FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier
Organising body	Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW)
Founded	2008; 16 years ago
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	~25
Qualifier for	FIFA Beach Soccer; World Cup
Current champions	Russia (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Spain (3 titles)
	2019 UEFA qualifiers

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier is a beach soccer championship that takes place to determine the nations who will represent Europe at the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[1] It is contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of UEFA.

In 2006, FIFA made qualification to the World Cup mandatory (previously, nations were simply invited).^[2] Originally, the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) doubled as Europe's qualification tournament;^[3]^[4] in 2008, this separate championship was created as the European qualification route.^[5] FIFA currently allocate Europe five berths at the World Cup^[6] and hence the top five teams qualify to the World Cup finals.^{[see notes]} Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2010; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) have organised the event since its inception. Europe's governing body for football, UEFA, only began involvement in 2019 – sending delegates and financial support.^[7] Unlike the World Cup qualifiers for UEFA in football, it is a knockout tournament with a champion crowned. It's large scale and competitiveness are often noted, making it viewed as a major title to win.^[8]^[9]

Spain are the most successful team with three titles. However, Russia have qualified for the World Cup on the most occasions (six).

Founding

In 2006, FIFA declared that for teams to enter to the World Cup, they now must qualify (previously, most teams entered by invitation).^[2] Qualification tournaments were subsequently established in all continental zones, except for Europe.^[10] For European teams, a qualification process had already been implemented for the previous handful of World Cups – the top placed teams of the most recent season of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) earned qualification to the upcoming edition of the World Cup.^[11] Thus, the EBSL continued to double as the qualifying route for European teams.^[3]^[4]

In 2008, FIFA proclaimed that the next editions of the World Cup would take place in different countries.^[12] Until that point, all World Cups had been held in Brazil during summertime of the Southern Hemisphere, months after the conclusion of that year's EBSL season. That year, the World Cup was held in Marseille, France, and during a different time of the year – in July.^[12] The usual European qualification route, the EBSL, was not due to conclude until weeks after the World Cup had taken place.^[5] This separate knockout tournament, dedicated purely to determining the teams qualifying to the World Cup, was organised instead; free to be placed anywhere in the calendar, it took place in the May.^[5] It "made history", becoming the biggest international beach soccer event ever held at the time with 24 participants.^[13] It has since returned in all future years as Europe's qualification tournament.^[9] The organisers, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), decided not to revert to using the EBSL.

Results

For all tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (except for 2009 and 2019, when the top five teams qualified).^[9]

Year	Location	Final			Third place play-off			Fifth place^[a]
Year	Location	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Fifth place^[a]
2008 details	Benidorm, Spain	Spain	4–3	Portugal	Russia	4–2	Italy	^{[note 1]}
2009 details	Castellón, Spain	Spain	4–4 (a.e.t.) (13–12 p.)	Russia	Switzerland	8–6	Portugal	Italy
2010 details	Bibione, Italy	Ukraine	4–2	Portugal	Russia	5–2	Switzerland	^{[note 1]}
2012 details	Moscow, Russia	Spain	5–3	Russia	Ukraine	3–0	Netherlands	^{[note 2]}
2014 details	Jesolo, Italy	Russia	6–5	Switzerland	Italy	5–4	Spain	^{[note 1]}
2016 details	Jesolo, Italy	Poland	6–3	Switzerland	Portugal	8–3	Italy	^{[note 3]}
2019 details	Moscow, Russia	Russia	7–1	Italy	Belarus	6–2	Switzerland	Portugal
2021 details	Jesolo, Italy^[23]							^{[note 1]}

^ Only shown when qualified to the World Cup.

