BSWW WORLD RANKING (From Aug 2011 to Jul 2015)

BEACH SOCCER WORLD RANKING POINTS DISTRIBUTION 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE

1. ASSESSMENT PERIODS p. 3

2. WEIGHTING FACTOR – CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 4

3. POINTS DISTRIBUTION CRITERIA 5

FIFA WORLD CUP 5 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP – CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 6 INTERCONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER CUP 7 CONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER LEAGUE 7 CONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER CUPS & GAMES 8 BSWW TOUR: BSWW TOUR (CATEGORY 1) 8 BSWW TOUR (CATEGORY 2) 9 FRIENDLY MATCH 10

4. RATED EVENTS 11

5. OVERALL WORLD RANKING 18

6. RANKING 2015 21

7. CONTACT DETAILS 24

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PREAMBLE

For this Beach Soccer 2015, BSWW has established a World Ranking taking into account all the panorama of Beach Soccer events and competitions.

The basis of the BSWW World Ranking takes into consideration many aspects and factors observed by the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking.

The weighting of the BSWW World Ranking follows a points-per-event system, where the position occupied in the standings of every event awards a determined amount of points to the given national team.

There are 6 (six) types of categorized events, ordered from highest to lowest in points:

1. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2. FBSWC – Confederation Qualifier 3. Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup (new category as of January 2015) 4. Continental Beach Soccer League 5. Continental Beach Soccer Cups & Games 6. BSWW Tours: BSWW Tour (Category 1) BSWW Tour (Category 2) 7. Friendly Matches (new points’ distribution as of January 2015)

The following information explains and develops the criteria and point weight given to each of the mentioned categories.

1. ASSESSMENT PERIODS

. AUG 2011 – JUL 2015:

The BSWW World Ranking will consider last 4 years starting from Jul 2015 (Aug 2011-Jul 2015) in order to draw a more updated picture of the beach soccer standings, one that reflects a clearer reality of the sport.

The period assessed meets a gradual decrease of the points weighting. Thus, the value of each year is 25% lower than the previous:

□ August 2011 – July 2012; Year value: 25% □ August 2012 – July 2013; Year value: 50% □ August 2013 – July 2014; Year value: 75% □ August 2014 – July 2015; Year value: 100%

The ranking will be updated and published monthly.

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2. WEIGHTING FACTOR - CONFEDERATION QUALIFIERS

The weighting factor for the Confederations Qualifier is determined on the basis of the last 3 (three) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final competitions. The following calculation steps, which are described in the table below, apply:

a) Interconfederation1 Matches at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups Final Competition b) Win = 1 point // Win at AET or PSO = 0,5 c) Average per Game: WINS/TOTAL GAMES d) Average per Game during the last 3 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups Competitions: Av. 2009-13 = (Av.2009 + Av.2011 + Av.2013) / 3 e) The confederation weighting value ("Weight") is calculated in relation to the BEST confederation weighting value. Weight = √(√(Av.2009-13x / BEST Av.2009-13)) f) If WEIGHT ≤ 0,85, the weighting value assigned will be = 0,85

2009 2011 2013 09-13 av. 09-13 WEIGHT Game total 32 32 32 96 Interconfederational total 30 31 32 93 total games 20 22 16 58

UEFA win 11,50 14,00 9,50 35,00 0,60 0,99 av per 0,58 0,64 0,59 1,81 game total games 15 12 11 38

CONMEBOL win 10,00 5,00 8,50 23,50 0,62 1,00 av per 0,67 0,42 0,77 1,86 game total games 6 10 7 23

CONCACAF win 0,00 4,00 3,00 7,00 0,28 0,82 av per 0,00 0,40 0,43 0,83 game total games 10 9 11 30

AFC win 3,50 0,00 2,50 6,00 0,19 0,75 av per 0,35 0,00 0,23 0,58 game total games 6 8 6 20

CAF win 2,00 3,50 1,00 6,50 0,31 0,84 av per 0,33 0,44 0,17 0,94 game total games 3 3 9 15 OFC win 1,00 1,00 3,50 5,50 0,35 0,87 av / game 0,33 0,33 0,39 1,06 Matches between national teams from different Confederation

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3. POINTS DISTRIBUTION CRITERIA 2015

. FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is presented as the most valuable competition. The first consideration about the points’ distribution is to stipulate the difference between those teams that qualified in each Round.

