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Beach Soccer Worldwide
AbbreviationBSWW
Formation1994 (founding partners)
25 October 2000 (merger)
TypeInternational sport federation
HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
211 national associations
Official languages
English
President
Joan Cuscó[1]
Vice-president
Gabino Renales[2]
AffiliationsFIFA,
International Olympic Committee[3]
Staff<50[4]
Websitewww.beachsoccer.com

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is known today having been officially founded in late 2000 as a singular institution to develop the sport and organise international beach soccer competitions across the globe, primarily between national teams.[5] The company is recognised as playing the biggest role in helping to establish the rules of beach soccer, to spread and evolve the sport around the world as cited by FIFA who took on governing body status of the sport from BSWW in 2005.[6] Having established the sport's key regulations, FIFA acknowledged BSWW's framework, making their rules the official laws of beach soccer and now controls them and any modifications.

Today, under the recognition of FIFA, BSWW continues to be main organisation that organises beach soccer tournaments and development (with FIFA's assistance) around the world, mainly in Europe, including the Euro Beach Soccer League, BSWW exhibition tour events and others, having involved over 110 national teams in the sport, as well as newly founded club competitions.[7][8] Its founders also established the Beach Soccer World Championships; BSWW created a partnership with FIFA, FIFA Beach Soccer S.L., in 2005 to manage the tournament as the newly named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the only major international beach soccer tournament that BSWW does not have a hand in organising but which is all the management of FIFA.[9]

Members of the organisation serve on FIFA's Beach Soccer Committee.

First international matches was played in 1993 for men and 2009 for women.[10][11] Now (July 2023) 193 Men / 64 Women club and 101 Men / 23 Women national team sorted in World Ranking.[12]

History

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See also: Beach Soccer § Rules

Founding

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BSWW's routes are traced back to 1992 with the establishment of the official rules of the sport by Giancarlo Signorini, the founding partner of Beach Soccer Company (BSC).[5][13] In 1992, Signorini staged a pilot event in Los Angeles in order to test out and perfect these rules which remain very similar today. In July 1993, with the aid of his own company, BSI, Signorini organised the first professional beach soccer event, held on Miami Beach, Florida. A keen interest was taken by Brazilian sports marketing agency, Koch Tavares, who replicated the event in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Viking Graham Sports Group, a Philadelphia based investment group, acquired BSI's rights to stage professional beach soccer events, forming a partnership with Signorini to create Beach Soccer Company.[5][14]

Koch Tavares and BSC went on to be the main two entities involved in promoting beach soccer for the rest of the 1990s, with the former responsible for organising the Beach Soccer World Championships beginning in 1995, and the latter establishing the Pro Beach Soccer Tour in 1996, a series of worldwide professional exhibition tournaments to promote the sport, and the European Pro Beach Soccer League in 1998, all contested between national teams as opposed to clubs. BSC relocated to Monaco in 1998 and again to Barcelona in 1999, renaming to become Pro Beach Soccer, S.L. (PBS) in 2000 to reflect the branding of their established events.[5]

In October 2000,[15] the entity of Koch Tavares responsible for beach soccer and PBS came together to register one single company in order to streamline development of the sport under one unifying company, as opposed to multiple parties involved trying to synchronise progress between one another, officially forming Beach Soccer Worldwide, opting to remain based in Barcelona.[5][16] Starting with the 2001 season, BSWW took on roles of organising all major competitions of the preceding companies including the Pro Beach Soccer Tour and European Pro Beach Soccer League, whilst supervising the World Championships and the newly created America's League, all remaining focused on national teams. This was also done to make it easier to bring on board sponsors, coordinate media coverage and present the football alternative to FIFA under a clearly defined, all-encompassing, representative body for beach soccer.[5]

FIFA partnership

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A scene from a 2008 BSWW Tour event between Israel and Turkey

BSWW's attention immediately turned to FIFA. Beach Soccer Company had already ensured all tournaments from 2000 onwards were played under FIFA's fair play rules and delegates from both parties met multiple times to discuss for BSWW's rules of the sport and competitions to gain recognition and backing of football's governing body.[17] By 2002, FIFA had come to an agreement with BSWW to adopt the rules and regulations that had been established over the previous decade, with some minor changes to ensure FIFA's interest in key components of regular football were respected and acknowledging key major tournaments in the sport including the World Championships.[18] During this time, BSWW also brought on board major sponsors such as MasterCard, McDonald's and Coca-Cola for certain time period.[6]