^ Notes – The fifth placed team does not always qualify to the World Cup:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup because France (2008),^[14] Italy (2010),^[15] Portugal (2014)^[16] and Russia (2021) claimed the fifth European spot automatically as World Cup hosts. Italy took part in the 2010 qualifiers as FIFA had yet to confirm their automatic qualification at the time.^[17] France and Portugal^[18] did not take part in the respective 2008 and 2015 events in knowing qualification was already secured.
^ The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup in 2013. Tahiti had already qualified automatically for the World Cup as its host nation, occupying the sole OFC berth available. With the most berths, UEFA were therefore chosen by FIFA to give one of their slots to Oceania to allow an additional second team from the OFC to compete regionally and qualify to the World Cup.^[19]^[20]
^ The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup in 2017. The Bahamas had already qualified automatically for World Cup as its host nation, occupying one of the two CONCACAF berths available. With the most berths, UEFA were therefore chosen by FIFA to give one of their spots to North America to allow two teams from CONCACAF to compete regionally and qualify to the World Cup as normal.^[21]^[22]

Performance

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top 4
Spain	3 (2008, 2009, 2012)	–	–	1 (2014)	4
Russia	2 (2014, 2019*)	2 (2009, 2012*)	2 (2008, 2010)	–	6
Ukraine	1 (2010)	–	1 (2012)	–	2
Poland	1 (2016)	–	–	–	1
Switzerland	–	2 (2014, 2016)	1 (2009)	2 (2010, 2019)	5
Portugal	–	2 (2008, 2010)	1 (2016)	1 (2009)	4
Italy	–	1 (2019)	1 (2014*)	2 (2008, 2016*)	4
Belarus	–	–	1 (2019)	–	1
Netherlands	–	–	–	1 (2012)	1

* Hosts

Awards

Year	Top goalscorer(s)	Gls	Best player	Best goalkeeper	Ref.
2008	Dejan Stankovic	16	Amarelle	Roberto Valeiro	[1]
2009	Pasquale Carotenuto	24	Ilya Leonov	Andrey Bukhlitskiy	[2]
2010	Madjer	16	Ilya Leonov	Paulo Graça	[3]
2012	Bogusław Saganowski	15	Amarelle	Vitalii Sydorenko	[4]
2014	Dejan Stankovic	21	Dario Ramacciotti	Valentin Jaeggy	[5]
2016	Dejan Stankovic	25	Bogusław Saganowski	Szymon Gąsiński	[6]
2019	Gabriele Gori	14	Yury Krasheninnikov	Maxim Chuzhkov	[7]

All-time table

As of 2019

Pos	Team	App	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Win %
1	Russia	7	51	42	1	0	8	284	117	+167	128	2.51	84.3
2	Spain	7	50	36	1	3	10	287	144	+143	113	2.26	80.0
3	Switzerland	7	47	33	2	0	12	281	158	+123	103	2.19	74.5
4	Italy	7	44	31	1	3	9	227	143	+84	98	2.23	79.5
5	Portugal	6	41	30	0	2	9	269	110	+159	92	2.24	78.0
6	Ukraine	6	39	26	0	3	10	188	118	+70	81	2.08	74.4
7	Poland	7	44	25	3	0	16	186	150	+36	81	1.84	63.6
8	France	6	37	19	0	3	15	169	149	+20	60	1.62	59.5
9	Belarus	7	40	16	1	4	19	138	128	+10	54	1.35	52.5
10	Azerbaijan	7	39	15	0	1	23	140	161	–21	46	1.18	41.0
11	Hungary	7	39	12	2	3	22	141	168	–27	43	1.10	43.6
12	Germany	7	32	11	1	0	20	104	115	–11	35	1.09	37.5
13	Romania	6	28	10	1	1	16	116	162	–46	33	1.18	42.9
14	Czech Republic	7	28	11	0	0	17	98	146	–48	33	1.18	39.3
15	Netherlands	5	22	10	0	2	10	73	88	–15	32	1.45	54.5
16	Turkey	6	29	10	0	0	19	105	136	–31	30	1.03	34.5
17	Greece	6	31	8	1	0	22	113	143	–30	26	0.84	29.0
18	Estonia	7	29	7	0	1	21	89	122	–33	22	0.76	27.6
19	England	6	22	5	2	0	15	58	106	–48	19	0.86	31.8
20	Moldova	5	22	4	1	1	16	54	129	–75	15	0.68	27.3
21	Israel	3	11	3	0	0	8	37	48	–11	9	0.82	27.3
22	Austria	4	12	3	0	0	9	42	64	–22	9	0.75	25.0
23	Belgium	1	4	2	0	0	2	19	13	+6	6	1.50	50.0
24	Kazakhstan	3	10	2	0	0	8	22	55	–33	6	0.60	20.0
25	Slovakia	3	9	2	0	0	7	26	61	–35	6	0.67	22.2
26	Lithuania	3	10	2	0	0	8	20	66	–46	6	0.60	20.0
27	Norway	7	22	2	0	0	20	53	116	–63	6	0.27	9.1
28	Latvia	5	16	1	0	0	15	31	94	–63	3	0.19	6.3
29	Denmark	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	22	–18	0	0.00	0.0
30	Serbia	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	25	–20	0	0.00	0.0
31	Georgia	2	5	0	0	0	5	13	41	–28	0	0.00	0.0
32	Andorra	3	8	0	0	0	8	16	56	–40	0	0.00	0.0
33	Bulgaria	5	15	0	0	0	15	31	86	–55	0	0.00	0.0

Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the UEFA qualifiers and how many appearances they each have made.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th – Fifth place (if qualified)
5th–16th – Fifth to sixteenth place^[‡]
R3 – Round 3 (Quarter-finals or 2nd group stage)
R2 – Round 2 (round of 16)
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)

× – Did not enter
•• – Entered but withdrew
– Hosts
Apps – No. of appearances

‡. ^ In some years, teams knocked-out at rounds 2 or 3 played no further matches (these results are marked as R2 or R3).
In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements.

Timeline

Year Team	2008 (24)	2009 (26)	2011 (27)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (28)	2019 (20)	Apps ⁄7
Andorra	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×	×	3
Austria	R1	R1	R1	×	R1	••	×	4
Azerbaijan	R1	8th	R2	R2	13th	8th	8th	7
Belarus	R2	R1	R1	R3	5th	11th	3rd	7
Belgium	×	R2	×	×	×	×	×	1
Bulgaria	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	5
Czech Republic	R3	R1	R1	R2	R1	6th	R1	7
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	1
England	R2	R2	R1	R1	12th	R1	×	6
Estonia	R2	R2	R2	R1	11th	R1	R1	7
France	×	6th	R2	R3	14th	7th	R2	6
Georgia	R1	×	×	×	••	R1	×	2
Germany	R2	R1	R1	R1	10th	12th	R2	7
Greece	R3	R1	R2	R2	16th	14th	×	6
Hungary	R2	R1	R3	R3	7th	15th	R2	7
Israel	×	R2	R1	R2	×	×	×	3
Italy	4th	5th	R2	R2	3rd	4th	2nd	7
Kazakhstan	×	×	R1	×	×	R1	R2	3
Latvia	R1	R1	×	R1	R1	×	R2	5
Lithuania	R1	×	×	×	×	R1	R2	3
Moldova	×	×	R2	R1	R1	16th	R2	5
Netherlands	R1	R2	R2	4th	×	R1	×	5
Norway	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	7
Poland	R2	R2	R3	R3	15th	1st	7th	7
Portugal	2nd	4th	2nd	R2	×	3rd	5th	6
Romania	R1	7th	R3	R1	8th	R1	×	6
Russia	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	1st	7
Serbia	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	1
Slovakia	R1	×	R1	×	R1	×	×	3
Spain	1st	1st	R3	1st	4th	9th	6th	7
Switzerland	R3	3rd	4th	R2	2nd	2nd	4th	7
Turkey	×	R2	R2	R2	9th	13th	R2	6
Ukraine	R3	R2	1st	3rd	6th	10th	••	6

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

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
– Hosts

QF – Quarter-finals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

Team \ Years	2005^[†]	2006^[†]	2007^[†]	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Total
Belarus										R1		1
France	1st	3rd	4th	QF								4
Italy		R1	R1	2nd	QF	QF		4th	4th	2nd		8
Netherlands							R1					1
Poland		R1							R1			2
Portugal	2nd	4th	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd		1st	QF	1st		9
Russia			R1	QF	QF	1st	1st	3rd		3rd	q	8
Spain	QF	R1	QF	4th	QF		2nd	R1				7
Switzerland					2nd	R1		QF	QF	QF		5
Ukraine	QF					R1	R1					3
Total no. of unique qualifiers												10

