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{{short description|Beach soccer tournament for national teams}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| logo                 = 
| caption              = 
| organiser            = [[Beach Soccer Worldwide|BSWW]]<br>[[FIFA]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005}}
| region               = International
| number of teams      = 16 (finals)
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{beachsoccer|BRA}} (6th title)}}
| most successful team = {{fbaicon|BRA}} Brazil (6 titles)
| website              = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013175559/http://fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/ Official website]
| current              = [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]]
}}
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| above            = [[List of world cups in beach soccer|World cups in beach soccer]]
| header2          = [[Beach Soccer World Championships]]
| data3            = * [[1995 Beach Soccer World Cup|1995]]
* [[1996 Beach Soccer World Cup|1996]]
* [[1997 Beach Soccer World Cup|1997]]
* [[1998 Beach Soccer World Cup|1998]]
* [[1999 Beach Soccer World Cup|1999]]
* [[2000 Beach Soccer World Cup|2000]]
* [[2001 Beach Soccer World Cup|2001]]
* [[2002 Beach Soccer World Cup|2002]]
* [[2003 Beach Soccer World Cup|2003]]
* [[2004 Beach Soccer World Cup|2004]]
| header4          = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| data5            = * [[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]]
* [[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006]]
* [[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]]
* [[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]]
* [[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]]
* [[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]]
* [[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013]]
* [[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015]]
* [[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]]
* [[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]]
* [[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021]]
* [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]]
* ''[[2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2025]]''
}}

The '''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup''' is an international [[beach soccer]] competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of [[FIFA]], the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the [[Beach Soccer World Championships]] established in 1995 which took place every year for the next decade under the supervision of [[Beach Soccer Worldwide]] (BSWW) and its predecessors. FIFA joined hands with BSWW in 2005 to take over the organization of the competition, re-branding it as an official FIFA tournament. 

Since 2009, the tournament has taken place every two years to allow continental tournaments to flourish without the burden of the World Cup qualifiers crowding the schedule every 12 months. The growing global popularity of beach soccer resulted in FIFA's decision to move the stage of the World Cup from its native home in Brazil to other parts of the globe to capitalise on and continue to stimulate global interest. 

The current tournament format lasts over approximately 10 days and involves 16 teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to a series of knock-out stages until the champion is crowned. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The first edition held outside Brazil was in [[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]] in [[Marseille]], France. The [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|most recent edition in 2024]] was held in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], and crowned [[Brazil national beach soccer team|Brazil]] as champions for the sixth time – after defeating [[Italy national beach soccer team|Italy]] 6–4 in the final.

==History==
The first [[List of world cups in beach soccer|world cup of beach soccer]] was held in [[Brazil]], in 1995, organised by the precursors to the modern-day founders of the standardised rules, [[Beach Soccer Worldwide]], held under the title ''[[Beach Soccer World Championships]]''. The last edition took place in 2004.

In 2005, [[FIFA]] paired up with BSWW to co-organise a new world cup competition under FIFA's name. They kept the tradition of holding the world cup in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and continued to allow 12 teams to participate, following on from the 2004 competition. It was [[Eric Cantona]]'s [[France national beach soccer team|France]] that won the competition after beating Portugal on penalties in the final.
The tournament was deemed a "major success" and therefore, for the 2006 competition and beyond, FIFA decided to standardise the participants to 16 countries. It was then that the ''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers'' were also established that would take place throughout the year. 
[[Image:2007 Beach Soccer World Cup.jpg|thumb|201x201px|right|A scene from the [[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007 event]] in Brazil]]

By the end of the 2007 World Cup, the tournament had become more popular, with the FIFA board taking over the competition, driving more countries to recognize beach soccer as a "major" sport. FIFA decided to have a change of venue. It was voted to extend the sport's popularity that the [[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008 World Cup]] would take place in [[Marseille]], [[France]], and the [[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009 World Cup]] would take place in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. These tournaments would be the first to take place outside Brazil.
The 2008 competition was the first time that Brazil would have to qualify for the tournament since they weren't the hosts. The 2009 World Cup is the Beach Soccer World Cup's 15th birthday, with Brazil continuing their dominance.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|date=24 November 2009|title=Brazil the undisputed kings of sand|url=https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/brazil-the-undisputed-kings-sand-1139733|access-date=30 September 2020|language=en-GB}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2009|title=DUBAI 2009: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/296768-dubai-2009-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref>

Before the final of the 2009 World Cup, FIFA announced that a new format would see the World Cup now take place every two years, starting from the 2011 World Cup. FIFA justified the decision by stating that they wanted Confederations to have more time to develop the sport, therefore allowing a year in between World Cups for Confederations to organise their own local tournaments. This was a mutual decision between the confederations and FIFA.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 November 2009|title=Valcke: Beach soccer on the move|url=https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/valcke-beach-soccer-the-move-1138224|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514184007/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/valcke-beach-soccer-the-move-1138224|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2021|access-date=7 July 2015|website=FIFA.com}}</ref> In March 2010 FIFA confirmed that the 2011 World Cup would take place in [[Italy]] and the 2013 World Cup would take place in [[Tahiti]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 March 2010|title=FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti|work=FIFA.com|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-executive-committee-approves-special-funding-for-chile-and-haiti-1183198|access-date=30 September 2020}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2013, FIFA extended the [[FIFA Champions Badge]] to the winners of the competition, where it was won by [[Russia national beach soccer team|Russia]].<ref name="fifa1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/fifa-world-champions-badge-honours-real-madrid-s-impeccable-year-2494968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222125210/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/fifa-world-champions-badge-honours-real-madrid-s-impeccable-year-2494968|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2019|title=FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year|website=[[FIFA]]|date=20 October 2014|access-date=21 December 2019|quote=The latest tournament to be introduced to this exclusive award was the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013, where reigning champions Russia were awarded the FIFA World Champions Badge.}}</ref>

==Qualification==
Following the inaugural FIFA tournament in [[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]], the number of teams at the finals was increased by FIFA to a record 16 and so the governing body along with BSWW met with individual confederations to set up a standard qualifying process for each world cup by establishing championships for each confederation. The winners of these championships would be crowned the best team in the region, "promoting regional competitiveness, and most importantly act as a consistent method of qualification to the World Cup for the best teams of each confederation. This would also help increase the sport's awareness across the globe and make sure all confederations were represented at the finals at every following World Cup, unlike in the past."

Besides Europe who continued to use the Euro Beach Soccer League as the method of World Cup qualification until 2008, all other confederations hosted their first championships in 2006 in view of the finals later that year.

=== Attendance ===
The allocation of World Cup spots and the number of teams that qualify from their regional championship to the World Cup was decided by FIFA in 2006 as follows:
{| class="wikitable" center style="font-size:95%"
|-
! rowspan=2|Confederation
! rowspan=2|Continent
!rowspan=2| Qualifying tournament
! rowspan=2 width=150|Amount of qualifying nations
! rowspan=9|
! colspan=10|Participating teams in qualification rounds
|-
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
! 2009
! 2011
! 2013
! 2015
! 2017
! 2019
! 2021
|-
|[[UEFA]]
|Europe
| [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)]]
|5 teams
|17{{ref|A|1}}
|22{{ref|A|1}}
|24
|26
|27
|24
|24
|28
|20
|27
|-
|[[CONMEBOL]]
|South America
| [[Copa América de Beach Soccer]]
|3 teams
|6
|3
|7
|8
|9
|9
|10
|10
|10
|10
|-
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|Asia
| [[AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup]]
|3 teams 
|6
|6
|6
|7
|11
|16
|15
|14
|15
| –
|-
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|Africa
| [[Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations]]
|2 teams
|6
|8
|8
|9
|9
|8
|20
|15
|13
|14
|-
|[[CONCACAF]]
|North, Central America and the Caribbean
| [[CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship]]
|2 teams
|5
|4
|4
|6
|8
|10
|16
|16
|16
|12
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
|Oceania
| [[OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup]]
|1 team
|4
|4
| –
|4
|3
|3
| –
| –
|5
| –
|-
|
|
|'''Total'''
|'''16 teams'''
|'''44'''
|'''47'''
|'''49'''
|'''50'''
|'''67'''
|'''70'''
|'''85'''
|'''83'''
|'''79'''
|'''63'''
|}
<small>{{note|A}} As part of the Euro Beach Soccer League</small>

The host country's confederation loses one qualification spot. I.e. since the [[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015 World Cup]] was held in [[Portugal]], they automatically qualified taking up one of the five European spots. Therefore, in the [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2015 UEFA qualifiers]], only four teams qualified from the championships to join the hosts making the total of five European nations.

As shown in the table, attendance of nations in qualification tournaments generally continues to rise year on year; the total global number of participants has nearly doubled since 2006.

Despite being the premier tournament in most regions, since the primary objective is to qualify to the World Cup, on some occasions teams have not participated due to qualifying to the finals automatically as hosts such as Brazil deferring from the [[2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship|2007 CONMBEBOL Beach Soccer Championship]] and Tahiti in the [[2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship]].

==Results==
{{see also|List of world cups in beach soccer}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center"
|-
!width=1% rowspan=2|#
!width=5% rowspan=2|Year
!width=17% rowspan=2|Location
!width=1% rowspan=15|
! colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=15|
! colspan=3|Third place play-off
!width=1% rowspan=15|
!width=3% rowspan=2|No. of<br />teams
!width=8% rowspan=2|Goals<br /><small>(match avg.)</small>
|-
! style="width:12%; | Champions
! style="width:8%; |Score
! style="width:12%; | Runners-up
! style="width:12%; | Third place
! style="width:8%; |Score
! style="width:12%; | Fourth place
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|1
|2005<br />''[[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} || ||align=left| [[Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro|Copacabana Beach]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|FRA|1974}}'''
|'''3–3 {{aet}}'''<br>(1–0 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p.]])
|{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}
|'''11–2'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}
|12
|164 (8.2)
|-
|2
|2006<br />''[[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} || ||align=left| [[Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro|Copacabana Beach]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''4–1'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|URU}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|FRA|1974}}
|'''6–4'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}
|16
|286 (8.9)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|3
|2007<br />''[[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} || ||align=left| [[Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro|Copacabana Beach]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''[[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|8–2]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|MEX}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|URU}}
|'''2–2 {{aet}}'''<br>(1–0 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p.]])
|{{beachsoccer-big|FRA|1974}}
|16
|261 (8.2)
|-
|4
|2008<br />''[[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} || ||align=left| [[Plages du Prado]], [[Marseille]], [[France]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''[[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|5–3]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ITA}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}
|'''5–4'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ESP}}
|16
| 258 (8.3)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|5
|2009<br />''[[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|UAE}} || ||align=left| [[Jumeirah|Jumeirah Beach]], [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''[[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|10–5]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|SUI}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}
|'''14–7'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|URU}}
|16
|269 (8.7)
|-
|6
|2011<br />''[[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} || ||align=left| [[Ravenna|Marina di Ravenna, Ravenna]], [[Italy]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|RUS}}'''
|'''[[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|12–8]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ESA}}
|16
|269 (8.4)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|7
|2013<br />''[[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|TAH}} || ||align=left| [[Papeete|Place To'atā, Papeete]], [[Tahiti]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|RUS}}'''
|'''[[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|5–1]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ESP}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}
|'''7–7 {{aet}}'''<br>(1–0 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p.]])
|{{beachsoccer-big|TAH|name=Tahiti}}
|16
|243 (7.6)
|-
|8
|2015<br />''[[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} || ||align=left| [[Espinho, Portugal|Praia da Baía, Espinho]], [[Portugal]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}'''
|'''[[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|5–3]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|TAH|name=Tahiti}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|RUS}}
|'''5–2'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ITA}}
|16
|257 (8.0)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|9
|2017<br />''[[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left| {{flagicon|BAH}} || ||align=left| [[Nassau, Bahamas|Malcolm Park, Nassau]], [[The Bahamas]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''[[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|6–0]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|TAH|name=Tahiti}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}
|'''5–3'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ITA}}
|16
|266 (8.3)
|-
|10
|2019<br />''[[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left|{{flagicon|PAR}} || ||align=left| [[Parque Olímpico, Paraguay|Olympic Park]], [[Luque]], [[Paraguay]] 
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|POR}}'''
|'''[[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final|6–4]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ITA}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|RUS}}
|'''5–4'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}
|16
|286 (8.9)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|11
|2021<br />''[[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} || || align=left|[[Luzhniki Olympic Complex|Luzhniki Complex]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|size=35px|RUS|roc-olympics|name=RFU}}'''{{Cref2|RFU|1}}
|'''[[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup#Final|5–2]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|SUI}}
|'''9–7'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|SEN}}
|16
|302 (9.4)
|-
|12
|2024<br />''[[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} || || align=left| [[Dubai Design District|Design District]], [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|}
|'''{{beachsoccer-big|BRA}}'''
|'''[[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup#Final|6–4]]'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|ITA}}
|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}
|'''6–1'''
|{{beachsoccer-big|BLR}}
|16
|223 (7.0)
|- style="background:#d0e6ff;"
|13
|2025<br />''[[2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|Details]]''
|
{| cellspacing=0
|align=left|{{flagicon|SYC}} || || align=left| [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], [[Seychelles]]
|}
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16
|
|}

