UAE 2024 Dubai™ is now just 9 days away.
FIFA is counting down to the tournament by showcasing 10 of the greatest moments in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup history.

Were Portugal the new ‘Kings of the Sand’? The Selecção das Quinas arrived at Bahamas 2017 boasting a meliorated model of the side that conquered the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ for the first time two years earlier.

Elinton Andrade, Alan, Belchior and Madjer – irrefutable gods of the game – were still radiating, while the likes of Jordan Santos and the Martins twins had evolved from able assistants into three of the best players on the planet.

A rip-roaring quarter-final seemed destined for extra time when the ball fell awkwardly for Rodrigo. With his back to goal, he instinctively kneed it up into the Bahamian air.

It appeared too high to get a good connection on and, if he did, too far out to trouble Elinton. Undeterred, however, Rodrigo executed one of the greatest bicycle kicks in the tournament’s history to snatch a 4-3 victory.

Brazil went on to conquer the trophy for the first time in four attempts. The boys in canary-yellow were still the ‘Kings of the Sand’.