Beach Soccer World Cup 1999
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | January 10 – January 17 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Brazil (5th title)
|
| Runners-up |
 Portugal
|
| Third place |
 Uruguay
|
| Fourth place |
 Peru
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 174 (8.7 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Júnior Gustavo Matosas (10 goals) |
| Best player |
Jorginho
|
| Best goalkeeper |
Pedro Crespo |
The 1999 Beach Soccer World Championship was the fifth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams. It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide), with the championships ultimately coming under the control of FIFA in 2005 and subsequently rebranded as the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The tournament continued to take place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Twelve teams (a record high at the time) took part for the first time, expanded for a second year running, from ten in 1998. This Championship also saw an African nation participate for the first time (and only time pre-2005) making this the single pre-FIFA era World Cup with the most continental representation, with all but Oceania represented by at least one nation competing in Rio.
Brazil won their fifth title in a row by beating Portugal 5–2 in what was the Iberians' first final appearance.
The amount of teams competing this year was increased to twelve meaning a shift in organisation from previous years.
The twelve nations were split into four groups of three who played each other in a round robin format. The top two teams then progressed to the quarter finals. With the increase in nations in this edition, this saw a quarter final stage introduced to the Championships for the first time. From the aforementioned round onward, the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.
Africa was represented for the first time (and only time before FIFA took control of the World Cup). Asia had two nations competing for the first time.
Oceania was unrepresented, the only continent to be so.
African Zone (1):
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