The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a global beach soccer tournament competed by the nationwide squads of the member federations of FIFA, the sport’s entire operating system.
The competition paved the way for the Beach Soccer World Championships founded in 1995 which has been held every year for many decades under the maintenance of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and its forebears. FIFA teamed up with Beach Soccer Worldwide in 2005 to take charge of the organization of the tournament, rebranding it which is now officially called the FIFA tournament.
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 will mark as the twelfth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer championship which will be completed by men’s nationwide teams of the member association of FIFA. Altogether, this will be recorded as the twenty-second edition of the beach soccer world cup since the formation of the Beach Soccer World Championships which took place from 1995-2004 but we’re not regulated by FIFA. This will witness the seventh competition to take place bi-yearly; the World Cup was held perennially until 2009.
Bids and Hosting For FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023
The National Football Association (NFA) expects final bids and hosting reports by January 2022.
FIFA appealed to all its representative associations to convert their enthusiasm in bidding to host the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The bidding procedure is commencing in November 2021 after the latest edition of the competition wrapped in Russia, highlighting a record amount of goals scored 302, with a standard of 9.44 per game.
Kicking off twice-yearly, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup witnesses 16 countries playing against each team on the global stage. Member associations showing great enthusiasm in hosting the tournament, which unites the best beach soccer players worldwide, have until October 29, 2021, to deliver their proclamation of attention.
Once their declaration is submitted, the final bids and host country will be announced latest by January 2022. FIFA will appoint the final host of the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup conclusively by Q1 2022.
Which Country Will Host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023?
The final host is yet to be determined. The bidding slated to determine the hosts are mentioned below:
The member associations are required to deliver their bids through to the last stage of the procedure:
- Morocco (Royal Moroccan Football Federation)
- Spain (Royal Spanish Football Federation)
- Japan (Japan Football Association)
- Senegal (Senegalese Football Federation)
Qualification Process
For the qualification process, 16 squads will compete to qualify for the final championship. Additionally, the host country’s squad will be exempt from the qualifying stage and therefore, only 15 squads will qualify from six different continental games.
The qualifying round to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals will kick off in 2022 and finish in 2023.
Venue: Where Will It Be Held?
The current venue for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 has been decided so far. However, it will be announced soon. We’ll update this section once more information emerges over time.
Who Are The Teams for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup?
The existing competition format endures over nearly ten days and consists of sixteen teams originally playing against each other in four groups of four squads. The squads who lost in the semifinals will play each other in a decider match to determine the third-placed squads and fourth-placed squads respectively. Whereas, the squads that win the semifinal will play each other for the last and final match to determine the overall winner and earn the title of World Cup Champions.
