2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier - Europe - Jesolo 2016 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Italy |
| City | Jesolo |
| Dates | 2–11 September 2016 |
| Teams | 28 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Poland (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Switzerland
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| Third place |
 Portugal
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| Fourth place |
 Italy
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 79 |
| Goals scored | 643 (8.14 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Dejan Stankovic (25 goals)
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| Best player |
Bogusław Saganowski |
| Best goalkeeper |
Szymon Gąsiński
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The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played in Jesolo, Italy, from 2 to 11 September 2016, which determined the four teams that qualify to the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.
Despite having five allocated spots for European nations at the World Cup, this was reduced to four for the 2017 edition as the World Cup hosts, the Bahamas, automatically claimed one of the two spots allocated to CONCACAF. And so as the confederation with the most slots, one UEFA spot was transferred over to CONCACAF to ensure that two nations would still have the opportunity to qualify from North America.
The format of the tournament was a round-robin group stage followed by the top ranking nations competing in a second round-robin group stage. The four top ranking nations from the second group stage, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy, qualified for the World Cup and moved on to the knockout stage to ultimately crown a champion of the event, affecting seeding for the World Cup.
A record 28 teams was planned to compete in this qualifier, one more than in the 2011 edition also held in Italy.
In the draw, held on 3 August 2016, teams were split into four pots according to their European ranking, and drawn into seven groups so that each group included a team from each pot.
The top-two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams progressed to the second group stage. All times are local time CEST (UTC+2).
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