Beach Soccer Worldwide

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Beach Soccer Worldwide
AbbreviationBSWW
Formation1994 (founding partners)
25 October 2000 (merger)
Type International sport federation
Headquarters Barcelona, Spain
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
211 national associations
Official languages
English
President
Joan Cuscó [1]
Vice-president
Gabino Renales [2]
Affiliations FIFA,
International Olympic Committee [3]
Staff
<50 [4]
Website www.beachsoccer.com

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is known today having been officially founded in late 2000 as a singular institution to develop the sport and organise international beach soccer competitions across the globe, primarily between national teams. [5] The company is recognised as playing the biggest role in helping to establish the rules of beach soccer, to spread and evolve the sport around the world as cited by FIFA who took on governing body status of the sport from BSWW in 2005. [6] Having established the sport's key regulations, FIFA acknowledged BSWW's framework, making their rules the official laws of beach soccer and now controls them and any modifications.

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Today, under the recognition of FIFA, BSWW continues to be main organisation that organises beach soccer tournaments and development (with FIFA's assistance) around the world, mainly in Europe, including the Euro Beach Soccer League, BSWW exhibition tour events and others, having involved over 110 national teams in the sport, as well as newly founded club competitions. [7] [8] Its founders also established the Beach Soccer World Championships; BSWW created a partnership with FIFA, FIFA Beach Soccer S.L., in 2005 to manage the tournament as the newly named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the only major international beach soccer tournament that BSWW does not have a hand in organising but which is all the management of FIFA. [9]

Members of the organisation serve on FIFA's Beach Soccer Committee.

First international matches was played in 1993 for men and 2009 for women. [10] [11] Now (July 2023) 193 Men / 64 Women club and 101 Men / 23 Women national team sorted in World Ranking. [12]

History

Founding

BSWW's routes are traced back to 1992 with the establishment of the official rules of the sport by Giancarlo Signorini, the founding partner of Beach Soccer Company (BSC). [5] [13] In 1992, Signorini staged a pilot event in Los Angeles in order to test out and perfect these rules which remain very similar today. In July 1993, with the aid of his own company, BSI, Signorini organised the first professional beach soccer event, held on Miami Beach, Florida. A keen interest was taken by Brazilian sports marketing agency, Koch Tavares, who replicated the event in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Viking Graham Sports Group, a Philadelphia based investment group, acquired BSI's rights to stage professional beach soccer events, forming a partnership with Signorini to create Beach Soccer Company. [5] [14]

Koch Tavares and BSC went on to be the main two entities involved in promoting beach soccer for the rest of the 1990s, with the former responsible for organising the Beach Soccer World Championships beginning in 1995, and the latter establishing the Pro Beach Soccer Tour in 1996, a series of worldwide professional exhibition tournaments to promote the sport, and the European Pro Beach Soccer League in 1998, all contested between national teams as opposed to clubs. BSC relocated to Monaco in 1998 and again to Barcelona in 1999, renaming to become Pro Beach Soccer, S.L. (PBS) in 2000 to reflect the branding of their established events. [5]

In October 2000, [15] the entity of Koch Tavares responsible for beach soccer and PBS came together to register one single company in order to streamline development of the sport under one unifying company, as opposed to multiple parties involved trying to synchronise progress between one another, officially forming Beach Soccer Worldwide, opting to remain based in Barcelona. [5] [16] Starting with the 2001 season, BSWW took on roles of organising all major competitions of the preceding companies including the Pro Beach Soccer Tour and European Pro Beach Soccer League, whilst supervising the World Championships and the newly created America's League, all remaining focused on national teams. This was also done to make it easier to bring on board sponsors, coordinate media coverage and present the football alternative to FIFA under a clearly defined, all-encompassing, representative body for beach soccer. [5]

FIFA partnership

A scene from a 2008 BSWW Tour event between Israel and Turkey Challenge Cup Israel v Turkey 2.jpg
A scene from a 2008 BSWW Tour event between Israel and Turkey

BSWW's attention immediately turned to FIFA. Beach Soccer Company had already ensured all tournaments from 2000 onwards were played under FIFA's fair play rules and delegates from both parties met multiple times to discuss for BSWW's rules of the sport and competitions to gain recognition and backing of football's governing body. [17] By 2002, FIFA had come to an agreement with BSWW to adopt the rules and regulations that had been established over the previous decade, with some minor changes to ensure FIFA's interest in key components of regular football were respected and acknowledging key major tournaments in the sport including the World Championships. [18] During this time, BSWW also brought on board major sponsors such as MasterCard, McDonald's and Coca-Cola for certain time period. [6]

