2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Bahamas
City Nassau
Dates 27 April – 7 May 2017
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 premier international beach soccer 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 biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, after taking place on a yearly basis between 1995 and 2009.

FIFA originally 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 in the capital, Nassau.[2] Preliminary qualifying events will start in August, 2016 and end in February, 2017.

Host selection

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)  Italy
 Poland
 Portugal
  Switzerland
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Organisation

The official emblem was unveiled on 28 July 2016.[8]

Draw

The official draw will be held on 28 February 2017.

Venue

One venue in the capital city of Nassau will be used.

Nassau
2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Bahamas)
Stadium TBA
25°06′N 77°35′W / 25.100°N 77.583°W / 25.100; -77.583 (TBA)
Capacity: TBA

Group stage

The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 30 August 2016.[9]

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahamas (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 27 April 2017. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)
17:00
A3 Match 2 A4

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)
20:00
Bahamas  Match 4 A2

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)
17:00
A2 Match 10 A3

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)
20:00
A4 Match 12  Bahamas

1 May 2017 (2017-05-01)
17:00
A2 Match 18 A4

1 May 2017 (2017-05-01)
20:00
Bahamas  Match 20 A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 27 April 2017. Source: FIFA

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)
15:30
B3 Match 1 B4

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)
18:30
B1 Match 3 B2

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)
15:30
B2 Match 9 B3

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)
18:30
B4 Match 11 B1

1 May 2017 (2017-05-01)
15:30
B2 Match 17 B4

1 May 2017 (2017-05-01)
18:30
B1 Match 19 B3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 28 April 2017. Source: FIFA

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
17:00
C3 Match 6 C4

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
20:00
C1 Match 8 C2

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
17:00
C2 Match 14 C3

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
20:00
C4 Match 16 C1

2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)
17:00
C2 Match 22 C4

2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)
20:00
C1 Match 24 C3

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 28 April 2017. Source: FIFA

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
15:30
D3 Match 5 D4

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
18:30
D1 Match 7 D2

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
15:30
D2 Match 13 D3

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
18:30
D4 Match 15 D1

2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)
15:30
D2 Match 21 D4

2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)
18:30
D1 Match 23 D3

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 May — Nassau
 
 
Winner Group A
 
6 May — Nassau
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 27
 
4 May — Nassau
 
Winner Match 25
 
Winner Group C
 
7 May — Nassau
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 29
 
4 May — Nassau
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
6 May — Nassau
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 28
 
4 May — Nassau
 
Winner Match 26Third Place
 
Winner Group D
 
7 May — Nassau
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
15:30
Winner Group C Match 25 Runner-up Group D

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
17:00
Winner Group D Match 26 Runner-up Group C

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
18:30
Winner Group A Match 27 Runner-up Group B

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
20:00
Winner Group B Match 28 Runner-up Group A

Semi-finals

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
15:00
Winner Match 27 Match 29 Winner Match 25

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
16:30
Winner Match 28 Match 30 Winner Match 26

Third place match

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
15:00
Loser Match 29 Match 31 Loser Match 30

Final

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
16:30
Winner Match 29 Match 32 Winner Match 30

References

  1. 1 2 "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". FIFA.com. 19 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bidding process opened for five FIFA competitions in 2016 and 2017". fifa.com. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". fifa.com. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Excitement builds as Bahamas 2017 Official Emblem revealed". FIFA.com. 28 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 match schedule released". FIFA.com. 30 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Match Schedule FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com.

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