The involvement with FIFA was furthered in 2004 when FIFA Beach Soccer S.L. was established in agreement and partnership with BSWW, to take over responsibility of the World Championships, being beach soccer's primary tournament, to become an official FIFA competition.[19] The newly named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup would start in 2005, with BSWW staff acting as advisers. It was also agreed that FIFA would become the sport's governing body, taking over from BSWW.[9]

However at this time FIFA also recognised BSWW as the main entity behind past and more importantly continuing promotion and development of the sport elsewhere besides the new World Cup,[6] and so BSWW retained the organisation responsibilities and control of other beach soccer championships like the EBSL, with FIFA only taking full control of the World Cup.[7] So much so that after the first successful World Cup in 2005, when FIFA established World Cup qualifying tournaments to promote the sport across all confederations to start in 2006, all responsibility was handed to BSWW to organise and execute such events, with FIFA only supervising.[20]

Continued development

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BSWW Vice-President and FIFA committee member Joan Cuscó
A scene from the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship match between Brazil and Paraguay with the BSWW logo on hoarding visible in the background

Since then, BSWW has continued to develop the sport worldwide, now aided greatly with FIFA's beach soccer training courses and refereeing.[21][22] The Euro Beach Soccer League (dropping the pro from the title in 2004 as it was no longer reflecting of the company name)[23] has remained BSWW's main asset, gathering up to 27 nations to compete in recent editions compared to just 7 in the first event in 1998 in a summer-long event. The Pro Beach Soccer Tour has also been renamed to the BSWW Tour for the same reasons, continuing exhibition events to promote the sport as far wide and remote as Réunion and Cape Verde with around 10 tour events a year.[24] BSWW has continued organising the World Cup qualifiers, as well as establishing new regular international competitions such as the Intercontinental Cup (similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup) since 2011 and generating more interest from big sponsors like Samsung[25] and Huawei.[26]

BSWW representatives, in partnership with FIFA, have liaised with the International Olympic Committee a number of times, with Olympic-affiliated events such as the Asian Beach Games integrating beach soccer from 2008 onward, the South American Beach Games from 2009 and the European Games starting from 2015. The ultimate aim is to have beach soccer a sport in the summer Olympics.[27][28][29] But despite a campaign for inclusion in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.,[29] the sport was ultimately not included and so lobbying in cooperation with FIFA continues,[citation needed] to ultimately fulfil the goal of making beach soccer an Olympic sport. In 2017, BSWW secured beach soccer as a sport at the inaugural Olympic-affiliated World Beach Games in 2019 and hope to use its inclusion as a springboard for future absorption into the Summer Olympics.[citation needed]

More recently, a greater involvement from certain confederations in organising World Cup qualifying championships has eased the full involvement of BSWW,[30] allowing the federation to promote the club side of the game more, establishing the Mundialito de Clubs (Club World Cup) in 2011[31] and the Euro Winners Cup (similar to the UEFA Champions League) in 2013.[32]

Development of the women's game has also become a target for BSWW, with the first official game between Switzerland and Germany in 2009,[33] promoting further international exhibition tournaments and friendlies involving nations such as England, Italy and the Czech Republic, with the Euro Winners Cup having a 16-club women's version for the first time in 2016[34] and the first Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup also taking place in 2016.

BSWW has organised and delivered over 200 international events in more than 50 countries worldwide, involving over 110 nations from all confederations, assembling an audience of over 250 million households in 180 countries.[8] Vice-president Joan Cuscó continues to serve on FIFA's Beach Soccer committee as BSWW's representative.[35] In 2017, BSWW and FIFA agreed to extend their partnership until at least 2024.[36]

Identity

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Flag

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  • 2001–2008
    2001–2008
  • 2009–2016
    2009–2016
  • 2016–present
    2016–present

Stars awards

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2018 individual award winners
Best player Spain Llorenç Gomez
Best goalkeeper Portugal Elinton Andrade
Best coach Brazil Gilberto Costa
Rising star Iran Mohammad Moradi
Best goal Spain Eduard Suarez
Best women's player Russia Marina Fedorova
Main article: Beach Soccer Stars

It has been standard practice for BSWW to award prizes to the top scorer, MVP and best goalkeeper at the conclusion every event of their organisation. However, in 2014, BSWW took this concept of awards to a new level, establishing beach soccer's first annual end of season awards ceremony, taking place during November in Dubai.[37] The ceremony, a gala event attended by many of the world's leading figures in the sport, celebrates the achievements of top performers worldwide over the course of the season[38] and has been compared to FIFA's The Best awards and the Ballon d'Or in association football,[39] in both importance, grandeur and equivalence for those involved in beach soccer.

