Mundialito de Clubes

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Mundialito de Clubes
Mundialito de Clubes logo 2017.png
Organising body BSWW
Founded2011
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams8
Current champions Flag of Russia.svg FC Lokomotiv Moscow
(3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
(3 titles)
Website Mundialito de Clubes

The Mundialito de Clubes (English : Club World Cup) is an international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from around the world. The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association football, however participating teams are not regional champions, instead entering via invitation.

Contents

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the competition was founded by BSWW with Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in 2011. [1] The first five editions hosted in Brazil whilst the sixth saw the event hosted in Europe; the tournament should not be confused with BSWW's existing Mundialito, which takes place in Portugal for national teams.

Portuguese and Russian sides Braga and Lokomotiv Moscow are the most successful teams with two titles each. [2]

Teams and players

In the first two editions (2011 and 2012), squads were specially assembled to represent well known association football clubs from around the world – these teams were incarnated purely to compete in this event. [3] Players of many nationalities (of which they were considered the best of) were invited to play; they were then allocated to one of the clubs specifically for the purpose of the event using a draft system conducted by BSWW. [4] The draft system was then retired.

In the next two editions (2013 and 2015), the clubs and their squads that competed either already exist beforehand (i.e. competed in a domestic club league in their country) or remained specially assembled purely for the competition, but now with squads materialised behind the scenes with players choosing to play for said team at their own discretion rather than via a draft.

Since 2017, all competing teams have been pre-existing clubs that compete in their country's domestic league. Teams are no longer materialised specifically for this event.

Results

YearHostTeamsFinalThird Place Match
WinnersScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2011
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
São Paulo
10 Flag of Brazil.svg
Vasco da Gama
4–2 Flag of Portugal.svg
Sporting CP
Flag of Brazil.svg
Flamengo
5–4
(a.e.t.)
Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Moscow
2012
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
São Paulo
12 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–4 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flamengo
Flag of Brazil.svg
Vasco da Gama
5–4 Flag of Portugal.svg
Sporting CP
2013
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
Rio de Janeiro
8 Flag of Brazil.svg
Corinthians
3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (pens)
Flag of Brazil.svg
Flamengo
Flag of Brazil.svg
Vasco da Gama
3–1 Flag of Brazil.svg
Botafogo
2015
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
Rio de Janeiro
8 Flag of Spain.svg
Barcelona
4–4 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pens)
Flag of Brazil.svg
Vasco da Gama
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
Al-Ahli
4–4 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pens)
Flag of Brazil.svg
Fluminense
2017
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
São Paulo
8 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Moscow
5–4 Flag of Iran.svg
Pars Jonoubi
Flag of Brazil.svg
Corinthians
3–2 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flamengo
2019
Details
Flag of Russia.svg
Moscow [5]
8 Flag of Portugal.svg
Braga
7–6 Flag of Italy.svg
Catania
Flag of Brazil.svg
Flamengo
4–3 Flag of Russia.svg
Spartak Moscow
2020
Details
Flag of Russia.svg
Moscow [6]
8 Flag of Portugal.svg
Braga
8–3 Flag of Russia.svg
Spartak Moscow
Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–2 Flag of Japan.svg
Tokyo Verdy
2021
Details
Flag of Russia.svg
Moscow [7]
8 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–4 Flag of Portugal.svg
Braga
Flag of Brazil.svg
Vasco da Gama
10–6 Flag of Belarus.svg
Dinamo Minsk

Performance

By club

Key
  • GS – Group stage
  • QF – Quarter final
(there were no placement matches for 5th to 12th place pre-2017)
  • Apps – Total appearances
Team 2011 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2020 Apps
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli GSGS3rd3
Flag of Turkey.svg Alanyaspor7th1
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona QFQFGS1st4
Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov8th1
Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors GSQF2
Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo 4th6th2
Flag of Portugal.svg Braga 1st1st2
Flag of Italy.svg Catania2nd1
Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians QFQF1stGS3rd5
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 3rd2nd2ndGS4th3rd6th7
Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense 4th1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grasshopper8th1
Flag of Spain.svg Levante UD GS5th6th5th4
Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 4th1st1st7th3rd5
Flag of Italy.svg Milan GSQFGS3
Flag of Iran.svg Pars Jonoubi 2nd1
Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol GS1
Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central 7th1
Flag of Brazil.svg Santos FC GSQF2
Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC GS1
Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders QFGS2
Flag of Russia.svg Spartak Moscow4th2nd2
Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP 2nd4thGS8th5th5
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Verdy4th1
Flag of Brazil.svg Vasco da Gama 1st3rd3rd2nd4

By country

NationWinnersRunners-upThirdFourth
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2 (2011, 2013)3 (2012, 2013, 2015)5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019)3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2 (2012, 2017)1 (2020)1 (2020)2 (2011, 2019)
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 2 (2019, 2020)1 (2011)1 (2012)
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1 (2015)
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1 (2017)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 (2019)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Emirates 1 (2015)
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 (2020)

By confederation

ConfederationWinnersRunners-upThirdFourth
UEFA 5 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)3 (2011, 2019, 2020)1 (2020)3 (2011, 2012, 2019)
CONMEBOL 2 (2011, 2013)3 (2012, 2013, 2015)5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019)3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
AFC 1 (2017)1 (2015)1 (2020)

Awards

YearMVPBest goalkeeperTop goalscorer(s)
2011 Flag of Uruguay.svg Sarandí Pampero (Vasco da Gama) Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Graça (Sporting CP) Flag of Brazil.svg André (Flamengo), 16 goals
2012 Flag of Brazil.svg Benjamin (Flamengo) Flag of Ukraine.svg Vitalii Sydorenko (Lokomotiv Moscow) Flag of Portugal.svg Madjer (Sporting CP), 10 goals
2013 Flag of Brazil.svg Mão (Corinthians) Flag of Brazil.svg Mão (Corinthians) Flag of Brazil.svg Eudin (Flamengo), 7 goals
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Ozu Moreira (Barcelona) Flag of French Polynesia.svg Jonathan Torohia (Barcelona) Flag of Brazil.svg Datinha (Barcelona)
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucão (Vasco da Gama)
Flag of Brazil.svg Bokinha (Vasco da Gama)
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelito Oliveira (Sporting CP), 7 goals
2017 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelito Oliveira (Lokomotiv Moscow) Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Chuzhkov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Flag of Brazil.svg Igor (Botafogo), 7 goals
2019 Flag of Portugal.svg Bê Martins (Braga) Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Padilha (Braga) Flag of Brazil.svg Lucão (Catania), 12 goals
2020 Flag of Brazil.svg Filipe (Braga) Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Padilha (Braga) Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Suarez (Levante), 10 goals

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References

  1. Founding
  2. Moscow 2 titles
  3. Representative clubs
  4. Draft
  5. "Мундиалито без "Кристалла"? Но они так нужны друг другу!". Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  6. Mundialito de Clubes Moscow 2020. Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  7. Куско сообщил, что у BSWW есть соглашение о проведении клубного Мундиалито-2021 в Москве. Beach Soccer Russia.