The Ecuador national beach soccer team represents
Ecuador in international
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
competitions and is controlled by the
Ecuadorian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ecuador.
The team made their debut in international beach soccer at the
2009 World Cup qualifiers. Having reached the semi-finals of the World Cup qualifying championship on three previous occasions without finishing as one of the top three nations who qualify to the World Cup, Ecuador finally secured their first qualification to the
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2017.
Current squad
''As of February 2017''
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captain
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Coach: José Palma
Achievements
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CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship Best: 3rd place
**
2017
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South American Beach Games The South American Beach Games ( es, Juegos Suramericanos de Playa; pt, Jogos Sul-Americanos de Praia) is a biennial multi-sport event in beach sports between athletes representing nations from South America. It is organised by ODESUR (the South ...
Best: 3rd place
** 2011
* Copa América Best: 9th place
** 2016
* Bolivarian Beach Games Best: 3rd place
** 2014
Competitive record
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
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'' – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF''
Sources
BSWW ProfileSquad
South American national beach soccer teams
Beach Soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
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