FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) is a European beach soccer tournament to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

History

The tournament was introduced by FIFA as qualification event for the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Before 2008, the top teams from the Euro Beach Soccer League qualified for the World Cup but the new format gives more countries an opportunity to qualify. They are similar to the beach soccer championships in other confederations. Times when only four teams qualify is when the host nation of the World Cup has been European that year (with except of 2017). Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[1]

Tournaments

For all tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, except for 2009, where the fifth-placed team also qualified.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match			Fifth place
Year	Location	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Fifth place
2008	Benidorm, Spain	Spain	4–3	Portugal	Russia	4–2	Italy	Not qualified
2009	Castellón, Spain	Spain	4–4 (a.e.t.) (13–12 p.)	Russia	Switzerland	8–6	Portugal	Italy
2011	Bibione, Italy	Ukraine	4–2	Portugal	Russia	5–2	Switzerland	Not qualified
2013	Moscow, Russia	Spain	5–3	Russia	Ukraine	3–0	Netherlands	Not qualified
2015	Jesolo, Italy	Russia	6–5	Switzerland	Italy	5–4	Spain	Not qualified
2017	Jesolo, Italy	Poland	6–3	Switzerland	Portugal	8–3	Italy	Not qualified

Successful nations

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top four
Spain	3 (2008, 2009, 2013)	–	–	1 (2015)	4
Russia	1 (2015)	2 (2009, 2013*)	2 (2008, 2011)	–	5
Ukraine	1 (2011)	–	1 (2013)	–	2
Poland	1 (2017)	–	–	–	1
Portugal	–	2 (2008, 2011)	1 (2017)	1 (2009)	4
Switzerland	–	2 (2015, 2017)	1 (2009)	1 (2011)	4
Italy	–	–	1 (2015*)	2 (2008, 2017*)	3
Netherlands	–	–	–	1 (2013)	1

* = Hosts

Overall standings

As 2017

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Russia	6	43	34	1	0	8	233	108	+125	104
2	Spain	6	43	32	1	3	7	235	118	+117	101
3	Switzerland	6	39	28	2	0	9	242	128	+114	88
4	Ukraine	6	39	26	0	3	10	188	118	+70	81
5	Italy	6	36	25	1	3	7	185	121	+64	80
6	Portugal	5	33	25	0	1	7	213	89	+124	76
7	Poland	6	36	21	2	0	13	155	123	+22	67
8	France	5	33	17	0	3	13	156	138	+18	54
9	Azerbaijan	6	32	14	0	0	18	121	116	+5	42
10	Belarus	6	32	12	1	1	18	108	108	0	39
11	Hungary	6	35	11	1	3	20	132	157	-25	38
12	Czech Republic	6	25	11	0	0	14	93	130	-37	33
13	Romania	6	28	10	1	1	16	116	162	-46	33
14	Germany	6	28	10	1	0	17	93	100	-7	32
15	Netherlands	5	22	10	0	2	10	73	88	-15	32
16	Turkey	5	25	10	0	0	15	98	116	-18	30
17	Greece	6	31	8	1	0	22	113	143	-30	25
18	Estonia	6	26	7	0	1	18	83	108	-25	22
19	England	6	22	5	2	0	15	58	106	-48	19
20	Moldova	4	18	4	0	1	13	47	101	-54	13
21	Israel	3	11	3	0	0	8	37	48	-11	9
22	Austria	4	12	3	0	0	9	42	64	-22	9
23	Belgium	1	4	2	0	0	2	19	13	+9	6
24	Slovakia	3	9	2	0	0	7	26	61	-35	6
25	Norway	6	19	2	0	0	17	49	97	-48	6
26	Kazakhstan	2	6	1	0	0	5	11	33	-22	3
27	Lithuania	2	6	1	0	0	5	13	45	-32	3
28	Latvia	4	13	1	0	0	12	26	69	-43	3
29	Denmark	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	22	-18	0
30	Serbia	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	25	-20	0
31	Georgia	2	5	0	0	0	5	13	41	-28	0
32	Andorra	3	8	0	0	0	8	16	56	-40	0
33	Bulgaria	5	15	0	0	0	15	31	86	-55	0

