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2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Coupe du monde de football de plage 2025
Tournament details
Host countrySeychelles
CityVictoria
Dates1–11 May
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up Belarus
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored288 (9 per match)
Attendance79,736 (2,492 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belarus Ihar Bryshtel
(11 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Rodrigo
Best goalkeeperBelarus Mikhail Avgustov
Fair play award Japan
← 2024
2027 →

The 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 13th 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 23rd edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA; the World Cup took place annually until 2009 when it then became a biennial event.

It took place in Victoria, capital of Seychelles, on Mahé island, between 1 and 11 May 2025.[1] This was the first time that Seychelles hosted a FIFA tournament, and the first edition of the World Cup to be played in Africa.

Brazil were the defending champions and successfully retained their title, defeating Belarus 4–3 in the final to claim their seventh FIFA title, and sixteenth overall.[2][3][4]

Host selection

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The original bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows:[5]

  • 6 October 2021 – FIFA opens the bidding process.
  • 29 October 2021 – Deadline for national associations to declare interest of hosting to FIFA.
  • 1 November 2021 – FIFA circulates documents detailing the application campaign and conditions of participation to the bidding associations to analyze.
  • 26 November 2021 – Deadline for associations to reaffirm their bidding intentions by agreeing to the terms of the documents.
  • 30 January 2022 – Deadline for nations to prepare and submit their complete bidding packages to be evaluated by FIFA.
  • 31 March 2022 – Hosts announced by FIFA.

On 8 December 2021, FIFA revealed that five associations had affirmed their bidding intentions:[6]

On 14 February 2022, FIFA announced that three of the five associations had submitted bids through to the final stage of the process,[7] with Colombia and Thailand withdrawing.

Confirmation of the awarding of hosting rights was due to be announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar on 31 March 2022.[5] However, no announcement was made; it was then due to be awarded at its meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on 22 October 2022, but it was announced at the meeting that the decision had been deferred again until a subsequent Council meeting.[8] On 16 December 2022, the United Arab Emirates was awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 tournament, and the Seychelles for the 2025 tournament.[9]

Qualification

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  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Team suspended
  Did not enter
  Not a FIFA member.

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Seychelles who qualified automatically as the host country, 15 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 4 October 2023.[1] Overall, 72 nations entered qualification.

The process of qualification for the World Cup finals began in October 2024 and ended in March 2025.[10]

Of the qualifiers, made their debut: Chile, Guatemala, Mauritania and hosts Seychelles. This is Mauritania's and Seychelles' first ever FIFA tournament.

Paraguay and El Salvador were the returnees, both coming back after missing out on a berth in 2024.

United Arab Emirates failed to qualify for the first time since 2015. For the first instance since 2017, the United States also failed to advance to the finals. After appearing in 2024, Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico failed to qualify.

Note: The appearance statistics below refer only to the FIFA era of world cups in beach soccer (since 2005); see this article for the inclusion of World Championships era stats (1995–2004).

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team qualified Appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last Streak
AFC (Asia)
(3 teams) 		2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup  Iran 9th 2006 2024 2 Third place (2017, 2024)
 Japan 13th 2005 2024 13 Runners-up (2021)
 Oman 6th 2011 2024 4 Group stage (Six times)[a]
CAF (Africa)
(Hosts + 2 teams) 		Host nation  Seychelles 1st n/a n/a 1 Debut
2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations  Mauritania 1st n/a n/a 1 Debut
 Senegal 10th 2007 2024 8 Fourth place (2021)
CONCACAF (North America)[b]
(2 teams) 		2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship  El Salvador 6th 2008 2021 1 Fourth place (2011)
 Guatemala 1st n/a n/a 1 Debut
CONMEBOL (South America)
(3 teams) 		2025 Copa América of Beach Soccer  Brazil 13th 2005 2024 13 Champions (Six times)[c]
 Paraguay 6th 2013 2021 1 Quarter-finals (2017)
 Chile 1st n/a n/a 1 Debut
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team) 		2024 OFC Beach Soccer Men's Nations Cup  Tahiti 8th 2011 2024 8 Runners-up (2015, 2017)
UEFA (Europe)
(4 teams) 		2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)  Belarus 4th 2019 2024 4 Fourth place (2024)
 Italy 10th 2006 2024 2 Runners-up (2008, 2019, 2024)
 Portugal 12th 2005 2024 6 Champions (2015, 2019)
 Spain 10th 2005 2024 3 Runners-up (2013)

Venue

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Map
Location of The Paradise Arena in Victoria, where the tournament was held.