The involvement with FIFA was furthered in 2004 when FIFA Beach Soccer S.L. was established in agreement and partnership with BSWW, to take over responsibility of the World Championships, being beach soccer's primary tournament, to become an official FIFA competition. [19] The newly named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup would start in 2005, with BSWW staff acting as advisers. It was also agreed that FIFA would become the sport's governing body, taking over from BSWW. [9]

However at this time FIFA also recognised BSWW as the main entity behind past and more importantly continuing promotion and development of the sport elsewhere besides the new World Cup, [6] and so BSWW retained the organisation responsibilities and control of other beach soccer championships like the EBSL, with FIFA only taking full control of the World Cup. [7] So much so that after the first successful World Cup in 2005, when FIFA established World Cup qualifying tournaments to promote the sport across all confederations to start in 2006, all responsibility was handed to BSWW to organise and execute such events, with FIFA only supervising. [20]

Continued development

BSWW Vice-President and FIFA committee member Joan Cusco Joan Cusco.jpg
BSWW Vice-President and FIFA committee member Joan Cuscó
A scene from the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship match between Brazil and Paraguay with the BSWW logo on hoarding visible in the background FUTBOL PLAYA (17098874369).jpg
A scene from the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship match between Brazil and Paraguay with the BSWW logo on hoarding visible in the background

Since then, BSWW has continued to develop the sport worldwide, now aided greatly with FIFA's beach soccer training courses and refereeing. [21] [22] The Euro Beach Soccer League (dropping the pro from the title in 2004 as it was no longer reflecting of the company name) [23] has remained BSWW's main asset, gathering up to 27 nations to compete in recent editions compared to just 7 in the first event in 1998 in a summer-long event. The Pro Beach Soccer Tour has also been renamed to the BSWW Tour for the same reasons, continuing exhibition events to promote the sport as far wide and remote as Réunion and Cape Verde with around 10 tour events a year. [24] BSWW has continued organising the World Cup qualifiers, as well as establishing new regular international competitions such as the Intercontinental Cup (similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup) since 2011 and generating more interest from big sponsors like Samsung [25] and Huawei. [26]

BSWW representatives, in partnership with FIFA, have liaised with the International Olympic Committee a number of times, with Olympic-affiliated events such as the Asian Beach Games integrating beach soccer from 2008 onward, the South American Beach Games from 2009 and the European Games starting from 2015. The ultimate aim is to have beach soccer a sport in the summer Olympics. [27] [28] [29] But despite a campaign for inclusion in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics., [29] the sport was ultimately not included and so lobbying in cooperation with FIFA continues,[ citation needed ] to ultimately fulfil the goal of making beach soccer an Olympic sport. In 2017, BSWW secured beach soccer as a sport at the inaugural Olympic-affiliated World Beach Games in 2019 and hope to use its inclusion as a springboard for future absorption into the Summer Olympics.[ citation needed ]

More recently, a greater involvement from certain confederations in organising World Cup qualifying championships has eased the full involvement of BSWW, [30] allowing the federation to promote the club side of the game more, establishing the Mundialito de Clubs (Club World Cup) in 2011 [31] and the Euro Winners Cup (similar to the UEFA Champions League) in 2013. [32]

Development of the women's game has also become a target for BSWW, with the first official game between Switzerland and Germany in 2009, [33] promoting further international exhibition tournaments and friendlies involving nations such as England, Italy and the Czech Republic, with the Euro Winners Cup having a 16-club women's version for the first time in 2016 [34] and the first Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup also taking place in 2016.

