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2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

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.

2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates5–9 November
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored138 (6.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Amir Hossein Akbari (6 goals)
Best player(s)United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Mohamad Al Jasmi
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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

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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
  United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts1 9th
  Iran AFC 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup winners 7th
  Japan AFC 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 3rd
  Egypt CAF 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place 5th
  Mexico CONCACAF 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners 5th
  Russia UEFA 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up 9th
  Spain UEFA 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League third place 2nd
  Italy 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

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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.

Sponsors

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The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[8]

Draw

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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)[9][10] 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:[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1. ^ Assigned to A1
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[12]

Group stage

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Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 1 0 1 1 12 12 0 4 Knockout stage
2   United Arab Emirates (H) 3 0 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
3   Japan 3 1 0 0 2 9 8 +1 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4   Italy 3 1 0 0 2 16 19 −3 3
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Japan  6–4  Italy
  • Okuyama   12', 33'
  • Oba   20'
  • Akaguma   25', 30'
  • Yamauchi   35'
 Report(ru)
  •   9', 33' Gori
  •   12' Zurlo
  •   35' Ramacciotti
Referee: Oezcan Sultanolu (Turkey)
Spain  2–2 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
  • Chiky   11'
  • Javi Torres   33'
 Report(ru)
  •   18' A. Ali
  •   30' A. Bashr
Penalties
Chiky  
Suarez  
Llorenç  		 2–1   Almuntaser
  A. Ali
  W. Beshr
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Japan  2–3  Spain
  • Matsuda   2'
  • Oba   36'
 Report(ru)
  •   11' Chiky
  •   26' Javi Torres
  •   31' Adril
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)
United Arab Emirates  6–4 (a.e.t.)  Italy
  • A. Beshr   11', 38'
  • Walid   12'
  • Kamal   15'
  • A. Mohammadi   22', 39'
 Report(ru)
  •   17' Ramacciotti
  •   19' Giordani
  •   34', 34' Montani
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)
Italy  8–7  Spain
  • Gori   6' (pen.), 8', 17'
  • Frainetti   13', 27' (pen.)
  • Carpita   15'
  • Josep Jr.   16'
  • Ramacciotti   33'
 Report(ru)
  •   5', 15', 20' Suarez
  •   9', 21', 23' Cintas
  •   17' Frutos
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
United Arab Emirates  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Japan
  • Matsuda   36' (o.g.)
 Report(ru)
Penalties
A. Ali  
Kamal  
W. Beshr  		 2–1   Ozu
  Okuyama
  Oba
Referee: Oezcan Sultanolu (Turkey)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 2 0 1 0 15 10 +5 7 Knockout stage
2   Russia 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3   Egypt 3 1 0 0 2 10 11 −1 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4   Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 6 14 −8 0
Source: BSWW
Egypt  3–5  Russia
  • Moustafa   5'
  • Mohamed   8', 30'
 Report(ru)
  •   7', 12' Raskin
  •   9' Novikov
  •   14' Pavlenko
  •   15' (pen.) Kryshanov
Referee: Ibrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Iran  7–4  Mexico
  • Ahmadzadeh   4', 36'
  • Mokhtari   8', 16'
  • Akbari   17', 30'
  • Masoumizadeh   35'
 Report(ru)
  •   6' Maldonado
  •   8', 29' Vizcarra
  •   36' Villaseñor
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Russia  3–1  Mexico
  • Zharikov   8'
  • Nikonorov   19'
  • Kryshanov   30'
 Report(ru)
  •   20' N. Martinez
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)
Iran  5–3  Egypt
  • Kiani   11'
  • A. Akbari   21', 27', 33'
  • Masoumizadeh   23'
 Report(ru)
  •   4' M. Samir
  •   20' A. Hassan
  •   27' M. Sasa
Referee: Ibrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Mexico  1–4  Egypt
  • Hassane   13' (o.g.)
 Report(ru)
  •   22' A. Elshahat
  •   26' Hassane
  •   28' Mostafa
  •   36' A. Hassan
Referee: Fallah Hassan Mohammed Al Balushi (Oman)
Russia  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Iran
  • Chuzhkov   2'
  • Raskin   20'
  • Nikonorov   35'
 Report(ru)
  •   22' Akbari
  •   24' Mirshekari
  •   30' (o.g.) Kryshanov
Penalties
Kryshanov  
Nikonorov  
Novikov  
Fedorov  
Zharikov  		 4–5   Masoumizadeh
  Mokhtari
  Kiani
  Mirshekari
  Shirmohammadi
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

5th–8th place play-offs

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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-finalsFifth place play-off
 
      
 
8 November
 
 
  Egypt 4
 
9 November
 
  Italy 3
 
  Egypt 2
 
8 November
 
  Japan 7
 
  Japan 5
 
 
  Mexico 4
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
9 November
 
 
  Italy 3
 
 
  Mexico 2

5th–8th place semi-finals

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Egypt  4–3  Italy
  • Hosaniy   15'
  • A. Elshahat   19'
  • Mohamed   20'
  • A. Hassan   31'
 Report(ru)
  •   16' Josep Jr.
  •   30' Montani
  •   36' Palmacci
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Japan  5–4  Mexico
  • Ozu   19', 24'
  • Matsuda   30'
  • Oba   31'
  • Matsuo   34'
 Report(ru)
  •   3', 16' N. Martinez
  •   13', 13' Maldonado
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Seventh place play-off

