2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 12th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 22nd edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but which was not governed by FIFA; all world cups took place annually until 2009 when it then became a biennial event.
| كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | United Arab Emirates |
| City | Dubai |
| Dates | 15–25 February 2024 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brazil (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Italy |
| Third place | Iran |
| Fourth place | Belarus |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 223 (6.97 per match) |
| Attendance | 72,893 (2,278 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ihar Bryshtel (12 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Josep Jr. Gentilin |
| Best goalkeeper | Tiago Bobô |
| Fair play award | Portugal |
This edition was originally set to be the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup; at the FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in November 2017, it was announced that the World Cup would continue to be held biennially in odd-numbered years for the period 2018–2024. The bidding process for said edition was subsequently opened by FIFA in October 2021, concluding with the selection of the United Arab Emirates as the hosts in December 2022. The tournament was initially set to take place from 16 to 26 November 2023. However, in June 2023, the tournament was postponed until 15 to 25 February 2024, in order to provide more time to the organisers to prepare for the event. As a consequence, its original 2023 branding was dropped, and it subsequently became referred to as the 2024 edition. It took place in Dubai, the second city to host multiple times having also hosted the 2009 edition.
Russia won the previous edition and should have therefore been the defending champions. However, all Russian national teams are currently banned indefinitely from competing in FIFA competitions, due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The tournament was won by Brazil, who claimed their sixth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title, beating Italy in the final who finished as runners-up for a third time.