<p class="reg-lead">Beach Soccer Laws of the Game, 2025-26 season — the official FIFA text for a discipline whose rules stand apart from association football.</p>

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<tr><td>Season</td><td><b>2025-26</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Issuing authority</td><td>Fédération Internationale de Football Association (<b>FIFA</b>)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Governing edition of this family</td></tr>
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<h2>Why beach soccer has separate laws</h2>
<p>Unlike association football, whose Laws of the Game are made by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the beach soccer laws are determined by <strong>FIFA itself</strong>. The distinction is not merely administrative; the mechanism for amending the rules and the authority competent to interpret them differ in this discipline.</p>
<p>The rules of play also differ fundamentally: the game is played on sand and barefoot, over three twelve-minute periods, with five players per team and unlimited substitutions, and in the event of a draw extra time is played, followed by penalty kicks.</p>
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<h2>The significance of this document for Iran</h2>
<p>Beach soccer is one of the disciplines in which the Iranian national team holds a global standing and competes regularly in continental and world competitions. That continuous participation turns a precise knowledge of the rules from a theoretical matter into a practical one — particularly in relation to fouls and dismissals, where this discipline has its own system of sanctions.</p>
<p>The general rule in this family is that the text governing any given match is the seasonal edition under which the match was played, not the most recently published edition.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Referees, coaches, players and beach soccer competition officials. For the sports lawyer, disciplinary cases in this discipline must be argued by reference to the Laws of the Game of this discipline and of the relevant season, not to the Laws of the Game of association football.</p>
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Beach Soccer Laws of the Game 2025-2026

<p class="reg-lead">Regulations on the Staging of Beach Soccer Club Competitions of the Country — promulgated 16 May 2022.</p>
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<tr><td>Promulgation</td><td><b>16 May 2022</b> — Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>14 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The country's beach soccer club competitions: the Premier League, League One, sub-group competitions, the youth age-category championships (under-23 and juniors) and the women's beach soccer championship, in accordance with the League Organisation's competition calendar. The document was prepared with a view to standardising the regulations on staging competitions and follows the international regulations and the statutes of the Federation.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Condition for entry into the national competitions</b>A participating club must hold specified documents — including the <strong>authorisation of the Article 5 sub-commission from the provincial Directorate General of Sport and Youth</strong> — and the registration of the team and responsibility for verifying the documents rest with the provincial football board.</li>
<li><b class="t">The international standing of the discipline</b>Iranian beach soccer is among the leading powers in Asia and the world; its club regulations are the foundation of that same national success, and club disputes in this discipline are assessed against this very text.</li>
<li><b class="t">Coverage of women's and youth competitions</b>The women's championship and the youth age categories fall expressly within the scope of these regulations.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Beach soccer clubs, provincial boards and organisers. The documentation requirements and team registration are the greatest source of dispute before the season begins.</p>
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Notes related to the tag فوتبال_ساحلی

Beach Soccer Laws of the Game 2025

Iran Beach Soccer Club Competitions Regulations 1401