List of world cups in beach soccer

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In competitive beach soccer, the world cup is the sport's paramount competition. It is contested by senior men's national teams.

World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships (1995–2004)
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2005–present)
Founded
1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Editions held
23
Region
International (FIFA)
Number of teams
16 (since 2006)
Current champions
 Brazil (16th title; 2025)
Most successful team
 Brazil (16 titles)

To date, two iterations of a world cup in beach soccer have existed. The first was the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran annually from 1995 to 2004. FIFA then became the governing body of the sport. As a result, the World Championships were abolished and replaced by the second and current iteration, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which began in 2005 and was also held annually; since 2009, it has been a biennial event. Whilst being two independently governed competitions, both have occurred to determine the same outcome: the world champions in beach soccer.

Four nations have been crowned world champions of the 23 editions to date. By far the most successful team is Brazil (also current champions) who have historically dominated the title, winning 16; they and Portugal are the only two nations to win in both eras of the sport's world cup. The other victors are Russia[RFU] and France.

The following lists a summary of the results of each world cup and associated statistics; the latter combines the data of all the editions of both iterations.

List of world cups

The numbers in parentheses indicate the total number of world titles won by that team as of that victory.

Beach Soccer World Championships (1995–2004)

# Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1 1995  Brazil (1)  United States  England  Italy
2 1996  Brazil (2)  Uruguay  Italy  United States
3 1997  Brazil (3)  Uruguay  United States  Argentina
4 1998  Brazil (4)  France  Uruguay  Peru
5 1999  Brazil (5)  Portugal  Uruguay  Peru
6 2000  Brazil (6)  Peru  Spain  Japan
7 2001  Portugal (1)  France  Argentina  Brazil
8 2002  Brazil (7)  Portugal  Uruguay  Thailand
9 2003  Brazil (8)  Spain  Portugal  France
10 2004  Brazil (9)  Spain  Portugal  Italy

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2005–present)

# Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
11 2005  France (1)  Portugal  Brazil  Japan
12 2006  Brazil (10)  Uruguay  France  Portugal
13 2007  Brazil (11)  Mexico  Uruguay  France
14 2008  Brazil (12)  Italy  Portugal  Spain
15 2009  Brazil (13)   Switzerland  Portugal  Uruguay
16 2011  Russia (1)  Brazil  Portugal  El Salvador
17 2013  Russia (2)  Spain  Brazil  Tahiti
18 2015  Portugal (2)  Tahiti  Russia  Italy
19 2017  Brazil (14)  Tahiti  Iran  Italy
20 2019  Portugal (3)  Italy  Russia  Japan
21 2021  RFU (3)[RFU]  Japan   Switzerland  Senegal
22 2024  Brazil (15)  Italy  Iran  Belarus
23 2025  Brazil (16)  Belarus  Portugal  Senegal

Statistics

Successful nations

The following lists the teams that have finished in the top four.

Overall, 20 nations have made at least one top four finish. Of those 20 nations, only seven have made a top four finish in both iterations of the competition. Brazil remained the only nation to finish in the final four of every championship until 2015 when they finished in fifth place.

Team Titles Years Runners-up Years 3rd place Years 4th place Years Total
 Brazil 16 1995*, 1996*, 1997*,
1998*, 1999*, 2000*,
2002*, 2003*, 2004*,
2006*, 2007*, 2008,
2009, 2017, 2024, 2025 		1 2011 2 2005*, 2013 1 2001* 20
 Portugal 3 2001, 2015*, 2019 3 1999, 2002, 2005 6 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2025 1 2006 13
 Russia[RFU] 3 2011, 2013, 2021* 0 2 2015, 2019 0 5
 France 1 2005 2 1998, 2001 1 2006 2 2003, 2007 6
 Uruguay 0 3 1996, 1997, 2006 4 1998, 1999, 2002, 2007 1 2009 8
 Italy 0 3 2008, 2019, 2024 1 1996 4 1995, 2004, 2015, 2017 8
 Spain 0 3 2003, 2004, 2013 1 2000 1 2008 5
 Tahiti 0 2 2015, 2017 0 1 2013* 3
 United States 0 1 1995 1 1997 1 1996 3
  Switzerland 0 1 2009 1 2021 0 2
 Japan 0 1 2021 0 3 2000, 2005, 2019 4
 Peru 0 1 2000 0 2 1998, 1999 3
 Belarus 0 1 2025 0 1 2024 2
 Mexico 0 1 2007 0 0 1
 Iran 0 0 2 2017, 2024 0 2
 Argentina 0 0 1 2001 1 1997 2
 England 0 0 1 1995 0 1
 Senegal 0 0 0 2 2021, 2025 2
 El Salvador 0 0 0 1 2011 1
 Thailand 0 0 0 1 2002 1
* = Hosts

Success by region

Region Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
South America (CONMEBOL) 16 5 7 5 33
Europe (UEFA) 7 13 13 9 42
North America (CONCACAF) 0 2 1 2 5
Oceania (OFC) 0 2 0 1 3
Asia (AFC) 0 1 2 4 7
Africa (CAF) 0 0 0 2 2

Appearances and performance

The following lists the teams who have appeared in at least one tournament, in order from the most appearances down to the least, and that nation's best performance.

As of the 2021 edition, 47 countries have participated over the 21 tournaments. However, only one country has participated in all the events which is Brazil. European teams have dominated in appearances by continent, since 15 of the 47 countries have been from Europe, double than that of any other.

Only eight countries who appeared in an edition of the World Championships have failed to reappear in a FIFA World Cup. Peru (5) have appeared in the most events without any one of those being under FIFA's control. Senegal (8) have appeared in the most FIFA tournaments without having ever once appeared in the World Championships.

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