1997 Beach Soccer World Championships

Organisation

The organisation remained the same as the format established during the championship's inception in 1995; the eight participating nations competed in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams progressed straight to the semi-finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned with an additional match to determine third place.

The capacity of the arena used for this edition of the World Championships was scaled down from the 12,000 seats available in the two previous events, to 7,000 for this year's tournament.

Teams

Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.

Asian Zone (1):

• 1

European Zone (3):

• 1
• 1

North American Zone (1):

South American Zone (2):

Hosts:

• (South America) Notes: :1. Teams making their debut

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

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Winners

Awards

Final standings

group stage

Sources

• RSSSF
• Roonba

References

1. (1 February 2005). "FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". FIFA.com.
2. (1 February 1998). "Beach Soccer". kochtavares.com.br.