Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games

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Beach soccer
at the 2023 World Beach Games
Location Bali, Indonesia (cancelled)
Dates6–12 August (cancelled)
Competitors336 (expected)
Teams28
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The beach soccer tournaments at the 2023 World Beach Games were due to held from 6 to 12 August 2023 in Bali, Indonesia and organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). However, on 4 July 2023, the Games were announced as cancelled due to the last minute withdrawal of the Indonesian Olympic Committee as hosts. [1] [2] Thus, the beach soccer tournaments never took place, despite preliminary qualification competitions having already been carried out.

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Two events were due to take place: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. A total of 28 teams were due to participate (16 in the men's competition and 12 in the women's). Both the men's and women's squads were to consist of up to 12 players, meaning a total of 336 athletes were expected to take part. [3]

Competition schedule

The tournament was due to begin on 6 August and end on 12 August. [4]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter one men's team and one women's team into the competition. In order to play at the Games, these teams needed to qualify. [3]

The six continental confederations of FIFA were each allocated a certain amount of berths at the Games; [3] qualification events were organised for teams to compete against other members of their own confederation to try and earn one of their continent's spots at the Games. ANOC delegated the responsibility of organising qualification to Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). [3] Qualification tournaments were for all confederations, however, for some, these qualification events were ultimately not be realised – in these cases, their teams which occupy the highest positions in the BSWW World Ranking as of 1 July 2023 were due to be granted qualification. The deadline for qualification to be completed was 2 July 2023. [4]

For both categories, the host country qualified automatically and one country who failed to qualify was also due to be invited to compete as a wildcard entry as a lucky loser. [3]

Multiple qualification tournaments had already been completed by the time of the Games' cancellation on 4 July 2023, with most participants confirmed.

Men's qualification

Means of qualificationRef.DatesVenueBerthsQualified
Hosts [4] 24 May 2022 [lower-alpha 1] —1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
2022 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [5] [6] 29 August – 4 September 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Catania 5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2023 African Beach Games [7] [8] 27–30 June 2023 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hammamet 2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
2023 AFC–OFC Qualifying Tournament [4] [9] 25–27 May 2023 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jeddah 2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2023 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [10] [11] 6–8 April 2023 Flag of El Salvador.svg San Luis La Herradura 2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [4] ——3Never confirmed [lower-alpha 2]
Wildcard [4] ——1Never confirmed [lower-alpha 3]
Total 16

Women's qualification

Means of qualificationRef.DatesVenueBerthsQualified
Hosts [4] 24 May 2022 [lower-alpha 1] —1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
2022 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [5] [6] 31 August – 4 September 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Catania 4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [lower-alpha 4]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2023 African Beach Games [4] [7] 28 June 2023 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hammamet 1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya [lower-alpha 5]
Invitation (AFC–OFC team) [4] [9] ——1Never confirmed [lower-alpha 6]
2023 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [10] [11] 6–8 April 2023 Flag of El Salvador.svg San Luis La Herradura 2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [4] ——2Never confirmed [lower-alpha 2]
Wildcard [4] ——1Never confirmed [lower-alpha 3]
Total 12

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details 		Competition cancelled.Competition cancelled.Competition cancelled.
Women's tournament
details 		Competition cancelled.Competition cancelled.Competition cancelled.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Refers to the publication date of the qualification system when it was revealed the hosts qualify automatically.
  2. 1 2 As of the qualification completion deadline of 2 July 2023, no preliminary qualification tournaments for the CONMEBOL region had been carried out. Per the qualification regulations, this meant that, as per the latest issue of the BSWW World Ranking, the top three men's CONMEBOL teams, and top two women's CONMEBOL teams, were to be granted the berths. These were Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (men's); Brazil and Paraguay (women's). [12] However, the teams were not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 The wildcard entries were not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023. However, a media release by the Solomon Islands Football Federation on 3 July stated that its men's national team was preparing to participate. [13]
  4. ↑ Competed in qualification as England. England does not have an independent NOC and is instead represented by Great Britain at Olympic events. [6] [14]
  5. ↑ The Kenyan national team was due to play a best-of-three tie against Cape Verde to determine who would qualify to the Games, however the latter withdrew at the last minute, meaning Kenya qualified on a walkover. [15]
  6. ↑ As of the qualification completion deadline of 2 July 2023, no women's preliminary qualification tournament for the AFC–OFC region had been carried out. Per the qualification regulations, this meant that, as per the latest issue of the BSWW World Ranking, the top women's AFC–OFC team was to be granted the berth. However, no AFC–OFC women's teams were ranked at the time. [12] Per the qualification regulations, it was then expected that a National Olympic Committee of the region would be invited to send a team. However, the team was not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023.

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