The national beach soccer teams of Ukraine learned about the qualification system for the 2023 World Beach Games

19.07.2022 15:05

The World Beach Soccer Organization (BSWW) has announced the qualification system for the 2023 World Beach Games to be held in Bali. 

The qualification system for the 2023 World Beach Games has been determined. They will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from August 6 to 12, 2023. The men's and women's beach soccer teams of Ukraine must participate in the selection for them. 

There will be 16 teams in the men's final tournament and 12 in the women's final. Five continental qualifiers are scheduled to take place until July 2, 2023, with the top teams earning berths at the World Beach Games.

The selection in Europe will take place in Catania, Italy. Five tickets to Bali will be raffled off for men and four for women. The terms and structure, depending on the number of registered teams, will be announced later. 

Distribution of seats by continental confederations for men:

UEFA (Europe) — 5 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 3 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 2 teams;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and AFC (Oceania) — 2 teams.

Distribution of seats by continental confederations for women:

UEFA (Europe) — 4 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 2 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 1 team;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and AFC (Oceania) — 1 team.

In addition, the finals of the 2023 World Beach Games will feature the Indonesian men's and women's national teams as hosts, as well as one specially invited team each that did not take part in the qualifying tournaments. 

If a participant's National Olympic Committee withdraws or does not confirm their participation by July 2, 2023, that tournament spot will be awarded to the next highest-ranked team on the continent.

If the continental selection tournament does not take place by July 2, 2023, then the world ranking of beach soccer as of July 1, 2023 will be used to determine the participating teams.

Let's add that the current winners of the World Beach Games are the teams of Brazil (for men) and Spain (for women), who won the 2019 titles in Qatar.