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Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games

The beach soccer tournaments at the 2023 World Beach Games were due to held from 6 to 12 August 2023 in Bali, Indonesia and organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). However, on 4 July 2023, the Games were announced as cancelled due to the last minute withdrawal of the Indonesian Olympic Committee as hosts.[1][2] Thus, the beach soccer tournaments never took place, despite preliminary qualification competitions having already been carried out.

Beach soccer
at the 2023 World Beach Games
LocationBali, Indonesia (cancelled)
Dates6–12 August (cancelled)
Competitors336 (expected)
Teams28
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Two events were due to take place: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. A total of 28 teams were due to participate (16 in the men's competition and 12 in the women's). Both the men's and women's squads were to consist of up to 12 players, meaning a total of 336 athletes were expected to take part.[3]

Competition schedule edit

The tournament was due to begin on 6 August and end on 12 August.[4]

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter one men's team and one women's team into the competition. In order to play at the Games, these teams needed to qualify.[3]

The six continental confederations of FIFA were each allocated a certain amount of berths at the Games;[3] qualification events were organised for teams to compete against other members of their own confederation to try and earn one of their continent's spots at the Games. ANOC delegated the responsibility of organising qualification to Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[3] Qualification tournaments were for all confederations, however, for some, these qualification events were ultimately not be realised – in these cases, their teams which occupy the highest positions in the BSWW World Ranking as of 1 July 2023 were due to be granted qualification. The deadline for qualification to be completed was 2 July 2023.[4]

For both categories, the host country qualified automatically and one country who failed to qualify was also due to be invited to compete as a wildcard entry as a lucky loser.[3]

Multiple qualification tournaments had already been completed by the time of the Games' cancellation on 4 July 2023, with most participants confirmed.

Men's qualification edit

Means of qualification Ref. Dates Venue Berths Qualified
Hosts [4] 24 May 2022[a] — 1   Indonesia
2022 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [5][6] 29 August – 4 September 2022   Catania 5   Italy
  Portugal
  Spain
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
2023 African Beach Games [7][8] 27–30 June 2023   Hammamet 2   Morocco
  Senegal
2023 AFC–OFC Qualifying Tournament [4][9] 25–27 May 2023   Jeddah 2   Iran
  United Arab Emirates
2023 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [10][11] 6–8 April 2023   San Luis La Herradura 2   El Salvador
  United States
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [4] — — 3 Never confirmed[b]
Wildcard [4] — — 1 Never confirmed[c]
Total   16

Women's qualification edit

Means of qualification Ref. Dates Venue Berths Qualified
Hosts [4] 24 May 2022[a] — 1   Indonesia
2022 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [5][6] 31 August – 4 September 2022   Catania 4   Great Britain[d]
  Italy
  Spain
  Ukraine
2023 African Beach Games [4][7] 28 June 2023   Hammamet 1   Kenya[e]
Invitation (AFC–OFC team) [4][9] — — 1 Never confirmed[f]
2023 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [10][11] 6–8 April 2023   San Luis La Herradura 2   El Salvador
  United States
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [4] — — 2 Never confirmed[b]
Wildcard [4] — — 1 Never confirmed[c]
Total   12

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		Competition cancelled. Competition cancelled. Competition cancelled.
Women's tournament
details 		Competition cancelled. Competition cancelled. Competition cancelled.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Refers to the publication date of the qualification system when it was revealed the hosts qualify automatically.
  2. ^ a b As of the qualification completion deadline of 2 July 2023, no preliminary qualification tournaments for the CONMEBOL region had been carried out. Per the qualification regulations, this meant that, as per the latest issue of the BSWW World Ranking, the top three men's CONMEBOL teams, and top two women's CONMEBOL teams, were to be granted the berths. These were Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (men's); Brazil and Paraguay (women's).[12] However, the teams were not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b The wildcard entries were not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023. However, a media release by the Solomon Islands Football Federation on 3 July stated that its men's national team was preparing to participate.[13]
  4. ^ Competed in qualification as England. England does not have an independent NOC and is instead represented by Great Britain at Olympic events.[6][14]
  5. ^ The Kenyan national team was due to play a best-of-three tie against Cape Verde to determine who would qualify to the Games, however the latter withdrew at the last minute, meaning Kenya qualified on a walkover.[15]
  6. ^ As of the qualification completion deadline of 2 July 2023, no women's preliminary qualification tournament for the AFC–OFC region had been carried out. Per the qualification regulations, this meant that, as per the latest issue of the BSWW World Ranking, the top women's AFC–OFC team was to be granted the berth. However, no AFC–OFC women's teams were ranked at the time.[12] Per the qualification regulations, it was then expected that a National Olympic Committee of the region would be invited to send a team. However, the team was not officially confirmed by BSWW before the Games were announced as cancelled on 4 July 2023.

References edit

  1. ^ Lingeswaran, Susan (4 July 2023). "2023 World Beach Games canceled after Bali withdraws as host". Sportcal. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ "World Beach Games cancelled after Bali withdraws as host". Reuters. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – ANOC WORLD BEACH GAMES 2023 - BEACH SOCCER WORLDWIDE - BEACH SOCCER" (PDF). ANOC. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Qualification system for the ANOC World Beach Games 2023 defined". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Gli ANOC World Beach Games a Catania dal 29 agosto al 4 settembre". CataniaToday (in Italian). 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Houston, Michael (4 September 2022). "England and Spain top beach soccer qualifying for 2023 ANOC World Beach Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The African Beach Games are qualifiers for the World Beach Games billed for Bali, Indonesia, from 5 to 12 August 2023." "2nd AFRICAN BEACH GAMES: 53 COUNTRIES ON THE HAMMAMET BEACH!". Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Jeux Africains de Plage (beach-soccer/3è journée).. Le Maroc bat le Kenya (6-3)". Arryadia (in French). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b "SAFF's General secretary Ibrahim Alkassim confirms Saudi Arabian's rights of hosting the Asian Qualifier for the ANOC Beach Soccer World Games". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b "ANOC World Beach Games Qualifier to be played in El Salvador". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Destacan faena de El Salvador en torneo de futbol playa". Prensa Latina (in Spanish). 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Rankings". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ Abana, Simon (3 July 2023). "Honiara Titans claim SIFF Invitational Beach Soccer Championship title". Solomon Islands Football Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2023. The Championship also served to select a national beach soccer team known commonly as the Biliki ahead of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup and the invitational ANOC Beach Games also in August – a collaboration between the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) together with SIFF to send a team in the football code.
  14. ^ Houston, Michael (5 September 2022). "England to compete for Britain in beach soccer at 2023 ANOC World Beach Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  15. ^ Wasike, Maxwell (28 June 2023). "Harambee Sand Starlets secure a place to the World Beach Games - KBC". Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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