2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Arab Emirates |
City | Dubai |
Dates | 5–9 November |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 138 (6.9 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
The 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurs between 5 and 9 November.[1] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[2] Unlike in previous editions, there was no lead sponsor this year.
The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,[3] eight nations took part.
The tournament started with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards were also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.[4]
Iran were the defending champions and successfully retained their title, winning a third Intercontinental Cup crown by beating Spain 6–3 in the final.[5] Hosts UAE matched their best previous performance of third place for the first time since 2013.[6]
Participating teams
[edit]The following eight teams took part.
Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by three nations; Africa and North America, one nation each. Oceania, and for the first time, South America, did not enter any teams.[7]
Team | Confederation | Recent achievements | Participation |
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AFC | Hosts1 | 9th |
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AFC | 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup winners | 7th |
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AFC | 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners | 3rd |
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CAF | 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place | 5th |
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CONCACAF | 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners | 5th |
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UEFA | 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up | 9th |
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UEFA | 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League third place | 2nd |
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UEFA | 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place | 2nd |
- 1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish
Venue
[edit]The tournament took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; this edition was held at a purpose-built arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3, for the second consecutive year with a capacity of 2,500.[8]
Sponsors
[edit]The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[9]
Draw
[edit]The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 9 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4)[10][11] and was conducted by former Real Madrid defender, Míchel Salgado.[4]
For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two pots, shown in the table below; the teams were split based on their BSWW World Ranking – the top three teams plus the hosts were placed into Pot 1 whilst the lowest four teams of the ranking were placed in Pot 2. As each was drawn, the placement of the teams alternated back and forth between Groups A and B. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.
The composition of the pots is shown below:[12]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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- ^ Assigned to A1
- Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[13]
Group stage
[edit]Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 3 |
Japan ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Chiky ![]() Suarez ![]() Llorenç ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 6–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Italy ![]() | 8–7 | ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
A. Ali ![]() Kamal ![]() W. Beshr ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 3 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 0 |
Egypt ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
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Iran ![]() | 7–4 | ![]() |
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Russia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Iran ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Mexico ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Russia ![]() | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Kryshanov ![]() Nikonorov ![]() Novikov ![]() Fedorov ![]() Zharikov ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5th–8th place play-offs
[edit]The teams finishing in third and fourth place are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place play-off | |||||
8 November | ||||||
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9 November | ||||||
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8 November | ||||||
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Seventh place play-off | ||||||
9 November | ||||||
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5th–8th place semi-finals
[edit]Egypt ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Japan ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() |
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Seventh place play-off
[edit]Italy ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Fifth place play-off
[edit]Egypt ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Iran_v_Spain%2C_Beach_Soccer_Intercontinental_Cup_2019.jpg/275px-Iran_v_Spain%2C_Beach_Soccer_Intercontinental_Cup_2019.jpg)
The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
8 November | ||||||
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9 November | ||||||
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8 November | ||||||
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Third place play-off | ||||||
9 November | ||||||
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Semi finals
[edit]Spain ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Iran ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Shirmohammadi ![]() Mirshekari ![]() Kiani ![]() Piramoun ![]() Masoumizadeh ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Third place play-off
[edit]Russia ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Final
[edit]Spain ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() |
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Awards
[edit]Winners trophy
[edit] 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champions |
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![]() Iran Third title |
Individual awards
[edit]Top scorer |
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6 goals |
Best player |
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Best goalkeeper |
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Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Jose Cintas
Javi Torres
Salvador "Chiky" Ardil
Mohammadali Mokhtari
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Mohammad Masoumizadeh
Ramon Maldonado
Ahmed Beshr
Dario Ramacciotti
Emmanuele Zurlo
Marcello Percia Montani
Keisuke Matsuda
Ozu Moreira
Abdelrahman Hassan
Mohamed Abdelnaby
Moustafa Shaaban
Vladimir Raskin
Masanori Okuyama
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
Source: BSRussia
Final standings
[edit]Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | B | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 11 | Champions |
2 | A | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 7 | Runners-up |
3 | A | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 5 | Third place |
4 | B | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 6 | |
5 | A | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 9 | Eliminated in Group stage |
6 | B | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 6 | |
7 | A | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 6 | |
8 | B | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2019, ready for take-off". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Dubai, ready to sublimate beach soccer once again". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Иранцы победили Испанию в финале Межконтинентального кубка-2019" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Iran lift a record-matching third Intercontinental Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Титул как предчувствие. Кто выиграет особенный Межконтинентальный кубок?". Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "The playground "Beach continents" ready .. Special offer from "Karim"". Emara. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2019 promotional poster (Image). Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "UAE drawn alongside heavyweights Italy, Spain and Japan at Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2019". The National. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Everything is ready for the official draw of the Intercontinental #BeachSoccer Cup Dubai 2019!". Beach Soccer Worldwide Twitter. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Official Draw Image 6 of 11". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "World Ranking September 2019". Beach Soccer Russia. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
External links
[edit]- Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2019, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Intercontinental Cup 2019, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)