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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth 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 | Fifth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
3 (2008, 2009, 2013) | – | – | 1 (2015) | – |
| Russia |
1 (2015) | 2 (2009, 2013) | 2 (2008, 2011) | – | – |
| Ukraine |
1 (2011) | – | 1 (2013) | – | – |
| Poland |
1 (2017) | – | – | – | – |
| Portugal |
– | 2 (2008, 2011) | 1 (2017) | 1 (2009) | – |
| Switzerland |
– | 2 (2015, 2017) | 1 (2009) | 1 (2011) | – |
| Italy |
– | – | 1 (2015) | 2 (2008, 2017) | 1 (2009) |
| Netherlands |
– | – | – | 1 (2013) | – |
World Cup performance
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 | q | 7 | ||
| Netherlands | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Poland | R1 | q | 2 | |||||||
| Portugal | 2nd | 4th | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | q | 8 | |
| Russia | R1 | QF | QF | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6 | |||
| Spain | QF | R1 | QF | 4th | QF | 2nd | R1 | 7 | ||
| Switzerland | 2nd | R1 | QF | q | 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
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