2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Bahamas |
| Dates | 27 April – 7 May |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the beach soccer international championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this will be the 19th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. This will be the fourth tournament to take place under the two year basis; now the World Cup takes place once every two years, after taking place on a yearly basis between 1995 and 2009.
FIFA started the bidding process in April 2013, whilst in December 2014, the Bahamas were appointed as hosts.[1] The tournament will be played from 27 April to 7 May 2017.[2]
Hosts
First bidding
On 17 April 2013, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for five competitions between 2016 and 2017, including the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Declarations of interest were made by May 15 deadline whilst the hosts were scheduled to be revealed in December 2013.[3]
The following 10 countries made an official bid for the World Cup, as revealed by FIFA on 28 May 2013.[4]
Second bidding
Due to undisclosed circumstances, FIFA did not pick a host from the first round of bidding by December 2013. And so on 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had re-opened for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. New member associations interested in hosting submitted a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provided the complete set of bidding documents by 1 October 2014.[5]
The following 12 countries made official bids for hosting the tournament.[6]
On 19 December 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee announced the Bahamas as hosts.[1]
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Bahamas who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 17 March 2016.[2]
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship | TBD TBD TBD |
| CAF (Africa) | 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations | TBD TBD |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | Host nation | Bahamas1 |
| 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship | TBD TBD | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2017 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship | TBD TBD TBD |
| OFC (Oceania) | Appointed by OFC (no qualifying tournament)[7] |  Tahiti |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) | TBD TBD TBD TBD |
- 1.^ Teams that will make their debut.
Venues
To be announced.
References
- 1 2 "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". FIFA.com. 19 December 2014.
- 1 2 "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for five FIFA competitions in 2016 and 2017". fifa.com. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". fifa.com. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015.
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