2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.

2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates6–10 November
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored186 (9.3 per match)

Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurred between 6 and 10 November.[2] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[3]

After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar.[3] Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup,[4] eight nations will take part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.

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.[5]

Brazil were the defending champions but lost to Russia in the semi-finals, ultimately finishing third; the defeat ended a 66-game winning streak for Canarinhos,[6] their last loss dating back to the 2015 World Cup (also against Russia). Iran beat Russia in the final to claim their second Intercontinental Cup crown.[7]

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part[8] including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, CONMEBOL did not enter a regional performer this year, so UEFA entered two teams.

Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by two nations; Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, one nation each.

Map highlighting the participating teams of the 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Team Confederation Recent achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts1 8th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 7th
 Iran AFC 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 6th
 Egypt CAF 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place 4th
 Russia UEFA 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place 8th
 Spain UEFA 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up Debut
 Tahiti OFC 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 5th
 United States CONCACAF 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fifth place 4th
1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish


Venue

The tournament took place in a new part of Dubai for the second consecutive year; this edition is held at an arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3,[5] with a capacity of 3,500.[9]

Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president Joan Cusco was welcoming of the change of location back to a beach venue saying, "this is where we belong".[10] (The previous edition was held in an inland area of Dubai for the first time). On the change of venue, DSC General Secretary Saeed Hareb stated the Council was in the process of finding a permanent home for the Intercontinental Cup.[11]

Sponsors

The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[12]

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 10 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4).[8]

For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into fours sets, Pots 1–4, shown in the table below. From each pot, the first team drawn out was placed into Group A; the other team was drawn into Group B. The teams were allocated to specific positions in their respective groups via the drawing of balls from a further two pots; for the teams entering Group A, Pot A, which contained the positions A1–A4 and for the teams entering Group B, Pot B, containing the positions B1–B4.[13]

The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Egypt (18)
  •  United States (24)
  1. Assigned to A1
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[14]

Group stage

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 24 8 +16 9 Knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 2 0 0 1 15 17 −2 6
3  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 1 0 0 2 7 16 −9 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Spain 3 0 0 0 3 12 17 −5 0
Source: BSWW
(H) Host.
Brazil 5–2 Spain
Bruno Xavier  14', 33'
Datinha  20', 28'
Rodrigo  23'		 Report(ru)  19' Suarez
 22' Llorenç
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
United Arab Emirates 1–3 Egypt
A. Mohammadi  13' Report(ru)  1' A. Elshahat
 30' H. Ataf
 32' Mohamed
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)
Egypt 5–10 Brazil
A. Elshahat  10'
Samir  16'
Mohamed  19'
H. Atef  20'
Hassane  33'		 Report(ru)  3' Bruno Xavier
 5', 11', 20' (p) Igor
 10' Mauricinho
 10' Bokinha
 12', 33' Rodrigo
 32' Filipe
 34' Rafinha
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Spain 4–5 United Arab Emirates
Llorenç  1', 31', 31'
Antonio  26'		 Report(ru)  7', 21' Almuntaser
 13', 13' A. Beshr
 24' A. Mohammadi
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Egypt 7–6 Spain
M. Sasa  4', 14', 34' (p), 36'
Mohamed  6'
Hassane  21'
A. Elshahat  36'		 Report(ru)  6', 15' Javi Torres
 14' Suarez
 17' Chiky
 21' Adril
 21' Llorenç
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
United Arab Emirates 1–9 Brazil
A. Ali  36' Report(ru)  8', 15' Filipe
 29' Igor
 31' Mao
 31' Mauricinho
 33' Antonio
 34' Rafinha
 34' (o.g.) A. Beshr
 34' Bruno Xavier
Referee: Denis Smolyaninov (Russia)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 22 12 +10 6
3  Tahiti 3 0 1 0 2 15 17 −2 2 5th–8th place play-offs
4  United States 3 0 0 0 3 10 28 −18 0
Source: BSWW
Tahiti 6–7 Russia
Taiarui  8'
Tavanae  24', 25'
Revel  26'
Lebaste  30'
Li Fung Kuee  34'		 Report(ru)  1' Chuzhkov
 8', 19' Zemskov
 8', 14' Paporotyni
 10' Nikonorov
 34' Shkarin
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Iran 8–1 United States
Moradi  3', 20'
Akbari  10'
Ahmedzadeh  10'
Kiani  13'
Mesigar  16'
Masoumizadeh  23' (p)
Mirshekari  24'		 Report(ru)  28' Silveira
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)
Russia 13–3 United States
Zemskov  1', 19', 24', 29', 32', 36'
Novikov  5'
Paporotyni  6'
Krasheninnikov  17', 35'
Shishin  20'
Romanov  21', 34'		 Report(ru)  2' Mondragon
 11', 33' Albiston
Referee: Ibrahim Alraeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Tahiti 2–4 Iran
Lebaste  19'
Tavanae  36'		 Report(ru)  9' Akbari
 11', 19' Masoumizadeh
 12' Behzadpour
Tahiti 7–6 (a.e.t.) United States
Taiarui  2', 38'
Labaste  3'
Li Fung Kuee  16' (p), 19', 32'
Tavanae  35'		 Report(ru)  2' Silveira
 7', 8', 13' Canale
 31' Perera
 35' Toth
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 3–2 Russia
Akbari  11'
Piramoun  12'
Behzadpour  32'		 Report(ru)  28' Romanov
 29' Zemskov
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place were 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
 
