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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Field	Value
name	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier
image	File:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers UEFA logo.png
imagesize	170px
organiser	BSWW
founded
number of teams	~25
region	Europe (UEFA)
qualifier for	FIFA Beach Soccer
World Cup
most successful team	(4 titles)
current	2025 UEFA qualifiers

World Cup](fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup)

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier is a beach soccer championship that takes place to determine the nations who will represent Europe at the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It is contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of UEFA.

In 2006, FIFA made qualification to the World Cup mandatory (previously, nations were simply invited). Originally, the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) doubled as Europe's qualification tournament; in 2008, this separate championship was created as the European qualification route. FIFA currently allocate Europe five berths at the World Cup and hence the top five teams qualify to the World Cup finals.[see notes] Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2010; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) have organised the event since its inception. Europe's governing body for football, UEFA, only began involvement in 2019 – sending delegates and financial support. Unlike the World Cup qualifiers for UEFA in football, it is a knockout tournament with a champion crowned. Its large scale and competitiveness are often noted, making it viewed as a major title to win.

Spain are the most successful team with four titles. However, Portugal have secured qualification to the World Cup on the most occasions (seven).

Background

In 2006, FIFA declared that for teams to enter the World Cup, they now must qualify (previously, most teams entered by invitation). Qualification tournaments were subsequently established in all continental zones, except for Europe. For European teams, a qualification process had already been implemented for the previous handful of World Cups – the top placed teams of the most recent season of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) earned qualification to the upcoming edition of the World Cup. Thus, the EBSL continued to double as the qualifying route for European teams.

In 2008, FIFA proclaimed that the next editions of the World Cup would take place in different countries. Until that point, all World Cups had been held in Brazil during summertime of the Southern Hemisphere, months after the conclusion of that year's EBSL season. That year, the World Cup was held in Marseille, France, and during a different time of the year – in July. The usual European qualification route, the EBSL, was not due to conclude until weeks after the World Cup had taken place. This separate knockout tournament, dedicated purely to determining the teams qualifying to the World Cup, was organised instead; free to be placed anywhere in the calendar, it took place in the May. It "made history", becoming the biggest international beach soccer event ever held at the time with 24 participants. It has since returned in all future years as Europe's qualification tournament.

Results

For all tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (except for 2009 and 2019, when the top five teams qualified).

No such placements were determined.	,	,	,		qualified to the World Cup.

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Performance

Successful nations

Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top 4
4 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2021)	–	–	2 (2014, 2024*)	6
2 (2014, 2019*)	2 (2009, 2012*)	2 (2008, 2010)	–	6
1 (2024)	2 (2008, 2010)	2 (2016, 2021*)	1 (2009)	7
1 (2010)	1 (2021)	1 (2012)	–	4
1 (2016)	–	–	–	1
–	2 (2019, 2024)	1 (2014*)	2 (2008, 2016*)	6
–	2 (2014, 2016)	1 (2009)	2 (2010, 2019)	5
–	–	2 (2019, 2024)	1 (2021)	4
–	–	–	1 (2012)	1

:* Hosts

Awards

Year	Top goalscorer(s)	Gls	Best player	Best goalkeeper	Ref.
ESP 2008	SUI Dejan Stankovic	16	ESP Amarelle	ESP Roberto Valeiro	http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament122/
ESP 2009	ITA Pasquale Carotenuto	24	RUS Ilya Leonov	RUS Andrey Bukhlitskiy	http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament133/
ITA 2010	POR Madjer	16	RUS Ilya Leonov	POR Paulo Graça	https://beachsoccer.com/news/ukraine-reigns-in-the-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-qualifier
RUS 2012	POL Bogusław Saganowski	15	ESP Amarelle	UKR Vitalii Sydorenko	https://beachsoccer.com/news/spain-reigns-in-moscow
ITA 2014	SUI Dejan Stankovic	21	ITA Dario Ramacciotti	SUI Valentin Jaeggy	https://beachsoccer.com/news/russia-claims-1st-over-switzerland-in-amazing-final
ITA 2016	SUI Dejan Stankovic	25	POL Bogusław Saganowski	POL Szymon Gąsiński	https://beachsoccer.com/news/jesolo-title-makes-qualification-sweeter-for-poland
RUS 2019	ITA Gabriele Gori	14	RUS Yury Krasheninnikov	RUS Maxim Chuzhkov	https://beachsoccer.com/news/russia-win-moscow-qualifier-as-portugal-snatch-last-world-cup-place
POR 2021	SUI Noël Ott
SUI Philip Borer	10	ESP Chiky Ardil	UKR Andreii Nerush	https://beachsoccer.com/spain-win-the-european-qualifier-for-4th-time/
AZE 2023	GER Oliver Romrig	10	BLR Ihar Bryshtel	ITA Leandro Casapieri	https://beachsoccer.com/belarus-portugal-ukraine-and-italy-qualify-for-the-fbswc-2024
ESP 2024	ESP Chiky Ardil	12	POR Jordan Santos	POR Pedro Mano	https://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/46645/contextid/170