===Teams reaching the top four===
Overall, 15 of the 42 nations who have ever competed have made a top four finish; four have won the title. 

Brazil are the most successful nation, with six wins. Since the start of the [[2010s (decade)|2010s]], their hold on the title has become less apparent, with four of their six successes coming in the 2000s. They are followed by Russia with three titles, Portugal with two titles and France with one title. Brazil and Portugal are the only teams to win a world title before and after FIFA began sanctioning the sport.

Brazil were the only nation to finish in the final four of every tournament until 2015 when they finished in fifth place.
{| class="wikitable" style=font-size:100% width=90%
|-
!width=14%|Team
!style="background:#FFD700;" width=30% | Titles
!style="background:#C0C0C0;" width=16% | Runners-up
!style="background:#CC9966;" width=16% | Third place
!width=16%|Fourth place
!width=0% rowspan=16|
!width=8%|Total top 4
|-
|{{beachsoccer|BRA}}
|'''6''' ([[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006*]], [[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007*]], [[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]], [[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]], [[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]], [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]])
|'''1''' ([[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]])
|'''2''' ([[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005*]], [[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013]])
| –
|align=center|9
|-
|{{beachsoccer|RUS}}{{Cref2|RFU}}
|'''3''' ([[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]], [[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013]], [[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021*]])  
| –
|'''2''' ([[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015]], [[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]]) 
| –
|align=center|5
|-
|{{beachsoccer|POR}}
|'''2''' ([[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015*]], [[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]])
|'''1''' ([[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]])
|'''3''' ([[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]], [[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]], [[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]])
|1 ([[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006]]) 
|align=center|7
|-
|{{beachsoccer|FRA|1974}}
|'''1''' ([[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]])
| –
|'''1''' ([[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006]])
| 1 ([[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]])
|align=center|3
|-
|{{beachsoccer|ITA}}
| –
| '''3''' ([[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]], [[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]], [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]])
| –
| 2 ([[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015]], [[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]])
|align=center|5
|-
|{{beachsoccer|TAH|name=Tahiti}}
| –
| '''2''' ([[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015]], [[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]])
| –
| 1 ([[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013*]])
|align=center|3
|-
|{{beachsoccer|URU}}
| –
| '''1''' ([[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006]])
| '''1''' ([[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]]) 
| 1 ([[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]])
|align=center|3
|-
|{{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| –
| '''1''' ([[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]])
| '''1''' ([[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021]])
| –
|align=center|2
|-
|{{beachsoccer|JPN}}
| –
| '''1''' ([[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021]])
| –
| 2 ([[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]], [[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]])
|align=center|3
|-
|{{beachsoccer|ESP}}
| –
| '''1''' ([[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013]])
| –
| 1 ([[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]])
|align=center|2
|-
|{{beachsoccer|MEX}}
| –
| '''1''' ([[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]])
| –
| –
|align=center|1
|-
|{{beachsoccer|IRN}}
| –
| –
|'''2''' ([[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]], [[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]])
| –
|align=center|2
|-
|{{beachsoccer|SLV}}
| –
| –
| –
|1 ([[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{beachsoccer|SEN}}
| –
| –
| –
|1 ([[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{beachsoccer|BLR}}
| –
| –
| –
|1 ([[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]])
|align=center|1
|}
;Key:
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> = Hosts

