2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2007
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	2–11 November
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd 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(s)	Buru
Fair play award	Brazil
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. 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:

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

Mexico (first appearance)
United States

Oceanian zone:

Solomon Islands

South American zone:

Hosts:

Brazil

Players

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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 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W / 22.967°S 43.167°W / -22.967; -43.167 (Stade du Prado)
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

The 16 teams were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a

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

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

2 November 2007

09:30

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

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

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

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

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

Qualifying rounds

African zone

Asian zone

European zone

North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone

Oceanian zone

Hosts

Teams

Players

Venue

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

Top scorers

Final standings

References

External links