As shown in the table below, the points’ distribution from the 1st to the 16th Place follows a straight degradation from 1750 points to 60 points and segmented per round: Group Phase, Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, where the Champion of the FBSWC gets 1750 points and the four lowest-ranked national teams get 60 points.

EVENT # PTS 1 1750 2 1450

FIFA FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 3 1200 4 1000 5 550 6 440 7 350 8 280 9 170 10 135 11 110 12 90 13 60 14 60 15 60 16 60

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. FBSWC – CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER

The weighting factor of each confederation is the result of the performance of the National Sides of the given confederation in the last three FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups.

As shown below, the points distribution for each FBSWC – Confederation Qualifier varies depending on the weighting factor of the given Confederation (refer to Title 2. Weighting Factor)

CONMEBOL (100%) UEFA (99%) OFC (87%) CONCACAF, AFC, CAF (85%) EVENT # PTS EVENT # PTS EVENT # PTS EVENT # PTS 1 550 1 544,5 1 478,5 1 467,5 2 280 2 277,2 2 243,6 2 238 3 230 3 227,7 3 200,1 3 195,5 FBSWC - CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 4 180 FBSWC - CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 4 178,2 FBSWC - CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 4 156,6 FBSWC - CONFEDERATION QUALIFIER 4 153 5 160 5 158,4 5 139,2 5 136 6 140 6 138,6 6 121,8 6 119 7 120 7 118,8 7 104,4 7 102 8 100 8 99 8 87 8 85 9 60 9 59,4 9 52,2 9 51 10 60 10 59,4 10 52,2 10 51 11 60 11 59,4 11 52,2 11 51 12 60 12 59,4 12 52,2 12 51 13 60 13 59,4 13 52,2 13 51 14 60 14 59,4 14 52,2 14 51 15 60 15 59,4 15 52,2 15 51 16 60 16 59,4 16 52,2 16 51 17 30 17 29,7 17 26,1 17 25,5 18… 30… 18… 29,7… 18… 26,1… 18… 25,5…

NOTE: Due to the fact that the host country doesn’t play the Confederation Qualifier for the World Cup, the amount of points awarded to the team is the result of the average points achieved in the last 3 (three) Confederation Qualifiers the team took part in.

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. INTERCONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER CUP (NEW POINTS’ DISTRIBUTION AS OF JANUARY 2015)

The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup is the competition where the best National Associations from each continent compete with each other. The Champion of the Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup gets 510 points. The point rate decreases as follows:

. CONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER LEAGUE

The Continental Beach Soccer League is the competition that gathers all National Associations belonging to the same Confederation. The Champion of the Continental Beach Soccer League gets 400 points. The point rate decreases as follows:

EVENT # PTS 1 400 2 280 3 230

CONTINENTAL BEACH SOCCER LEAGUE 4 180 5 160 6 140 7 125 8 110 9 100 10 90 11 80 12 70 13 60 14 60 15 60 16 60 17 30 18… 30….

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. CONTINENTAL CUPS & GAMES

This rate categorizes the events that involve the Association Members of a given Confederation (Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Asian Beach Soccer Cup, Juegos Sudamericanos de Playa, etc.) and the best ranked national teams of every Confederation (Intercontinental Cup) before January 2015.

