2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | November[1] |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the tenth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this will be the 20th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. This will be the fifth tournament to take place under the biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, having taken place annually until 2009.
The tournament was confirmed publicly on November 3, 2017, during the annual FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai as part of the recently renewed partnership between FIFA and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[2] The competition is scheduled to take place in November 2019.[1]
Brazil are the defending champions.
Host selection
The bidding schedule to determine the hosts is as follows:[1]
- 14 June 2018 – FIFA opens bidding process.
- 29 June 2018 – Deadline for national associations to declare interest of hosting to FIFA.
- 6 July 2018 – FIFA send documents detailing the application campaign and conditions of participation for associations to analyse.
- 27 July 2018 – Deadline for associations to agree to terms of documents and submit an official bid.
- 14 September 2018 – Deadline for nations to prepare and submit their complete biding packages to be evaluated by FIFA.
- 26 October 2018 – Hosts announced by FIFA.
Countries known to have declared interest in bidding to host the competition are inclusive of but not exclusive to:
On October 1, the FIFA Organising Committee recommended hosting be awarded to Paraguay as they were the only association to make an official bid after the initial declaration of interest stage.[5] Confirmation of the hosts will be announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on October 26.[6]
Qualification
Currently a total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament, this will be the case unless FIFA change the format. In addition to the host who qualify automatically, 15 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions.
The process of qualification to the World Cup finals is expected to begin in 2018 and end in 2019.
- AFC: The 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship is scheduled to take place between 11–17 March 2019.[7]
- CAF: The 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations will take place in Egypt from 9–14 December 2018,[8] with the qualifying round taking place between 9–22 September 2018.
- CONCACAF: To be confirmed.
- CONMEBOL: The CONMEBOL qualifiers will take place in Brazil from 17–24 February 2019.[9]
- OFC: The 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Championship will take place in Tahiti in June 2019.[10]
- UEFA: The UEFA qualifiers will take place in 2019.[11]
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| TBD | Host nation | TBD | |||
| AFC (Asia) |
2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship | TBD (# TBC) |
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| CAF (Africa) |
2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations | TBD (# TBC) |
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| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) |
2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship | TBD (# TBC) |
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| CONMEBOL (South America) |
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) | TBD (# TBC) |
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| OFC (Oceania) |
2019 OFC Beach Soccer Championship | TBD (# TBC) |
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| UEFA (Europe) |
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) | TBD (# TBC) |
References
- 1 2 3 "Ваши ставки, господа! ФИФА приближает нас к чемпионату мира-2019" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop held in Dubai". beachsoccer.com. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Представитель BSWW допустил возможность проведения чемпионата мира-2019 в Парагвае" (in Russian). beachsoccerrussia.ru. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- 1 2 "Реналес: мы получили запросы на проведение чемпионата мира от Парагвая, Австралии и Барбадоса" (in Russian). beachsoccerrussia.ru. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Organising Committee takes important decisions on FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Оргкомитет соревований ФИФА рекомендовал провести чемпионат мира-2019 в Парагвае" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Uganda face Ivory Coast in 2018 AFCON Beach Soccer qualifiers". New Vision. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Innovación en Fútbol Playa". Paraguayan Football Association. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Vidéo - Beach soccer : les éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde reportés en 2019" (in French). tntv.pf. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ↑ "Хорошие новости и текущие трудности. Итоги воркшопа BSWW в Дубае" (in Russian). beachsoccerrussia.ru. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.