BSWW Mundialito

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BSWW Mundialito
Organising body BSWW
Founded1994
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams4 (since 2008)
Current championsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
(15th title)
Most successful team(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (15 titles)
Website Mundialito

The BSWW Mundialito, often simply known as Mundialito, is an annual international beach soccer tournament that takes place between few select countries, which are invited to play at the tournament organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). First played in 1994 at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the competition was reignited in 1997 in Portugal, where it was held ever since until 2022. Few nations have won the tournament, those being only Brazil, Portugal, United States, and Spain.

Contents

The first Mundialito competition to consist of club teams took place in March 2011, known as the Mundialito de Clubes.

Venues

The following is a table showing when and where the BSWW Mundialito has been held:

Year(s)CountryCityBeach
1994Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Beach
1995–1996Not held
1997–2004Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Figueira da Foz Praia da Claridade
2005–2012Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Portimão Praia da Rocha
2013Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Vila Nova de Gaia Praia de Canide Norte
2014Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Espinho Praia da Baía
2015Not held
2016–2017Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Cascais Praia de Carcavelos
2018Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Almada Costa da Caparica
2019Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Nazaré Praia da Nazaré
2020–2021Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2022 [1] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maspalomas Playa del Inglés
2023Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Isla Canela Playa de Los Haraganes

Tournaments

No.YearTeamsWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth placeBest playerBest goalkeeperTop goalscorer(s)
1 1994 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina ? Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Sérgio [2] Flag of Argentina.svg Emilio Commisso [2]
2 1997 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [3] ? Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [3]
3 1998 12 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Peru.svg Peru Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg Hernâni [4] Flag of the United States.svg Ruben Fernandez [4] Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [4]
4 1999 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Flag of France.svg France Flag of Portugal.svg Hernâni [5] Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Sérgio [5] Flag of Brazil.svg Benjamin, Flag of Brazil.svg Jorginho [5]
5 2000 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of France.svg France Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [6] Flag of France.svg Franck Zingaro [6] Flag of France.svg Eric Cantona, Flag of Spain.svg Amarelle, Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [6]
6 2001 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of France.svg France Flag of Spain.svg Amarelle [7] Flag of Portugal.svg Zé Miguel [7] Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [7]
7 2002 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [8]  ? Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [8]
8 2003 8 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Flag of Spain.svg Amarelle [9] Flag of Brazil.svg Robertinho [10] Flag of Spain.svg Amarelle [11]
9 2004 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg Hernâni [12] Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Valeiro [12] Flag of Brazil.svg Neném [12]
10 2005 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of France.svg France Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [13] Flag of Brazil.svg Pierre [13] Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [13]
11 2006 [14] 5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of England.svg England Flag of Brazil.svg Buru ––
12 2007 [15] 6 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [16] – Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer [16]
13 2008 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of France.svg France Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer Flag of Brazil.svg Mão Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer
14 2009 [17] 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer Flag of Brazil.svg Mão Flag of Spain.svg Amarelle
15 2010 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer Flag of Argentina.svg Cesar Mendoza Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer, Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel, Flag of Brazil.svg Sidney, Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel De Ezeyza
16 2011 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of France.svg France Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Graça Flag of Portugal.svg Belchior
17 2012 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Graça Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer
18 2013 4 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Portugal.svg Alan Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Hidalgo Flag of Portugal.svg Belchior, Flag of Spain.svg Llorenç Gómez
19 2014 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Portugal.svg Jordan Santos Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Hidalgo Flag of Portugal.svg Belchior
20 2016 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of Portugal.svg Belchior Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Toth Flag of Brazil.svg Lucão
21 2017 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of France.svg France Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Flag of Brazil.svg Mão Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo, Flag of Brazil.svg Mauricinho
22 2018 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of Portugal.svg Jordan Santos Flag of Portugal.svg Elinton Andrade Flag of Japan.svg Takasuke Goto
23 2019 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Portugal.svg Jordan Santos Flag of Portugal.svg Elinton Andrade Flag of Portugal.svg Jordan Santos
24 2022 4 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Spain.svg Chiky Ardil [18] Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Toth [18] Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Akaguma [18]
25 2023 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Flag of Spain.svg Dona Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 153119
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 712120
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24511
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1124
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0134
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0123
7Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0101
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0101
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0101
10Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0033
11Flag of France.svg  France 0022
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0011
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0011
Totals (17 entries)25252575

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