2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament. It was hosted at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1 to 5 November 2016. Eight teams participated in the competition, ending with Brazil winning their second title.

2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates1–5 November 2016
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Russia
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored179 (8.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)BrazilBruno Xavier (8 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Xavier
Best goalkeeperIran Peyman Hosseini

For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016.

Participating teams
Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Host 6th
 Poland UEFA 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification winners 1st
 United States CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fourth place 3rd
 Russia UEFA 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place 6th
 Iran AFC 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place 4th
 Egypt CAF 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place 2nd
 Tahiti OFC 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 4th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship winners 5th

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
 Brazil 3300267+199
 Tahiti 32011617-16
 Poland 3012812–41
 United Arab Emirates 3003620–140
Tahiti 5–4 Poland
N. Bennett 2', 26'
Taiarui 13', 30' (p)
Zaveroni 13'		 Report(ru) 2', 5' Ziober
32' Saganowski
33' (p) Klepczarek
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)


United Arab Emirates 1–11 Brazil
A. Salem 5' Report(ru) 4', 25' R. da Costa
8' Bruno Xavier
9', 15', 20' Catarino da Silva
19' Datinha
20' Valença
23', 30' Mauricinho
28' Bokinha
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)


United Arab Emirates 3–7 Tahiti
Sulaiman 13'
A. Alblooshi 21'
M. Al Zaabi 36'		 Report(ru) 5', 12', 24' Tepa
10' Taiarui
15' N. Bennett
16' Tavanae
20' Zaveroni
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)


Brazil 5–2 Poland
Bruno Xavier 14'
Datinha 22'
Bokinha 23', 28' (p)
da Costa 25'		 Report(ru) 4' Madani
15' Kubiak
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)


Poland 2–2 United Arab Emirates
A. Salem 4' (o.g.)
Kubiak 26'		 Report(ru) 6' A. Alblooshi
32' M. Al Zaabi
Penalties
Saganowski soccer ball with red X
Labedzki soccer ball with check mark
Gac soccer ball with check mark		 2–0 soccer ball with red X W. Salem
soccer ball with red X M. Al Zaabi
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)


Tahiti 4–10 Brazil
Zaveroni 14', 24'
Mesh 17' (p)
Tepa 23'		 Report(ru) 1', 20', 21', 24' Bruno Xavier
10' Datinha
26', 31' Maurusinho
30', 36' Lucão
35' Lima
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)


Group B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Iran 3210136+77
 Russia 32012212+106
 Egypt 31021217–53
 United States 3003820–120
United States 2–6 Iran
Perera 1', 9' Report(ru) 5' Mokhtari
8' Mesigar
9', 24' Ahmadzadeh
26' Kiani
33' Nazem
Attendance: 450
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)


Russia 10–6 Egypt
Nikonorov 2', 23', 27' (p)
Krasheninnikov 3'
Shishin 12', 29'
Makarov 14', 18'
Leonov 25' (p)
Peremitin 28'		 Report(ru) 3' E. Elsayed
12', 29' Hassan
25' K. Elsayed
27' Abdelsamie
30' M. Ali
Attendance: 380
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)


Egypt 1–4 Iran
M. Abdelnaby 15' Report(ru) 1', 9' (p) Ahmadzadeh
2', 14' Mesigar
Attendance: 700
Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania)


Russia 9–3 United States
Paporotnyi 6', 27', 28'
Nikonorov 10', 24'
Makarov 14', 19', 21'
Peremitin 16'		 Report(ru) 4', 35' T. Canale
12' Perera
Attendance: 550
Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)


United States 3–5 Egypt
Perera 10' (p), 16', 34' Report(ru) 2', 11' Mostafa
18' M. Ali
24' Shaaban
36' M. Abdelnaby
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)


Iran 3–3 Russia
Mesigar 2'
Boloukbashi 4'
Kiani 19'		 Report(ru) 2', 19' Peremitin
36' Makarov
Penalties
Nazem soccer ball with check mark
Mokhtarisoccer ball with check mark
Ahmadzadeh soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 soccer ball with red X Paporotnyi
soccer ball with check mark Shishin
Attendance: 2,300


