[1] Division B also accommodated 12 nations: those who did not gain promotion in 2019, Slovakia making their debut, and teams that returned after an absence from competing in recent years prior to 2020.

Due to continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the season's format was altered considerably compared to the usual program.

Despite winning the 2021 World Cup just a fortnight prior, Russia failed to finish in the top four for the first time since 2006.

[1][4] The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations.

[6] This season, BSWW declared teams would be penalised for not competing unless they could provide evidence of a legitimate reason in respect of the continued effects of the pandemic.

BSWW decided to organise the two events back-to-back in the same location involving all nations, in order to minimise travel in consideration of the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[10] Matches are listed as local time in Chișinău, EEST (UTC+3) All matches took place at the FMF Beach Soccer Arena in La Izvor Park; the stadium had a capacity of 1,024,[11] however was limited to 50% in order to accommodate social distancing measures regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Slovakia originally qualified, but withdrew "at the last minute" for undisclosed reasons; Sweden replaced them as lucky losers.

Turkey & Greece; Kazakhstan & Lithuania are ranked based on their head-to-head results By winning the event, Estonia earned promotion to Division A for the first time, having previously lost the final twice in 2015 and 2017.

Note there are no awards presented for these season-encompassing scoring feats, the tables are for statistical purposes only.