FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, including the Beach Soccer World Cup events held before FIFA sanctioning in 2005.

Debut of national teams

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1995  Argentina,  Brazil,  England,  Germany,  Italy,  Netherlands,  United States,  Uruguay 8 8
1996  Canada,  Denmark,  Russia 3 11
1997  France,  Japan,  Portugal 3 14
1998  Chile,  Peru,  Spain 3 17
1999  Malaysia,  South Africa 2 19
2000  Venezuela 1 20
2001  Turkey 1 21
2002  Thailand 1 22
2003 None 0 22
2004  Belgium,   Switzerland 2 24
2005  Australia,  Ukraine 2 26
2006  Bahrain,  Cameroon,  Iran,  Nigeria,  Poland,  Solomon Islands 6 32
2007  Mexico,  Senegal,  United Arab Emirates 3 35
2008  El Salvador 1 36
2009  Costa Rica,  Ivory Coast 2 38
2011  Oman,  Tahiti 2 40
2013  Paraguay 1 41
2015  Madagascar 1 42
2017  Bahamas,  Ecuador,  Panama 3 45
2019  Belarus 1 46
2021  Mozambique 1 47
2024  Colombia,  Egypt 2 49
2025  Mauritania,  Seychelles,  Guatemala 4 51

Overall team records (2005–present)

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win in normal time, 2 points for a win in extra time, 1 point is awarded for a win in penalty shoot-out and 0 for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Only the points from the 2005 tournament onward are counted.[citation needed]

As of 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W W+ Wp L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 12 65 53 2 3 7 405 196 +209 166
2  Portugal 11 56 32 3 4 17 304 193 +111 106
3  Russia[RFU] 8 41 26 3 2 10 199 134 +65 86
4  Italy 9 38 16 2 4 16 171 140 +31 56
5  Japan 12 46 17 2 1 26 170 205 −35 56
6  Spain 9 36 17 0 0 19 149 136 +10 51
7  Uruguay 7 32 14 2 1 15 125 130 −5 47
8   Switzerland 6 27 14 1 2 10 150 127 +23 46
9  Tahiti 7 30 14 1 2 13 141 141 0 46
10  Senegal 9 34 13 2 2 17 166 141 +25 45
11  Argentina 9 30 14 0 1 15 96 103 −7 43
12  France 4 21 12 0 3 6 97 67 +30 39
13  Iran 8 32 10 1 2 19 122 132 −10 34
14  United Arab Emirates 8 25 5 2 2 16 72 88 −16 21
15  Nigeria 6 20 5 1 2 12 88 119 −31 19
16  Paraguay 5 16 6 0 0 10 76 71 +5 18
17  Mexico 7 25 5 0 2 18 60 107 −47 17
18  Belarus 3 12 4 1 1 6 39 48 −9 15
19  El Salvador 5 19 4 1 0 14 63 98 −35 14
20  Oman 5 15 4 0 0 11 45 64 −18 12
21  Solomon Islands 5 15 4 0 0 11 55 105 −50 12
22  Ukraine 3 9 3 0 0 6 32 28 +4 9
23  United States 7 20 3 0 0 17 64 106 −42 9
24  Canada 1 4 1 0 1 2 12 26 −14 4
25  Bahrain 2 7 1 0 1 5 21 38 −17 4
26  Mozambique 1 3 1 0 0 2 15 18 −3 3
27  Bahamas 1 3 1 0 0 2 7 14 −7 3
28  Ivory Coast 2 6 1 0 0 5 26 37 −11 3
29  Poland 2 6 1 0 0 5 24 42 −18 3
30  Egypt 1 3 0 1 0 2 8 12 −4 2
31  Netherlands 1 3 0 0 1 2 6 12 −6 1
32  Cameroon 2 6 0 0 1 5 12 35 −23 1
33  Madagascar 1 3 0 0 0 3 7 12 −5 0
34  Colombia 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 12 −6 0
35  Australia 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
36  Venezuela 1 3 0 0 0 3 8 17 −9 0
37  Panama 1 3 0 0 0 3 4 14 −10 0
38  Thailand 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
39  South Africa 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 15 −11 0
40  Ecuador 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 22 −16 0
41  Costa Rica 2 6 0 0 0 6 8 31 −23 0

