List of world cups in beach soccer


World cups in beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Championships
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Founded
Editions held
23
Region
International
Number of teams
16
Current champions
Most successful team

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

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.
TeamTitlesYearsRunners-upYears3rd placeYears4th placeYearsTotal
161995*, 1996*, 1997*,
1998*, 1999*, 2000*,
2002*, 2003*, 2004*,
2006*, 2007*, 2008,
2009, 2017, 2024, 2025		1201122005*, 201312001*20
32001, 2015*, 201931999, 2002, 200562003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 20251200613
32011, 2013, 2021*022015, 201905
1200521998, 20011200622003, 20076
031996, 1997, 200641998, 1999, 2002, 2007120098
032008, 2019, 20241199641995, 2004, 2015, 20178
032003, 2004, 201312000120085
022015, 2017012013*3
01199511997119963
0120091202102
012021032000, 2005, 20194
012000021998, 19993
0120250120242
012007001
0022017, 202402
0012001119972
001199501
00022021, 20252
000120111
000120021

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 have appeared in the most events without any one of those being under FIFA's control. Senegal have appeared in the most FIFA tournaments without having ever once appeared in the World Championships.
AppsCountryFirstLastBest result
2119952021Champions
1819952019Runners-up
1819972021Champions
1719952021Runners-up
1619952015Third place
1519952021Runners-up
1519972021Runners-up
1519982021Runners-up
1219972008Champions
919962021Champions
820072021Fourth place
820072023Round 1
720042021Runners-up
720062017Third place
620062019QF
620072019Runners-up
620112021Runners-up
519982004Runners-up
520062013Round 1
520082021Fourth place
520132021QF
419952004Round 1
420112021Round 1
319962006QF
320002011QF
320052013QF