2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The official logo of the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	2 November – 11 November
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	261 (8.16 per match)
Attendance	157,300 (4,916 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Buru (10 goals)
Best player	Buru
Fair play award	Brazil

The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall, this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. 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

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

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

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

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

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:

Asian zone:  Iran  Japan  United Arab Emirates (first appearance) African zone:  Nigeria  Senegal (first appearance) European zone:  France  Italy  Portugal  Russia  Spain

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:  Mexico (first appearance)  United States Oceanian zone:  Solomon Islands South-American zone:  Argentina  Uruguay Hosts:  Brazil

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	Rio de Janeiro 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Brazil)
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W / 22.967°S 43.167°W
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil 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  v  Mexico

2 November 2007 09:30

Russia	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1 – 2 pens)	Mexico
Shkarin  32' Shaykov  34'	Report	14' Villalobos  27' Gonzales
	Penalties
Bolabanov Shakmelyan	1 – 2	Villalobos Rosales

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Erick Chavarria

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Brazil  v  Solomon Islands

2 November 2007 11:00

Brazil	11 – 2	Solomon Islands
Buru  2',  31' Júnior Negrão  6',  36' Daniel  13',  29' Bruno  15',  27' Sidney  23',  23' Duda  36'	Report	23' Mela  27' Naka

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 9 500 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

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Mexico  v  Brazil

4 November 2007 11:00

Mexico	4 – 6	Brazil
Plata  4' Gonzales  9' Villalobos  12' Cati  19'	Report	9',  20' Buru  11' Andre  24' Negao  24' Bruno  34' Benjamin

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Stephan Faessler

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Solomon Islands  v  Russia

4 November 2007 12:30

Solomon Islands	2 – 5	Russia
Hale  18' Anisua  27'	Report	1',  19',  30' Leonov  2' Shishin  24' Shakmelyan

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Ali Sharifat

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Brazil  v  Russia

6 November 2007 11:30

Brazil	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pens)	Russia
Andre  19' Sidney  33'	Report	30',  31' Shishin
	Penalties
Negao Benjamin Daniel Sidney Mao Betinho Bruno	5 – 4	Bolabanov Pavlikov Gorchinskiy Gordonov Shishin Bukhlitskiy Shkmelyan

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Istvan Maszaros

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Solomon Islands  v  Mexico

6 November 2007 14:00

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: Sergejus Slyva

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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
Iran	3	1	0	2	14	14	0	3
United States	3	1	0	2	16	20	-4	3

Portugal  v  Iran

2 November 2007 12:30

Portugal	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 pens)	Iran
Alan  4',  14',  21'	Report	10' Naderi  19' Mesigar  30' Dara
	Penalties
Belchior	1 – 0	Ghorbanpour

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Ivo De Moraes

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United States  v  Spain

2 November 2007 14:00

United States	4 – 8	Spain
Xexeo  12' Ibsen  17' Albuquerque  26' Chimienti  27'	Report	2',  31' Nico  14' Rumbo  23',  31' Alvarez  24',  33'  34' Amarelle

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Juan Rodriguez

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Spain  v  Portugal

4 November 2007 09:30

Spain	4 – 2	Portugal
Amarelle  14' J.Torres  19' Alvarez  22' Nico  36'	Report	23' Bilro  30' Madjer

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Favio Polito

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Iran  v  United States

4 November 2007 14:00

Iran	6 – 7	United States
Aligoli  17' Ahmadzadeh  18',  18' Davoudi  28' Ghorbanpour  31' Mesigar  35'	Report	8',  22' Nolz  10',  31' Chimienti  20' Morales  23' Astroga  34' Ibsen

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 000 Referee: George Postma

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Spain  v  Iran

6 November 2007 09:30

Spain	4 – 5	Iran
C.Torres  5' Beiro  14' J.Torres  14',  34'	Report	6' Mesigar  8',  34' Ghorbanpour  9' Aligoli  20' Ahmadzadeh

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Mohamed Morsi

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United States  v  Portugal

6 November 2007 12:30

United States	5 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Astorga  17',  21' Nolz  26' Chimienti  30' Albuquerque  35'	Report	2',  35' Madjer  8',  39' Bilro  14',  18' Alan

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

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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  v  Italy

3 November 2007 11:00

Uruguay	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Ricaar  23',  23' Matias  37'	Report	6' Pasquali  16' Palamacci

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Pedro Infantes

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Japan  v  Senegal

3 November 2007 14:00

Japan	1 – 4	Senegal
Yamauchi  34'	Report	5' Dieng  6',  22' Koukpaki  29' Mbengue

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Waleed Al Ali

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Italy  v  Japan

5 November 2007 09:30

Italy	6 – 3	Japan
Palmacci  5' Maiorano  10' Pasquali  24',  25',  27' Leghissa  26'	Report	7' Tabata  13',  22' Yamauchi

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Hernan Fernandez

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Senegal  v  Uruguay

5 November 2007 12:30

Senegal	5 – 2	Uruguay
Diallo  2' Koukpaki  8',  29',  31' Sylla  15'	Report	6' Parrillo  8' Ricar

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Franklin Quesada

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Senegal  v  Italy

7 November 2007 11:00

Senegal	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Kbengue  2',  19' Koukpaki  8',  39' Mbengue  9' Thioune  35'	Report	1' Palmacci  8',  9' Pasquali  13' Maiorano  15' Feudi

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Alberto Moreira

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Japan  v  Uruguay

7 November 2007 14:00

Japan	2 – 3	Uruguay
Yamauchi  5' Arakaki  17'	Report	1' Parrillo  33' Ricar  35' Pampero

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: George Postma

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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  v  Argentina