Some of the many prizes awarded on the night include best player of the year, best coach of the year, best goal and best team.[40]

BSWW structured tournaments

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BSWW organises and has an input in many different competitions; the following are regular events that are ongoing:[41]

Advisory role:

Considerable input, with involvement from confederations, under the supervision of FIFA:

Affiliation only:

Current title holders

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See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in beach soccer, and 2024 in sports
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition[42][43]
Global
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2024 (Final)  Brazil 6th  Italy 2025 (Final)
World Beach Games 2019 (Final)  Brazil 1st  Russia 2027 (Final)
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 (Final)  Iran 4th  Brazil 2023 (Final)
Mediterranean Beach Games 2015  Italy 1st  Egypt 2019
BSWW Mundialito 2019  Portugal 7th  Senegal 2022
Africa
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations 2021 (Final)  Senegal 6th  Mozambique 2022 (Final)
Asia
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup 2023 (Final)  Iran 3rd  Japan 2025 (Final)
Asian Beach Games 2016  Japan 1st  Oman 2023
North America
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2021 (Final)  El Salvador 2nd  United States 2023 (Final)
Oceania
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 (Final)  Tahiti 2nd  Solomon Islands 2023 (Final)
South America
South American Beach Games 2023  Brazil 5th  Colombia 2023
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 2021 (Final)  Brazil 8th  Uruguay 2023 (Final)
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition[42][43]
Europe
European Games 2019 (Final)  Portugal 1st  Spain 2023 (Final)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2016  Portugal 2nd  Italy ---
Euro Beach Soccer League 2022   Switzerland 2th  Portugal 2023
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2021  Spain 4th  Ukraine 2023
World Beach Games qualification (UEFA) 2023  Spain 1st  Portugal 2027
National teams (women)
Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2019  Russia 2nd  Spain 2022
Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2021 2022
Club teams
Mundialito de Clubes 2021 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 3rd Portugal Braga 2022
Euro Winners Cup 2022 (Final) Portugal Benfica Loures 1st Portugal Braga 2023 (Final)
Club teams (women)
Women's Euro Winners Cup 2022 Spain Bonaire Terrassa 1st Spain San Javier 2023

Teams

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National teams with year of first international game:

