2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) explained

Tourney Name:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Year:2024
Other Titles:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier - European Qualifier - Andalucía Cádiz 2024
Size:180px
Country:Spain
City:Cádiz
Dates:4–13 October
Num Teams:21
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2026

The 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament contested by European men's national teams who are members of UEFA that determines the four nations from Europe that qualify to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Seychelles.

The event, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), takes place in Cádiz, Spain from 4–13 October 2024.[1]

The tournament is a multi-stage competition, consisting of a first group stage, single knockout round, second group stage, and placement matches.

Teams

24 teams initially entered the competition, 23 named sides plus one undisclosed team.

The participating teams are listed below, ordered by their European ranking (shown in parentheses) at the time of the draw, out of 31 nations.[2]

Draw

The draw to split the 24 teams into six groups of four took place at 11:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 16 September in Alghero, Italy. One participating team was undisclosed at the time of the draw and was placed in position four of Group F.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] However, this slot was ultimately not filled by any team.

First group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.[7]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2). Kickoff times shown are those scheduled; actual times may differ slightly.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Round of 16

Per the results of the first group stage, all group winners and runners-up, plus the four best third placed teams, advance to the Round of 16.[1] [6]

The ties are contested as single elimination matches. The eight winners progress to the second group stage.

   Group 1
   Group 2

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Second group stage

The eight winners of the Round of 16 ties advance to the second group stage.[1] [6]

The winners and runners-up of each group qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] [6]

Key: Qualified for –
Advance to – Final / Third place match / Fifth place match /

Group 1

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Group 2

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Placement matches

Per the results of the second group stage, the teams finishing in corresponding positions in the two groups play against each other to determine final placements.

Final

Final standings

Qualified teams to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
11 October 2024 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
11 October 2024 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2024)
12 October 2024 (2019, 2021, 2024)
12 October 2024 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025 - European Qualifier to take place in Cádiz . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 21 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 .
    2. Web site: Rankings - National Teams - Europe . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 16 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 .
    3. Web site: Portugal conhece adversários . . 16 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . pt .
    4. Web site: España ya conoce quienes serán sus rivales en Clasificatorio europeo para la Copa del Mundo de 2025 . . 16 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . es.
    5. Web site: Ukraine beach soccer team draws opponents for World Cup 2025 Qualifiers . . 17 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 .
    6. Web site: Europeo alle spalle, a ottobre ci sono le Qualificazioni al Mondiale: Italia nel girone con Cechia, Danimarca e Romania . . 17 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . it .
    7. Book: BEACH SOCCER Laws of the Game 2015/2016 . Zürich, Switzerland. . LAW 10 – The method of scoring: Competition rules . 35 . 2021-06-04 . 2020-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200913022328/https://beachsoccer.com/pdfs/rules.pdf . dead.