1999 Beach Soccer World Championship


The 1999 Beach Soccer World Championship was the fifth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams. It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares, with the championships ultimately coming under the control of FIFA in 2005 and subsequently rebranded as the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The tournament continued to take place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Twelve teams took part for the first time, expanded for a second year running, from ten in 1998. This Championship also saw an African nation participate for the first time making this the single pre-FIFA era World Cup with the most continental representation, with all but Oceania represented by at least one nation competing in Rio.
Brazil won their fifth title in a row by beating Portugal 5–2 in what was the Iberians' first final appearance.

Organisation

The number of teams competing this year was increased to twelve meaning a shift in organisation from previous years.
The twelve nations were split into four groups of three who played each other in a round robin format. The top two teams then progressed to the quarter finals. With the increase in nations in this edition, this saw a quarter final stage introduced to the Championships for the first time. From the aforementioned round onward, the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.

Teams

Africa was represented for the first time. Asia had two nations competing for the first time.
Oceania was unrepresented, the only continent to be so.
African Zone :
Asian Zone :
European Zone :
North American Zone :
South American Zone :
Hosts:
Notes:

Group stage

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

Quarter finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Awards

Final standings