2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurs between 5 and 9 November.[1] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[2] Unlike in previous editions, there was no lead sponsor this year.

2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates5–9 November
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored138 (6.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Amir Hossein Akbari (6 goals)
Best player(s)United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Mohamad Al Jasmi

The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,[3] eight nations took part.

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.[4]

Iran were the defending champions and successfully retained their title, winning a third Intercontinental Cup crown by beating Spain 6–3 in the final.[5] Hosts UAE matched their best previous performance of third place for the first time since 2013.[6]

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part.

Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by three nations; Africa and North America, one nation each. Oceania, and for the first time, South America, did not enter any teams.[7]

Team Confederation Recent achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts1 9th
 Iran AFC 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup winners 7th
 Japan AFC 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 3rd
 Egypt CAF 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners 5th
 Russia UEFA 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up 9th
 Spain UEFA 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League third place 2nd
 Italy UEFA 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place 2nd
1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish

Venue

The tournament took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; this edition was held at a purpose-built arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3, for the second consecutive year with a capacity of 2,500.[8]

Sponsors

The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[9]

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 9 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4)[10][11] and was conducted by former Real Madrid defender, Míchel Salgado.[4]

For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two pots, shown in the table below; the teams were split based on their BSWW World Ranking – the top three teams plus the hosts were placed into Pot 1 whilst the lowest four teams of the ranking were placed in Pot 2. As each was drawn, the placement of the teams alternated back and forth between Groups A and B. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.

The composition of the pots is shown below:[12]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1. Assigned to A1
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[13]

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  Spain 3 1 0 1 1 12 12 0 4 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 0 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 9 8 +1 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Italy 3 1 0 0 2 16 19 −3 3
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Japan 6–4 Italy
  • Okuyama 12', 33'
  • Oba 20'
  • Akaguma 25', 30'
  • Yamauchi 35'
 Report(ru)
  • 9', 33' Gori
  • 12' Zurlo
  • 35' Ramacciotti
Referee: Oezcan Sultanolu (Turkey)
Spain 2–2 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
  • Chiky 11'
  • Javi Torres 33'
 Report(ru)
  • 18' A. Ali
  • 30' A. Bashr
Penalties
Chiky soccer ball with red X
Suarez soccer ball with check mark
Llorenç soccer ball with check mark		 2–1 soccer ball with red X Almuntaser
soccer ball with check mark A. Ali
soccer ball with red X W. Beshr
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Japan 2–3 Spain
  • Matsuda 2'
  • Oba 36'
 Report(ru)
  • 11' Chiky
  • 26' Javi Torres
  • 31' Adril
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)
United Arab Emirates 6–4 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • A. Beshr 11', 38'
  • Walid 12'
  • Kamal 15'
  • A. Mohammadi 22', 39'
 Report(ru)
  • 17' Ramacciotti
  • 19' Giordani
  • 34', 34' Montani
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)
Italy 8–7 Spain
  • Gori 6' (pen.), 8', 17'
  • Frainetti 13', 27' (pen.)
  • Carpita 15'
  • Josep Jr. 16'
  • Ramacciotti 33'
 Report(ru)
  • 5', 15', 20' Suarez
  • 9', 21', 23' Cintas
  • 17' Frutos
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 1–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
 Report(ru)
Penalties
A. Ali soccer ball with red X
Kamal soccer ball with check mark
W. Beshr soccer ball with check mark		 2–1 soccer ball with check mark Ozu
soccer ball with red X Okuyama
soccer ball with red X Oba
Referee: Oezcan Sultanolu (Turkey)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 2 0 1 0 15 10 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3  Egypt 3 1 0 0 2 10 11 −1 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 6 14 −8 0
Source: BSWW
Egypt 3–5 Russia
  • Moustafa 5'
  • Mohamed 8', 30'
 Report(ru)
  • 7', 12' Raskin
  • 9' Novikov
  • 14' Pavlenko
  • 15' (pen.) Kryshanov
Referee: Ibrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 7–4 Mexico
  • Ahmadzadeh 4', 36'
  • Mokhtari 8', 16'
  • Akbari 17', 30'
  • Masoumizadeh 35'
 Report(ru)
  • 6' Maldonado
  • 8', 29' Vizcarra
  • 36' Villaseñor
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Russia 3–1 Mexico
  • Zharikov 8'
  • Nikonorov 19'
  • Kryshanov 30'
 Report(ru)
  • 20' N. Martinez
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)
Iran 5–3 Egypt
  • Kiani 11'
  • A. Akbari 21', 27', 33'
  • Masoumizadeh 23'
 Report(ru)
  • 4' M. Samir
  • 20' A. Hassan
  • 27' M. Sasa
Referee: Ibrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Mexico 1–4 Egypt
 Report(ru)
  • 22' A. Elshahat
  • 26' Hassane
  • 28' Mostafa
  • 36' A. Hassan
Referee: Fallah Hassan Mohammed Al Balushi (Oman)
Russia 3–3 (a.e.t.) Iran
  • Chuzhkov 2'
  • Raskin 20'
  • Nikonorov 35'
 Report(ru)
  • 22' Akbari
  • 24' Mirshekari
  • 30' (o.g.) Kryshanov
Penalties
Kryshanov soccer ball with check mark
Nikonorov soccer ball with check mark
Novikov soccer ball with check mark
Fedorov soccer ball with check mark
Zharikov soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Masoumizadeh
soccer ball with check mark Mokhtari
soccer ball with check mark Kiani
soccer ball with check mark Mirshekari
soccer ball with check mark Shirmohammadi
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place are 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
 