Men

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  1. Brazil Brazil national beach soccer team (1993)
  2. Argentina Argentina national beach soccer team (1993)
  3. United States United States men's national beach soccer team (1993)
  4. Italy Italy national beach soccer team (1993)
  5. Chile Chile national beach soccer team (1994)
  6. Uruguay Uruguay national beach soccer team (1994)
  7. Netherlands Netherlands national beach soccer team (1995)
  8. Germany Germany national beach soccer team (1995)
  9. England England national beach soccer team (1995)
  10. Mexico Mexico national beach soccer team (1995)
  11. Japan Japan national beach soccer team (1995)
  12. South Korea South Korea national beach soccer team (1995)
  13. Canada Canada national beach soccer team (1995)
  14. Russia Russia national beach soccer team (1996)
  15. Denmark Denmark national beach soccer team (1996)
  16. France France national beach soccer team (1996)
  17. Spain Spain national beach soccer team (1996)
  18. Belgium Belgium national beach soccer team (1996)
  19. Malaysia Malaysia national beach soccer team (1996)
  20. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia national beach soccer team (1996)
  21. Portugal Portugal national beach soccer team (1996)
  22. Peru Peru national beach soccer team (1998)
  23. Switzerland Switzerland national beach soccer team (1998)
  24. Austria Austria national beach soccer team (1998)
  25. Nigeria Nigeria national beach soccer team (1998)
  26. Paraguay Paraguay national beach soccer team (1999)
  27. South Africa South Africa national beach soccer team (1999)
  28. Venezuela Venezuela national beach soccer team (2000)
  29. Turkey Turkey national beach soccer team (2000)
  30. Republic of Ireland Ireland national beach soccer team (2001)
  31. Thailand Thailand national beach soccer team (2002)
  32. Norway Norway national beach soccer team (2002)
  33. Greece Greece national beach soccer team (2003)
  34. Sweden Sweden national beach soccer team (2004)
  35. Poland Poland national beach soccer team (2004)
  36. Monaco Monaco national beach soccer team (2004)
  37. Ukraine Ukraine national beach soccer team (2005)
  38. Hungary Hungary national beach soccer team (2005)
  39. Australia Australia national beach soccer team (2005)
  40. Czech Republic Czech Republic national beach soccer team (2006)
  41. Costa Rica Costa Rica national beach soccer team (2006)
  42. Iran Iran national beach soccer team (2006)
  43. China China national beach soccer team (2006)
  44. Philippines Philippines national beach soccer team (2006)
  45. United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team (2006)
  46. Bahrain Bahrain national beach soccer team (2006)
  47. Montenegro Montenegro national beach soccer team (2006)
  48. Solomon Islands Solomon Islands national beach soccer team (2006)
  49. Cook Islands Cook Islands national beach soccer team (2006)
  50. French Polynesia Tahiti national beach soccer team (2006)
  51. Vanuatu Vanuatu national beach soccer team (2006)
  52. Jamaica Jamaica national beach soccer team (2006)
  53. Egypt Egypt national beach soccer team (2006)
  54. Morocco Morocco national beach soccer team (2006)
  55. Cameroon Cameroon national beach soccer team (2006)
  56. Ivory Coast Ivory Coast national beach soccer team (2006)
  57. Réunion Réunion national beach soccer team (2006)
  58. Madagascar Madagascar national beach soccer team (2006)
  59. Senegal Senegal national beach soccer team (2006)
  60. Israel Israel national beach soccer team (2007)
  61. Bulgaria Bulgaria national beach soccer team (2007)
  62. Romania Romania national beach soccer team (2007)
  63. Estonia Estonia national beach soccer team (2007)
  64. Cape Verde Cape Verde national beach soccer team (2007)
  65. Mozambique Mozambique national beach soccer team (2007)
  66. India India national beach soccer team (2007)
  67. El Salvador El Salvador national beach soccer team (2007)
  68. New Zealand New Zealand national beach soccer team (2007)
  69. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan national beach soccer team (2008)
  70. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan national beach soccer team (2008)
  71. Latvia Latvia national beach soccer team (2008)
  72. Slovakia Slovakia national beach soccer team (2008)
  73. Andorra Andorra national beach soccer team (2008)
  74. Georgia (country) Georgia national beach soccer team (2008)
  75. Lithuania Lithuania national beach soccer team (2008)
  76. Kuwait Kuwait national beach soccer team (2008)
  77. Oman Oman national beach soccer team (2008)
  78. Libya Libya national beach soccer team (2008)
  79. Algeria Algeria national beach soccer team (2008)
  80. Yemen Yemen national beach soccer team (2008)
  81. Indonesia Indonesia national beach soccer team (2008)
  82. East Timor Timor-Leste national beach soccer team (2008)
  83. Vietnam Vietnam national beach soccer team (2008)
  84. Laos Laos national beach soccer team (2008)
  85. Brunei Brunei national beach soccer team (2008)
  86. Myanmar Myanmar national beach soccer team (2008)
  87. Qatar Qatar national beach soccer team (2008)
  88. Mauritius Mauritius national beach soccer team (2008)
  89. Ecuador Ecuador national beach soccer team (2009)
  90. Fiji Fiji national beach soccer team (2009)
  91. Moldova Moldova national beach soccer team (2009)
  92. Finland Finland national beach soccer team (2009)
  93. Colombia Colombia national beach soccer team (2009)
  94. Somalia Somalia national beach soccer team (2009) ?
  95. Syria Syria national beach soccer team (2010)
  96. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia national beach soccer team (2010)
  97. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan national beach soccer team (2010)
  98. State of Palestine Palestine national beach soccer team (2010)
  99. Jordan Jordan national beach soccer team (2010)
  100. Guatemala Guatemala national beach soccer team (2010)
  101. Lebanon Lebanon national beach soccer team (2010)
  102. Iraq Iraq national beach soccer team (2011)
  103. Bangladesh Bangladesh national beach soccer team (2011)
  104. Nepal Nepal national beach soccer team (2011)
  105. Maldives Maldives national beach soccer team (2011)
  106. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka national beach soccer team (2011)
  107. Afghanistan Afghanistan national beach soccer team (2012)
  108. Dominican Republic Dominican Republic national beach soccer team (2012)
  109. Albania Albania national beach soccer team (2012)
  110. New Caledonia New Caledonia national beach soccer team (2013)
  111. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico national beach soccer team (2013)
  112. Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago national beach soccer team (2013)
  113. Zanzibar Zanzibar national beach soccer team (2014) Unofficial
  114. Uganda Uganda national beach soccer team (2014)
  115. Bolivia Bolivia national beach soccer team (2014)
  116. Kenya Kenya national beach soccer team (2015)
  117. Ghana Ghana national beach soccer team (2015)
  118. Seychelles Seychelles national beach soccer team (2015)
  119. Belize Belize national beach soccer team (2015)
  120. Panama Panama national beach soccer team (2015)
  121. Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda national beach soccer team (2015)
  122. Barbados Barbados national beach soccer team (2015)
  123. Guadeloupe Guadeloupe national beach soccer team (2015)
  124. Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands national beach soccer team (2015)
  125. United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands national beach soccer team (2015)
  126. Malta Malta national beach soccer team (2015)
  127. Guyana Guyana national beach soccer team (2017)
  128. Bonaire Bonaire national beach soccer team (2019)
  129. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan national beach soccer team (2019)
  130. Malawi Malawi national beach soccer team (2022)
  131. Tanzania Tanzania national beach soccer team (?)
  132. Tunisia Tunisia national beach soccer team (?)
  133. Burundi Burundi national beach soccer team (?)
  134. Comoros Comoros national beach soccer team (?)
  135. Djibouti Djibouti national beach soccer team (?)
  136. Liberia Liberia national beach soccer team (?)
  137. Mali Mali national beach soccer team (?)
  138. Sudan Sudan national beach soccer team (?)
  139. Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo national beach soccer team (?)
  140. Tonga Tonga national beach soccer team (?)
  141. Croatia Croatia national beach soccer team (?)
  142. Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea national beach soccer team (?)