Overall team records (total)

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win in normal time, 2 points for a win in extra time, 1 point is awarded for a win in penalty shoot-out and 0 for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

The following table shows the overall statistics of all 21 world cups, combining the results of both the Beach Soccer World Cup era and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup era.[citation needed]

Notes:
  • FIFA issued changes to the rules of beach soccer in July 2014 meaning teams now earn 1 point for a penalty shootout win; teams were awarded 2 points for a shootout win prior to July 2014. For the purpose of this table, the calculation of points earned goes by the current rules meaning that penalty shootout wins that occurred both after and before the 2014 rule change have been counted as just 1 point in the "Pts" column.
As of 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W W+ Wp L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 21 109 97 0 3 9 798 301 +497 294
2  Portugal 18 87 53 4 4 26 465 301 +164 171
3  Uruguay 17 71 30 3 4 34 280 285 –5 100
4  Spain 15 60 31 1 0 28 242 228 +14 95
5  Russia[RFU] 9 44 27 3 2 12 206 144 +62 89
6  Italy 18 68 25 2 4 37 278 309 –31 79
7  France 12 50 23 0 4 23 212 221 –9 73
8  Argentina 16 57 23 0 1 33 167 211 –44 70
9  Japan 15 56 18 2 2 34 196 266 –70 60
10  United States 15 50 18 0 0 32 169 233 –64 54
11   Switzerland 7 30 15 1 2 12 159 144 +15 49
12  Tahiti 6 28 14 1 2 11 127 125 +2 46
13  Senegal 8 31 12 2 2 15 153 126 +27 42
14  Peru 5 21 11 0 0 9 81 78 +3 33
15  Iran 7 26 6 1 1 18 95 115 –20 21
16  Nigeria 6 20 5 1 2 12 88 119 –31 19
17  Paraguay 5 16 6 0 0 10 76 71 +5 18
18  Mexico 6 22 5 0 2 15 53 90 –37 17
19  United Arab Emirates 7 21 4 1 1 15 66 83 –17 15
20  El Salvador 5 19 4 1 0 14 63 98 –35 14
21  Solomon Islands 5 15 4 0 0 11 55 105 –50 12
22  Canada 3 10 3 0 1 6 34 63 –29 10
23  Ukraine 3 9 3 0 0 6 32 28 +4 9
24  Oman 4 12 3 0 0 9 35 53 –18 9
25  England 1 5 2 0 0 3 20 31 –11 6
26  Belarus 2 6 1 0 1 4 18 30 –12 4
27  Bahrain 2 7 1 0 1 5 21 38 –17 4
28  Thailand 2 7 1 0 1 5 16 34 –18 4
29  Mozambique 1 3 1 0 0 2 15 18 –3 3
30  Denmark 1 3 1 0 0 2 10 16 –6 3
31  Bahamas 1 3 1 0 0 2 7 14 –7 3
32  Chile 1 4 1 0 0 3 14 22 –8 3
33  Ivory Coast 2 6 1 0 0 5 26 37 –11 3
34  Poland 2 6 1 0 0 5 24 42 –18 3
35  Venezuela 3 8 1 0 0 7 22 33 –11 3
36  Germany 4 9 1 0 0 8 22 56 –34 3
37  Cameroon 2 6 0 0 1 5 12 35 –23 1
38  Netherlands 2 6 0 0 1 5 13 42 –29 1
39  Turkey 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 –4 0
40  Australia 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 –6 0
41  Malaysia 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 13 –9 0
42  Belgium 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 18 –13 0
43  Madagascar 1 3 0 0 0 3 7 12 –5 0
44  Panama 1 3 0 0 0 3 4 14 –10 0
45  Ecuador 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 22 –16 0
46  South Africa 2 4 0 0 0 4 6 29 –23 0
47  Costa Rica 2 6 0 0 0 6 8 31 –23 0

