When and where
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025™ will take place between 1 and 11 May 2025 in Victoria, Mahé island.
Qualified nations
Belarus, Italy, Mauritania, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, Spain.
Remaining qualifying places
AFC: 3
Concacaf: 2
CONMEBOL: 3
OFC: 1
Qualifying competitions
OFC
Dates: 20-26 October 2024
Location: Solomon Islands
Concacaf
Dates: February 2025
Location: TBC
CONMEBOL
Dates: 22-28 February 2025
AFC
Dates: 20-30 March 2025
Location: TBC
Information on the other preliminary competitions to follow.
Format
The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four. The two in each group will reach the knockout phase, in which quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and final will ensue.
Tickets
Tickets will go on sale on FIFA.com/tickets later this year.
Champions
2005: France
2006: Brazil
2007: Brazil
2008: Brazil
2009: Brazil
2011: Russia
2013: Russia
2015: Portugal
2017: Brazil
2019: Portugal
2021: RFU
2024: Brazil
Golden Ball winners
2005: Madjer (Portugal)
2006: Madjer (Portugal)
2007: Buru (Brazil)
2008: Amarelle (Spain)
2009: Dejan Stankovic (Switzerland)
2011: Ilya Leonov (Russia)
2013: Bruno Xavier (Brazil)
2015: Heimanu Taiarui (Tahiti)
2017: Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (IR Iran)
2019: Ozu Moreira (Japan)
2021: Noel Ott (Switzerland)
2024: Josep Jr (Italy)
