page_title: 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
section_title: Qualified teams
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup / Qualified teams
caption_attribution_description: English: The result of worldwide qualification tournaments for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017
context_page_description: The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the 19th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. This was the fourth tournament to take place under the biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, after taking place on a yearly basis between 1995 and 2009.
  FIFA originally started the bidding process in April 2013, whilst in December 2014, the Bahamas were appointed as hosts; this was the first time a men's senior FIFA tournament was hosted in the Caribbean, and the first FIFA tournament hosted by the Bahamas. Fifteen teams advanced through their respective preliminary continental qualification competitions, which started in September 2016 and ended in March 2017, to join the host team in the final tournament which included three nations making their debuts at the finals and notably saw two-time champions Russia fail to qualify.
context_section_description: The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Bahamas who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 17 March 2016.
  1.Teams that will make their debut.
caption:   Qualified for World Cup finals   Entered qualifying rounds but failed to qualify for World Cup finals (or withdrew)   Did not enter the World Cup   Not an associate member of FIFA
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