EVENT # PTS CONTINENTAL CUPs GAMES & 1 200 2 140 3 115 4 90 5 80 6 70 7 60 8 50 9 30 10… 30…

. BSWW TOUR

A) BSWW TOUR (CATEGORY 1)

The BSWW Tour must meet the requirements below:

a) All teams must be national teams endorsed by their FA and by BSWW; b) The number of national teams participating must be a minimum of 4; c) FIFA referees must be designated by BSWW; d) The minimum BSWW staff delegation is composed of: Competition Manager, TV Manager, Media Manager and Operations Manager; e) The organization of the event must have TV production; f) BSWW will provide international TV broadcasting; g) The stadium and sports facilities must meet the requirements of the BSWW Guidelines Manual.

The points’ distribution for a BSWW-organized BSWW Tour is:

EVENT # PTS

BSWW BSWW 1 100

TOUR 2 80 3 60 4 40

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B) BSWW TOUR (CATEGORY 2)

The BSWW Tour endorsed by BSWW must meet the requirements below:

a) All teams must be national teams endorsed by their FA and by BSWW; b) The number of national teams participating must be a minimum of 4;

The Local Organization Committee must inform about the organization of the event 1 month before the start of the competition and must submit the following documentation no later than two weeks before the date of the first match:

a) Dates of the match or matches; b) Venue location; c) Final list of the players and delegates of all national teams; d) BSWW Tour Regulations and all relevant documents related to competition aspects; e) At least one of the referees must be a FIFA referee;

In terms of competition, the Local Organization Committee obligations are:

a) International air transfer and accommodation (1FB) for a BSWW General Coordinator or BSWW Representative; b) International air transfer and accommodation (FB) for the FIFA International referees attending to the event; c) Accommodation (FB) for the local FIFA referees attending to the event; d) Referees must receive a fee of 100(EUR or USD2) per competition day + 80(EUR or USD) for other possible expenses; e) Local transport for: Teams, referees, and BSWW staff;

The points’ distribution for this type of events will remain:

EVENT # PTS

TOUR (50)

BSWW BSWW 1 50 2 30 3 10 4 5

1Full board: 3 meals per day – breakfast, lunch and dinner; 2Referee’s fee in European events are paid in EUR; for the rest of events, the referee’s fee is paid in USD;

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. FRIENDLY MATCH

The first version of the BSWW World Ranking does not include the Friendly Matches played from 2009 to 2013. This and the upcoming updates of the World Ranking will take into account the Friendly Matches played from January 2014 onwards. In order to endorse a friendly match, the host FA must submit an official letter including the following information no later than two weeks before the date of the match:

a. Both teams must be national teams endorsed by their FA and by BSWW; b. Dates of the match or matches; c. Location of the match; d. Final list of the players and delegates of both national teams; e. Names and nationalities of the four FIFA referees designated for the match/es;

After the friendly match, the host FA is responsible for providing the following documentation: a) Copy of the Match Report, signed by the four referees attending the match, as well as, the captains of both national teams; b) Professional Photos of the match; c) Brief report about the match;

The new point’s distribution by winning and losing the match as of January 2015 are:

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4. RATED EVENTS (AUGUST 2011 – JULY 2015)

The events that have been rated in the BSWW World Ranking (2011-2015) are listed below:

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2012

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2013 EVENT STANDING CATEGORY JANUARY FBSWC Tahiti 2013 - Qualifier Qatar (AFC) FBSWC - Confederation Qualifier

BSWW Tour Copa America 2013 () BRA, MEX, ARG, USA BSWW Tour BSWW Tour Copa das Naçoes (Brazil) BRA, SUI, NED, MEX BSWW Tour FEBRUARY FBSWC Tahiti 2013 - Qualifier Merlo, San Luís (CONMEBOL) FBSWC - Confederation Qualifier MARCH Copa Pilsener Futbol Playa 2013 (El Salvador) PAR, SLV, ESP, CRC BSWW Tour BSWW Bang Saen International Beach Soccer Cup (Thailand) POR, THA, GER, ENG BSWW Tour MAY FBSWC Tahiti 2013 - Qualifier Bahamas (CONCACAF) FBSWC - Confederation Qualifier FBSWC Tahiti 2013 - Qualifier El-Jadida (CAF) FBSWC - Confederation Qualifier