Classification stage
 
5–8 placesFifth place
 
      
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Poland 6
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 United States3
 
 Poland (p)3 (2)
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Egypt3 (0)
 
 Egypt 7
 
 
 UAE3
 
Seventh place
 
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 United States 3
 
 
 UAE4

5–8 places
Poland 6–3 United States
Saganowski 15', 31'
Ziober 20'
Madani 28'
Esinovski 33'
Dept 36'		 Report(ru) 13' Futagaki
21' Valentine
36' Feld
Egypt 7–3 United Arab Emirates
Report(ru)

Seventh place match
 United States3–4 United Arab Emirates
Report(ru)

Fifth place match
 Poland3–3 Egypt
Report(ru)
Penalties
2–0

Championship stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Brazil7
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Russia0
 
 Brazil6
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Iran2
 
 Iran8
 
 
 Tahiti6
 
Third place
 
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Russia4
 
 
 Tahiti3

Semi-finals
Brazil 7–0 Russia
Report(ru)
Attendance: 2,500
Iran 8–6 Tahiti
Mesigar 9', 27'
Ahmadzadeh 16'
Akbari 21', 34', 36'
Boloukbashi 27', 32'		 Report(ru) 15' N. Bennett
19' Zaveroni
23' Tepa
26' Li Fung Kuee
27' R. Bennett
32' (p) Taiarui
Attendance: 3,000

Third place match
 Russia4–3 Tahiti
Report(ru)
Attendance: 1,900

Final
 Brazil6–2 Iran
Report(ru)
Attendance: 4,000

Final standings
Rank Team
1 Brazil
2 Iran
3 Russia
4 Tahiti
5 Poland
6 Egypt
7 UAE
8 United States

Goalscorers
8 goals
  • Brazil Bruno Xavier
7 goals
  • Brazil Mauricinho
  • Iran Mesigar
6 goals
  • Brazil Bokinha
  • Iran Ahmadzadeh
  • Russia Makarov
  • Russia Nikonorov
  • United States Perera
5 goals
  • Brazil Catarino da Silva
  • French Polynesia N. Bennett
  • French Polynesia Tepa
  • French Polynesia Zaveroni
  • United Arab Emirates A. Alblooshi
4 goals
  • Brazil R. da Costa
  • Russia Paporotnyi
  • Russia Peremitin
  • French Polynesia Taiarui
  • Poland Saganowski
  • Egypt Hassan
  • Egypt Shaaban
  • United States Canale
3 goals
  • Brazil Datinha
  • Brazil Lima
  • Iran Akbari
  • Iran Boloukbashi
  • Poland Kubiak
  • Poland Ziober
  • Egypt M. Abdelnaby
  • Egypt Mostafa
2 goals
  • Brazil Lucão
  • Iran Kiani
  • Russia Krasheninnikov
  • Russia Leonov
  • Russia Shishin
  • Poland Madani
  • Egypt M. Ali
  • Egypt E. Elsayed
  • United Arab Emirates M. Al Zaabi
  • United Arab Emirates Khalaf
  • United Arab Emirates W. Salem
1 goal
  • Brazil Valença
  • Iran Mokhtari
  • Iran Nazem
  • French Polynesia Mesh
  • French Polynesia Li Fung kuee
  • French Polynesia Tavanae
  • French Polynesia Torokhov
  • French Polynesia R. Bennett
  • Poland Dept
  • Poland Esinovski
  • Poland Gak
  • Poland Klepczarek
  • Egypt Abdelsamie
  • Egypt Fawzi
  • Egypt K. Elsayed
  • United Arab Emirates A. Salem
  • United Arab Emirates Sulaiman
  • United States Feld
  • United States Futagaki
  • United States Gil
  • United States Valentine
own goals
  • Russia Paporotnyi (against Tahiti)
  • United Arab Emirates A. Salem (against Poland)
  • United Arab Emirates Sulaiman (against Egypt)

Broadcasting
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