sauti
• Bê Martins
• Mamour Diagne
• Raoul Mendy
• David Ardil
• Kuman
• Tearii Labaste
• Heirauarii Salem
• Heimanu Taiarui
• Patrick Tepa
• Abdulla Abbas
• Ali Mohammad

1 goal

• Axel Rutterschmidt
• Mikhail Avgustov
• Mikita Chaikouski
• Artsemi Drozd
• Yauheni Novikau
• Yury Piatrouski
• Anatoliy Ryabko
• Filipe Silva
• Edu Lopez
• Juan Ossa
• Julio Pantoja
• Ahmed Elshahat
• Elhusseini Taha
• Moslem Mesigar
• Alessandro Miceli
• Alessandro Remedi
• Fabio Sciacca
• Takuya Akaguma
• Yusuke Kawai
• Naoya Matsuo
• Héctor Acevedo
• Diego Martínez
• Salomón Wbias
• Takahito Yamada
• Mandhar Al Araimi
• Abdulrahman Al Fazari
• Yaqdhan Al Hindasi
• Duarte Algarvio
• Bernardo Lopes
• André Lourênço
• Ninou Diatta
• Ousseynou Faye
• Papa Ndoye
• Soleiman Batis
• Dona
• Raimana Li Fung Kuee
• Tamatoa Tetauira
• Waleed Beshr
• Rashed Eid
• Austin Collier
• Andres Navas
• Conner Rezende
• Chris Toth

1 own goal

• Ivan Kanstantsinau (vs. Japan)
• Gianmarco Genovali (vs. Brazil)
• Teaonui Tehau (vs. Iran)

Source: BSWW

Sponsorship

Adidas [51] Coca-Cola Qatar Airways Hyundai Visa Wanda Group [52]

References

Notes

1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hosted the first three editions in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
2. Russia were the de facto defending champions, having competed as the RFU in 2021; in accordance with the ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a December 2020 decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from Russia was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and competed as the team of the Russian Football Union (RFU), and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee. ^[9]
3. Note that multiple match reports reported an actual maxed out capacity crowd of 3,458.

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External links

• Official website , at FIFA.com
• Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website