Euro Beach Soccer League 2013 - Regular Phase - Kiev () Continental Beach Soccer League

1st WAFF Beach Soccer Championship 2013 Qeshm (Iran) Minor Beach Soccer Cups

BSWW Riviera Maya Cup 2013 (Mexico) BRA, MEX, ESP, BAH BSWW Tour JUNE 2013 - Regular Phase - Terracina () Continental Beach Soccer League Euro Beach Soccer League 2013 - Regular Phase - Valence () Continental Beach Soccer League

BSWW Umag Beach Soccer Masters (Croatia) CZE, BUL, TAH, HUN BSWW Tour

JULY

Asian Beach Soccer Cup - Haiyang 2013 Continental Cups & Games

Euro Beach Soccer League 2013 - Regular Phase - Den Haag () Continental Beach Soccer League

BSWW Tour Linz 2013 () TAH, AUT, SUI, SLO BSWW Tour BSWW Tour Mundialito - Vila Nova de Gaia () ESP, POR, ITA, JPN BSWW Tour BSWW Sweden Cup 2013 ENG, DEN, NED, SWE BSWW Tour AUGUST FBSWC Tahiti 2013 - Qualifier Tahiti (OFC) FBSWC - Confederation Qualifier

Euro Beach Soccer League 2013 - Regular Phase - Moscow () Continental Beach Soccer League Euro Beach Soccer League 2013 - Superfinal - Torredembarra () Continental Beach Soccer League

HFF International Beach Soccer Cup 2013 - Siófok, UAE, HUN, NED, CZE BSWW Tour SEPTEMBER FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

NOVEMBER

Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2013 Continental Cups & Games DECEMBER BSWW Tour Copa Lagos 2013 (Nigeria) NGA, SEN, LIB, GER BSWW Tour BSWW Tour II Copa das Naçoes (Brasil) BRA, POR, SUI, URU BSWW Tour

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2015

16 From 33th Country Points to 68th

17 From 33th Country Points to 68th

5. OVERALL WORLD RANKING (Aug 2011-Jul 2015)

The BSWW Overall World Ranking, taking into consideration the results from August 2011 to July 2015, goes as follows:

POSITION COUNTRY POINTS 1 Russia 3916 2 Portugal 3291 3 Brazil 3150 4 Italy 2124 5 1961 6 Tahiti 1827 7 IR Iran 1589 8 Spain 1337 9 Mexico 1336 10 Paraguay 1155 11 Argentina 1096 12 Japan 1093 13 UAE 1041 14 El Salvador 974 15 Senegal 944 16 Oman 901 17 Nigeria 735 18 USA 654 19 Ukraine 624 20 Hungary 606 21 Madagascar 596 22 550 23 Ecuador 541 24 Costa Rica 538 25 Morocco 536 26 Côte d'Ivoire 512 27 Uruguay 504 28 Chile 490 29 444 30 428 31 France 400 32 Peru 400 33 Lebanon 398

18 17 From 33th From 33th Country Points Country Points to 68th to 68th

34 Venezuela 373 35 368 36 Romania 361 37 Solomon Islands 359 38 China 356 39 Vanuatu 350 40 343 41 322 42 Colombia 320 43 Netherlands 318 44 Guatemala 289 45 Czech Republic 276 46 Egypt 259 47 252 48 Ghana 245 49 219 50 Thailand 209 51 Bahamas 207 52 Bahrain 193 53 Bolivia 190 54 Trinidad and Tobago 187 55 New Caledonia 183 56 Uzbekistan 183 57 Vietnam 181 58 Jamaica 162 59 South Africa 141 60 Austria 136 61 Seychelles 135 62 Qatar 132 63 Palestine 128 64 Australia 122 65 Mozambique 121 66 117 67 Canada 111 68 Bulgaria 105 69 Kuwait 103 70 Iraq 97 71 Moldova 90 72 Israel 82