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

^ REGULATIONS; FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 2011; QUALIFIER BIBIONE. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b Spain back among the best. FIFA.com. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Russians heading for Rio. FIFA.com. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Евролига и Кубок Мира разошлись... [The Euroleague and the World Cup have parted ways ...] (in Russian). beachsoccer.ru. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 Octboer 2020.
^ "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Алаев: пляжный футбол движется под зонтик УЕФА, процесс начался" [Alaev: beach soccer moves under the UEFA umbrella, the process has begun] (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ Moscow to pass World Cup sentence. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Сверхъестественный отбор. Как в Европе сражаются за путёвки на чемпионат мира (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ Tahiti hosts OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "BSWW – What". beachsoccer.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b Marseille: see you next year. FIFA.com. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Spanish Castellón to host Beach Soccer European Qualifier. Banderas News. February 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Презентация отборочного турнира в Бенидорме. (in Russian). beachsoccer.ru. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 - Qualifier Bibione ready to start. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - Europe Qualifier Jesolo. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ Fifa World Cup Qualifier: a Bibione in palio quattro posti per il Mondiale (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ UM CAMINHO QUE NOS É FAVORÁVEL (in Portuguese). Futebol de Praia Portugal. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "The road to Tahiti 2013 begins". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Лихачёв: не понимаю, почему Европа снова должна страдать" [Likhachev: I don't understand why Europe should suffer again] (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "El Covid-19 amenaza también al fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

External links

Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website

[14] Only shown when qualified to the World Cup.

[Wchosts-20] The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup because France (2008),^[14] Italy (2010),^[15] Portugal (2014)^[16] and Russia (2021) claimed the fifth European spot automatically as World Cup hosts. Italy took part in the 2010 qualifiers as FIFA had yet to confirm their automatic qualification at the time.^[17] France and Portugal^[18] did not take part in the respective 2008 and 2015 events in knowing qualification was already secured.

[Wc2013-23] The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup in 2013. Tahiti had already qualified automatically for the World Cup as its host nation, occupying the sole OFC berth available. With the most berths, UEFA were therefore chosen by FIFA to give one of their slots to Oceania to allow an additional second team from the OFC to compete regionally and qualify to the World Cup.^[19]^[20]

[Wc2017-26] The fifth placed team did not qualify to the World Cup in 2017. The Bahamas had already qualified automatically for World Cup as its host nation, occupying one of the two CONCACAF berths available. With the most berths, UEFA were therefore chosen by FIFA to give one of their spots to North America to allow two teams from CONCACAF to compete regionally and qualify to the World Cup as normal.^[21]^[22]

[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.

[6] 2005: Three spots by 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by playoffs.

[7] 2006: Four spots by 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

[8] 2007: Four spots by 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, final spot by last chance bracket.

[1] REGULATIONS; FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 2011; QUALIFIER BIBIONE. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[fifa2006-2] "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[ebsl06-3] Spain back among the best. FIFA.com. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[ebsl07-4] Russians heading for Rio. FIFA.com. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[calendar08-5] Евролига и Кубок Мира разошлись... [The Euroleague and the World Cup have parted ways ...] (in Russian). beachsoccer.ru. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 Octboer 2020.

[6] "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[7] "Алаев: пляжный футбол движется под зонтик УЕФА, процесс начался" [Alaev: beach soccer moves under the UEFA umbrella, the process has begun] (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[8] Moscow to pass World Cup sentence. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[history2019-9] Сверхъестественный отбор. Как в Европе сражаются за путёвки на чемпионат мира (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[10] Tahiti hosts OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[11] "BSWW – What". beachsoccer.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[wc2008-12] Marseille: see you next year. FIFA.com. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[13] Spanish Castellón to host Beach Soccer European Qualifier. Banderas News. February 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[15] Презентация отборочного турнира в Бенидорме. (in Russian). beachsoccer.ru. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[16] FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 - Qualifier Bibione ready to start. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[17] FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - Europe Qualifier Jesolo. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[18] Fifa World Cup Qualifier: a Bibione in palio quattro posti per il Mondiale (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[19] UM CAMINHO QUE NOS É FAVORÁVEL (in Portuguese). Futebol de Praia Portugal. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[21] "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[22] "The road to Tahiti 2013 begins". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[24] "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[25] "Лихачёв: не понимаю, почему Европа снова должна страдать" [Likhachev: I don't understand why Europe should suffer again] (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[27] "El Covid-19 amenaza también al fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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v t e FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
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OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
¹ No qualifiers took place; 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.