Belarus national beach soccer team

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Belarus
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSpain Nicolas Alvarado Caporale (Nico)
CaptainIhar Bryshtel
Most capsVadzim Bokach (105)
Top scorerIhar Bryshtel (121)
FIFA codeBLR
BSWW ranking 19 Steady (15 January 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Poland 4–1 Belarus 
(Chodecz, Poland; 7 May 2008)
Biggest win
 Belarus 10–2 Turkey 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 5 July 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Belarus 1–10 Russia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 30 March 2011)
World Cup
Appearances3
Best result4th place (2024)

The Belarus national beach soccer team represents Belarus in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus (BFF), the governing body for football in Belarus.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.[2]

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[edit]

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A Belarus  5–5 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		  El Salvador Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3
  • Piatrouski 19'
  • Hapon 24', 32'
  • Ryabko 30', 37'
 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 962
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Penalties
  • Bokach soccer ball with check mark
  • Novikau soccer ball with check mark
  • Chaikouski soccer ball with check mark
  • Ryabko soccer ball with check mark
  • Drozd soccer ball with check mark
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C Belarus  3–7   Switzerland Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3
  • Novikau 7'
  • Hardzetski 11'
  • Hapon 12'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Stankovic 2', 33'
  • Hodel 17' (pen.), 34'
  • Mounoud 28'
  • Borer 36'
  • Steinemann 36' (pen.)
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,856
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C Brazil  5–0  Belarus Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3
Report (FIFA) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belarus BLR Uladzimir Ustsinovich
2 DF Belarus BLR Vadzim Bokach
3 DF Belarus BLR Yauheni Novikau
4 FW Belarus BLR Artsemi Drozd
5 FW Belarus BLR Aleh Hapon
6 MF Belarus BLR Yury Piatrouski
7 DF Belarus BLR Anton Akulich
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF Belarus BLR Ivan Kanstantsinau
9 DF Belarus BLR Yahor Hardzetski
10 FW Belarus BLR Anatoliy Ryabko
11 DF Belarus BLR Mikita Chaikouski
12 GK Belarus BLR Kanstantsin Mahaletski
13 DF Belarus BLR Uladzislau Batsiunia
14 GK Belarus BLR Stanislau Kliashchuk
Head coach: Spain Nicolás Caporale
Goalkeeping coach: Belarus Aliaksandr Zhamoitsin

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup record Qualification (UEFA) record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 2005 did not qualify No qualification matches
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
France 2008 Round of 16 – 4 1 0 3 10 14 –4
United Arab Emirates 2009 Group Stage – 3 1 0 2 7 10 –3
Italy 2011 Group Stage – 3 0 0 3 10 18 –8
French Polynesia 2013 Playoff Stage – 7 3 1 3 29 27 +2
Portugal 2015 Final Stage 5th 7 4 1 2 23 16 +7
The Bahamas 2017 Final Stage 11th 8 3 0 5 29 23 +6
Paraguay 2019 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 10 13 −3 Third place 3rd 8 4 3 1 30 20 +10
Russia 2021 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 8 17 −9 Fourth place 4th 3 3 0 0 21 7 +14
United Arab Emirates 2023 4th place Playoffs – 4 4 0 0 30 11 +19
Seychelles 2025 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 Titles 2/11 6 1 1 4 18 30 −12 0 Titles 9/11 47 23 5 19 189 146 +43

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
  3. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List

External links[edit]

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