BSWW has organised and delivered over 200 international events in more than 50 countries worldwide, involving over 110 nations from all confederations, assembling an audience of over 250 million households in 180 countries. [8] Vice-president Joan Cuscó continues to serve on FIFA's Beach Soccer committee as BSWW's representative. [35] In 2017, BSWW and FIFA agreed to extend their partnership until at least 2024. [36]

Identity

Flag

Stars awards

2018 individual award winners
Best player Flag of Spain.svg Llorenç Gomez
Best goalkeeper Flag of Portugal.svg Elinton Andrade
Best coach Flag of Brazil.svg Gilberto Costa
Rising star Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Moradi
Best goal Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Suarez
Best women's player Flag of Russia.svg Marina Fedorova

It has been standard practice for BSWW to award prizes to the top scorer, MVP and best goalkeeper at the conclusion every event of their organisation. However, in 2014, BSWW took this concept of awards to a new level, establishing beach soccer's first annual end of season awards ceremony, taking place during November in Dubai. [37] The ceremony, a gala event attended by many of the world's leading figures in the sport, celebrates the achievements of top performers worldwide over the course of the season [38] and has been compared to FIFA's The Best awards and the Ballon d'Or in association football, [39] in both importance, grandeur and equivalence for those involved in beach soccer.

Some of the many prizes awarded on the night include best player of the year, best coach of the year, best goal and best team. [40]

BSWW structured tournaments

BSWW organises and has an input in many different competitions; the following are regular events that are ongoing: [41]

Advisory role:

Considerable input, with involvement from confederations, under the supervision of FIFA:

Affiliation only:

Current title holders

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition [42] [43]
Global
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2024 (Final)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6thFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 2025 (Final)
World Beach Games 2019 (Final)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1stFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 2027 (Final)
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 (Final)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4thFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2023 (Final)
Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1stFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2019
BSWW Mundialito 2019 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7thFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2022
Africa
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations 2021 (Final)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6thFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2022 (Final)
Asia
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup 2023 (Final)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3rdFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2025 (Final)
Asian Beach Games 2016 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1stFlag of Oman.svg  Oman 2023
North America
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2021 (Final)Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2ndFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2023 (Final)
Oceania
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 (Final)Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2ndFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2023 (Final)
South America
South American Beach Games 2023 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5thFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2023
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 2021 (Final)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8thFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2023 (Final)
CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition [42] [43]
Europe
European Games 2019 (Final)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1stFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 2023 (Final)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2016 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2ndFlag of Italy.svg  Italy ---
Euro Beach Soccer League 2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2thFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2023
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2021 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4thFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2023
World Beach Games qualification (UEFA) 2023 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1stFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2027
National teams (women)
Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2019 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2ndFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 2022
Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2021 2022
Club teams
Mundialito de Clubes 2021 Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 3rd Flag of Portugal.svg Braga 2022
Euro Winners Cup 2022 (Final) Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica Loures1st Flag of Portugal.svg Braga 2023 (Final)
Club teams (women)
Women's Euro Winners Cup 2022 Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa1st Flag of Spain.svg San Javier 2023

Teams

National teams with year of first international game:

Men

  1. Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil national beach soccer team (1993)
  2. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina national beach soccer team (1993)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg United States men's national beach soccer team (1993)
  4. Flag of Italy.svg Italy national beach soccer team (1993)
  5. Flag of Chile.svg Chile national beach soccer team (1994)
  6. Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay national beach soccer team (1994)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands national beach soccer team (1995)
  8. Flag of Germany.svg Germany national beach soccer team (1995)
  9. Flag of England.svg England national beach soccer team (1995)
  10. Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico national beach soccer team (1995)
  11. Flag of Japan.svg Japan national beach soccer team (1995)
  12. Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea national beach soccer team (1995)
  13. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada national beach soccer team (1995)
  14. Flag of Russia.svg Russia national beach soccer team (1996)
  15. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark national beach soccer team (1996)
  16. Flag of France.svg France national beach soccer team (1996)
  17. Flag of Spain.svg Spain national beach soccer team (1996)
  18. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium national beach soccer team (1996)
  19. Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia national beach soccer team (1996)
  20. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia national beach soccer team (1996)
  21. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal national beach soccer team (1996)
  22. Flag of Peru.svg Peru national beach soccer team (1998)
  23. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland national beach soccer team (1998)
  24. Flag of Austria.svg Austria national beach soccer team (1998)
  25. Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria national beach soccer team (1998)
  26. Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay national beach soccer team (1999)
  27. Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa national beach soccer team (1999)
  28. Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela national beach soccer team (2000)
  29. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey national beach soccer team (2000)
  30. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland national beach soccer team (2001)
  31. Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand national beach soccer team (2002)
  32. Flag of Norway.svg Norway national beach soccer team (2002)
  33. Flag of Greece.svg Greece national beach soccer team (2003)
  34. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden national beach soccer team (2004)
  35. Flag of Poland.svg Poland national beach soccer team (2004)
  36. Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco national beach soccer team (2004)
  37. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine national beach soccer team (2005)
  38. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary national beach soccer team (2005)
  39. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia national beach soccer team (2005)
  40. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic national beach soccer team (2006)
  41. Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica national beach soccer team (2006)
  42. Flag of Iran.svg Iran national beach soccer team (2006)
  43. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China national beach soccer team (2006)
  44. Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines national beach soccer team (2006)
  45. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team (2006)
  46. Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain national beach soccer team (2006)
  47. Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro national beach soccer team (2006)
  48. Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands national beach soccer team (2006)
  49. Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands national beach soccer team (2006)
  50. Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti national beach soccer team (2006)
  51. Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu national beach soccer team (2006)
  52. Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica national beach soccer team (2006)
  53. Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt national beach soccer team (2006)
  54. Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco national beach soccer team (2006)
  55. Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon national beach soccer team (2006)
  56. Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast national beach soccer team (2006)
  57. Flag of France.svg Réunion national beach soccer team (2006)
  58. Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar national beach soccer team (2006)
  59. Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal national beach soccer team (2006)
  60. Flag of Israel.svg Israel national beach soccer team (2007)
  61. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria national beach soccer team (2007)
  62. Flag of Romania.svg Romania national beach soccer team (2007)
  63. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia national beach soccer team (2007)
  64. Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde national beach soccer team (2007)
  65. Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique national beach soccer team (2007)
  66. Flag of India.svg India national beach soccer team (2007)
  67. Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador national beach soccer team (2007)
  68. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand national beach soccer team (2007)
  69. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan national beach soccer team (2008)
  70. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan national beach soccer team (2008)
  71. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia national beach soccer team (2008)
  72. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia national beach soccer team (2008)
  73. Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra national beach soccer team (2008)
  74. Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia national beach soccer team (2008)
  75. Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania national beach soccer team (2008)
  76. Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait national beach soccer team (2008)
  77. Flag of Oman.svg Oman national beach soccer team (2008)
  78. Flag of Libya.svg Libya national beach soccer team (2008)
  79. Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria national beach soccer team (2008)
  80. Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen national beach soccer team (2008)
  81. Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia national beach soccer team (2008)
  82. Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste national beach soccer team (2008)
  83. Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam national beach soccer team (2008)
  84. Flag of Laos.svg Laos national beach soccer team (2008)
  85. Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei national beach soccer team (2008)
  86. Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar national beach soccer team (2008)
  87. Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar national beach soccer team (2008)
  88. Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius national beach soccer team (2008)
  89. Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador national beach soccer team (2009)
  90. Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji national beach soccer team (2009)
  91. Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova national beach soccer team (2009)
  92. Flag of Finland.svg Finland national beach soccer team (2009)
  93. Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia national beach soccer team (2009)
  94. Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia national beach soccer team (2009) ?
  95. Flag of Syria.svg Syria national beach soccer team (2010)
  96. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia national beach soccer team (2010)
  97. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan national beach soccer team (2010)
  98. Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine national beach soccer team (2010)
  99. Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan national beach soccer team (2010)
  100. Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala national beach soccer team (2010)
  101. Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon national beach soccer team (2010)
  102. Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq national beach soccer team (2011)
  103. Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh national beach soccer team (2011)
  104. Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal national beach soccer team (2011)
  105. Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives national beach soccer team (2011)
  106. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka national beach soccer team (2011)
  107. Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan national beach soccer team (2012)
  108. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic national beach soccer team (2012)
  109. Flag of Albania.svg Albania national beach soccer team (2012)
  110. Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia national beach soccer team (2013)
  111. Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico national beach soccer team (2013)
  112. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago national beach soccer team (2013)
  113. Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar national beach soccer team (2014) Unofficial
  114. Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda national beach soccer team (2014)
  115. Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia national beach soccer team (2014)
  116. Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya national beach soccer team (2015)
  117. Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana national beach soccer team (2015)
  118. Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles national beach soccer team (2015)
  119. Flag of Belize.svg Belize national beach soccer team (2015)
  120. Flag of Panama.svg Panama national beach soccer team (2015)
  121. Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda national beach soccer team (2015)
  122. Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados national beach soccer team (2015)
  123. Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe national beach soccer team (2015)
  124. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands national beach soccer team (2015)
  125. Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands national beach soccer team (2015)
  126. Flag of Malta.svg Malta national beach soccer team (2015)
  127. Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana national beach soccer team (2017)
  128. Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire national beach soccer team (2019)
  129. Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Kyrgyzstan national beach soccer team (2019)
  130. Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi national beach soccer team (2022)
  131. Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania national beach soccer team (?)
  132. Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia national beach soccer team (?)
  133. Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi national beach soccer team (?)
  134. Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros national beach soccer team (?)
  135. Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti national beach soccer team (?)
  136. Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia national beach soccer team (?)
  137. Flag of Mali.svg Mali national beach soccer team (?)
  138. Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan national beach soccer team (?)
  139. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo national beach soccer team (?)
  140. Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga national beach soccer team (?)
  141. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia national beach soccer team (?)
  142. Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea national beach soccer team (?)