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil151218
2 Portugal33511
3 Russia3025
4 France1214
5 Uruguay0347
6 Italy0314
 Spain0314
8 Tahiti0202
9  Switzerland0112
 United States0112
11 Japan0101
 Mexico0101
 Peru0101
14 Iran0022
15 Argentina0011
 England0011
Totals (16 entries)22222266

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finals (1999–2001, 2004–present)
  • R1 — Round 1 (group stage)
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew (2005–)
  •  •  — Did not participate (1995–2004), Did not qualify (2005–)
  •  ×  — Did not enter (2005–)
  •     — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Year
Team
Beach Soccer World Championships FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Appearances
1995

(8)
1996

(8)
1997

(8)
1998

(10)
1999

(12)
2000

(12)
2001

(12)
2002

(8)
2003

(8)
2004

(12)
2005

(12)
2006

(16)
2007

(16)
2008

(16)
2009

(16)
2011

(16)
2013

(16)
2015

(16)
2017

(16)
2019

(16)
2021

(16)
2024

(16)
2025

(16)
WC
/10
FIFA
/13
Total
/23
 Argentina R1
7th
R1
8th
4th R1
8th
R1
10th
3rd R1
8th
QF
7th
QF
8th
QF
5th
R1
11th
QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
8th
R1
12th
R1
11th
8 9 17
 Australia R1
9th
× × × × × × × × × × 0 1 1
 Bahamas × × × × R1
11th
0 1 1
 Bahrain × QF
6th
× R1
16th
× 0 2 2
 Belarus × × × R1
11th
R1
14th
4th Q 0 4 4
 Belgium R1
12th
× × × × × × × × × 1 0 1
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF
5th
1st QF
5th
QF
5th
1st Q 10 12 22
 Cameroon × R1
14th
R1
16th
× × × × × × 0 2 2
 Canada R1
7th
QF
7th
QF
7th
× × × × × × 2 1 3
 Chile R1
9th
× × × Q 1 0 1
 Colombia × × × × × R1
15th
0 1 1
 Costa Rica × R1
15th
R1
16th
0 2 2
 Denmark R1
6th
× × × × × × × × × 1 0 1
 Ecuador × × × × R1
16th
0 1 1
 Egypt × R1
12th
0 1 1
 El Salvador × × R1
14th
R1
14th
4th QF
6th
R1
15th
Q 0 5 5
 England 3rd × × 1 0 1
 France R1
7th
2nd R1
11th
R1
11th
2nd R1
7th
4th QF
5th
1st 3rd 4th QF
8th
8 4 12
 Germany R1
5th
R1
12th
R1
12th
R1
11th
4 0 4
 Guatemala × Q 0 1 1
 Iran × R1
16th
R1
12th
R1
13th
R1
13th
QF
5th
QF
6th
3rd × 3rd Q 0 9 9
 Italy 4th 3rd R1
5th
R1
10th
R1
9th
QF
8th
QF
8th
R1
6th
R1
6th
4th R1
15th
R1
10th
2nd QF
8th
QF
5th
4th 4th 2nd 2nd Q 10 10 20
 Ivory Coast × R1
11th
R1
16th
0 2 2
 Japan R1
8th
QF
8th
4th R1
7th
4th QF
8th
R1
15th
R1
16th
QF
5th
R1
14th
QF
7th
QF
7th
R1
10th
4th 2nd QF
8th
Q 4 13 17
 Madagascar × × × × × R1
14th
× 0 1 1
 Malaysia R1
10th
× × × × × × × × × 1 0 1
 Mauritania × × × × × × × × × × × × Q 0 1 1
 Mexico 2nd R1
11th
QF
8th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
15th
R1
16th
0 7 7
 Mozambique × × × × R1
11th
0 1 1
 Netherlands R1
8th
× R1
14th
× × × × × 1 1 2
 Nigeria × R1
9th
QF
6th
R1
12th
QF
6th
R1
12th
R1
16th
× 0 6 6
 Oman × × × × R1
15th
R1
9th
R1
13th
R1
12th
R1
9th
Q 0 6 6
 Panama × × × × × × × R1
14th
0 1 1
 Paraguay × × R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
Q 0 5 5
 Peru 4th 4th 2nd QF
7th
R1
9th
× 5 0 5
 Poland R1
11th
R1
15th
0 2 2
 Portugal R1
6th
R1
5th
2nd QF
6th
1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th QF
8th
3rd 3rd 3rd 1st QF
8th
1st R1
10th
QF
5th
Q 8 12 20
 Russia[RFU] R1
5th
× R1
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
1st 1st 3rd 3rd 1st × × 1 8 9
 Senegal × × QF
5th
R1
9th
QF
7th
R1
13th
R1
13th
QF
6th
QF
6th
4th R1
10th
Q 0 10 10
 Seychelles × × × × × × × × × Q 0 1 1
 Solomon Islands × R1
12th
R1
16th
R1
12th
R1
13th
R1
11th
× × × 0 5 5
 South Africa R1
12th
R1
12th
× × × × × 1 1 2
 Spain R1
6th
QF
5th
3rd QF
6th
R1
6th
2nd 2nd QF
7th
R1
10th
QF
7th
4th QF
6th
2nd R1
10th
QF
7th
R1
13th
Q 7 10 17
  Switzerland QF
8th
2nd R1
10th
QF
8th
QF
5th
QF
8th
3rd 1 6 7
 Tahiti × × R1
12th
4th 2nd 2nd R1
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
Q 0 8 8
 Thailand 4th R1
11th
× × × × × × × 1 1 2
 Turkey R1
10th
× × × 1 0 1
 Ukraine QF
6th
R1
9th
R1
12th
× •• •• 0 3 3
 United Arab Emirates × R1
14th
R1
10th
R1
10th
R1
15th
R1
9th
R1
12th
R1
13th
QF
6th
0 8 8
 United States 2nd 4th 3rd R1
7th
QF
6th
QF
7th
QF
5th
R1
8th
R1
10th
R1
10th
R1
13th
R1
13th
R1
10th
R1
14th
R1
16th
R1
14th
9 7 16
 Uruguay R1
6th
2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd R1
9th
R1
11th
3rd R1
5th
QF
6th
QF
5th
2nd 3rd QF
7th
4th QF
7th
QF
8th
10 7 17
 Venezuela QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
16th
2 1 3
Year
Team
Beach Soccer World Championships FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Appearances
1995