      
 
8 November
 
 
 Egypt 4
 
9 November
 
 Italy 3
 
 Egypt 2
 
8 November
 
 Japan 7
 
 Japan 5
 
 
 Mexico 4
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
9 November
 
 
 Italy 3
 
 
 Mexico 2

5th–8th place semi-finals
Egypt 4–3 Italy
  • Hosaniy 15'
  • A. Elshahat 19'
  • Mohamed 20'
  • A. Hassan 31'
 Report(ru)
  • 16' Josep Jr.
  • 30' Montani
  • 36' Palmacci
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Japan 5–4 Mexico
  • Ozu 19', 24'
  • Matsuda 30'
  • Oba 31'
  • Matsuo 34'
 Report(ru)
  • 3', 16' N. Martinez
  • 13', 13' Maldonado
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Seventh place play-off
Italy 3–2 Mexico
  • Giordani 9'
  • Zurlo 19', 35'
 Report(ru)
  • 20' N. Martinez
  • 21' Macias
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

Fifth place play-off
Egypt 2–7 Japan
  • Moustafa 22', 33'
 Report(ru)
  • 4' Ozu
  • 9' Yamauchi
  • 12' (pen.) Okuyama
  • 16' Komaki
  • 22' Matsuda
  • 34' Oba
  • 36' Matsuo
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)

Knockout stage
Llorenç (Spain) and Mirshekari (Iran), battling for the ball during the final

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 November
 
 
 Spain 4
 
9 November
 
 Russia 2
 
 Spain 3
 
8 November
 
 Iran 6
 
 Iran (p)1 (4)
 
 
 United Arab Emirates 1 (3)
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 November
 
 
 Russia 1
 
 
 United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)2

Semi finals
Spain 4–2 Russia
  • Llorenç 10'
  • Adril 18'
  • Chiky 28'
  • Javi Torres 29'
 Report(ru)
  • 19' Nikonorov
  • 27' Fedorov
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)
Iran 1–1 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
  • Behzadpour 9'
 Report(ru)
  • 31' Walid
Penalties
Shirmohammadi soccer ball with red X
Mirshekari soccer ball with check mark
Kiani soccer ball with check mark
Piramoun soccer ball with check mark
Masoumizadeh soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Ali Karim
soccer ball with check mark Hasham
soccer ball with check mark W. Beshr
soccer ball with check mark A. Ali
soccer ball with red X Kamal
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

