2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2007
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Dates2–11 November
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored261 (8.16 per match)
Attendance157,300 (4,916 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Buru (10 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Buru
Fair play award Brazil
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The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007.

The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.

Qualifying rounds

African zone

Main article: 2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Senegal finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian zone

Main article: 2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4–3. Iran beat Bahrain in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.

European zone

Main articles: 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League and 2007 EBSL Last chance bracket

For the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Portugal, France, Russia and Spain. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was Italy who beat Switzerland in the final.

North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone

Main article: 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

Due to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following 2005. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament saw the United States claim victory, after beating Uruguay 4–3 in the final. Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.

Oceanian zone

Main article: 2007 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite Vanuatu dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.

Hosts

Brazil qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:

Players

Main article: 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

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Venue

As with the two previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.

Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W / 22.967°S 43.167°W / -22.967; -43.167 (Stade du Prado)
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

The 16 teams were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 19 8 +11 8
 Mexico 3 1 1 1 12 11 +1 5
 Russia 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 3
 Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 7 22 –15 0
Russia 2–2 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Shkarin 32'
Shaykov 34'		 Report Villalobos 14'
Gonzales 27'
Penalties
Bolabanov soccer ball with check mark
Shakmelyan soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark Villalobos
soccer ball with check mark Rosales
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria


Brazil 11–2 Solomon Islands
Buru 2', 31'
Júnior Negrão 6', 36'
Daniel 13', 29'
Bruno 15', 27'
Sidney 23', 23'
Duda 36'		 Report Mela 23'
Naka 27'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Spain Ruben Eiriz


Mexico 4–6 Brazil
Plata 4'
Gonzales 9'
Villalobos 12'
Cati 19'		 Report Buru 9', 20'
Andre 11'
Negao 24'
Bruno 24'
Benjamin 34'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Faessler


Solomon Islands 2–5 Russia
Hale 18'
Anisua 27'		 Report Leonov 1', 19', 30'
Shishin 2'
Shakmelyan 24'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Iran Ali Sharifat


Brazil 2–2 (a.e.t.) Russia
Andre 19'
Sidney 33'		 Report Shishin 30', 31'
Penalties
Negao soccer ball with check mark
Benjamin soccer ball with red X
Daniel soccer ball with check mark
Sidney soccer ball with red X
Mao soccer ball with check mark
Betinho soccer ball with check mark
Bruno soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Bolabanov
soccer ball with red X Pavlikov
soccer ball with check mark Gorchinskiy
soccer ball with red X Gordonov
soccer ball with check mark Shishin
soccer ball with check mark Bukhlitskiy
soccer ball with red X Shkmelyan
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Hungary Istvan Maszaros


Solomon Islands 3–6 Mexico
Naka 4', 22', 34' Report 9', 17' Rosales
14', 29' Plata
27' Villalobos
35' Pozos
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lithuania Sergejus Slyva

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6
 Portugal 3 0 2 1 11 12 –1 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 16 20 –4 3
 Iran 3 1 0 2 14 14 0 3
Portugal 3–3 (a.e.t.) Iran
Alan 4', 14', 21' Report Naderi 10'
Mesigar 19'
Dara 30'
Penalties
Belchior soccer ball with check mark 1–0 soccer ball with red X Ghorbanpour
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Brazil Ivo De Moraes


United States 4–8 Spain
Xexeo 12'
Ibsen 17'
Albuquerque 26'
Chimienti 27'		 Report Nico 2', 31'
Rumbo 14'
Alvarez 23', 31'
Amarelle 24', 33', 34'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Argentina Juan Rodriguez


Spain 4–2 Portugal
Amarelle 14'
J.Torres 19'
Alvarez 22'
Nico 36'		 Report Bilro 23'
Madjer 30'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Italy Favio Polito


Iran 6–7 United States
Aligoli 17'
Ahmadzadeh 18', 18'
Davoudi 28'
Ghorbanpour 31'
Mesigar 35'		 Report Nolz 8', 22'
Chimienti 10', 31'
Morales 20'
Astroga 23'
Ibsen 34'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma


Spain 4–5 Iran
C.Torres 5'
Beiro 14'
J.Torres 14', 34'		 Report Mesigar 6'
Ghorbanpour 8', 34'
Aligoli 9'
Ahmadzadeh 20'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Egypt Mohamed Morsi


United States 5–6 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Astorga 17', 21'
Nolz 26'
Chimienti 30'
Albuquerque 35'		 Report Madjer 2', 35'
Bilro 8', 39'
Alan 14', 18'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: France Sylvain Palhies

Group C

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 3 2 1 0 15 8 +7 8
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 8 9 –1 5
 Italy 3 1 0 2 13 12 +1 3
 Japan 3 0 0 3 6 13 –7 0
Uruguay 3–2 (a.e.t.) Italy
Ricaar 23', 23'
Matias 37'		 Report Pasquali 6'
Palamacci 16'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Argentina Pedro Infantes


Japan 1–4 Senegal
Yamauchi 34' Report Dieng 5'
Koukpaki 6', 22'
Mbengue 29'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Waleed Al Ali


Italy 6–3 Japan
Palmacci 5'
Maiorano 10'
Pasquali 24', 25', 27'
Leghissa 26'		 Report Tabata 7'
Yamauchi 13', 22'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Argentina Hernan Fernandez