Women

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  1. Switzerland Switzerland women's national beach soccer team (2009)
  2. Germany Germany women's national beach soccer team (2009)
  3. Portugal Portugal women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  4. Haiti Haiti women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  5. Dominican Republic Dominican Republic women's national beach soccer team (2010)
  6. Italy Italy women's national beach soccer team (2011)
  7. Czech Republic Czech Republic women's national beach soccer team (2011)
  8. The Bahamas Bahamas women's national beach soccer team (2012)
  9. Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands women's national beach soccer team (2012)
  10. England England women's national beach soccer team (2014)
  11. Greece Greece women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  12. Spain Spain women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  13. Netherlands Netherlands women's national beach soccer team (2016)
  14. Mexico Mexico women's national beach soccer team (2017)
  15. Russia Russia women's national beach soccer team (2018)
  16. Algeria Algeria women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  17. Cape Verde Cape Verde women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  18. Belarus Belarus women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  19. El Salvador El Salvador women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  20. United States United States women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  21. Brazil Brazil women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  22. Paraguay Paraguay women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  23. Argentina Argentina women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  24. Chile Chile women's national beach soccer team (2019)
  25. Ukraine Ukraine women's national beach soccer team (2021)
  26. Sweden Sweden women's national beach soccer team (2022)
  27. Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago women's national beach soccer team (2022)
  28. Poland Poland women's national beach soccer team (2022)

Rankings

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Top 10 Rankings – January 2022[44]
Rank Change Team Points Confederation
1 Steady  Russia 4032 UEFA
2 Steady  Portugal 3042 UEFA
3 Steady  Brazil 2523 CONMEBOL
4 Steady  Japan 2404 AFC
5 Increase  Senegal 2257 CAF
6 Decrease  Spain 2249 UEFA
7 Steady   Switzerland 2234 UEFA
8 Steady  Italy 1975 UEFA
9 Steady  Uruguay 1380 CONMEBOL
10 Steady  Paraguay 1322 CONMEBOL
Main article: BSWW World Rankings

BSWW established a ranking system for European teams in the mid-2000s as the majority of tournaments are held in Europe and it is the most active continent for national teams. Hence the ranking was used for seeding in competitions like the EBSL.[45][46] However, in 2014, BSWW created the first world ranking table based on a similar system to FIFA's world ranking for association football national teams.[47]

Sponsors

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As of June 2022

Official Global Partners:

Official partners:

Technical Partners:

  • Idoven

Foundation

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Beach Soccer Worldwide extends its commitment beyond purely sport development. In 2009, the Beach Soccer Foundation was created by BSWW to tackle three main issues surrounding the sport:[48]

  • Environmental protection through awareness and recycling
  • The development of children and young people through sport
  • Awareness and prevention of skin cancer

History Results Database

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