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Italy  3–2  Mexico
  • Giordani   9'
  • Zurlo   19', 35'
 Report(ru)
  •   20' N. Martinez
  •   21' Macias
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

Fifth place play-off

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Egypt  2–7  Japan
  • Moustafa   22', 33'
 Report(ru)
  •   4' Ozu
  •   9' Yamauchi
  •   12' (pen.) Okuyama
  •   16' Komaki
  •   22' Matsuda
  •   34' Oba
  •   36' Matsuo
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)

Knockout stage

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Llorenç (Spain) and Mirshekari (Iran), battling for the ball during the final

The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 November
 
 
  Spain 4
 
9 November
 
  Russia 2
 
  Spain 3
 
8 November
 
  Iran 6
 
  Iran (p)1 (4)
 
 
  United Arab Emirates 1 (3)
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 November
 
 
  Russia 1
 
 
  United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)2

Semi finals

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Spain  4–2  Russia
  • Llorenç   10'
  • Adril   18'
  • Chiky   28'
  • Javi Torres   29'
 Report(ru)
  •   19' Nikonorov
  •   27' Fedorov
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)
Iran  1–1 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
  • Behzadpour   9'
 Report(ru)
  •   31' Walid
Penalties
Shirmohammadi  
Mirshekari  
Kiani  
Piramoun  
Masoumizadeh  		 4–3   Ali Karim
  Hasham
  W. Beshr
  A. Ali
  Kamal
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

Third place play-off

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Russia  1–2 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
  • Nikonorov   36'
 Report(ru)
  •   6', 38' W. Beshr
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Final

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Spain  3–6  Iran
  • Llorenç   11'
  • Suarez   12'
  • Frutos   15' (pen.)
 Report(ru)
  •   3' Kiani
  •   6' Piramoun
  •   19' Mokhtari
  •   22' Behzadpour
  •   29' Ahmadzadeh
  •   33' Masoumizadeh
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Awards

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Winners trophy

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 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
champions 
 
Iran
Third title

Individual awards

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Top scorer
  Amir Akbari
6 goals
Best player
  Waleed Beshr
Best goalkeeper
  Mohamad Al Jasmi
Source

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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6 goals
  •   Amir Akbari
5 goals
  •   Gabriele Gori
  •   Takaaki Oba
4 goals
  •   Eduard Suarez
  •   Nestor Martinez
  •   Boris Nikonorov
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
  •   Llorenç Gomez
  •   David Adril
  •   Mostafa Kiani
  •   Hamid Behzadpour
  •   Waleed Beshr
  •   Ali Mohammadi
  •   Walid Mohammadi
  •   Josep Junior
  •   Marco Giordani
  •   Naoya Matsuo
  •   Shusei Yamauchi
  •   Ahmed Elshahat
  •   Mostafa Samir
  •   Jose Vizcarra
  •   Adrian Frutos
  •   Alessio Frainetti
  •   Viktor Kryshanov
1 goal
  •   Elhusseini Taha Rashed
  •   Ali Mirshekari
  •   Saeid Piramoun
  •   Kamal Ali Sulaiman
  •   Abbas Ali
  •   Andrea Carpita
  •   Paolo Palmacci
  •   Takuya Akaguma
  •   Masayuki Komaki
  •   Moustafa Aly Mohamed
  •   Hassane Mohamed Hassane
  •   Diego Villasenor
  •   Daniel Macias
  •   Maxim Chuzhkov
  •   Andrey Novikov
  •   Alexey Pavlenko
  •   Ostap Fedorov
  •   Vladislav Zharikov
Own goals
  •   Keisuke Matsuda (vs. UAE)
  •   Hassane Mohamed Hassane (vs. Mexico)
  •   Viktor Kryshanov (vs. Iran (group stage))

Source: BSRussia

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B   Iran 5 3 0 2 0 22 14 +8 11 Champions
2 A   Spain 5 2 0 1 2 19 20 −1 7 Runners-up
3 A   United Arab Emirates 5 0 2 1 2 12 9 +3 5 Third place
4 B   Russia 5 2 0 0 3 14 13 +1 6
5 A   Japan 5 3 0 0 2 21 14 +7 9 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 B   Egypt 5 2 0 0 3 16 21 −5 6
7 A   Italy 5 2 0 0 3 22 25 −3 6
8 B   Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 12 22 −10 0
Source: BSWW

References

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  1. ^ "The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2019, ready for take-off". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Dubai, ready to sublimate beach soccer once again". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Иранцы победили Испанию в финале Межконтинентального кубка-2019" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Iran lift a record-matching third Intercontinental Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Титул как предчувствие. Кто выиграет особенный Межконтинентальный кубок?". Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  8. ^ Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2019 promotional poster (Image). Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ "UAE drawn alongside heavyweights Italy, Spain and Japan at Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2019". The National. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Official Draw Image 6 of 11". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  12. ^ "World Ranking September 2019". Beach Soccer Russia. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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