(8)
1996

(8)
1997

(8)
1998

(10)
1999

(12)
2000

(12)
2001

(12)
2002

(8)
2003

(8)
2004

(12)
2005

(12)
2006

(16)
2007

(16)
2008

(16)
2009

(16)
2011

(16)
2013

(16)
2015

(16)
2017

(16)
2019

(16)
2021

(16)
2024

(16)
2025

(16)
WC
/10
FIFA
/13
Total
/23

Awards

The following documents the winners of the awards presented at the conclusion of the tournament. Eight awards are currently presented.

Golden Ball

The adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll.

World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2005 Brazil Madjer Neném Amarelle
2006 Brazil Madjer Benjamin Bruno
2007 Brazil Buru Madjer Morgan Plata
2008 France Amarelle Benjamin Belchior
2009 United Arab Emirates Dejan Stankovic Madjer Benjamin
2011 Italy Ilya Leonov André Frank Velásquez
2013 Tahiti Bruno Xavier Ozu Moreira Raimana Li Fung Kuee
2015 Portugal Heimanu Taiarui Alan Madjer
2017 Bahamas Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Mauricinho Datinha
2019 Paraguay Ozu Moreira Jordan Santos Bê Martins
2021 Russia Noël Ott Artur Paporotnyi Raoul Mendy
2024 United Arab Emirates Josep Jr. Gentilin Mauricinho Ihar Bryshtel
2025 Seychelles Rodrigo Ihar Bryshtel Bê Martins

Golden Shoe

The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. If more than one player are equal by the same goals, the players will be selected based on the most assists during the tournament.

