Beach soccer is a sport game based on the rules of the International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA).
The main differences of beach soccer from classic football are:
- sand covering and small size of the field;
- no footwear;
- five players in the team, including the goalkeeper;
- short duration of the match (three periods of twelve minutes each);
- free kicks are taken from a distance of nine meters;
- an unlimited number of substitutions during the match;
- no offside position, etc.
Beach soccer originated in Brazil, helped by the warm climate and long sandy beaches on the coast. The new game rules are based on the Laws of the Game of association football, but the huge difference between grass and sand covering and the size of the field led to the emergence of a new independent sport. Today beach soccer is one of the most rapidly developing sports of the twenty-first century. World-famous football stars Frenchman Eric Cantona (Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona), Spaniard Julio Salinas (Julio Salinas Fernández), Brazilians Romario (Romário de Souza Faria), Junior (Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior) and Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra) played beach soccer matches.
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona
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Romário de Souza Faria
https://football-pitch.ru/romario.html
Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico)
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The first official competition rules were adopted in 1992. In the same year, the Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) was established. The first official beach soccer world championship was held in 1995 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1998, the European Pro Beach Soccer League (EPBSL) was founded. In 2005, a partnership agreement was signed between the World Beach Football Organization (BSWW) and the International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA), which gave a new impetus to the development of beach soccer.
Beach soccer today
Today beach soccer tournaments are organized in many countries; this sport is popular on all continents. The beach soccer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_soccer tournament was included in the 2015 European Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_Games program. In 2016, beach soccer was part of the demonstration program of the XXXI Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The Belarus national beach soccer team is the host of the beach soccer tournament at the 2nd European Games 2019. Eight strongest European national teams will compete for medals: Belarus, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Romania.
The Belarus national team is the host of the beach soccer tournament at the 2nd European Games 2019
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In Belarus, beach soccer has been developing since the early 2000s. In 2007, the first regional competitions and republican tournament were organized, in which eight best regional teams competed. In November 2007, the Belarusian Beach Soccer Federation was established. In 2008, the Beach Soccer Federation organized the first official beach soccer championship in the country. Based on the results of the tournament, the Belarusian national team was formed. In 2009, the Belarus Beach Soccer Cup was played for the first time.
Today the Belarusian Beach Soccer Federation annually holds championships of the regions and the city of Minsk, organizes republican championships with the participation of men's, women's and youth teams, the Opening Cup, the Cup of the Republic of Belarus, the Championship of the Republic of Belarus.
The strongest teams of Belarus
Our country is the organizer of the International Friendship Cup, which is held in Vitebsk as part of the annual international Arts Festival Slavic Bazaar. The national teams of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey take part in the tournament.
The Belarus national beach soccer team takes part in Euroleague competitions (unofficial European Championship), world championships, and is ranked 8th in the ranking of European teams.
The Belarus national beach soccer team
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Team captain Igor Brishtel
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In summer 2018, a new beach soccer stadium was built in the center of Minsk. 1,300 spectators will be able to simultaneously watch beach soccer competitions as part of the 2nd European Games 2019.
New beach soccer stadium in the center of Minsk
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The logo of the Belarusian Beach Soccer Federation
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The Belarusian Beach Soccer Federation is involved in the promotion and development of beach soccer in the Republic of Belarus, training athletes, organization and conduct of various kinds of beach soccer competitions. Official site: http://www.beachsoccer.by/
Literature:
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Information resources:
- Ассоциация «Федерация пляжного футбола» в Республике Беларусь (АФПФ) http://www.beachsoccer.by/
- Ассоциация «Белорусская федерация футбола» (АБФФ) http://abff.by/
