2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh 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.

2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
DatesOctober 31 – November 4
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Iran
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored151 (7.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Jordan Santos (8 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Rodrigo
Best goalkeeperBrazil Mão

After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar.[1] Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup, eight nations took part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations (except for the OFC) as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.

The tournament started with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match was also contested by the losing semi-finalists.[2] The third and fourth placed nations from each group played in a series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place.

This tournament was the last in a deal signed between Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) in 2012 in which it was agreed the two parties would organise the tournament until 2017.[3] This year's event occurred between October 31 and November 4.

Brazil were the defending champions and successfully retained their title by beating Portugal in the final to claim their third Intercontinental Cup crown.[4]

Participating teams

Eight teams took part 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, the OFC did not enter a team this year, so UEFA entered two teams.

As incumbent continental champions, Senegal were originally invited to play as the African representatives but were unable to compete due to financial issues.[5]

Overall, Europe, Asia and South America were represented by two nations, Africa and North America one nation and Oceania, none.

Map highlighting the participating teams of the 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts1 7th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 6th
 Iran AFC 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 5th
 Egypt CAF 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place 3rd
 Mexico CONCACAF 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship runners-up 4th
 Paraguay CONMEBOL 2017 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship runners-up Debut
 Russia UEFA 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 7th
 Portugal UEFA 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up 3rd
1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish

Venue

This edition of the Intercontinental Cup took place in a new venue, in Dubai's Business Bay on the banks of the Dubai Water Canal, having taken place on Jumeirah Beach, Dubai Festival City and the Dubai International Marine Club in previous years.[6] The new stadium had a capacity of 3,000.[7]

Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president thanked the Dubai International Marine Club for hosting the previous events but explained that due to "external reasons" the competition would be hosted in a new part of the city in 2017.[6] He added the new venue would be easier to access by prospective spectators and that tickets would remain free for fans as in previous years.[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 was conducted at 11:00 GST on October 3 at the headquarters of the DSC in the Dubai Design District.[6] Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group.[10] The draw was conducted by Aml Wael and Nora Al Mazrouie, members of the UAE's women's national association football team.[11]

For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two sets, Pot 1 and Pot 2, shown in the table below. The allocation of teams into each Pot was based on previous performances in the championship. The first pot contained the three former champions of the Intercontinental Cup and, additionally, the hosts. The second pot contained the other four remaining participants who have not won the tournament before.[12] Two teams from each pot were drawn into Group A and two teams from each pot were drawn into Group B, with the hosts, the United Arab Emirates, automatically allocated to position A1.[12]

Prior to the draw, the eight teams were described as the strongest contingent the championship had ever seen.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[14]
  1. Assigned to A1

Group stage

The match schedule was announced on October 11.[15]

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 30 8 +22 9 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 0 1 1 13 14 −1 4
3  Egypt 3 1 0 0 2 13 20 −7 3 Consolation matches
4  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 0 0 0 3 11 25 −14 0
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Egypt 3–11 Brazil
Rashed 1'
Abdelnabi 19'
Gamal 21'		 Report(ru) 9', 26' Bruno Xavier
15', 20' Datinha
17', 35' Lucas
26', 32', 33' Rodrigo
31', 36' Bokinha
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Portugal 6–4 United Arab Emirates
Léo Martins 1'
Jordan 11', 20', 27', 36'
Madjer 35'		 Report(ru) 12' A. Mohammadi
14' Ali Karim
31', 33' Hasham
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
United Arab Emirates 3–4 Egypt
Alkaabi 1'
A. Mohammadi 4'
Hasham 11'		 Report(ru) 2' H. Ataf
4' Gamal
16' Hassan
32' Moustafa
Attendance: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Brazil 4–1 Portugal
Rodrigo 7', 24'
Bokinha 16'
Fernando DDI 22'		 Report(ru) 17' Duarte
Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés (Spain)
Egypt 6–6 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Hassan 2'
Gamal 14'
Rashed 17', 27'
Abdelnabi 27'
Ali 29'		 Report(ru) 2', 9', 34' Jordan
3' Bê Martins
5', 12' Madjer
Penalties
Shaaban soccer ball with check mark
Mohamed soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Madjer
soccer ball with check mark Pedro Silva
soccer ball with check mark Jordan
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)
United Arab Emirates 4–15 Brazil
Alkaabi 2'
A. Beshr 1', 31'
W. Bashr 23' (pen.)		 Report(ru) 2', 7', 28', 33' Bruno Xavier
7', 23', 31', 32' Lucas
11' Fernando DDI
12', 18' Lucao
15' Mauricinho
16', 26' Rodrigo
21' Rafa Padilha
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 0 12 6 +6 8 Knockout stage
2  Iran 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3 Consolation matches
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0
Source: BSWW
Russia 6–2 Mexico
N. Kryshanov 6'
Krasheninnikov 8'
Pavlenko 11'
Nikonorov 17', 36'
Romanov 18'		 Report(ru) 27' Maldonado
29' Piñeda
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 5–2 Paraguay
Ahmadzadeh 11', 34'
Akbari 22'
Mokhtari 24'
Mesigar 33'		 Report(ru) 12' Ojeda
12' Carballo
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Paraguay 1–2 Russia
Barreto 34' Report(ru) 24' Nikonorov
35' Paporotnyi
Referee: Ahmed Al Salami (United Arab Emirates)
Mexico 1–4 Iran
Akbari 23' (o.g.) Report(ru) 16' Ahmadzadeh
30' Mesigar
35' Akbari
36' Mirshekari
Referee: Ebrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Mexico 4–5 Paraguay
Samano 4'
Maldonado 7', 18'
Gallardo 14'		 Report(ru) 4', 6', 34' Carballo
27' Rolón
35' Barreto
Referee: Ebrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 3–4 (a.e.t.) Russia
Hosseini 11'
Abdollahi 15'
Ahmadzadeh 31'		 Report(ru) 1', 2', 4' Makarov
37' (o.g.) Abdollahi
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Consolation matches

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
 
      
 
3 November
 
 
 Egypt (a.e.t.)6
 
4 November
 
 Mexico5
 
 Egypt1
 
3 November
 
 United Arab Emirates2
 
 Paraguay1
 
 
 United Arab Emirates4
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
4 November
 
 
 Mexico0
 
 
 Paraguay3

5th to 8th place semi-finals
Egypt 6–5 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Rashed 17'
A. Hassan 17', 24'
Hassan 31'
Moustafa 36'
Gamal 38'		 Report(ru) 2' (pen.) Gallardo
5', 32' Vizcarra
10' Maldonado
21' A. Rodriguez
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Paraguay 1–4 United Arab Emirates
Rolon 25' Report(ru) 14', 34' Alkaabi
21' Hasham
36' A. Beshr
Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés (Spain)

Seventh place play-off
Mexico 0–3 Paraguay
Report(ru) 6', 23' Carballo
27' B. Roa
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

Fifth place play-off
Egypt 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Moustafa 28' Report(ru) 24' A. Ali
35' Ali Karim
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

Knockout stage

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 November
 
 
 Russia2
 
4 November
 
 Portugal3
 
 Portugal0
 
3 November
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil6
 
 
 Iran4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
4 November
 
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Iran4

Semi-finals
Russia 2–3 Portugal
Chuzhkov 12'
Paporontyi 16'		 Report(ru) 9' Bruno Novo
27' Andrade
35' Jordan
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Brazil 6–4 Iran
Datinha 4', 15'
Bokinha 12'
Filipe 14'
Bruno Xavier 20' (pen.)
Mauricinho 34'		 Report(ru) 11' Nazem
20', 30', 33' Kiani
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Third place play-off
Russia 2–4 Iran
Nikonorov 17'
Romanov 29'		 Report(ru) 20' Behzadpour
22' Ahmadzadeh
28' Moradi
36' Kiani
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)

Final
Portugal 0–2 Brazil
Report(ru) 17' Bokinha
20' Filipe
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Awards

Winners trophy
 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
champions 

Brazil
Third title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Portugal Jordan Santos
8 goals
Best player
Brazil Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Brazil Mão
Source Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics

Goalscorers
8 goals
7 goals
  • Brazil Rodrigo
  • Brazil Bruno Xavier
6 goals
  • Brazil Lucas
  • Paraguay Carlo Carballo
5 goals
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Brazil Bokinha
4 goals
  • Iran Mostafa Kiani
  • Brazil Datinha
  • United Arab Emirates Haitham Mohamed
  • United Arab Emirates Hasham Almuntaser
  • Egypt Mohamed Gamal Hassan
  • Russia Boris Nikonorov
  • Mexico Ramón Maldonado
  • Egypt Elhusseini Taha Rashed Aly
3 goals
2 goals
  • Egypt Abdelrahman Hassan Ahmed Hassan
  • Mexico José Vizcarra
  • Mexico Lugiani Gallardo
  • Brazil Lucao
  • Brazil Filipe
  • Brazil Fernando DDI
  • Iran Moslem Mesigar
  • Iran Seyed Ali Nazem
  • Egypt Mohamed Abdelnaby
  • Iran Amir Akbari
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Karim
  • Paraguay Edgar Barreto
  • Brazil Mauricinho
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Mohammad
  • Russia Artur Paporotnyi
  • Paraguay Jesus Rolon
  • Russia Kirill Romanov
1 goal
  • Portugal Duarte Vivo
  • Egypt Haitham Atef
  • Russia Alexey Pavlenko
  • Portugal Elinton Andrade
  • Russia Nikolai Kryshanov
  • Portugal Be Martins
  • Iran Ali Mirshekari
  • Iran Mohammad Moradi
  • Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
  • Paraguay Bonifacio Roa
  • United Arab Emirates Abbas Ali
  • Egypt Mohamed Abdelnaby Aly Aly Hassan
  • United Arab Emirates Waleed Bashr
  • Iran Hamid Behzadpour
  • Russia Yuri Krasheninnikov
  • Portugal Leo Martins
  • Portugal Bruno Novo
  • Paraguay Luis Ojeda
  • Brazil Rafael Padilha
  • Mexico Angel Rodriguez
  • Mexico Erick Samano Aleman
  • Mexico Ulises Torres Pineda
  • Iran Peyman Hosseini
  • Russia Maxim Chuzhkov
Own goals
  • Iran Amir Akbari (vs. Mexico)
  • Iran Hassan Abdollahi (vs. Russia)

Source Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Brazil 5 5 0 0 0 38 12 +26 15 Champions
2 A  Portugal 5 2 0 1 2 16 18 −2 7 Runners-up
3 B  Iran 5 3 0 0 2 20 15 +5 9 Third place
4 B  Russia 5 2 1 0 2 16 13 +3 8
5 A  United Arab Emirates 5 2 0 0 3 17 27 −10 6
6 A  Egypt 5 1 1 0 3 20 27 −7 5
7 B  Paraguay 5 2 0 0 3 12 15 −3 6
8 B  Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 12 24 −12 0
Source: BSWW

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