[5][6] The men's event was a 16-team tournament; entry was limited to the top 16 teams of the BSWW European Ranking issued for January 2019 – these nations received invitations to participate.

[3] The final entrants are listed below, ordered by the aforementioned European Ranking in parentheses (members of the ranking who could have entered but rejected invitations are struck-through):[7] The draw for the opening round of the tournament, which also defined the arrangement of the teams in the bracket, took place at 12:00 CEST on April 15 at the headquarters of BSWW in Barcelona, Spain.

The drawing of ties alternated as such and in the order they were drawn, each pairing was placed in the bracket from top to bottom.

[3] The composition of the pots is shown below (World Ranking in parentheses):[9] The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament; starting with the round of 16, the winners of each round advanced through to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and ultimately the final with the winner crowned champions of the event.

[9] The four teams that reached the semi-finals and the winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.