The single venue, named "The Paradise Arena", was located in the capital city of Victoria.[10]

The venue was the same building as was used in the 2024 edition, disassembled and transported from Dubai, and reconstructed in Victoria. It has a capacity of 3,572.[11]

Draw

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The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place at 19:00 SCT (UTC+4) on 4 April 2025 at in Victoria.[12] The draw was conducted by Michael Mancienne and Sunday Oliseh.

The teams were divided into four pots of four based upon a ranking created by FIFA considering each team's total points at the World Cup over the past five editions (since 2015); the more recent the tournament, the more weight was given to those results, with 20% weight for the oldest year and increasing by 20% annually until 100% weight for the most recent year. Bonus points were also awarded to the teams that won their confederation's championship during qualifying. Using this ranking, the best-performing teams were placed in Pot 1 (plus the hosts), the next best performers were placed in Pot 2 and so on.

This resulted in the following composition pots:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
The numbers in parentheses show the BSWW World Ranking of the teams at the time of the draw, out of 90 nations.[13] The rankings are displayed for context only and had no influence on the draw.

The draw started with Pot 1. As the hosts, the Seychelles were automatically assigned to position A1. The highest-ranked team, Brazil, was automatically assigned to position D1. The other teams were then drawn – the first out was placed into Group A, second into B and so on. The same was repeated for Pots 3 and 4. The exact positions in the groups the teams were allocated to was determined by the drawing of lots from an auxiliary pot. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Seychelles
A2  Belarus
A3  Guatemala
A4  Japan
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Mauritania
B2  Iran
B3  Portugal
B4  Paraguay
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Spain
C2  Senegal
C3  Chile
C4  Tahiti
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Brazil
D2  El Salvador
D3  Italy
D4  Oman

Match officials

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From the International Referees List, FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to adjudicate matches at the World Cup, who were revealed on 29 April 2025.[14] All of the appointed officials are male.

At least one referee represented each of the six confederations of FIFA: four from the AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC, and eight from UEFA.

Squads

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Main article: 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

Each team named a preliminary squad of between 12 and 18 players. From the preliminary squad, the team named a final squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers). Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.[16]

The squads were revealed by FIFA on 15 April 2025.[17]

Group stage

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In the group stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time should be played (one period of three minutes) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner. Each team earned 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. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.[16]

