2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Bahamas
Teams 16 (expected) (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the ninth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this will be the 19th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. The host country of the tournament is yet to be confirmed; FIFA opened the bidding process in April 2013. This will be the fourth tournament to take place under the two year basis; now the World Cup takes place once every two years, after taking place on a yearly basis between 1995 and 2009.

On 19 December 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee appointed the Bahamas as hosts.[1]

Bids

First bidding

On April 17, 2013, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for five competitions between 2016 and 2017, including the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Declarations of interest must be made by May 15 whilst the hosts were to be revealed in December 2013.[2] However, no hosts were announced by 2013.

Schedule

Date Notes[3]
4 April 2013 Application process commences
15 May 2013 Deadline for deceleration of interest
31 May 2013 FIFA to send out hosting agreements
15 July 2013 Deadline for bidding associations to sign terms and conditions
15 November 2013 Deadline for bidding nations to submit their complete biding packages
December 2013 Hosts are announced

Official bids

The following 11 countries have made an official bid for the World Cup, as revealed by FIFA on May 28, 2013.[4]

Other rumoured bids

The following countries indicated that they may make bids for the World Cup, however when the bidding countries were revealed, the following were not included.

Second bidding

On 6 March 2014, FIFA again announced that bidding had begun for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 1 October 2014.[8] The FIFA Executive Committee selected the hosts in December 2014.

The following countries have made official bids for hosting the tournament:[9]

Qualification

Qualifying rounds will take place in 2016 and 2017. The Bahamas qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF (Africa) 2017 CAF Beach Soccer Championship TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL (South America) 2017 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC (Oceania) 2017 OFC Beach Soccer Championship TBD
UEFA (Europe) 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Host nation  Bahamas1
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

References

  1. ↑ "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". FIFA.com. 19 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bidding process opened for five FIFA competitions in 2016 and 2017". fifa.com. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  3. ↑ "FIFA World Cups open for bidding" (PDF). fifa.com. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination". fifa.com. 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  5. ↑ http://www.elgrafico.com/el-salvador-buscara-la-sede-del-mundial-2017
  6. ↑ "Russia to bid for Beach Soccer World Cup". rt.com. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  7. ↑ "US Soccer Federation discussing potential bids for FIFA World Cup tournaments". noodls.com. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  8. ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.

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