Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games | |
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Venue | Beach Soccer Arena, Katara Beach |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Dates | 11–16 October |
Competitors | 272 from 19 nations |
Teams | 24 |
Champions | |
Men | Brazil |
Women | Spain |
The beach soccer tournaments at the 2019 World Beach Games, the inaugural edition of the Games, were held from 11 to 16 October 2019[1] in Doha, Qatar and organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).[2][3] The matches were hosted on the Katara Beach[4] at two venues which comprised the Beach Soccer Arena.[5]
Two events took place: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. A total of 24 teams participated (16 in the men's competition and eight in the women's). The men's squads could consist of up to 12 players and the women's squads, 10 players, meaning a total of 272 athletes were expected to take part.[2]
Brazil claimed the men's title whilst Spain were the winners of the women's category.[6]
The tournament began one day before the opening ceremony with medal-deciding matches taking place exclusively on 16 October.[7][8]
G | Group stage | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final / Gold medal match |
Date Event |
Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tue 15 | Wed 16 | |
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Men | G | G | G | SF | B | F | |
Women | G | G | G | SF | B | F |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter one men's team and one women's team into the competition. In order to play at the Games, these teams needed to qualify.[2]
The six continental confederations of FIFA were each allocated a certain amount of berths at the Games;[2] qualification events were organised for teams to compete against other members of their own confederation to try and earn one of their continent's spots at the Games. ANOC delegated the responsibility of organising qualification to Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[9] Originally, qualification tournaments were planned for all confederations,[10] however, for some, these qualification events were ultimately not realised – instead, their teams which occupied the highest positions in the BSWW World Ranking were granted qualification.[11]
The host country qualifies automatically.[2] When San Diego relinquished the hosting rights to Doha, the United States was stripped of its entitlement to automatic qualification for its men's and women's teams.[12] New hosts, Qatar, declined to enter any teams, leaving the berths reserved for the host nations unfilled; consequently, these vacant berths were redistributed accordingly.[11]
Means of qualification | Ref. | Dates | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament | [9][11] | 9–12 May 2019 | Salou | 5 | Italy Russia Spain Switzerland Ukraine |
2019 African Beach Games | [13][14] | 19–23 June 2019 | Sal | 2 | Morocco Senegal |
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked AFC teams) | [12] | 10 July 2019[i] | – | 3 | Iran Japan United Arab Emirates |
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked OFC team) | [12] | 10 July 2019[i] | – | 1 | Solomon Islands[a] |
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament | [15][16] | 3–5 August 2019 | San Salvador | 2 | El Salvador Mexico |
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) | [1] | 23 August 2019[i] | – | 3 | Brazil Paraguay Uruguay |
Total | 16 |
Means of qualification | Ref. | Dates | Venue | Berths[b] | Qualified |
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2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament | [9][1] | 9–12 May 2019 | Salou | 3 | Great Britain[c] Russia Spain |
2019 African Beach Games | [13][17] | 19–23 June 2019 | Sal | 1 | Cape Verde |
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament | [15][1] | 3–5 August 2019 | San Salvador | 2 | Mexico United States |
Invitation (CONMEBOL teams) | [1] | 23 August 2019[i] | – | 2 | Brazil Paraguay |
Total | 8 |
A total of 19 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), as per the outcome of qualification events, participated (the number of participating athletes of each NOC are shown in parentheses).
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |