Abstract
Objective: Beach Soccer has made many advances in Asia and the rest of the world, despite the fact that many years have passed since its presence in the country's football field, due to the investment of clubs and domestic talent. However, the activists of this sport have reported many problems in this sport, especially economic problems; Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify and rank the economic challenges of beach soccer clubs in Mazandaran. Methodology: This research is applied and its method is mixed. Sampling method was targeted and available. The statistical population of the study included all university elites, sports managers, coaches, referees and athletes, managers and economic experts of Mazandaran. In the first stage, economic challenges were identified by interviewing 25 people from the statistical population. In the second and third stages, the challenges identified by the Delphi group (25 people) were examined; in these two stages, factors that had at least 60% positive response remained for the next stage. In the final stage, the ranking of the identified challenges in the previous three stages was done using the Five Likert Options Questionnaire.
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