World Cup Golden Shoe Goals Silver Shoe Goals Bronze Shoe Goals Ref(s)
2005 Brazil Madjer 12 Neném 9 Anthony Mendy 8
2006 Brazil Madjer 21 Benjamin 12 Bruno 10
2007 Brazil Buru 10 Morgan Plata 9 Bruno 8
2008 France Madjer 13 Amarelle 11 Belchior 10
2009 United Arab Emirates Dejan Stankovic 16 Madjer 11 Buru 10
2011 Italy André 14 Madjer 12 Frank Velásquez 9
2013 Tahiti Dmitry Shishin 11 Bruno Xavier 10 Agustín Ruiz 7
2015 Portugal Pedro Morán 8 Madjer 8 Noël Ott 8
2017 Bahamas Gabriele Gori 17 Rodrigo 9 Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 9
2019 Paraguay Gabriele Gori 16 Emmanuele Zurlo 10 Fedor Zemskov 10
2021 Russia Glenn Hodel 12 Dejan Stankovic 10 Takuya Akaguma 10
2024 United Arab Emirates Ihar Bryshtel 12 Léo Martins 7 Mohammadali Mokhtari 7
2025 Seychelles Ihar Bryshtel 11 André Lourenço 8 Rodrigo 7

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

World Cup Golden Glove Ref(s)
2008 France Roberto Valeiro
2009 United Arab Emirates Mão
2011 Italy Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2013 Tahiti Dona
2015 Portugal Jonathan Torohia
2017 Bahamas Peyman Hosseini
2019 Paraguay Elinton Andrade
2021 Russia Eliott Mounoud
2024 United Arab Emirate Tiago Bobô
2025 Seychelles Mikhail Avgustov

FIFA Fair Play Award

The FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.

Top goalscorers

From the data available the table below lists the all-time top 30 goalscorers, totalling goals scored by players across both world cup iterations.[Note]

Rank Player Team Goals
WC era FIFA era Total
1 Madjer Portugal 52 88 140
2 Alan Portugal 37 38 75
3 Júnior Negão Brazil 54 18 72
4 Júnior Brazil 71 0 71
5 Benjamin Brazil 30 35 65
6 Neném Brazil 55 9 64
7 Amarelle Spain 32 27 59
8 Jorginho Brazil 43 6 49
9 Dejan Stanković  Switzerland 0 47 47
10 Belchior Portugal 6 39 45
11 Buru Brazil 8 35 43
12 Bruno Brazil 2 39 41
Gabriele Gori Italy 0 41
14 André Brazil 1 38 39
15 Venancio Ramos Uruguay 34 0 34
16 Dmitry Shishin Russia 0 33 33
17 Alessandro Altobelli Italy 30 0 30
Nico Spain 12 18
19 Juninho Brazil 25 4 29
20 Cláudio Adão Brazil 28 0 28
Paolo Palmacci Italy 0 28
Ricardo Martinez Uruguay 1 27
23 Hernâni Portugal 22 5 27
24 Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 0 26 26
25 Didier Samoun France 7 18 25
Edinho Brazil 25 0
Noël Ott  Switzerland 0 25
Pedro Morán Paraguay 0 25
29 Pape Jean Koukpaki Senegal 0 23 23
Rodrigo Brazil 0 23
Zico Brazil 23 0
Sources:
1995–2001 (combined list), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
Notes:^
  • Note that the source for 1995–2002 is a list of the players with the most goals from all those tournaments combined; players must have scored at least 10 goals overall to make the list; players with less goals are not listed. This means for players who subsequently scored enough goals to make the above all-time table, if they played between 1995–2002 and scored less than 10 goals, they would not have made the source lists and therefore any goals they did score during that time are a) unknown and b) missing from the above table (if they did score any).
  • Note that there are some discrepancies between FIFA's individual match reports and FIFA's top scorers lists for the same tournament; the data for this table is taken from the latter.
  • During the early years of beach soccer, goals scored in a penalty shootout were often combined with goals scored during regulation time when the match score was reported – note that it is also possible such goals may have been counted in a player's goal tally in the sources.

See also

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