2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United Arab Emirates |
| City | Dubai |
| Dates | 6–10 November |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Iran (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Russia |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Egypt |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 186 (9.3 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Fedor Zemskov (9 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Rodrigo |
| Best goalkeeper | Hamid Behzadpour |
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The 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the eighth 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 occurred between 6 and 10 November.[2] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[3]
After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar.[3] Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup,[4] eight nations will take part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.
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.[5]
Brazil were the defending champions but lost to Russia in the semi-finals, ultimately finishing third; the defeat ended a 66-game winning streak for Canarinhos,[6] their last loss dating back to the 2015 World Cup (also against Russia). Iran beat Russia in the final to claim their second Intercontinental Cup crown.[7]
Participating teams
[edit]The following eight teams took part[8] including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, CONMEBOL did not enter a regional performer this year, so UEFA entered two teams.
Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by two nations; Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, one nation each.
| Team | Confederation | Recent achievements | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Arab Emirates
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AFC | Hosts1 | 8th |
| Brazil
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CONMEBOL | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners | 7th |
| Iran
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AFC | 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners | 6th |
| Egypt
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CAF | 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place | 4th |
| Russia
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UEFA | 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place | 8th |
 Spain
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UEFA | 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up | Debut |
 Tahiti
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OFC | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up | 5th |
 United States
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CONCACAF | 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fifth place | 4th |
- 1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish
Venue
[edit]The tournament took place in a new part of Dubai for the second consecutive year; this edition is held at an arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3,[5] with a capacity of 3,500.[9]
Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president Joan Cusco was welcoming of the change of location back to a beach venue saying, "this is where we belong".[10] (The previous edition was held in an inland area of Dubai for the first time). On the change of venue, DSC General Secretary Saeed Hareb stated the Council was in the process of finding a permanent home for the Intercontinental Cup.[11]
Sponsors
[edit]The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[12]
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Draw
[edit]The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 10 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4).[8]
For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into fours sets, Pots 1–4, shown in the table below. From each pot, the first team drawn out was placed into Group A; the other team was drawn into Group B. The teams were allocated to specific positions in their respective groups via the drawing of balls from a further two pots; for the teams entering Group A, Pot A, which contained the positions A1–A4 and for the teams entering Group B, Pot B, containing the positions B1–B4.[13]
The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.[13]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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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.[14]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
| 4 | Spain
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 0 |
| Brazil | 5–2 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
Bruno Xavier  14', 33'Datinha 20', 28'Rodrigo 23' |
Report(ru) | 19' Suarez 22' Llorenç |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–3 | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| A. Mohammadi 13' |
Report(ru) | 1' A. Elshahat 30' H. Ataf 32' Mohamed |
| Egypt | 5–10 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| A. Elshahat 10' Samir 16'Mohamed 19'H. Atef 20'Hassane 33' |
Report(ru) | 3' Bruno Xavier 5', 11', 20' (pen.) Igor 10' Mauricinho 10' Bokinha 12', 33' Rodrigo 32' Filipe 34' Rafinha |
| Spain | 4–5 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Llorenç 1', 31', 31' Antonio 26' |
Report(ru) | 7', 21' Almuntaser 13', 13' A. Beshr 24' A. Mohammadi |
| Egypt | 7–6 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| M. Sasa 4', 14', 34' (pen.), 36' Mohamed 6'Hassane 21'A. Elshahat 36' |
Report(ru) | 6', 15' Javi Torres 14' Suarez 17' Chiky 21' Adril 21' Llorenç |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–9 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| A. Ali 36' |
Report(ru) | 8', 15' Filipe 29' Igor 31' Mao 31' Mauricinho 33' Antonio 34' Rafinha 34' (o.g.) A. Beshr 34' Bruno Xavier |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tahiti
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3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 2 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
| 4 | United States
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 0 |
| Tahiti | 6–7 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Taiarui 8' Tavanae 24', 25'Revel 26'Lebaste 30'Li Fung Kuee 34' |
Report(ru) | 1' Chuzhkov 8', 19' Zemskov 8', 14' Paporotyni 10' Nikonorov 34' Shkarin |
| Iran | 8–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Moradi 3', 20' Akbari 10'Ahmedzadeh 10'Kiani 13'Mesigar 16'Masoumizadeh 23' (pen.)Mirshekari 24' |
Report(ru) | 28' Silveira |
| Russia | 13–3 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Zemskov 1', 19', 24', 29', 32', 36' Novikov 5'Paporotyni 6'Krasheninnikov 17', 35'Shishin 20'Romanov 21', 34' |
Report(ru) | 2' Mondragon 11', 33' Albiston |
| Tahiti | 2–4 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Lebaste 19' Tavanae 36' |
Report(ru) | 9' Akbari 11', 19' Masoumizadeh 12' Behzadpour |