All-time top goalscorers

As of 2023

The following table shows the all-time goalscorers; players with at least 30 goals are shown.

Source: Match reports.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Dejan Stankovic	114
2	Madjer	65
3	Gabriele Gori	56
4	Bogusław Saganowski	55
5	Belchior	54
Dmitry Shishin
7	Marian Măciucă	43
8	Noël Ott	39
Oleg Zborovskyi
10	Ihar Bryshtel	38
11	Jérémy Basquaise	37
Aleksey Makarov
13	Amarelle	36
14	Christian Biermann	35
Barış Terzioğlu
16	Llorenç Gómez	33
17	Paolo Palmacci	32
18	Alan	30
Sabir Allahguliyev
Viktor Fekete
Paris Konstantakopoulos

All-time table

As of 2023

Pos	App	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Win %
1	9	60	41	3	3	13	335	173	+162	132	2.20	78.3 (47–13)
2	7	51	42	1	0	8	284	117	+167	128	2.51	84.3 (43–8)
3	9	54	38	2	3	11	276	162	+114	121	2.24	79.6 (43–11)
4	8	51	39	0	2	10	321	135	+186	119	2.33	80.4 (41–10)
5	9	58	37	3	1	17	345	214	+131	118	2.03	70.7 (41–17)
6	8	49	32	2	3	12	226	143	+83	103	2.10	75.5 (37–12)
7	9	54	29	3	0	22	228	193	+35	93	1.72	59.3 (32–22)
8	9	50	24	1	4	21	200	156	+44	78	1.56	58.0 (29–21)
9	8	46	22	2	3	19	203	183	+20	73	1.59	58.7 (27–19)
10	9	50	17	1	2	30	175	215	−40	55	1.10	40.0 (20–30)
11	9	43	14	1	1	27	154	158	−4	45	1.05	37.2 (16–27)
12	7	39	12	2	3	22	141	168	−27	43	1.10	43.6 (17–22)
13	7	36	13	1	1	21	138	202	−64	42	1.17	41.7 (15–21)
14	8	39	13	0	2	24	148	181	−33	41	1.05	38.5 (15–24)
15	9	33	13	0	1	19	109	156	−47	40	1.21	42.4 (14–19)
16	9	42	10	2	1	29	133	178	−45	35	0.83	31.0 (13–29)
17	5	22	10	0	2	10	73	88	−15	32	1.45	54.5 (12–10)
18	7	38	9	1	0	28	135	175	−40	29	0.76	26.3 (10–28)
19	3	16	8	0	0	8	53	86	−33	24	1.50	50.0 (8–8)
20	7	25	6	2	1	16	64	112	−48	23	0.92	36.0 (9–16)
21	7	28	6	1	1	20	69	146	−77	21	0.75	28.6 (8–20)
22	5	20	5	0	1	14	45	96	−51	16	0.80	30.0 (6–14)
23	9	31	4	0	1	26	71	157	−86	13	0.42	16.1 (5–26)
24	3	11	3	0	0	8	37	48	−11	9	0.82	27.3 (3–8)
25	4	12	3	0	0	9	42	64	−22	9	0.75	25.0 (3–9)
26	4	17	3	0	0	14	39	91	−52	9	0.53	17.6 (3–14)
27	1	4	2	0	0	2	19	13	+6	6	1.50	50.0 (2–2)
28	3	9	2	0	0	7	26	61	−35	6	0.67	22.2 (2–7)
29	2	6	1	0	0	5	15	20	−5	3	0.50	16.7 (1–5)
30	5	16	1	0	0	15	31	94	−63	3	0.19	6.3 (1–15)
31	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0	0.00	0
32	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	25	−20	0	0.00	0
33	2	5	0	0	0	5	13	41	−28	0	0.00	0
34	3	8	0	0	0	8	16	56	−40	0	0.00	0
35	5	15	0	0	0	15	31	86	−55	0	0.00	0

Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the UEFA qualifiers and how many appearances they each have made. ;Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Fifth place (if qualified to World Cup; regular)
– Fifth place (if qualified to World Cup; as lucky losers)
5th...16th – Fifth to sixteenth place
– Qualified to World Cup by winning Round 3 match (no further rounds took place)
R3 – Round 3 (quarter-finals or 2nd group stage)
R2 – Round 2 (round of 16)
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
•• – Entered but withdrew
× – Did not enter
– Did not enter (because already qualified to World Cup as hosts)
×× – Banned from entering
– Hosts
Apps – No. of appearances :‡. In some years, teams knocked-out at rounds 2 or 3 played no further matches (these results are marked as R2 or R3). In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements. ;Timeline

2008
ESP
(24)	2009
ESP
(26)	2010
ITA
(27)	2012
RUS
(24)	2014
ITA
(24)	2016
ITA
(28)	2019
RUS
(20)	2021
POR
(21)	2023
AZE
(20)	Apps

	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×
	R1	R1	R1	×	R1	••	×	×	×
	R1	8th	R2	R2	13th	8th	8th	8th	13th
	R2	R1	R1	R3	5th	11th	3rd	4th	R3
	×	R2	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×
	R3	R1	R1	R2	R1	6th	R1	R1	R1
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	13th	R3
	R2	R2	R1	R1	12th	R1	×	R1	×
	R2	R2	R2	R1	11th	R1	R1	14th	10th
	×	6th	R2	R3	14th	7th	R2	9th	R3
	R1	×	×	×	••	R1	×	×	×
	R2	R1	R1	R1	10th	12th	R2	6th	12th
	R3	R1	R2	R2	16th	14th	×	×	16th
	R2	R1	R3	R3	7th	15th	R2	×	×
	×	R2	R1	R2	×	×	×	×	×
	4th	5th	R2	R2	3rd	4th	2nd	7th	R3
	×	••	R1	×	×	R1	R2	16th	×
	R1	R1	×	R1	R1	×	R2	×	×
	R1	×	×	×	×	R1	R2	R1	15th
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1
	×	×	R2	R1	R1	16th	R2	R1	R3
	R1	R2	R2	4th	×	R1	×	×	×
	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	15th	R1
	R2	R2	R3	R3	15th	1st	7th	10th	11th
	2nd	4th	2nd	R2	×	3rd	5th	3rd	R3
	R1	7th	R3	R1	8th	R1	×	12th	×
	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	1st	×	××
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×
	R1	••	R1	×	R1	×	×	×	×
	1st	1st	R3	1st	4th	9th	6th	1st	R3
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1
	R3	3rd	4th	R2	2nd	2nd	4th	5th	14th
	×	R2	R2	R2	9th	13th	R2	11th	9th
	R3	R2	1st	3rd	6th	10th	••	2nd	R3

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics

The following is a performance timeline of the UEFA teams who have gone on to appear in the World Cup, having qualified from the above events.

;Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Hosts (qualify automatically)
QF – Quarter-finals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
•• – Qualified but withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

;Timeline

FRA
2008	UAE
2009	ITA
2011	TAH
2013	POR
2015	BAH
2017	PAR
2019	RUS
2021	UAE
2023	SEY
2025	Total
							R1	R1	4th
	QF
	2nd	QF	QF		4th	4th	2nd		2nd
				R1
						R1
	3rd	3rd	3rd		1st	QF	1st	R1	QF
	QF	QF	1st	1st	3rd		3rd	1st
	4th	QF		2nd	R1			QF	R1
		2nd	R1		QF	QF	QF	3rd
			R1	R1				••	••
Total no. of unique qualifiers	10

Notes

The fifth placed team does not always qualify to the World Cup:
RFU:
Results 2023 (r23):
Results 2024 (r24):

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