[3] For both the men's and women's tournaments, a beach soccer pitch installed at the International Centre of Fairs and Conventions (CIFCO) in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador was used to host all matches, with a capacity of 5,000.

The entrants are listed below,[5] ordered by their world ranking (June 2019) in parentheses:[6] The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed.

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event.

[1] Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.

Source: El Grafico Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows:[5] The competition was played as a single round robin tournament;[1] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.