| Tahiti | 7–6 (a.e.t.) | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Taiarui 2', 38' Labaste 3'Li Fung Kuee 16' (pen.), 19', 32'Tavanae 35' |
Report(ru) | 2' Silveira 7', 8', 13' Canale 31' Perera 35' Toth |
| Iran | 3–2 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Akbari 11' Piramoun 12'Behzadpour 32' |
Report(ru) | 28' Romanov 29' Zemskov |
5th–8th place play-offs
[edit]The teams finishing in third and fourth place were 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 | |||||
| 9 November | ||||||
| Tahiti | 1 | |||||
| 10 November | ||||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| 9 November | ||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | |||||
| United States | 5 | |||||
| Seventh place play-off | ||||||
| 10 November | ||||||
| Tahiti | 6 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | |||||
5th to 8th place semi-finals
[edit]| Tahiti | 1–9 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Lebaste 6' |
Report(ru) | 10' Cintas 10', 12' Javi Torres 13' Suarez 16', 28' Guisado 19' Domi 25' Frutos 32' Adril |
| United Arab Emirates | 3–5 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| A. Beshr 2' Ali Karim 11'A. Mohammadi 33' |
Report(ru) | 7' Albiston 12', 22', 32' (pen.) Perera 31' Silveira |
Seventh place play-off
[edit]| Tahiti | 6–7 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Taiarui 9' Li Fung Kuee 16'Tavanae 17', 26'Labaste 21'Salem 27' |
Report(ru) | 12' Ali Karim 19', 32' Walid 29', 33' (pen.) A. Beshr 35', 36' W. Beshr |
Fifth place play-off
[edit]| Spain | 3–4 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Suarez 1', 18' (pen.), 26' |
Report(ru) | 4' Canale 15' Mondragon 30' Perera 31' Silveira |
Knockout stage
[edit]The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 November | ||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||
| 10 November | ||||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||
| Iran | 4 | |||||
| 9 November | ||||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||
| Russia (p) | 5 (3) | |||||
| Brazil | 5 (1) | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 10 November | ||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||
Semi finals
[edit]| Iran | 3–1 | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| Masoumizadeh 20' Mirshekari 31'Kiani 32' |
Report(ru) | 32' (pen.) M. Samir |
| Russia | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Makarov 7' Nikonorov 13', 39'Paporotnyi 19', 25' |
Report(ru) | 25', 31' Bruno Xavier 35' Datinha 36', 37' Rodrigo |
| Penalties | ||
Krash  Shishin Makarov |
3–1 | Igor Filipe |
Third place play-off
[edit]| Egypt | 3–5 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed 5', 10' M. Sasa 33' |
Report(ru) | 3' Filipe 7', 20', 33' Rodrigo 27' Mauricinho |
Final
[edit]| Iran | 4–2 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Kiani 4' Masoumizadeh 7', 24'Behzadpour 11' |
Report(ru) | 13', 31' Paporotnyi |
Awards
[edit]Winners trophy
[edit]| 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champions |
|---|
 Iran Second title |
Individual awards
[edit]| Top scorer |
|---|
| Fedor Zemskov
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| 9 goals |
| Best player |
| Rodrigo
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| Best goalkeeper |
| Hamid Behzadpour
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Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 9 goals
Fedor Zemskov
- 8 goals
Rodrigo
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
Moustafa Aly Mohamed- Bruno Xavier
Mohammad Masoumizadeh
Eduard Suarez
- 5 goals
- Llorenç Gomez
Heiarii Tavanae
Ahmed Beshr- Tearii Labaste
- Raimana Li Fung Kuee
Nick Perera
- 4 goals
- Mohamed Abdelnaby
- Igor Melo
- Filipe Silva
- Tomas Canale
- Gabriel Silveira
- Javi Torres
- 3 goals
- Boris Nikonorov
- Amirhosein Akbari
- Christopher Albiston
- Hamid Behzadpour
- Ahmed Elshahat
- Mauricinho
- Datinha
- Mostafa Kiani
- Ali Mohammadi
- Kirill Romanov
- Taiarui Heimanu
- 2 goals
- David Adril
- Moustafa Samir
- Ali Karim
- Hasham Almuntaser
- Rafinha
- Haitham Atef
- Waleed Beshr
- Adrian Frutos
- Fernando Guisado
- Yury Krasheninnikov
- Ali Mirshekari
- David Mondragon
- Mohammad Moradi
- Walid Mohammadi
- Mohamed Hassane
- 1 goal
- Mohammed Ahmadzadeh
- Franck Revel
- Domingo Cabrera
- Andrei Novikov
- Ariihau Teriitau
- Abbas Ali
- Salvador "Chiky" Ardil
Mao- Bokinha
- Teva Zaveroni
- Aleksey Makarov
- Moslem Mesigar
- Saeid Piramoun
- Christopher Toth
- Antonio Farias
- Salem Heirauarii
- Jose Cintas
- Maxim Chuzhkov
- Dmitry Shishin
- Anton Shkarin
- Own goals
- Ahmed Beshr (vs. Brazil)
Final standings
[edit]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Iran
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | B | Russia
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5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Brazil
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5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Egypt
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 6 | |
| 5 | B | United States
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | A | Spain
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5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 3 | |
| 7 | A | United Arab Emirates
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 6 | |
| 8 | B | Tahiti
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5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "UAE, Brazil, Spain and Egypt in same group of Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup". Khaleej Times. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "BSWW представила проект календаря соревнований на 2018 год" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ 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 "Beach Soccer Stars Gala in Dubai confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Brazil's 66-game winning streak ends as Russia join Iran in final". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Iran repeat 2013 success to lift Huawei Intercontinental Cup". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Teams confirmed for Intercontinental Cup in Dubai". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "The beach soccer stadium in Kite Beach is ready". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Draw confirms groups for the Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Beach soccer: UAE in same group as defending champions Brazil". Gulf News. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Looking forward to the #HuaweiIntercontinentalCup #beachsoccer #Dubai 2018!! Check out the official poster!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide Twitter. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ a b "OFFICIAL DRAW - Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Overall World Ranking". beachsoccer.com. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018 Archived 2018-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Intercontinental Cup 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)