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73 Puerto Rico 77 74 Andorra 75 75 Dominican Republic 75 76 Slovakia 53 77 Libya 51 78 Mauritius 51 79 Laos 51 80 Panama 51 81 Antigua and Barbuda 51 82 Guadeloupe 51 83 Belize 51 84 Barbados 51 Turks and Caicos 85 51 Islands 86 US Virgin Islands 51 87 Tanzania 51 88 Uganda 51 89 Djibouti 51 90 Kenya 51 91 Syria 45 92 Latvia 37 93 Kazakhstan 30 94 Afghanistan 26 95 Philippines 26 96 Saudi Arabia 26 97 Denmark 5 98 Sweden 3 99 Algeria 0 100 Fiji 0 101 Indonesia 0 102 Yemen 0 103 0 104 Malaysia 0

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6. WORLD RANKING 2015

The 2015 World Ranking, taking into consideration the results from January to July 2015 goes as follows:

POSITION COUNTRY POINTS 1 Portugal 1885 2 Tahiti 1454 3 Russia 1400 4 Brazil 1220 5 Italy 1140 6 IR Iran 756 7 Mexico 650 8 Oman 648 9 Japan 622 10 Senegal 548 11 Madagascar 528 12 Paraguay 450 13 Switzerland 440 14 Argentina 430 15 Nigeria 311 16 Costa Rica 302 17 Côte d'Ivoire 293 18 Lebanon 253 19 Uruguay 240 20 Chile 240 21 Morocco 218 22 Spain 215 23 Egypt 199 24 El Salvador 196 25 Ecuador 180 26 UAE 170 27 Ghana 162 28 USA 157 29 South Africa 141 30 Peru 140 31 Trinidad and Tobago 136 32 Seychelles 135 33 Mozambique 121 34 China 119

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35 Guatemala 119 36 Hungary 110 37 Bahrain 102 38 Bahamas 102 39 Colombia 100 40 Bolivia 100 41 Uzbekistan 87 42 Jamaica 85 43 Belarus 84 44 Kuwait 73 45 Ukraine 70 46 England 64 47 Azerbaijan 64 48 Estonia 62 49 Venezuela 60 50 Thailand 55 51 Vietnam 51 52 Qatar 51 53 Iraq 51 54 Puerto Rico 51 55 Mauritius 51 56 Laos 51 57 Panama 51 58 Antigua and Barbuda 51 59 Guadeloupe 51 60 Belize 51 61 Barbados 51 62 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 63 US Virgin Islands 51 64 Tanzania 51 65 Uganda 51 66 Djibouti 51 67 Kenya 51 68 Czech Republic 50 69 Romania 40 70 Turkey 40 71 Austria 30 72 France 10 73 Slovakia 10

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74 Norway 5 75 Germany 0 76 Solomon Islands 0 77 Poland 0 78 Netherlands 0 79 Greece 0 80 New Caledonia 0 81 Vanuatu 0 82 Palestine 0 83 Australia 0 84 Bulgaria 0 85 Moldova 0 86 Israel 0 87 Andorra 0 88 Dominican Republic 0 89 Libya 0 90 Syria 0 91 Canada 0 92 Latvia 0 93 Afghanistan 0 94 Kazakhstan 0 95 Malaysia 0 96 Philippines 0 97 Saudi Arabia 0 98 Denmark 0 99 Sweden 0 100 Algeria 0 101 Fiji 0 102 Indonesia 0 103 Yemen 0 104 Belgium 0

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7. CONTACT DETAILS

Do not hesitate to contact in case you have any further questions, doubts or comments:

BEACH SOCCER WORLD WIDE C/ Marc Mir, 3 08770 Sant Sadurni d’Anoia () SPAIN Phone: +34 93 819 18 90 Fax: +34 93 891 20 85 [email protected]

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