2015 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 3–7 November 2015
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up  Tahiti
Third place  Iran
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 145 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Mohamed Gamal
Best player Russia Yury Krasheninnikov

The 2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 3 to 7 November 2015. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Host 5th
 Portugal UEFA 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup & 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 2nd
 Russia UEFA 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League third place 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners 3rd
 Argentina CONMEBOL 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship third place 1st
 Iran AFC 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place 3rd
 Egypt CAF 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place 1st
 Tahiti OFC 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 3rd

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4).

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3201148+66
 Egypt 32011213–16
 United Arab Emirates 3111101004
 Argentina 30031015–50

3 November 2015
17:30
United Arab Emirates  2–3  Egypt
Ali Karim  13'
Walid  31' 		Report Aboserie  12'
Gamal  35', 36'


3 November 2015
18:45
Russia  5–1  Argentina
Makarov  1'
Shishin  9'
Krasheninnikov  24'
Gorchinsky  35'
Paporotnyi  36' 		Report Minici  25'



4 November 2015
18:45
Egypt  2–5  Russia
Report


5 November 2015
16:15
Egypt  7–6  Argentina
Report



Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Tahiti 3300147+79
 Iran 3201129+36
 Portugal 31021014–43
 Mexico 3003814–60

3 November 2015
16:15
Portugal  5–3  Mexico
Torres  8'
Belchior  14', 27'
Coimbra  16'
Madjer  26' 		Report Gomez  21', 33'
Rodriguez  33'


3 November 2015
20:00
Tahiti  4–2  Iran
Tepa  7'
Zaveroni  9'
N. Bennett  20'
Taiarui  26' 		Report Ahmadzadeh  25', 35'


4 November 2015
16:15
Mexico  3–4  Tahiti
Report


4 November 2015
20:00
Iran  5–3  Portugal
Report


5 November 2015
17:30
Portugal  2–6  Tahiti
Report


5 November 2015
20:00
Mexico  2–5  Iran
Report


Classification stage

5–8 places Fifth place
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
  Portugal  6  
  Argentina  2  
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
      Portugal  1
    UAE  4
Seventh place
6 November – Jumeirah Beach 7 November – Jumeirah Beach
  UAE  3   Argentina  2
  Mexico  2     Mexico  6

5–8 places

6 November 2015
16:15
 Portugal 6–2  Argentina
Report

6 November 2015
17:30
 UAE 3–2  Mexico
Report

Seventh place match

7 November 2015
12:15
 Argentina 2–6  Mexico
Report

Fifth place match

7 November 2015
13:30
 Portugal 1–4  UAE
Report

Championship stage

Semi-finals Final
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
  Tahiti  8  
  Egypt  5  
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
      Tahiti  2
    Russia  5
Third place
6 November – Jumeirah Beach 7 November – Jumeirah Beach
  Russia  4   Egypt  2 (2)
  Iran  1     Iran  2 (3)

Semi-finals

6 November 2015
18:45
 Tahiti 8–5  Egypt
Report

6 November 2015
20:00
 Russia 4–1  Iran
Report

Third place match

7 November 2014
15:45
 Egypt 2–2 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Report
  Penalties  
2–3

Final

7 November 2014
17:00
 Tahiti 2–5  Russia
Report

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Russia Yury Krasheninnikov
Top Scorer
Egypt Mohamed Gamal
Best Goalkeeper
United Arab Emirates Humaid Albalooshi

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Russia
2  Tahiti
3  Iran
4  Egypt
5  UAE
6  Portugal
7  Mexico
8  Argentina

References

    External links

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