2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Coupe du monde de football de plage 2025
2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.png
Tournament details
Host countrySeychelles
CityVictoria
Dates1–11 May
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBA (in 1 host city)
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The 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 13th 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 23rd 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; the World Cup took place annually until 2009 when it then became a biennial event.

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It will take place in Victoria, capital of Seychelles, between 1 and 11 May 2025. [1] This will be the first time that Seychelles has hosted a FIFA tournament, and the first Beach Soccer World Cup to be played in Africa.

Brazil are the defending champions.

Host selection

The original bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows: [2]

On 8 December 2021, FIFA revealed that five associations had affirmed their bidding intentions: [3]

On 14 February 2022, FIFA announced that three of the five associations had submitted bids through to the final stage of the process, [4] 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. [2] 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. [5] On 16 December 2022, the United Arab Emirates was awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 tournament, and the Seychelles for the 2025 tournament. [6]

Qualification

A total of 16 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Seychelles who qualify 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 4 October 2023. [1]

The process of qualification for the World Cup finals began in October 2024 and will end in March 2025. [7]

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).

ConfederationQualifying tournamentTeam qualifiedAppearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
AFC
(Asia; 3 teams)		 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup  
 
 
CAF
(Africa; 2 teams + hosts)		Host nationFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1stn/an/aDebut
2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1stn/an/aDebut
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 10th 2007 2024 Fourth place (2021)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean; 2 teams)		 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship  
 
CONMEBOL
(South America; 3 teams)		 2025 Copa América de Beach Soccer  
 
 
OFC (Oceania; 1 team) 2024 OFC Beach Soccer Men's Nations Cup Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 8th 2011 2024 Runners-up (2015, 2017)
UEFA
(Europe; 4 teams)		 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 4th 2019 2024 Fourth place (2024)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10th 2006 2024 Runners-up (2008, 2019, 2024)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 12th 2005 2024 Champions (2015, 2019)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10th 2005 2024 Runners-up (2013)

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:[ citation needed ]

  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, SCT (UTC+4).

Group A

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles (H)000000000 Knockout stage
2A2000000000
3A3000000000
4A4000000000
First match(es) will be played: 1 May 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svgvA2
A3vA4
Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svgvA3
A4vA2
A4vFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
A2vA3

Group B

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1B1000000000 Knockout stage
2B2000000000
3B3000000000
4B4000000000
First match(es) will be played: 1 May 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
B1vB2
B3vB4
B1vB3
B4vB2
B4vB1
B2vB3

Group C

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1C1000000000 Knockout stage
2C2000000000
3C3000000000
4C4000000000
First match(es) will be played: 2 May 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
C1vC2
C3vC4
C1vC3
C4vC2
C4vC1
C2vC3

Group D

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D1000000000 Knockout stage
2D2000000000
3D3000000000
4D4000000000
First match(es) will be played: 2 May 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
D1vD2
D3vD4
D1vD3
D4vD2
D4vD1
D2vD3

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
8 May
 
 
Winners Group D
 
10 May
 
Runners-up Group C
 
Winners QF 1
 
8 May
 
Winners QF 3
 
Winners Group B
 
11 May
 
Runners-up Group A
 
Winners SF 1
 
8 May
 
Winners SF 2
 
Winners Group C
 
10 May
 
Runners-up Group D
 
Winners QF 2
 
8 May
 
Winners QF 4 Third place match
 
Winners Group A
 
11 May
 
Runners-up Group B
 
Losers SF 1
 
 
Losers SF 2
 

Quarter-finals

Winners Group DMatch 25Runners-up Group C
Winners Group CMatch 26Runners-up Group D
Winners Group BMatch 27Runners-up Group A
Winners Group AMatch 28Runners-up Group B

Semi-finals

Winners QF 3Match 29Winners QF 1
Winners QF 4Match 30Winners QF 2

Third place match

Losers SF 1Match 31Losers SF 2

Final

Winners SF 1Match 32Winners SF 2

Marketing

The official emblem and brand identity were unveiled on 3 May 2024 at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort. [8]

Sponsorship

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