Seychelles to host FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025
FIFA has confirmed Seychelles as hosts of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025 as the tournament will take place in Victoria, Mahé Island in May 2025.
The 13th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will take place in the paradisiacal setting of Victoria, which is on Mahé Island in the Seychelles, surrounded by crystal-clear waters and coral reefs, from 1 to 11 May 2025.
The awarding of the hosting rights to the Seychelles was made official by world football governing body, FIFA on Wednesday, 04 October which included other key decisions made by the FIFA Council.
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The confirmation was in addition to the historic announcement made by FIFA, which saw Morocco being confirmed as part of the trio of hosts of the FIFA World Cup 2030™ along with Portugal and Spain.
This will be the 13th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™, with Africa being awarded the hosting rights for the first time since the tournament’s inception back in 2005 – another clear demonstration of Africa’s unquestionable capabilities of staging world-class football events.
While this will be the very first time the FIFA Beach World Cup™ is hosted on African soil, the continent is certainly no strangers to the competition, with the most recent achievement being a fourth place finish by current African champions Senegal, who were joined by Mozambique at last year’s finals in Russia.
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For the host nation, this will be their second time hosting an international Beach soccer tournament after hosting the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, which saw Madagascar being crowned champions.
Ahead of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Egypt will host the 2024 edition of the CAF Beach Soccer AFCON, which will serve as a qualifier to the global showpiece to be staged by the Seychelles in 2025.