North American Sand Soccer Championships

16th to 36th streets on the beach!

Be it as one of NASSC's 95,000 returning sand soccer "veteran's", or perhaps a newcomer to this site in search information on this emerging beach sports craze, welcome to the exciting world of soccer on the sand and beautiful Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA! If you enjoy sun, sand and surf with your soccer - this IS the place... and get ready for Ultimate Beach Ball!

You’ve just connected with the globe’s premier single-weekend sand soccer festival as 10,000 players will rock the Virginia Beach oceanfront June 10-12 when the 18th edition of the Championships returns to one of the nation’s top resort cities.

This "Grand Prix" of international amateur beach soccer events  is hard to miss and attracts teams from nearly 20 states and as far away as Africa, Germany, Brazil, Norway’s rocky seacoasts and the wilds of Canada's Northwest Territories. The Championships are staged over 22 full City blocks of prime oceanfront  real estate, on over mile and a half of white sand - against a backdrop of diving gulls, banners waving in stiff ocean breezes, thousands of Boardwalk bedazzled spectators, live music and great food. Meanwhile, surf’s up just a few steps from the soccer action and, when day is done, most participants and fans head out to the area’s unbelievable lineup of region entertainment .

The Hampton Roads Soccer Council (HRSC) is your host for the tournament weekend and plan year-round to ensure a guaranteed sand-blast . Consisting of the Virginia Beach Rush, the Southeastern Virginia Women’s Soccer Associations, and Beach FC travel soccer organizations, HRSC has staged the Championships since 1994 to generate revenues for its premier 75-acre Soccer Complex. Numerous national and regional sponsors and advertisers graciously support the festival and NASSC is delighted to announce that the COOP Corporation has joined NASSC as its Title Sponsor. COOP a leisure company whose brand has evolved into a fashion-forward life style oriented towards quality backyard and beach sports. (www.coop-sports.com) . New corporate teammates are always welcomed and can receive tournament info using the below contact points.

Conventional outdoor soccer enthusiasts make up the bulk of competition .  Once you’ve experienced soccer in the sand, you’re hooked big-time and a huge percentage of players and families return year after year to make the COOP North American Sand Soccer Championships their "Summer Kickoff", or a reward for a just-completed school year or Spring soccer campaign.

Want more info? Then click thru this site and see what participants have said over the years about this fantastic festival.

The tournament is first come-first in by date of receipt of online application and entry fee.

Beyond the men's pro/am COOP U.S. OPEN, other adult sports tentatively scheduled in 2011 include North American Beach Westling Championships; Beach COED Flag Football , and Beach Lacrossea. Each of these special competitions will bring additional beach sports excitement to the Oceanfront for participants and spectators while further enhancing the beach games festival atmosphere of NASSC. Click on Fact Sheet for contact info.