Host country Brazil Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Runners-up United States | Dates January 1995 Champions Brazil (1st title) | |
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations) | ||
The 1995 Beach Soccer World Championship was the first edition of the Beach Soccer World Championship, an international beach soccer competition contested by men's national teams, which came under the auspices of FIFA in 2005 and was renamed FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Organisation
8 teams were split into two groups of 4 teams with 2 teams progressing from each group to the semi-finals.
Teams
From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from North America.
European Zone:
South American Zone:
North American Zone:
Hosts:
References
1995 Beach Soccer World Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA