Mundialito de Clubes

The Mundialito de Clubes (English: Club World Cup) is an international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from around the world. The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association football, however participating teams are not regional champions, instead entering via invitation.

Mundialito de Clubes
Organising bodyBSWW
Founded2011
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams8
Current championsRussia FC Lokomotiv Moscow
(3rd title)
Most successful team(s)Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
(3 titles)
WebsiteMundialito de Clubes

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the competition was founded by BSWW with Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in 2011.[1] The first five editions hosted in Brazil whilst the sixth saw the event hosted in Europe; the tournament should not be confused with BSWW's existing Mundialito, which takes place in Portugal for national teams.

Portuguese and Russian sides Braga and Lokomotiv Moscow are the most successful teams with two titles each.[2]

Teams and players

In the first two editions (2011 and 2012), squads were specially assembled to represent well known association football clubs from around the world – these teams were incarnated purely to compete in this event.[3] Players of many nationalities (of which they were considered the best of) were invited to play; they were then allocated to one of the clubs specifically for the purpose of the event using a draft system conducted by BSWW.[4] The draft system was then retired.

In the next two editions (2013 and 2015), the clubs and their squads that competed either already exist beforehand (i.e. competed in a domestic club league in their country) or remained specially assembled purely for the competition, but now with squads materialised behind the scenes with players choosing to play for said team at their own discretion rather than via a draft.

Since 2017, all competing teams have been pre-existing clubs that compete in their country's domestic league. Teams are no longer materialised specifically for this event.

Results

Year Host Teams Final Third Place Match
Winners Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2011
Details
Brazil
São Paulo
10 Brazil
Vasco da Gama
4–2 Portugal
Sporting CP
Brazil
Flamengo
5–4
(a.e.t.)
Russia
Lokomotiv Moscow
2012
Details
Brazil
São Paulo
12 Russia
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–4 Brazil
Flamengo
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
5–4 Portugal
Sporting CP
2013
Details
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
8 Brazil
Corinthians
3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–0 (pens)
Brazil
Flamengo
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
3–1 Brazil
Botafogo
2015
Details
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
8 Spain
Barcelona
4–4 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pens)
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
United Arab Emirates
Al-Ahli
4–4 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pens)
Brazil
Fluminense
2017
Details
Brazil
São Paulo
8 Russia
Lokomotiv Moscow
5–4 Iran
Pars Jonoubi
Brazil
Corinthians
3–2 Brazil
Flamengo
2019
Details
Russia
Moscow[5]
8 Portugal
Braga
7–6 Italy
Catania
Brazil
Flamengo
4–3 Russia
Spartak Moscow
2020
Details
Russia
Moscow[6]
8 Portugal
Braga
8–3 Russia
Spartak Moscow
Russia
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–2 Japan
Tokyo Verdy
2021
Details
Russia
Moscow[7]
8 Russia
Lokomotiv Moscow
6–4 Portugal
Braga
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
10–6 Belarus
Dinamo Minsk

Performance

By club

Key
  • GS – Group stage
  • QF – Quarter final
(there were no placement matches for 5th to 12th place pre-2017)
  • Apps – Total appearances
Team 2011201220132015201720192020Apps
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli GSGS3rd3
Turkey Alanyaspor 7th1
Spain Barcelona QFQFGS1st4
Belarus BATE Borisov 8th1
Argentina Boca Juniors GSQF2
Brazil Botafogo 4th6th2
Portugal Braga 1st1st2
Italy Catania 2nd1
Brazil Corinthians QFQF1stGS3rd5
Brazil Flamengo 3rd2nd2ndGS4th3rd6th7
Brazil Fluminense 4th1
Switzerland Grasshopper 8th1
Spain Levante UD GS5th6th5th4
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 4th1st1st7th3rd5
Italy Milan GSQFGS3
Iran Pars Jonoubi 2nd1
Uruguay Peñarol GS1
Argentina Rosario Central 7th1
Brazil Santos FC GSQF2
Brazil São Paulo FC GS1
United States Seattle Sounders QFGS2
Russia Spartak Moscow 4th2nd2
Portugal Sporting CP 2nd4thGS8th5th5
Japan Tokyo Verdy 4th1
Brazil Vasco da Gama 1st3rd3rd2nd4

By country

Nation Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
Brazil Brazil2 (2011, 2013)3 (2012, 2013, 2015)5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019)3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Russia Russia2 (2012, 2017)1 (2020)1 (2020)2 (2011, 2019)
Portugal Portugal2 (2019, 2020)1 (2011)1 (2012)
Spain Spain1 (2015)
Iran Iran1 (2017)
Italy Italy1 (2019)
United Arab Emirates United Emirates1 (2015)
Japan Japan1 (2020)

By confederation

Confederation Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
UEFA5 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)3 (2011, 2019, 2020)1 (2020)3 (2011, 2012, 2019)
CONMEBOL2 (2011, 2013)3 (2012, 2013, 2015)5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019)3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
AFC1 (2017)1 (2015)1 (2020)

Awards

Year MVP Best goalkeeper Top goalscorer(s)
2011 Uruguay Sarandí Pampero (Vasco da Gama) Portugal Paulo Graça (Sporting CP) Brazil André (Flamengo), 16 goals
2012 Brazil Benjamin (Flamengo) Ukraine Vitalii Sydorenko (Lokomotiv Moscow) Portugal Madjer (Sporting CP), 10 goals
2013 Brazil Mão (Corinthians) Brazil Mão (Corinthians) Brazil Eudin (Flamengo), 7 goals
2015 Japan Ozu Moreira (Barcelona) French Polynesia Jonathan Torohia (Barcelona) Brazil Datinha (Barcelona)
Brazil Lucão (Vasco da Gama)
Brazil Bokinha (Vasco da Gama)
Brazil Nelito Oliveira (Sporting CP), 7 goals
2017 Brazil Nelito Oliveira (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Maxim Chuzhkov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Brazil Igor (Botafogo), 7 goals
2019 Portugal Bê Martins (Braga) Brazil Rafael Padilha (Braga) Brazil Lucão (Catania), 12 goals
2020 Brazil Filipe (Braga) Brazil Rafael Padilha (Braga) Spain Eduard Suarez (Levante), 10 goals

See also

References

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