Note: Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

Appearances

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th-8th – Fifth to eighth place
9th-12th – Ninth to twelfth place
13th-16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R16 – Round of 16
GS – Group stage
× – Did not enter
× – Entered but withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

	2008 (24)	2009 (26)	2011 (27)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (28)	Total appearances
Andorra	GS	GS	GS	×	×	×	3
Austria	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	×	4
Azerbaijan	GS	8th	R16	R16	13th	8th	6
Belarus	R16	GS	GS	7th	5th	11th	6
Belgium	×	R16	×	×	×	×	1
Bulgaria	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	5
Czech Republic	QF	GS	GS	R16	GS	6th	6
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	GS	1
England	R16	R16	GS	GS	12th	GS	6
Estonia	R16	R16	R16	GS	11th	GS	6
France	×	6th	R16	6th	14th	7th	5
Georgia	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	2
Germany	R16	GS	GS	GS	10th	12th	6
Greece	QF	GS	R16	R16	16th	14th	6
Hungary	R16	GS	QF	8th	7th	15th	6
Israel	×	R16	GS	R16	×	×	3
Italy	4th	5th	R16	R16	3rd	4th	6
Kazakhstan	×	×	GS	×	×	GS	2
Latvia	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	×	4
Lithuania	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	2
Moldova	×	×	R16	GS	GS	16th	4
Netherlands	GS	R16	R16	4th	×	GS	5
Norway	R16	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6
Poland	R16	R16	QF	5th	15th	1st	6
Portugal	2nd	4th	2nd	R16	×	3rd	5
Romania	GS	7th	QF	GS	8th	GS	6
Russia	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	6
Serbia	×	×	×	×	×	GS	1
Slovakia	GS	×	GS	×	GS	×	3
Spain	1st	1st	QF	1st	4th	9th	6
Switzerland	QF	3rd	4th	R16	2nd	2nd	6
Turkey	×	R16	R16	R16	9th	13th	5
Ukraine	QF	R16	1st	3rd	6th	10th	6
Total	24	26	27	24	24	28	153

World Cup performance of the UEFA national teams

The following is a performance timeline of the UEFA teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

Team	2005^[†]	2006^[†]	2007^[†]	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
France	1st	3rd	4th	QF						4
Italy		R1	R1	2nd	QF	QF		4th	4th	7
Netherlands							R1			1
Poland		R1							R1	2
Portugal	2nd	4th	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd		1st	QF	8
Russia			R1	QF	QF	1st	1st	3rd		6
Spain	QF	R1	QF	4th	QF		2nd	R1		7
Switzerland					2nd	R1		QF	QF	4
Ukraine	QF					R1	R1			3

Notes

^ In 2005, 2006 and 2007, the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were determined by the Euro Beach Soccer League:
- 2005: Three spots by 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by playoffs.
- 2006: Four spots by 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.
- 2007: Four spots by 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

References

↑ BeachSoccer.com

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[cnote_†] In 2005, 2006 and 2007, the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were determined by the Euro Beach Soccer League:
2005: Three spots by 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by playoffs.

2006: Four spots by 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

2007: Four spots by 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

[2] 2005: Three spots by 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by playoffs.

[3] 2006: Four spots by 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

[4] 2007: Four spots by 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

[1] BeachSoccer.com

[†]

International beach soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) World Cup Intercontinental Cup Mundialito (de Clubes) BSWW Tour World Rankings Stars Awards
Asia	AFC – Championship
Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations
North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship
South America	CONMEBOL – World Cup qualifiers Copa América U-20 League Club Copa Libertadores
Oceania	OFC – Championship
Europe	UEFA – League World Cup qualifiers Cup Club Winners Cup Men's Women's
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.