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[16]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, SCT (UTC+4).[18][19]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 0 24 9 +15 9 Knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 19 10 +9 6
3  Guatemala 3 1 0 0 2 9 21 −12 3
4  Seychelles (H) 3 0 0 0 3 8 20 −12 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
Guatemala 2–6 Japan
  • Marroquin 2'
  • M. González 2'
 Report
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Özcan Sultanoğlu (Turkey)
Man of the match: Takeru Furusato (Japan)[20]
Seychelles 3–6 Belarus
 Report
  • Drozd 11', 14', 22'
  • Ryabko 15'
  • Bryshtel 32'
  • Chaikouski 35'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
Man of the match: Artsemi Drozd (Belarus)[21]
Japan 3–6 Belarus
 Report
  • Novikau 6', 19', 23'
  • Hapon 21'
  • Bokach 26' (pen.)
  • Drozd 35'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
Man of the match: Yauheni Novikau (Belarus)[22]
Seychelles 3–4 Guatemala
 Report M. González 8', 9', 11', 25'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Fallah Al Balushi (Oman)
Man of the match: Miguel González (Guatemala)[23]
Belarus 12–3 Guatemala
  • A. Hapon 6'
  • Ryabko 12', 16', 32', 33'
  • Bryshtel 14', 24', 27', 31'
  • Ustsinovich 20'
  • Bokach 22', 26'
 Report
  • Crocker 27'
  • Montepegue 28'
  • Marroquín 30'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 795
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
Man of the match: Ihar Bryshtel (Belarus)[24]
Japan 10–2 Seychelles
  • Oba 10', 26'
  • Akaguma 12', 14', 17', 34'
  • Eguro 19'
  • Tsuboya 19'
  • Matsumoto 23' (pen.)
  • Suzuki 24'
 Report Bibi 11', 16'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Man of the match: Takuya Akaguma (Japan)[25]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 0 26 18 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Iran 3 2 0 0 1 15 12 +3 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 0 2 19 21 −2 3
4  Mauritania 3 0 0 0 3 13 22 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mauritania 4–5 Iran
  • Belkheir 9', 20', 35'
  • Bilal 33'
 Report
  • Mirshekari 5'
  • Mohammadpour 7'
  • Shir 9'
  • Mokhtari 12', 16'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,272
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Man of the match: Cheikh Belkheir (Mauritania)[26]
Portugal 11–9 Paraguay
 Report
  • Carballo 4'
  • V. Benítez 10'
  • Y. Rolón 19'
  • N. Medina 29'
  • Barrios 33', 34', 36'
  • J. Rolón 33'
  • Martínez 36'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 2,825
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Man of the match: Bê Martins (Portugal)[27]
Paraguay 1–5 Iran
M. Medina 20' Report
  • Mohammadpour 2'
  • Mirjalili 4'
  • Nazem 23'
  • Shir 30'
  • Masoumi 36'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,237
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Man of the match: Mehdi Mirjalili (Iran)[28]
Mauritania 4–8 Portugal
  • Bilal 12'
  • Salem 22', 35'
  • Belkheir 36'
 Report
  • P. Mano 6'
  • Tim 11'
  • Jordan 14'
  • L. Martins 15'
  • Lourenço 18', 23'
  • Pintado 19'
  • B. Lopes 22'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (Tahiti)
Man of the match: André Lourenço (Portugal)[29]
Paraguay 9–5 Mauritania
  • Ovelár 4'
  • V. Benítez 5', 34'
  • N. Medina 21', 32'
  • M. Medina 25'
  • Martínez 28'
  • J. Benítez 29' (pen.)
  • Barrios 35'
 Report
  • Bilal 4'
  • Belkheir 12', 18', 34'
  • Diallo 27'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,006
Referee: Alejandro Ojaos (Spain)
Man of the match: Thiago Barrios (Paraguay)[30]
Iran 5–7 Portugal
  • Nazarzadeh 3', 33'
  • Amiri 11'
  • Mokhtari 26'
  • Mohammadpour 33'
 Report
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: André Lourenço (Portugal)[31]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 3 0 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3  Chile 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 −5 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 0 3 12 21 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Chile 7–6 Tahiti
  • Albuerno 3'
  • San Martin 8'
  • Tobar 15'
  • Durán 18'
  • Opazo 22', 34'
  • Bacian 23'
 Report
  • Salem 4', 7', 17'
  • Tinirauarii 18', 35'
  • Terorotua 35'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 958
Referee: Ramadhani Ndayisaba (Burundi)
Man of the match: Diego Opazo (Chile)[32]
Spain 1–4 Senegal
Antonio 31' Report
  • Thiaw 2'
  • Ndiaye 13'
  • Fall 27'
  • Sylla 31'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,373
Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)
Man of the match: Al Seyni Ndiaye (Senegal)[32]
Tahiti 3–6 Senegal
 Report
  • Sylla 3', 33'
  • Mam. Diagne 19', 35'
  • Gadiaga 23'
  • Faye 29'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 2,018
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Man of the match: Ninou Diatta (Senegal)[33]
Spain 4–2 Chile
  • Batis 4', 28'
  • Chiky 6'
  • Kuman 10'
 Report
  • San Martin 6'
  • Araya 36'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,355
Referee: Jorge Moran (Panama)
Man of the match: Suli Batis (Spain)[34]
Senegal 7–3 Chile
  • Man. Diagne 2', 21'
  • Fall 8', 17'
  • Diatta 14', 35'
  • Thiaw 33' (pen.)
 Report
  • Tobar 15', 33'
  • San Martin 34'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Man of the match: Mandione Diagne (Senegal)[35]
Tahiti 3–8 Spain
 Report
  • Ramy 11', 27'
  • D. Ardil 19'
  • Batis 20', 29'
  • Juanmi 21'
  • Chiky 21'
  • Galindo 36'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Jorge Gómez (Colombia)
Man of the match: Kuman (Spain)[36]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 16 3 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 13 6 +7 6
3  Oman 3 0 0 1 2 9 22 −13 1
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 0 3 5 12 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Italy 7–4 Oman
  • Fazzini 1'
  • Zurlo 5'
  • Bertacca 17'
  • Genovali 19'
  • Remedi 30'
  • Josep Jr. 31', 32'
 Report
  • Al Bulushi 9'
  • Al Muraiki 10', 31'
  • Musa. Al Araimi 24'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 802
Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Josep Jr. (Italy)[32]
Brazil 3–1 El Salvador
 Report Ramos 13'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Ibrahim Alraeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Man of the match: Thanger (Brazil)[32]
Oman 4–4 (a.e.t.) El Salvador
  • Musa. Al Araimi 1'
  • Al Muraiki 20' (pen.)
  • S. Al Oraimi 30'
  • Al Bulushi 34'
 Report
  • Cerna 8'
  • Batres 18'
  • Castro 24' (pen.)
  • Frank 30'
Penalties
  • Al Zadjali soccer ball with check mark
  • A. Al Owaisi soccer ball with check mark
  • Musa. Al Araimi soccer ball with check mark
  • Al Muraiki soccer ball with check mark
  • Mush. Al Araimi soccer ball with check mark
  • Al Bulushi soccer ball with check mark
  • Al Sauti soccer ball with check mark
 7–6
  • soccer ball with check mark Frank
  • soccer ball with check mark Ruiz
  • soccer ball with check mark Ramos
  • soccer ball with check mark Castro
  • soccer ball with check mark Gonzalez
  • soccer ball with check mark Cerna
  • soccer ball with red X Robles
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Man of the match: Musallam Al Araimi (Oman)[37]
Brazil 2–1 Italy
Mauricinho 11', 33' Report Fazzini 14'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Man of the match: Mauricinho (Brazil)[38]
El Salvador 0–5 Italy
Report
  • Genovali 9', 21' (pen.)
  • Bertacca 12'
  • Josep Jr. 24' (pen.)
  • Zurlo 30'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: Nayim Kosimov (Uzbekistan)
Man of the match: Gianmarco Genovali (Italy)[39]
Oman 1–11 Brazil
Al Bulushi 33' Report
  • Edson Hulk 2'
  • Rodrigo 2'
  • Thanger 4'
  • Brendo 10', 30'
  • Benjamin Jr. 25', 36'
  • Catarino 25', 34', 36'
  • Mauricinho 35'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,484
Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)
Man of the match: Rodrigo (Brazil)[40]

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 May
 
 
 Belarus4
 
10 May
 
 Iran3
 
 Belarus5
 
8 May
 
 Senegal2
 
 Senegal (a.e.t.)4
 
11 May
 
 Italy3
 
 Belarus3
 
8 May
 
 Brazil4
 
 Portugal7
 
10 May
 
 Japan6
 
 Portugal2
 
8 May
 
 Brazil4 Third place match
 
 Brazil6
 
11 May
 
 Spain0
 
 Senegal2
 
 
 Portugal3
 

Quarter-finals

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Belarus 4–3 Iran
 Report
  • Masoumi 12', 32'
  • Mohammadpour 36'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 1,512
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Man of the match: Ihar Bryshtel (Belarus)[41]
Portugal 7–6 Japan
 Report
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Man of the match: Bê Martins (Portugal)[41]
Senegal 4–3 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • Mam. Diagne 1', 39'
  • Thiaw 20' (pen.)
  • Faye 26'
 Report
  • Fazzini 15'
  • Zurlo 18'
  • Marchesi 21'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Mamour Diagne (Senegal)[41]
Brazil 6–0 Spain
  • Rodrigo 5', 6'
  • Benjamin Jr. 14'
  • Catarino 33'
  • Teleco 35'
  • Filipe 36'
 Report
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
Man of the match: Rodrigo (Brazil)[41]