Third place play-off
Russia 1–2 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
  • Nikonorov 36'
 Report(ru)
  • 6', 38' W. Beshr
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Final
Spain 3–6 Iran
  • Llorenç 11'
  • Suarez 12'
  • Frutos 15' (pen.)
 Report(ru)
  • 3' Kiani
  • 6' Piramoun
  • 19' Mokhtari
  • 22' Behzadpour
  • 29' Ahmadzadeh
  • 33' Masoumizadeh
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Awards

Winners trophy
 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
champions 

Iran
Third title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Iran Amir Akbari
6 goals
Best player
United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
Best goalkeeper
United Arab Emirates Mohamad Al Jasmi
Source

Statistics

Goalscorers
6 goals
  • Iran Amir Akbari
5 goals
  • Italy Gabriele Gori
  • Japan Takaaki Oba
4 goals
  • Spain Eduard Suarez
  • Mexico Nestor Martinez
  • Russia Boris Nikonorov
3 goals
  • Spain Jose Cintas
  • Spain Javi Torres
  • Spain Salvador "Chiky" Ardil
  • Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Iran Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Mexico Ramon Maldonado
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Beshr
  • Italy Dario Ramacciotti
  • Italy Emmanuele Zurlo
  • Italy Marcello Percia Montani
  • Japan Keisuke Matsuda
  • Japan Ozu Moreira
  • Egypt Abdelrahman Hassan
  • Egypt Mohamed Abdelnaby
  • Egypt Moustafa Shaaban
  • Russia Vladimir Raskin
  • Japan Masanori Okuyama
2 goals
  • Spain Llorenç Gomez
  • Spain David Adril
  • Iran Mostafa Kiani
  • Iran Hamid Behzadpour
  • United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Mohammadi
  • United Arab Emirates Walid Mohammadi
  • Italy Josep Junior
  • Italy Marco Giordani
  • Japan Naoya Matsuo
  • Japan Shusei Yamauchi
  • Egypt Ahmed Elshahat
  • Egypt Mostafa Samir
  • Mexico Jose Vizcarra
  • Spain Adrian Frutos
  • Italy Alessio Frainetti
  • Russia Viktor Kryshanov
1 goal
  • Egypt Elhusseini Taha Rashed
  • Iran Ali Mirshekari
  • Iran Saeid Piramoun
  • United Arab Emirates Kamal Ali Sulaiman
  • United Arab Emirates Abbas Ali
  • Italy Andrea Carpita
  • Italy Paolo Palmacci
  • Japan Takuya Akaguma
  • Japan Masayuki Komaki
  • Egypt Moustafa Aly Mohamed
  • Egypt Hassane Mohamed Hassane
  • Mexico Diego Villasenor
  • Mexico Daniel Macias
  • Russia Maxim Chuzhkov
  • Russia Andrey Novikov
  • Russia Alexey Pavlenko
  • Russia Ostap Fedorov
  • Russia Vladislav Zharikov
Own goals
  • Japan Keisuke Matsuda (vs. UAE)
  • Egypt Hassane Mohamed Hassane (vs. Mexico)
  • Russia Viktor Kryshanov (vs. Iran (group stage))

Source: BSRussia

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Iran 5 3 0 2 0 22 14 +8 11 Champions
2 A  Spain 5 2 0 1 2 19 20 −1 7 Runners-up
3 A  United Arab Emirates 5 0 2 1 2 12 9 +3 5 Third place
4 B  Russia 5 2 0 0 3 14 13 +1 6
5 A  Japan 5 3 0 0 2 21 14 +7 9 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 B  Egypt 5 2 0 0 3 16 21 −5 6
7 A  Italy 5 2 0 0 3 22 25 −3 6
8 B  Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 12 22 −10 0
Source: BSWW

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