The Mundialito de Clubes ( en, link=yes, Club World Cup) is an international club

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competition contested between top men's clubs from around the world. The tournament is loosely similar to the

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, however participating teams are not regional champions, instead entering via invitation. Organised by

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(BSWW), the competition was founded by BSWW with Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in 2011. The first five editions hosted in

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whilst the sixth saw the event hosted in

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; the tournament should not be confused with BSWW's existing Mundialito, which takes place in Portugal for national teams. Portuguese and Russian sides

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and

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are the most successful teams with two titles each.

Teams and players

In the first two editions (

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and

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), squads were specially assembled to represent well known

clubs from around the world – these teams were incarnated purely to compete in this event. 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.Draft
/ref> The draft system was then retired. In the next two editions (

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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

Performance

By club

By country

By confederation

Awards

References

External links

Beach Soccer Worldwide
official website
Club Mundialito
at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian) {{International Beach Soccer Beach soccer competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2011