Semi-finals

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Belarus 5–2 Senegal
  • Avgustov 3'
  • Bryshtel 15', 24'
  • Hapon 16'
  • Bokach 35'
 Report
  • Fall 9'
  • Mam. Diagne 27'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,356
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Man of the match: Mikhail Avgustov (Belarus)[42]
Portugal 2–4 Brazil
  • B. Lopes 8'
  • Lourenço 19'
 Report
  • Thanger 13'
  • Filipe 16'
  • Rodrigo 28'
  • Catarino 32'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Man of the match: Antonio (Brazil)[42]

Third place match

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Senegal 2–3 Portugal
  • Diatta 3'
  • Fall 31'
 Report
  • Gadiaga 26' (o.g.)
  • Coimbra 32'
  • Lourenço 34' (pen.)
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)
Man of the match: Bê Martins (Portugal)[43]

Final

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Belarus 3–4 Brazil
 Report
  • Lucão 2'
  • Rodrigo 13', 35'
  • Catarino 13'
Paradise Arena, Victoria
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)
Man of the match: Rodrigo (Brazil)[44]

Winners

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2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions

Brazil
Seventh title
16th world title

Awards

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After the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, three top goalscorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking.[45]

The individual awards were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Brazil Rodrigo Belarus Ihar Bryshtel Portugal Bê Martins
Golden Scorer Silver Scorer Bronze Scorer
Belarus Ihar Bryshtel
(11 goals) 		Portugal André Lourenço
(8 goals) 		Brazil Rodrigo
(7 goals)
Golden Glove
Belarus Mikhail Avgustov
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 288 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 9 goals per match. Ihar Bryshtel became the third man to end as top scorer in consecutive editions, after Madjer (2005 and 2006) and Gabriele Gori (2017 and 2019).[46]

11 goals

8 goals

  • Portugal André Lourenço

7 goals

  • Brazil Rodrigo
  • Mauritania Cheikh Belkheir
  • Portugal Miguel Pintado

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Belarus Vadzim Bokach
  • Belarus Artsemi Drozd
  • Belarus Yauheni Novikau
  • Iran Movahed Mohammadpour
  • Japan Ozu Moreira
  • Japan Takaaki Oba
  • Paraguay Thiago Barrios
  • Spain Suli Batos
  • French Polynesia Heirauarii Salem

3 goals

  • Belarus Aleh Hapon
  • Brazil Benjamin Jr.
  • Brazil Mauricinho
  • Brazil Thanger
  • Chile Diego San Martin
  • Chile Héctor Tobar
  • Iran Mohammad Masoumi
  • Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari
  • Italy Tommaso Fazzini
  • Italy Gianmarco Genovali
  • Italy Josep Junior
  • Italy Emmanuele Zurlo
  • Japan Masato Suzuki
  • Japan Ryota Tsuboya
  • Mauritania Ahmedou Bilal
  • Oman Sami Al Bulushi
  • Oman Yahya Al Muriki
  • Paraguay Valentín Benítez
  • Paraguay Néstor Medina
  • Portugal Rui Coimbra
  • Senegal Ninou Diatta
  • Senegal Mamadou Sylla
  • Senegal Sanou Thiaw
  • French Polynesia Ro'onui Tinirauarii

