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Beach soccer

Beach soccer
International match
Highest governing bodyBeach Soccer Worldwide (1992-2005 / 2005-Ongoing) + FIFA (Since 2005)
Nicknamesbeach football, sand football, beach footie, beasal
First played1992 at Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, United States[1]
Characteristics
ContactYes
Team members5 at a time
TypeTeam sport, ball sport
EquipmentFootball
Presence
OlympicNo

Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.[2]

Football has long been played informally on beaches, but the introduction of beach soccer was an attempt to codify rules for the game in 1992 by the founders of Beach Soccer Worldwide, a company set up to develop the sport and responsible for the majority of its tournaments.[3]

The first international matches were played in 1993 for men and 2009 for women.[4][5] As of July 2023, there are 193 men's and 64 women's clubs and 101 men's and 23 women's national teams sorted in the Beach Soccer Worldwide Rankings.[6]

  1. ^ "The History and Growth of Pro Beach Soccer (1992 to Present)". beachsoccer.com. 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ^ "BBC – Manchester – Life's a beach in Tameside". BBC News. 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  3. ^ Pickup, Oliver (2013-09-04). "Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team". Sabotage Times. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  4. ^ "beach SOCCER RESULTS". August 16, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16.
  5. ^ "Beach Soccer Worldwide". December 4, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04.
  6. ^ "Rankings". Beach Soccer Worldwide.

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