Women

  1. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland women's national beach soccer team (2009)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Germany women's national beach soccer team (2009)
  3. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  4. Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  5. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  6. Flag of Italy.svg Italy women's national beach soccer team (2011)
  7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic women's national beach soccer team (2011)
  8. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas women's national beach soccer team (2012)
  9. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks & Caicos Islands women's national beach soccer team (2012)
  10. Flag of England.svg England women's national beach soccer team (2014)
  11. Flag of Greece.svg Greece women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  12. Flag of Spain.svg Spain women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  13. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  14. Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico women's national beach soccer team (2017)
  15. Flag of Russia.svg Russia women's national beach soccer team (2018)
  16. Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  17. Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  18. Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  19. Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  20. Flag of the United States.svg United States women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  21. Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  22. Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  23. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  24. Flag of Chile.svg Chile women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  25. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine women's national beach soccer team (2021)
  26. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden women's national beach soccer team (2022)
  27. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago women's national beach soccer team (2022)
  28. Flag of Poland.svg Poland women's national beach soccer team (2022)

Rankings

Top 10 Rankings – January 2022 [44]
RankChangeTeamPointsConfederation
1Steady2.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 4032 UEFA
2Steady2.svgFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3042 UEFA
3Steady2.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2523 CONMEBOL
4Steady2.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2404 AFC
5Increase2.svgFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2257 CAF
6Decrease2.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 2249 UEFA
7Steady2.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2234 UEFA
8Steady2.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1975 UEFA
9Steady2.svgFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1380 CONMEBOL
10Steady2.svgFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1322 CONMEBOL

BSWW established a ranking system for European teams in the mid-2000s as the majority of tournaments are held in Europe and it is the most active continent for national teams. Hence the ranking was used for seeding in competitions like the EBSL. [45] [46] However, in 2014, BSWW created the first world ranking table based on a similar system to FIFA's world ranking for association football national teams. [47]

Sponsors

As of June 2022

Official Global Partners:

Official partners:

Technical Partners:

Foundation

Beach Soccer Worldwide extends its commitment beyond purely sport development. In 2009, the Beach Soccer Foundation was created by BSWW to tackle three main issues surrounding the sport: [48]

History Results Database

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The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions from countries all across Europe take part. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the championship is viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Champions League in its parent sport, association football.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denmark national beach soccer team</span> National beach soccer team

Denmark national beach soccer team represents Denmark in international beach soccer competitions, but is not controlled by the Danish Football Association (DFA), the governing body for football in Denmark. The DFA have decided to wait before being affiliated with an official national beach soccer team. However the team is recognised by the sport's governing body, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and competes as Denmark's representative team in BSWW and FIFA sanctioned tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia national beach soccer team</span>

The Georgian national beach soccer team represents Georgia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. The team has played competitively in two World Cup qualifiers, in 2008 and 2016, but have yet to win a match. The majority of the current squad also plays for club team FC Dinamo Batumi in Georgia who have competed in the Euro Winners Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup</span> International football competition

The 2016 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the inaugural edition of the international, European beach soccer championship for women's national teams. Having promoted women's friendlies and exhibition events since 2009, and hosting a men's version of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup since 1998, this was the first official competitive international tournament between Women's national squads to be organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup</span> International football competition

The 2017 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an international, European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised annually by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on April 21, 2017.

Beach Soccer Stars is an annual award ceremony in beach soccer organised by the sport's developmental body, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

The following were the events of association football for the year 2019 throughout the world.

Switzerland women's national beach soccer team represents Switzerland in international women's beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association, the governing body of football in Switzerland. The team was created in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup</span> International football competition

The 2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.

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