Belarus national beach soccer team

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 4 Increase 2 (2 June 2025)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Poland 4–1  
(Chodecz, Poland; 7 May 2008)
Biggest win
 Turkey 1–12  
(Batumi, Georgia; 18 July 2025)
Biggest defeat
  1–10 Russia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 30 March 2011)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2019)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place (2025)

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

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

2025

1 May 2025 (2025-05-01) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
GS Group A
Seychelles  3–6   Victoria, Seychelles
19:00
  • De Ketelaere 5'
  • Labrosse 21'
  • Amade 22'
  • Drozd 11', 14', 22'
  • Ryabko 15'
  • Bryshtel 32'
  • Chaikouski 35'
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
3 May 2025 (2025-05-03) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
GS Group A
Japan  3–6   Victoria, Seychelles
15:00
  • Novikau 6', 19', 23'
  • Hapon 21'
  • Bokach 26' (pen.)
  • Drozd 35'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
5 May 2025 (2025-05-05) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
GS Group A
  12–3  Guatemala Victoria, Seychelles
15:00
  • A. Hapon 6'
  • Ryabko 12', 16', 32', 33'
  • Bryshtel 14', 24', 27', 31'
  • Ustsinovich 20'
  • Bokach 22', 26'
  • Crocker 27'
  • Montepegue 28'
  • Marroquín 30'
Attendance: 795
Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)
8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Quarter-finals
  4–3  Iran Victoria, Seychelles
15:00
  • Masoumi 12', 32'
  • Mohammadpour 36'
Attendance: 1,512
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
10 May 2025 (2025-05-10) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Semi-finals
  5–2  Senegal Victoria, Seychelles
18:00
  • Avgustov 3'
  • Bryshtel 15', 24'
  • Hapon 16'
  • Bokach 35'
  • Fall 9'
  • Mam. Diagne 27'
Attendance: 3,356
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
11 May 2025 (2025-05-11) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Final
  3–4  Brazil Victoria, Seychelles
19:30
  • Lucão 2'
  • Rodrigo 13', 35'
  • Catarino 13'
Attendance: 3,572
Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 Ivan Kanstantsinau
4 FW Belarus BLR Artsemi Drozd
5 DF Belarus BLR Mikita Chaikouski
6 DF Belarus BLR Yury Piatrouski
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 DF Belarus BLR Yauheni Novikau
8 FW Belarus BLR Ihar Bryshtel
9 FW Belarus BLR Yahor Hardzetski
10 FW Belarus BLR Anatoliy Ryabko
11 FW Belarus BLR Aleh Hapon
12 GK Belarus BLR Mikhail Avgustov
Head coach: Spain Nicolás Caporale

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 21 18 +3 Playoffs 4 4 0 0 30 11 +19
Seychelles 2025 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 36 18 +18 Group stage 3 2 0 1 18 13 +5
Total 0 Titles 4/13 18 9 2 7 75 66 +9 0 Titles 10/11 50 25 5 20 208 159 +49

Honours

References

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
  3. ^ [1]