North American Sand Soccer Championships

Approximately 11,000 players and 1,100 teams will rock the Virginia Beach oceanfront June 9-11 when the 24th edition of the Championships returns to one of the nation's top resort cities.

You'll find colorful international teams parading to the sound on conga drums en route; incredible U.S. OPEN Pro/Am matches, with cash prizes at stake; hundreds of youth teams aged 8-19 battling on the beaches, men's and women's single gender squads, college teams, and even "corporate-coed" competitors from businesses and military organizations promoting health and fitness.

The game, played on 25-35 or 30-40 yard grids, is 5v5 and fast-paced, with limited dribbling and laser shots on goal. Brackets are seeded to support all levels of play - from the beginner to the most professional. Much like beach volleyball, sand soccer's rules are easy to pick up. Uniforms for this beach bash are "anything-goes", just like the game itself...

NASSC is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the conventional soccer season and kick off the summer! Along with the festival's "SideKick" venues of beach coed football, wrestling, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis and all-volley futbol, it's the massive SAND BLAST where matches average 60 shots on goal. COME TAKE YOURS!

FC Barcelona captured the 2016 U.S. OPEN title at NASSC