In the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players comes in the form of red and yellow cards.

Any player picking up a red card is expelled from the pitch and automatically banned for his country's next match, whether via a straight red or second yellow.

Disciplinary statistics

• Total number of yellow cards: 48
• Average yellow cards per match: 1.71
• Total number of red cards: 1
• Average red cards per match: 0.04
• Total number of red cards via second yellow card: 2
• Average red cards via second yellow card per match: 0.07
• First yellow card: Abdullah Al Qsami – Oman against Argentina
• First red card: Hassan Abdollahi – Iran against Switzerland
• Fastest yellow card from kick off: 0:25 minutes – Tomas Hernandez – El Salvador against Portugal
• Most yellow cards (team): 5 – Senegal
• Most red cards (team): 1 – Iran
• Fewest yellow cards (team): 0 – Argentina
• Most yellow cards (player): 3 – Hamid Ghorbanpour, Pape Koukpaki
• Most red cards (player): 1 – Hassan Abdollahi
• Most yellow cards (match): 6 – Iran against Italy
• Most red cards (match): 1 – Iran against Switzerland
• Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 – Oman against El Salvador, Nigeria against Russia
• Most cards in one match: 6 yellow cards and 1 red card – Italy v Iran

Sanctions

By match

Note: In this table the "Yellow" column counts only the first yellow card given to a player in a match. If a player receives a second yellow in the same match this is counted under "Second yellow"

Day	Match	Round	Referee	Total cards	Yellow	Second yellow	Straight red
Day 01	Switzerland v Senegal	Group A	Juan Rodriguez	5	5	0	0
Day 01	Italy v Iran	Group A	Javier Bentancor	7	6	1	0
Day 01	Argentina v Oman	Group B	Ruben Eiriz	1	1	0	0
Day 01	El Salvador v Portugal	Group B	Tasuku Onodera	2	2	0	0
Day 02	Tahiti v Venezuela	Group C	Istvan Meszaros	1	1	0	0
Day 02	Japan v Mexico	Group D	Tomasz Winiarczyk	1	1	0	0
Day 03	Iran v Switzerland	Group A	Ruben Eiriz	2	1	0	1
Day 03	Senegal v Italy	Group A	Jelili Ogunmuyiwa	2	2	0	0
Day 03	Portugal v Argentina	Group B	Alexander Berezkin	2	2	0	0
Day 04	Venezuela v Nigeria	Group C	Oscar Arosemena	2	2	0	0
Day 04	Mexico v Brazil	Group D	Alexander Berezkin	4	4	0	0
Day 05	Iran v Senegal	Group A	Miguel Lopez	2	2	0	0
Day 05	Portugal v Oman	Group B	Jose Cortez	5	4	1	0
Day 06	Venezuela v Russia	Group C	Ebrahim Almansory	4	4	0	0
Day 06	Ukraine v Mexico	Group D	Tomasz Winiarczyk	1	1	0	0
Day 08	Russia v Mexico	Quarterfinals	Istvan Meszaros	1	1	0	0
Day 08	Portugal v Senegal	Quarterfinals	Tasuku Onodera	3	3	0	0
Day 08	Italy v El Salvador	Quarterfinals	Jose Cortez	2	2	0	0
Day 08	Brazil v Nigeria	Quarterfinals	Alexander Berezkin	2	2	0	0
Total				51	48	2	1

By referee

Referee	Matches	Yellow	Second yellow	Red	PKs awarded
Ebrahim Almansory	2	4	0	0	2
Oscar Arosemena	2	2	0	0	2
Javier Bentancor	1	6	1	0	2
Alexander Berezkin	2	6	0	0	2
Jose Cortez	2	4	1	0	1
Ivo De Moraes	1	0	0	0	1
Ruben Eiriz	3	2	0	1	1
Said Hachim	1	0	0	0	0
Miguel Lopez	1	2	0	0	0
Istvan Meszaros	1	1	0	0	0
Jelili Ogunmuyiwa	1	2	0	0	0
Tasuku Onodera	1	2	0	0	2
Juan Rodriguez	1	5	0	0	0
Tomasz Winiarczyk	2	2	0	0	1
Suwat Wongsuwan	1	0	0	0	0

By team

Team	Yellow	Second yellow	Red	Total
Brazil	1	0	0	1
El Salvador	5	0	0	5
Iran	6	1	1	8
Italy	5	0	0	5
Japan	1	0	0	1
Mexico	4	0	0	4
Nigeria	3	0	0	3
Oman	4	1	0	5
Portugal	5	0	0	5
Senegal	5	0	0	5
Russia	2	0	0	2
Switzerland	3	0	0	3
Tahiti	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	0	1
Venezuela	3	0	0	3

By individual

Name	Team	Yellow	Second yellow	Red	Total
Hamed Ghorbanpour	Iran	2	1	0	3
Pape Koukpaki	Senegal	2	0	0	2
Rui Coimbra	Portugal	2	0	0	2
Al Seyni Ndiaye	Senegal	2	0	0	2
Giuseppe Soria	Italy	2	0	0	2
Hassan Abdollahi	Iran	1	0	1	2
Khalid Al Rajhi	Oman	1	1	0	2
Yahya Al Araimi	Oman	1	0	0	1
Nasser Al Mukhaini	Oman	1	0	0	1
Abdullah Al Qasmi	Oman	1	0	0	1
Wilber Alvarado	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
Marama Amau	Tahiti	1	0	0	1
Anderson	Brazil	1	0	0	1
Ibrahima Bakhoum	Senegal	1	0	0	1
Nuno Belchior	Portugal	1	0	0	1
Igor Borsuk	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
Farid Boulokbashi	Iran	1	0	0	1
Gian Luca Cardone	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
Francisco Cati	Mexico	1	0	0	1
Francesco Corosiniti	Italy	1	0	0	1
Libasse Diagne	Senegal	1	0	0	1
Miguel Estrada	Mexico	1	0	0	1
Tomoya Ginoza	Japan	1	0	0	1
Gabriele Gori	Italy	1	0	0	1
Paulo Graça	Portugal	1	0	0	1
Tomas Hernandez	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
Bartholomew Ibenegbu	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
Kaspar Jaeggy	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
Mo Jaeggy	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
Nico Jung	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
Francisco Landaeta	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
Ilya Leonov	Russia	1	0	0	1
Aleksey Makarov	Russia	1	0	0	1
Marcos Monsalve	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
Benjamin Mosco	Mexico	1	0	0	1
Ali Naderi	Iran	1	0	0	1
James Okwuosa	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
Musa Najare	Mexico	1	0	0	1
Bruno Novo	Portugal	1	0	0	1
James Okwuosa	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
Paolo Palmacci	Italy	1	0	0	1
Elias Ramirez	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
Agustin Ruiz	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
Walter Torres	El Salvador	1	0	0	1