      
 
9 November
 
 
 Tahiti 1
 
10 November
 
 Spain9
 
 Spain 3
 
9 November
 
 United States4
 
 United Arab Emirates 3
 
 
 United States5
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
10 November
 
 
 Tahiti 6
 
 
 United Arab Emirates7

5th to 8th place semi-finals
Tahiti 1–9 Spain
Lebaste  6' Report(ru)  10' Cintas
 10', 12' Javi Torres
 13' Suarez
 16', 28' Guisado
 19' Domi
 25' Frutos
 32' Adril
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)
United Arab Emirates 3–5 United States
A. Beshr  2'
Ali Karim  11'
A. Mohammadi  33'		 Report(ru)  7' Albiston
 12', 22', 32' (p) Perera
 31' Silveira
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Seventh place play-off
Tahiti 6–7 United Arab Emirates
Taiarui  9'
Li Fung Kuee  16'
Tavanae  17', 26'
Labaste  21'
Salem  27'		 Report(ru)  12' Ali Karim
 19', 32' Walid
 29', 33' (p) A. Beshr
 35', 36' W. Beshr
Referee: Denis Smolyaninov (Russia)

Fifth place play-off
Spain 3–4 United States
Suarez  1', 18' (p), 26' Report(ru)  4' Canale
 15' Mondragon
 30' Perera
 31' Silveira
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

Knockout stage

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 November
 
 
 Iran3
 
10 November
 
 Egypt1
 
 Iran4
 
9 November
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia (p)5 (3)
 
 
 Brazil5 (1)
 
Third place play-off
 
 
10 November
 
 
 Egypt3
 
 
 Brazil5

Semi finals
Iran 3–1 Egypt
Masoumizadeh  20'
Mirshekari  31'
Kiani  32'		 Report(ru)  32' (p) M. Samir
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)
Russia 5–5 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Makarov  7'
Nikonorov  13', 39'
Paporotnyi  19', 25'		 Report(ru)  25', 31' Bruno Xavier
 35' Datinha
 36', 37' Rodrigo
Penalties
Krash
Shishin
Makarov 		3–1 Igor
Filipe
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

Third place play-off
Egypt 3–5 Brazil
Mohamed  5', 10'
M. Sasa  33'		 Report(ru)  3' Filipe
 7', 20', 33' Rodrigo
 27' Mauricinho

Final
Iran 4–2 Russia
Kiani  4'
Masoumizadeh  7', 24'
Behzadpour  11'		 Report(ru)  13', 31' Paporotnyi
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

Awards

Winners trophy
 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Champions 

Iran
Second title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Fedor Zemskov
9 goals
Best player
Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Hamid Behzadpour
Source

Statistics

Goalscorers
9 goals
  • Fedor Zemskov
8 goals
  • Rodrigo
7 goals
6 goals
  • Moustafa Aly Mohamed
  • Bruno Xavier
  • Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Eduard Suarez
5 goals
  • Llorenç Gomez
  • Heiarii Tavanae
  • Ahmed Beshr
  • Tearii Labaste
  • Raimana Li Fung Kuee
  • Nick Perera
4 goals
  • Mohamed Abdelnaby
  • Igor Melo
  • Filipe Silva
  • Tomas Canale
  • Gabriel Silveira
  • Javi Torres
3 goals
  • Boris Nikonorov
  • Amirhosein Akbari
  • Christopher Albiston
  • Hamid Behzadpour
  • Ahmed Elshahat
  • Mauricinho
  • Datinha
  • Mostafa Kiani
  • Ali Mohammadi
  • Kirill Romanov
  • Taiarui Heimanu
2 goals
  • David Adril
  • Moustafa Samir
  • Ali Karim
  • Hasham Almuntaser
  • Rafinha
  • Haitham Atef
  • Waleed Beshr
  • Adrian Frutos
  • Fernando Guisado
  • Yury Krasheninnikov
  • Ali Mirshekari
  • David Mondragon
  • Mohammad Moradi
  • Walid Mohammadi
  • Mohamed Hassane
1 goal
  • Mohammed Ahmadzadeh
  • Franck Revel
  • Domingo Cabrera
  • Andrei Novikov
  • Ariihau Teriitau
  • Abbas Ali
  • Salvador "Chiky" Ardil
  • Mao
  • Bokinha
  • Teva Zaveroni
  • Aleksey Makarov
  • Moslem Mesigar
  • Saeid Piramoun
  • Christopher Toth
  • Antonio Farias
  • Salem Heirauarii
  • Jose Cintas
  • Maxim Chuzhkov
  • Dmitry Shishin
  • Anton Shkarin
Own goals
  • Ahmed Beshr (vs. Brazil)

Source

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Iran 5 5 0 0 0 22 8 +14 15 Champions
2 B  Russia 5 2 0 1 2 29 21 +8 7 Runners-up
3 A  Brazil 5 4 0 0 1 34 16 +18 12 Third place
4 A  Egypt 5 2 0 0 3 19 25 −6 6
5 B  United States 5 2 0 0 3 19 34 −15 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 A  Spain 5 1 0 0 4 24 22 +2 3
7 A  United Arab Emirates 5 2 0 0 3 17 27 −10 6
8 B  Tahiti 5 0 1 0 4 22 33 −11 2
Source: BSWW

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