The Bolivia national beach soccer team represents Bolivia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (Bolivian Football Federation), the governing body for football in Bolivia.
| Nickname(s) | La Verde (The Green)[1] Los Altiplanicos (The Highlanders)[1] | ||
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| Association | Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Antonio Gigliotti | ||
| FIFA code | BOL | ||
| BSWW ranking | 49  4 (8 April 2024)[2] | ||
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| First international | |||
 El Salvador 7–3 Bolivia  (Huanchaco, Peru; 7 December 2014) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Bolivia 6–3 Dominican Republic  (Huanchaco, Peru; 12 December 2014) Bolivia 5–2 Uruguay  (Santa Cruz de Asia, Peru; 4 March 2018) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 11–1 Bolivia (Río de Janeiro, Brazil; 28 April 2019) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Best result | none | ||
Bolivia first fielded a beach soccer team at the 2014 Bolivarian Beach Games in Huanchaco, Peru.[3] Subsequently, in 2015, La Verde became the final of the 10 members of CONMEBOL to start competing in the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, meaning all 10 were contesting the event together for the first time.[4] Since then, Bolivia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, however have yet to achieve a podium finish.
Current squad edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Antonio Gigliotti
Achievements edit
- CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup best: 9th place
- Copa América de Beach Soccer best: 6th place
- Bolivarian Beach Games best: 7th place
- 2014
Competitive record edit
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1995 to 2013 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2015 to 2017 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2019 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 0/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 2005†
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 2007†
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 2008
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 2015 |
9th place of 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21 | –6 |
 2017 |
10th place of 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 32 | –23 |
| Total | 2/9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 53 | –29 |
- † – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF
Copa América de Beach Soccer edit
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 2016 |
7th place of 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 27 | –9 |
 2018 |
6th place of 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 29 | –3 |
| Total | 2/2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 56 | –12 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Famous Bolivian Footballers". Your Spanish Translation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Bolivia integrated its beach soccer team, announced – CONMEBOL
- ^ Everything is planned for the South American Beach Soccer Championship – CONMEBOL
- ^ BSWW
- ^ "APF". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
External links edit
- Bolivia Profile Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Bolivia Archived 2018-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
- List of results – '14 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '15 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '16 Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, '17 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
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