===By confederation===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Total times teams played by confederation
|- valign=top
!
! width=100| [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
! width=100| [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
! width=100| [[CONCACAF]]
! width=100| [[CONMEBOL]]
! width=100| [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
! width=100| [[UEFA]]
! Total
|-
| Teams  || 36 || 23 || 24 || 36 || 13 || 56 || 188
|-
| Top 8  || 14 || 7 || 5 || 24 || 5 || 41 || 96
|-
| Top 4  || 5 || 1 || 2 || 12 || 3 || 25 || 48
|-
| Top 2  || 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 2 || 12 || 24
|- style="border-top:3px solid green"
|bgcolor=gold   | 1st || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 12
|-
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 12
|-
|bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 7 || 12
|-
|bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 12
|}

=== Tournament appearances ===
{{main article|FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics}}
Since the tournament's establishment in 2005, as of the 2021 World Cup, 39 countries have participated over the 11 competitions. Two countries have participated in all World Cups, which are [[Brazil national beach soccer team|Brazil]] and [[Japan national beach soccer team|Japan]]. European teams have dominated in unique qualifiers by continent, since 10 of the 39 countries have been from Europe, double that of any other.

Eight countries who appeared in the precursor championships have failed to appear in a FIFA World Cup; Peru (5) appeared in the most competitions without yet attending a FIFA controlled World Cup. Meanwhile, Senegal (9) have appeared in the most FIFA sanctioned tournaments without having ever appeared in the old World Championships before 2005.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
! Apps
! width=160|Team
! First
! Last
! Best result
|-
| rowspan=2|'''12'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|BRA}}
| 2005
| 2024
|bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|JPN}}
| 2005
| 2024
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
| '''11'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|POR}}
| 2005
| 2024
|bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''
|-
| rowspan=4|'''9'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|ESP}} 
| 2005
| 2024
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|ARG}}
| 2005
| 2024
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|ITA}}
| 2006
| 2024
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|SEN}}
| 2007
| 2024
|bgcolor=#9acdff|Fourth place
|-
| rowspan=3|'''8'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|RUS}}{{Cref2|RFU}}
| 2007
| 2021
|bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|IRN}}
| 2006
| 2024
|bgcolor=#cc9966|Third place
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|UAE}}
| 2007
| 2024
|Quarter-finals
|-
| rowspan=4| '''7'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|URU}}
| 2005
| 2021
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|USA}}
| 2005
| 2024
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|MEX}}
| 2007
| 2024
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|TAH}}
| 2011
| 2024
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|rowspan=2| '''6'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|NGA}}
| 2006
| 2019
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| 2009
| 2021
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|rowspan=4| '''5'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|SOL}}
| 2006
| 2013
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|SLV}}
| 2008
| 2021
|bgcolor=#9acdff|Fourth place
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|PAR}}
| 2013
| 2021
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|OMA}}
| 2011
| 2024
|Round 1
|-
|rowspan=1| '''4'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|FRA|1974}}
| 2005
| 2008
|bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
! Apps
! width=160|Team
! First
! Last
! Best result
|-
|rowspan=2|'''3'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|UKR}}
| 2005
| 2013
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|BLR}}
| 2019
| 2024
|bgcolor=#9acdff|Fourth place
|-
|rowspan=5|'''2'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|POL}}
| 2006
| 2017
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|BHR}}
| 2006
| 2009
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|CMR}}
| 2006
| 2008
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|CRC}}
| 2009
| 2015
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|CIV}}
| 2009
| 2013
|Round 1
|-
|rowspan=14|'''1'''
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|AUS}}
| colspan=2|2005
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|RSA}}
| colspan=2|2005
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|THA}}
| colspan=2|2005
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|CAN}}
| colspan=2|2006
|Quarter-finals
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|VEN}}
|colspan=2|2011
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|NED}}
| colspan=2|2013
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|MAD}}
| colspan=2|2015
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|BAH}}
| colspan=2|2017
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|ECU}}
| colspan=2|2017
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|PAN}}
| colspan=2|2017
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|MOZ}}
| colspan=2|2021
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|COL}}
| colspan=2|2024
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|EGY}}
| colspan=2|2024
|Round 1
|-
|align=left|{{beachsoccer|SEY}}
| colspan=2|2025
|TBD
|}
{{smalldiv|
'''Key:''' Apps – Appearances
}}
{{col-end}}

