Belarus national beach soccer team

The Belarus national beach soccer team represents Belarus in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus (BFF), the governing body for football in Belarus.

Belarus

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nicolas Alvarado Caporale (Nico)
Captain	Ihar Bryshtel
Most caps	Vadzim Bokach (105)
Top scorer	Ihar Bryshtel (121)
FIFA code	BLR
BSWW ranking	4 2 (2 June 2025)[1]
First colours Second colours
First international
Poland 4–1 Belarus  (Chodecz, Poland; 7 May 2008)
Biggest win
Turkey 1–12  Belarus (Batumi, Georgia; 18 July 2025)
Biggest defeat
Belarus 1–10 Russia  (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 30 March 2011)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2019)
Best result	2nd place (2025)

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.^[2]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2025

Seychelles  v  Belarus

1 May 2025 (2025-05-01) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Seychelles	3–6	Belarus	Victoria, Seychelles
19:00	De Ketelaere 5' Labrosse 21' Amade 22'		Drozd 11', 14', 22' Ryabko 15' Bryshtel 32' Chaikouski 35'	Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Japan  v  Belarus

3 May 2025 (2025-05-03) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Japan	3–6	Belarus	Victoria, Seychelles
15:00	Suzuki 16' Oba 26' Ozu 29'		Novikau 6', 19', 23' Hapon 21' Bokach 26' (pen.) Drozd 35'	Attendance: 1,041 Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)

Belarus  v  Guatemala

5 May 2025 (2025-05-05) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Belarus	12–3	Guatemala	Victoria, Seychelles
15:00	A. Hapon 6' Ryabko 12', 16', 32', 33' Bryshtel 14', 24', 27', 31' Ustsinovich 20' Bokach 22', 26'		Crocker 27' Montepegue 28' Marroquín 30'	Attendance: 795 Referee: Louis Siave (Mauritius)

Belarus  v  Iran

8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals	Belarus	4–3	Iran	Victoria, Seychelles
15:00	Bryshtel 18' (pen.), 27' Hardzetski 27' Ryabko 29'		Masoumi 12', 32' Mohammadpour 36'	Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

Belarus  v  Senegal

10 May 2025 (2025-05-10) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Semi-finals	Belarus	5–2	Senegal	Victoria, Seychelles
18:00	Avgustov 3' Bryshtel 15', 24' Hapon 16' Bokach 35'		Fall 9' Mam. Diagne 27'	Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Belarus  v  Brazil

11 May 2025 (2025-05-11) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final	Belarus	3–4	Brazil	Victoria, Seychelles
19:30	Novikau 7' Bryshtel 29', 30'		Lucão 2' Rodrigo 13', 35' Catarino 13'	Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BLR Uladzimir Ustsinovich 2 DF  BLR Vadzim Bokach 3 DF  BLR Ivan Kanstantsinau 4 FW  BLR Artsemi Drozd 5 DF  BLR Mikita Chaikouski 6 DF  BLR Yury Piatrouski

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 DF  BLR Yauheni Novikau 8 FW  BLR Ihar Bryshtel 9 FW  BLR Yahor Hardzetski 10 FW  BLR Anatoliy Ryabko 11 FW  BLR Aleh Hapon 12 GK  BLR Mikhail Avgustov

Head coach: Nicolás Caporale

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification (UEFA) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD		Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Did not qualify										No qualification matches
2006
2007
2008											Round of 16	–	4	1	0	3	10	14	–4
2009											Group Stage	–	3	1	0	2	7	10	–3
2011											Group Stage	–	3	0	0	3	10	18	–8
2013											Playoff Stage	–	7	3	1	3	29	27	+2
2015											Final Stage	5th	7	4	1	2	23	16	+7
2017											Final Stage	11th	8	3	0	5	29	23	+6
2019	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	10	13	−3		Third place	3rd	8	4	3	1	30	20	+10
2021	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	8	17	−9		Fourth place	4th	3	3	0	0	21	7	+14
2023	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	21	18	+3		Playoffs	–	4	4	0	0	30	11	+19
2025	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	36	18	+18		Group stage	–	3	2	0	1	18	13	+5
Total	0 Titles	4/13	18	9	2	7	75	66	+9		0 Titles	10/11	50	25	5	20	208	159	+49

Honours

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2025

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifying tournament
  • Third place (1): 2019

• Euro Beach Soccer League
  • Runners-up (1): 2021
  • Third place (2): 2023, 2024