2 goals

  • Brazil Brendo
  • Brazil Filipe Silva
  • Brazil Lucão
  • Chile Diego Opazo
  • Guatemala Berny Marroquín
  • Iran Reza Amiri
  • Iran Mohammadali Nazarzadeh
  • Iran Mahdi Shir
  • Italy Luca Bertacca
  • Japan Kosuke Matsuda
  • Mauritania Hamdy Salem
  • Oman Musallam Al Araimi
  • Paraguay Mathías Martínez
  • Paraguay Milciades Medina
  • Portugal Ruben Brilhante
  • Portugal Bernardo Lopes
  • Portugal Léo Martins
  • Senegal Mandione Diagne
  • Senegal Ousseynou Faye
  • Seychelles Terrence Amade
  • Seychelles Lienal Bibi
  • Seychelles Remy De Ketelaere
  • Seychelles Brandon Labrosse
  • Spain Chiky Ardil
  • Spain Ramy Saghdani

1 goal

  • Belarus Mikhail Avgustov
  • Belarus Mikita Chaikouski
  • Belarus Yahor Hardzetski
  • Belarus Uladzimir Ustsinovich
  • Brazil Edson Hulk
  • Brazil Teleco
  • Chile Andrés Albuerño
  • Chile Gabriel Bacian
  • Chile Daniel Durán
  • Chile César Rama
  • Guatemala Pablo Crocker
  • Guatemala Erick Montepeque
  • Iran Seyed Mirjalili
  • Iran Ali Nazem
  • Italy Camillo Marchesi
  • Italy Alessandro Remedi
  • Japan Chikara Eguro
  • Japan Takeru Furusato
  • Japan Yusuke Kawai
  • Japan Ken Matsumoto
  • Mauritania Mohamed Diallo
  • Oman Salim Al Oraimi
  • Paraguay Jhovanny Benítez
  • Paraguay Carlos Carballo
  • Paraguay Carlos Ovelár
  • Paraguay Jesús Rolón
  • Paraguay Yoao Rolón
  • Portugal Pedro Mano
  • Portugal Filipe Tim
  • Senegal Seydina Gadiaga
  • Senegal Al Seyni Ndiaye
  • El Salvador Jose Batres
  • El Salvador Andersson Castro
  • El Salvador Emerson Cerna
  • El Salvador Heber Ramos
  • El Salvador Frank Velásquez
  • Spain Antonio Mayor
  • Spain David Ardil
  • Spain Roberto Galindo
  • Spain Juanmi
  • Spain Kuman
  • French Polynesia Gervais Chan-Kat
  • French Polynesia Matatia Paama
  • French Polynesia Heimanu Taiarui
  • French Polynesia Heimaru Terorotua

1 own goal

  • Spain Chiky Ardil (vs. Tahiti)
  • Senegal Seydina Gadiaga (vs. Portugal)

Source: BSWW

Marketing

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On 3 May 2024, the official emblem and brand identity were unveiled at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort.[47] On 3 December 2024, the official poster was revealed.[48]

Official ball

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On 27 November 2024, FIFA and Adidas announced the official match ball is the Adidas CNXT25 PRO BCH.[49]

Theme song

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On 3 April 2025, the official song for the tournament, entitled Boom SE SE, was announced by FIFA. The song was performed by two popular artists in the region, Elijah Seychelles and Taniah, at the draw.[50][51]

Mascot

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On 7 March 2025, the mascot was revealed: a turtle who loves football named "TiKay". The mascot pays homage to the essence of the competition's first edition to take place in Africa. Its name comes from the French word "petit," which means small, and from the abbreviated Seychellois Creole word for "scales." The passionate little turtle was born among the fine white sand dunes of Seychelles, representing the beautiful beaches, culture, and biodiversity of Africa's smallest country, as well as the crystal-clear waters that surround it. Its debut took place at Beau Vallon Beach, where the nation's President, Wavel Ramkalawan, was present. More than 40 children, coaches, and members of the Seychellois beach soccer national team joined in a beach soccer activity to promote the sport to local youth.[52]

Sponsorships

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FIFA partners FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup supporters

Notes

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  1. ^ Oman have finished in the group stage in 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
  2. ^ Comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean
  3. ^ Brazil have won in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017 and 2024.

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