Senegal 5–2 Uruguay
Diallo 2'
Koukpaki 8', 29', 31'
Sylla 15'		 Report Parrillo 6'
Ricar 8'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Costa Rica Franklin Quesada


Senegal 6–5 (a.e.t.) Italy
Kbengue 2', 19'
Koukpaki 8', 39'
Mbengue 9'
Thioune 35'		 Report Palmacci 1'
Pasquali 8', 9'
Maiorano 13'
Feudi 15'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Brazil Alberto Moreira


Japan 2–3 Uruguay
Yamauchi 5'
Arakaki 17'		 Report Parrillo 1'
Ricar 33'
Pampero 35'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma

Group D

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 1 2 0 14 12 +2 7
 France 3 1 1 1 11 10 +1 5
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 13 16 –3 0
Nigeria 5–3 Argentina
Ibrahim 4'
Uhunmwangho 12'
Onigbo 15'
Okemmiri 16', 21'		 Report Casado 8'
S. Hilaire 22'
Andrade 23'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hungary Istvan Maszaros


United Arab Emirates 5–6 France
Bashir 5', 23', 26'
Sadeqi 20'
Aljesmi 35'		 Report Basquaise 4', 9'
Samoun 9', 18', 22', 36'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Brazil Renato De Carlos


Argentina 4–2 United Arab Emirates
F. Hilaire 2', 27'
Minici 15'
Casado 21'		 Report Mesaabi 5'
Sadeqi 22'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Spain Ruben Eiriz


France 3–3 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Castro 13'
François 36'
Basquaise 36'		 Report Okpara 11', 20'
Usman 33'
Penalties
François soccer ball with check mark
Pérez soccer ball with check mark
Samoun soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with check mark Onigbo
soccer ball with check mark Uhunmwangho
soccer ball with check mark Olawale
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Brazil Alberto Moreira


France 2–2 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Basquaise 3'
François 6'		 Report E. Hilaire 18'
Minici 26'
Penalties
Castro soccer ball with check mark
Pérez soccer ball with red X
François soccer ball with check mark		 2–1 soccer ball with check mark Minici
soccer ball with red X Lopez
soccer ball with red X Casado
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria


United Arab Emirates 6–6 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Alabadla 9', 10', 23'
Albloushi 12'
Karim 22'
Bashir 35'		 Report Okpara 4'
Okemmiri 4'
Olawale 5', 7', 15'
Usman 31'
Penalties
Bashir soccer ball with red X 0–1 soccer ball with check mark Olawale
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Brazil Ivo De Moraes

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 November 2007
 
 
 Spain4
 
10 November 2007
 
 Mexico5
 
 Mexico5
 
8 November 2007
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Nigeria1
 
11 November 2007
 
 Uruguay3
 
 Mexico2
 
8 November 2007
 
 Brazil8
 
 Brazil10
 
10 November 2007
 
 Portugal7
 
 Brazil6
 
8 November 2007
 
 France2 Third place
 
 Senegal3
 
11 November 2007
 
 France6
 
 Uruguay (p)2 (1)
 
 
 France2 (0)
 

Quarter finals

Spain 4–5 Mexico
Alvarez 14'
Beiro 14'
C.Torres 16'
Adam 32'		 Report Villalobos 16', 34'
Gonzales 18'
Plata 26'
Salazar 32'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Faessler


Brazil 10–7 Portugal
Sidney 2', 4'
Andre 11', 27'
Buru 12', 34', 36'
Daniel 13', 30'
Bruno 16'		 Report Madjer 1', 13', 27', 28', 34'
Alan 3'
Hernani 5'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lithuania Sergejus Slyva


Senegal 3–6 France
Thiaw 13'
Dieng 14'
Mbengue 27'		 Report Pérez 1'
Ottavy 3'
Ruggeri 17'
François 27', 33'
Tanagro 30'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Argentina Juan Rodriguez


Nigeria 1–3 Uruguay
Ibrahim 36' Report Matias 29'
Ricar 34'
Parrillo 36'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Italy Fabio Polito

Semi-finals

Mexico 5–2 Uruguay
Plata 1', 20', 32', 35'
Villalobos 36'		 Report Ricar 4', 24'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lithuania Sergejus Slyva


Brazil 6–2 France
Buru 1', 2'
Bruno 9', 16'
Betinho 33', 34'		 Report Pérez 1'
Basquaise 35'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hungary Istvan Maszaros

Third place match

Uruguay 2–2 (a.e.t.) France
Pampero 6', 30' Report Basquaise 1', 10'
Penalties
Ricar soccer ball with check mark 1–0 soccer ball with red X Pérez
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Italy Fabio Polito

Final

Main article: 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
Mexico 2–8 Brazil
Villalobos 14'
Plata 36'		 Report Andre 9', 28'
Bruno 11', 16'
Benjamin 14'
Buru 19'
Betinho 22'
Negao 36'
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Spain Ruben Eiriz

Winners

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions

Brazil
Second title
11th world title

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Brazil Buru Portugal Madjer Mexico Morgan Plata
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Brazil Buru Mexico Morgan Plata Brazil Bruno
10 goals 9 goals 8 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Brazil

Top scorers

Final standings

Position Team
1  Brazil
2  Mexico
3  Uruguay
4  France
5  Senegal
6  Nigeria
7  Spain
8  Portugal
9  Russia
10  Italy
11  Iran
12  Argentina
13  United States
14  United Arab Emirates
15  Japan
16  Solomon Islands

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-11-16.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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