The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers (CONMEBOL) is the main championship for beach soccer

Beach soccer

Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....

 in South America. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 and CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

 held joint championships. In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the world cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 world cup.


In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 and CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

 held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.


Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth 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 was the 16th edition of the World Cup since its...

. The top three teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

.

Joint Championships (with CONCACAF)

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship also known as the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for was the first beach soccer championship for the Americas, held in March 2005, in Rio de Janerio, Brazil....	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...		5 – 2			4 – 2
2007 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for was the second, and last, beach soccer championship for the Americas, held in August 2007, in Acapulco, Mexico.The United States won the championship, beating Uruguay in the...	Acapulco Acapulco Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...		4 – 3			6 – 5

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
	1 (2007)	-	1 (2005)	-
	1 (2005)	-	-	-
	-	2 (2005, 2007)	-	-
	-	-	1 (2007)	1 (2005)
	-	-	-	1 (2007)

CONMEBOL Championships

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for was the first beach soccer championship for South America, held in May, in Macaé, Brazil....	Macaé Macaé Macaé is a city located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. Its population was recorded as 206,748 in 2010 and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km².... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...		9 – 2			2 – 0
2008 2008 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2008 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship also known as the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for was the second beach soccer championship for South America, held in April 2008, in Buenos Aires, Argentina....	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...		6 – 1			5 – 1
2009 2009 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2009 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship was the third separate beach soccer championship organised by CONMEBOL. It was held from the 11th of March to the 15th of March in Montevideo, Uruguay....	Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...		10 – 1			9 – 8
2011	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...		6 – 2			5 – 2

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
	4 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)	-	-	-
	-	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2006, 2009)	-
	-	2 (2006, 2009)	1 (2008)	-
	-	-	1 (2011)	2 (2006, 2008)
	-	-	-	1 (2009)
	-	-	-	1 (2011)