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

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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

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

Performance

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By club

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Key
  • GS – Group stage
  • QF – Quarter final
(there were no placement matches for 5th to 12th place pre-2017)
  • Apps – Total appearances
Team 2011 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2020 Apps
  Al-Ahli GS GS 3rd 3
  Alanyaspor 7th 1
  Barcelona QF QF GS 1st 4
  BATE Borisov 8th 1
  Boca Juniors GS QF 2
  Botafogo 4th 6th 2
  Braga 1st 1st 2
  Catania 2nd 1
  Corinthians QF QF 1st GS 3rd 5
  Flamengo 3rd 2nd 2nd GS 4th 3rd 6th 7
  Fluminense 4th 1
  Grasshopper 8th 1
  Levante UD GS 5th 6th 5th 4
  Lokomotiv Moscow 4th 1st 1st 7th 3rd 5
  Milan GS QF GS 3
  Pars Jonoubi 2nd 1
  Peñarol GS 1
  Rosario Central 7th 1
  Santos FC GS QF 2
  São Paulo FC GS 1
  Seattle Sounders QF GS 2
  Spartak Moscow 4th 2nd 2
  Sporting CP 2nd 4th GS 8th 5th 5
  Tokyo Verdy 4th 1
  Vasco da Gama 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 4

By country

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Nation Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
  Brazil 2 (2011, 2013) 3 (2012, 2013, 2015) 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019) 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
  Russia 2 (2012, 2017) 1 (2020) 1 (2020) 2 (2011, 2019)
  Portugal 2 (2019, 2020) 1 (2011) 1 (2012)
  Spain 1 (2015)
  Iran 1 (2017)
  Italy 1 (2019)
  United Emirates 1 (2015)
  Japan 1 (2020)

By confederation

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Confederation Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
UEFA 5 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) 3 (2011, 2019, 2020) 1 (2020) 3 (2011, 2012, 2019)
CONMEBOL 2 (2011, 2013) 3 (2012, 2013, 2015) 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019) 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
AFC 1 (2017) 1 (2015) 1 (2020)

Awards

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Founding
  2. ^ Moscow 2 titles
  3. ^ Representative clubs
  4. ^ Draft
  5. ^ "Мундиалито без "Кристалла"? Но они так нужны друг другу!". Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  6. ^ Mundialito de Clubes Moscow 2020. Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  7. ^ Куско сообщил, что у BSWW есть соглашение о проведении клубного Мундиалито-2021 в Москве. Beach Soccer Russia.
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