3 November 2007 09:30

Nigeria	5 – 3	Argentina
Ibrahim  4' Uhunmwangho  12' Onigbo  15' Okemmiri  16',  21'	Report	8' Casado  22' S.Hilaire  23' Andrade

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Istvan Maszaros

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United Arab Emirates  v  France

3 November 2007 12:30

United Arab Emirates	5 – 6	France
Bashir  5',  23',  26' Sadeqi  20' Aljesmi  35'	Report	4',  9' Basquaise  9',  18',  22',  36' Samoun

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Renato De Carlos

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Argentina  v  United Arab Emirates

5 November 2007 11:30

Argentina	4 – 2	United Arab Emirates
F.Hilaire  2',  27' Minici  15' Casado  21'	Report	5' Mesaabi  22' Sadeqi

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

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France  v  Nigeria

5 November 2007 14:00

France	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (2 – 3 pens)	Nigeria
Castro  13' François  36' Basquaise  36'	Report	11',  20' Okpara  33' Usman
	Penalties
François Pérez Samoun	2 – 3	Onigbo Uhunmwangho Olawale

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 300 Referee: Alberto Moreira

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France  v  Argentina

7 November 2007 09:30

France	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (2 – 1 pens)	Argentina
Basquaise  3' François  6'	Report	18' E.Hilaire  26' Minici
	Penalties
Castro Pérez François	2 – 1	Minici Lopez Casado

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Erick Chavarria

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United Arab Emirates  v  Nigeria

7 November 2007 12:30

United Arab Emirates	6 – 6 (a.e.t.) (0 – 1 pens)	Nigeria
Alabadla  9',  10',  23' Albloushi  12' Karim  22' Bashir  35'	Report	4' Okpara  4' Okemmiri  5',  7',  15' Olawale  31' Usman
	Penalties
Bashir	0 – 1	Olawale

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Ivo De Moraes

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 November 2007
	Spain	4
					10 November 2007
	Mexico	5
					Mexico	5
	8 November 2007
					Uruguay	2
	Nigeria	1
									11 November 2007
	Uruguay	3
									Mexico	2
	8 November 2007
									Brazil	8
	Brazil	10
					10 November 2007
	Portugal	7
					Brazil	6			Third place
	8 November 2007
					France	2
	Senegal	3							Uruguay (pens)	2 (1)
	France	6							France	2 (0)
									11 November 2007

Quarter finals

Spain  v  Mexico

8 November 2007 09:30

Spain	4 – 5	Mexico
Alvarez  14' Beiro  14' C.Torres  16' Adam  32'	Report	16',  34' Villalobos  18' Gonzales  26' Plata  32' Salazar

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Stephan Faessler

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Brazil  v  Portugal

8 November 2007 11:00

Brazil	10 – 7	Portugal
Sidney  2',  4' Andre  11',  27' Buru  12',  34',  36' Daniel  13',  30' Bruno  16'	Report	1',  13',  27',  28',  34' Madjer  3' Alan  5' Hernani

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Sergejus Slyva

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Senegal  v  France

8 November 2007 12:30

Senegal	3 – 6	France
Thiaw  13' Dieng  14' Mbengue  27'	Report	1' Pérez  3' Ottavy  17' Ruggeri  27',  33' François  30' Tanagro

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Juan Rodriguez

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Nigeria  v  Uruguay

8 November 2007 14:00

Nigeria	1 – 3	Uruguay
Ibrahim  36'	Report	29' Matias  34' Ricar  36' Parrillo

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Fabio Polito

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Semi finals

Mexico  v  Uruguay

10 November 2007 09:30

Mexico	5 – 2	Uruguay
Plata  1',  20',  32',  35' Villalobos  36'	Report	4',  24' Ricar

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Sergejus Slyva

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Brazil  v  France

10 November 2007 11:00

Brazil	6 – 2	France
Buru  1',  2' Bruno  9',  16' Betinho  33',  34'	Report	1' Pérez  35' Basquaise

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Istvan Maszaros

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Third place play off

Uruguay  v  France

11 November 2007 09:30

Uruguay	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 pens)	France
Pampero  6',  30'	Report	1',  10' Basquaise
	Penalties
Ricar	1 – 0	Pérez

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Fabio Polito

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Final

Mexico  v  Brazil

11 November 2007 11:00

Mexico	2 – 8	Brazil
Villalobos  14' Plata  36'	Report	9',  28' Andre  11',  16' Bruno  14' Benjamin  19' Buru  22' Betinho  36' Negao

Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

Winners

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil Second (11th overall) title

Awards

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

Top scorers

10 goals Buru 9 goals Morgan Plata 8 goals Bruno Madjer 7 goals Ricardo Villalobos Jeremy Basquaise Pape Koukpaki Ricar 6 goals Alan Andre Roberto Pasquali 5 goals Sidney 4 goals Amarelle Didier Samoun Júnior Negrão Stéphane François

4 goals (cont.) James Naka Haidar Bashir Javi Alvarez Mario Chimienti Shusei Yamauchi Gomis Mbengue Daniel 3 goals Oscar Gonzales Bakhit Alabadla Hamed Ghorbanpour Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Nico Joshua Nolz Isiaka Olawale Betinho Dmitry Shishin Benyam Astorga Ilya Leonov Paolo Palmacci Moslem Mesigar Bilro Ogbonnaya Okemmiri Uga Okpara

3 goals (cont.) Javier Torres Pampero Parrillo 2 goals Sebastien Perez Benjamin Damiano Maiorano Zak Ibsen Idoko Ibrahim Federico Hilaire Ali Aligoli Facundo Minici Gustavo Casado Jevin Albuquerque Qambar Sadeqi Cristian Torres Malick Dieng Suleiman Usman Miguel Beiro Gustavo Rosales Matias 40 others scored 1 goal each

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

External links

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2007, FIFA.com