Belarus national beach soccer team
Appearance
Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Nicolas Alvarado Caporale (Nico) | ||
Captain | Ihar Bryshtel | ||
Most caps | Vadzim Bokach (105) | ||
Top scorer | Ihar Bryshtel (121) | ||
FIFA code | BLR | ||
BSWW ranking | 8 (8 April 2024)[1] | ||
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First international | |||
Poland 4–1 Belarus (Chodecz, Poland; 7 May 2008) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Belarus 10–2 Turkey (Baku, Azerbaijan; 5 July 2023) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Belarus 1–10 Russia (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 30 March 2011) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2019) | ||
Best result | 4th place (2024) |
The Belarus national beach soccer team represents Belarus in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus (BFF), the governing body for football in Belarus.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.[2]
Results and fixtures
[edit]The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
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Win Draw Lose Fixture
2021
[edit]20 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A | Belarus | 5–5 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | El Salvador | Moscow, Russia |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Report (FIFA) |
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Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 962 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia) |
Penalties | ||||
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22 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C | Belarus | 3–7 | Switzerland | Moscow, Russia |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,856 Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) |
24 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C | Brazil | 5–0 | Belarus | Moscow, Russia |
20:30 UTC+3 |
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Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic) |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitive record
[edit]FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
[edit]FIFA World Cup record | Qualification (UEFA) record | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
2005 | Did not qualify | No qualification matches | ||||||||||||||||||
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2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Round of 16 | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | –4 | |||||||||||
2009 | Group Stage | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | –3 | |||||||||||
2011 | Group Stage | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | –8 | |||||||||||
2013 | Playoff Stage | – | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 27 | +2 | |||||||||||
2015 | Final Stage | 5th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | |||||||||||
2017 | Final Stage | 11th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | |||||||||||
2019 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Third place | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 20 | +10 | ||
2021 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | −9 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | ||
2023 | 4th place | Playoffs | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | +19 | ||||||||||
2025 | Qualified | to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 0 Titles | 9/11 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 19 | 189 | 146 | +43 |
Honours
[edit]- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifying tournament best: 3rd
- Euro Beach Soccer League best: 2nd place
References
[edit]- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
- ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List