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 across 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
Official logo (since 2017)
Founded2011
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams8
Current champions Braga
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Braga
Lokomotiv Moscow
(2 titles)
WebsiteMundialito de Clubes
2020 Mundialito 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.

Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow are the most successful team with two titles.[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

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]

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
Al-Ahli GSGS3rd3
Alanyaspor 7th1
Barcelona QFQFGS1st4
BATE Borisov 8th1
Boca Juniors GSQF2
Botafogo 4th6th2
Braga 1st1st2
Catania 2nd1
Corinthians QFQF1stGS3rd5
Flamengo 3rd2nd2ndGS4th3rd6th7
Fluminense 4th1
Grasshopper 8th1
Levante UD GS5th6th5th4
Lokomotiv Moscow 4th1st1st7th3rd5
Milan GSQFGS3
Pars Jonoubi 2nd1
Peñarol GS1
Rosario Central 7th1
Santos FC GSQF2
São Paulo FC GS1
Seattle Sounders QFGS2
Spartak Moscow 4th2nd2
Sporting CP 2nd4thGS8th5th5
Tokyo Verdy 4th1
Vasco da Gama 1st3rd3rd2nd4

By country

Nation Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
Brazil2 (2011, 2013)3 (2012, 2013, 2015)5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019)3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Russia2 (2012, 2017)1 (2020)1 (2020)2 (2011, 2019)
Portugal2 (2019, 2020)1 (2011)1 (2012)
Spain1 (2015)
Iran1 (2017)
Italy1 (2019)
United Emirates1 (2015)
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
2011 Sarandí Pampero (Vasco da Gama) Paulo Graça (Sporting CP) André Nascimento (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 (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 (Levante), 10 goals

See also

References

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