==Attendance==
In all tournaments, one venue was used to host all matches, with the exception of 2009, when two venues were used.{{refn|Two venues were used; the smaller was used for six matches and had a capacity of 1,200, from which the lowest gate figure came.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009 Technical Report and Statistics |author= |work=FIFA |date= |access-date=4 September 2021 |url= http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/01/15/65/28/reportstatisticsfbswc09inhalt-web.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140713095338/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/01/15/65/28/reportstatisticsfbswc09inhalt-web.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2014-07-13 |pages=56}}</ref>|group="at"|name="Wc2009"}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year
! Location
! Stadium capacity
! Matches
! Total gate
! Lowest gate
! Highest gate
! Average gate
! Attendance %{{refn|This is the overall attendance percentage for the tournament, from the total possible maximum attendance figure if all matches were at full capacity: total gate / (stadium capacity x matches played).|group="at"|name="Wc%"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2005]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|10,000
|20
|110,500
|500
|10,000
|5,525
|55%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2006]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|10,000
|32
|179,800
|800
|10,000
|5,619
|56%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|10,000
|32
|157,300
|1,000
|10,000
|5,525
|49%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marseille]], [[France]]
|7,000
|32
|176,500
|3,000
|7,000
|5,516
|79%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2009]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|5,700 / 1,200{{refn|group="at"|name="Wc2009"}}
|32
|97,500
|150
|5,700
|3,047
|63%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2011]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]]
|5,500
|32
|119,370
|1,000
|5,500
|3,730
|68%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2013]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|TAH}} [[Papeete]], [[Tahiti]]
|4,200
|32
|109,650
|1,100
|4,200
|3,427
|82%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2015]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Espinho, Portugal|Espinho]], [[Portugal]]
|3,500
|32
|96,300
|1,600
|3,500
|3,009
|86%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2017]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[Bahamas]]
|3,500
|32
|57,450
|400
|3,500
|1,795
|51%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2019]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Luque]], [[Paraguay]]
|2,847
|32
|34,997
|216
|2,847
|1,094
|38%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2021]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|2,500{{refn|The actual capacity figure was approximately 4,500.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samoura: We Want The World Cup To Be A Safe Place For Everyone |author= |work=FIFA |date=19 August 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |url= https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/beachsoccerworldcup/russia2021/news/samoura-we-want-the-world-cup-to-be-a-safe-place-for-everyone}}</ref> However, it was restricted to a maximum of 2,500 in order to accommodate [[social distancing]] measures due to the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Матчи ЧМ по пляжному футболу можно посетить без теста на COVID-19 и QR-кода о вакцинации |trans-title=Beach soccer World Cup matches can be attended without COVID-19 test and vaccination QR code |author= |work=Sports.ru |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |url= https://www.sports.ru/beach/1100057070-matchi-chm-po-plyazhnomu-futbolu-mozhno-posetit-bez-testa-na-covid-19-.html |language=ru}}</ref>|group="at"|name="Wc2021"}}
|32
|53,149
|472
|2,500
|1,661
|66%
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2024]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|3,458
|32
|72,893
|711
|3,458
|2,278
|66%
|-
!colspan=3|Overall (2005–2024)||372||1,265,409||150||10,000||3,402||62%
|}
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==See also==
* [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics]]

==Notes==
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}
{{Cnote2|RFU|At the 2021 edition, in accordance with a ban by the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA) and a decision by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS), the team from [[Russia]] was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the World Cup as "the team of the [[Russian Football Union]] (RFU)", and used the flag of the [[Russian Olympic Committee]].<ref name="WADA">{{Cite web |title=ВАДА разрешило провести в Москве ЧМ по пляжному футболу |trans-title=WADA allowed to host the Beach Soccer World Cup in Moscow |author= |work=[[Interfax]] |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=12 August 2021 |url= https://www.sport-interfax.ru/768113 |lang=ru }}</ref> For the purpose of continuity in this article, the results of the RFU team in 2021 are considered as ''[[de facto]]'' results of the [[Russia national beach soccer team|Russian national team]].}}
{{Cnote2 End}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070621094127/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/index.html History], FIFA.com {{in lang|en}}
*[http://www.beachsoccerusa.org The Beach Soccer Championships],  BeachsoccerUSA.org {{in lang|en}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/beachwk.html RSSSF.com Beach Soccer Championships], RSSSF.com {{in lang|en}}

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