Beach Soccer World Cup 2001

Beach Soccer World Cup 2001
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 11 February – 18 February
Teams 12
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up  France
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 144 (7.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alan (10 goals)
Best player Hernani

The Beach Soccer World Championships 2001 was the seventh edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. The tournament took place in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil from February 11-February 18. It was also the first time that Brazil did not win the tournament and saw them finish outside the top 3. Portugal became the champions.

Contents

Organisation

12 teams were split into 4 groups of 3 with the Top-2 from each group advancing to the knock-out phase.

Teams

From the 12 teams, 6 teams came from Europe, 5 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from North America.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

North American Zone:

Hosts:

Matches

Group stages

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 6 2 2 0 0 21 3 6
 Italy 3 2 1 0 1 4 13 3
 Germany 0 2 0 0 2 5 14 0
February 11, 2001
  Brazil 10–3  Germany Costa do Sauipe
   
February 13, 2001
  Brazil 11–0  Italy Costa do Sauipe
   
February 14, 2001
  Italy 4–2  Germany Costa do Sauipe
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 France 6 2 2 0 0 12 6 6
 Peru 3 2 1 0 1 8 10 3
 Venezuela 0 2 0 0 2 7 11 0
February 12, 2001
  Peru 5–4  Venezuela Costa do Sauipe
   
February 13, 2001
  France 6–3  Venezuela Costa do Sauipe
February 14, 2001
  Peru 3–6  France Costa do Sauipe

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Portugal 6 2 2 0 0 9 3 6
 United States 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 1
 Uruguay 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 -7
February 12, 2001
  United States 3–0  Uruguay Costa do Sauipe
   
February 13, 2001
  United States 2–4  Portugal Costa do Sauipe
   
February 14, 2001
  Portugal 5–1  Uruguay Costa do Sauipe
   

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 6
 Spain 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 2
 Turkey 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4
February 12, 2001
  Spain 2–1  Turkey Costa do Sauipe
   
February 13, 2001
  Argentina 3–0  Turkey Costa do Sauipe
   
February 14, 2001
  Argentina 3–0  Spain Costa do Sauipe
   

Quarter finals

February 16, 2001
 France 5–4 Italy Costa do Sauipe
February 16, 2001
 Argentina 5–1 United States Costa do Sauipe
February 16, 2001
 Portugal 1–0 Spain Costa do Sauipe
February 16, 2001
 Brazil 7–1 Peru Costa do Sauipe

Semi finals

February 17, 2001
 Portugal 6–5 Brazil Costa do Sauipe
February 17, 2001
 France 6–5 Argentina Costa do Sauipe

Third/fourth place match

February 18, 2001
 Argentina 6–5 Brazil Costa do Sauipe

Final

February 18, 2001
 Portugal 9–3 France Costa do Sauipe
2001 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Portugal
First Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Portugal
2 France
3 Argentina
4 Brazil
5 United States
6 Spain
7 Peru
8 Italy
9 Venezuela
10 Turkey
11 Uruguay
12 Germany

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1 Alan (Portugal) 10

Best Player Award

Player
Hernani (Portugal)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Pascal Olmeta (France)

Sources

Beach Soccer World Championship
1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Finals