Beach Soccer World Cup 2002

2002 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates January 13 – January 20
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 145 (9.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)

Neném (9 goals) Madjer (9 goals)

Nico (9 goals)
Best player Neném

The 2002 Beach Soccer World Cup was the eight edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. The tournament continued to change its location, this time completely out of Rio de Janeiro to Vitória, Espírito Santo and Guarujá, São Paulo. 2002 also saw Brazil reclaim their title after losing it to Portugal in the previous competition.

Contents

Organization

The organization went back to how it was done from 1995-1997. This meant that there were no quarter finals as only 8 teams competed in 2 groups of 4 teams, with 2 teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from Asia.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

Asian Zone:

Hosts:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 17 4 13
 Thailand 6 3 2 0 1 9 13 -4
 Spain 3 3 1 0 2 11 10 1
 France 0 3 0 0 2 9 19 -9
January 13, 2002
  Brazil 6–0  Thailand Vitória
   
January 14, 2002
  Spain 7–2  France Vitória
   
January 15, 2002
  Thailand 5–4  France Vitória
   
January 16, 2002
  Brazil 4–1  Spain Vitória
   
January 17, 2002
  Brazil 7–3  France Vitória
   
January 18, 2002
  Thailand 4–3  Spain Vitória
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Portugal 9 3 3 0 0 20 11 9
 Uruguay 6 3 2 0 1 18 10 8
 Italy 3 3 1 0 2 14 16 -2
 Argentina 0 3 0 0 2 12 27 -15
January 13, 2002
  Italy 8–6  Argentina Vitória
   
January 14, 2002
  Portugal 6–3  Uruguay Vitória
   
January 15, 2002
  Portugal 6–4  Italy Vitória
   
January 16, 2002
  Uruguay 11–2  Argentina Vitória
   
January 17, 2002
  Portugal 8–4  Argentina Vitória
   
January 18, 2002
  Uruguay 4–2  Italy Vitória
   

Semi-Finals

January 19, 2002
  Portugal 3–2  Thailand Vitória
   
January 19, 2002
  Brazil 8–4  Uruguay Vitória
   

Third Place Play-off

January 20, 2002
  Uruguay 5–3  Thailand Vitória
   

Final

January 20, 2002
  Brazil 6–5  Portugal Vitória
   
2002 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Seventh Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil
2 Portugal
3 Uruguay
4 Thailand
5 Spain
6 Italy
7 France
8 Argentina

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1= Neném (Brazil) 9
1= Madjer (Portugal) 9
1= Nico (Uruguay) 9

Best Player Award

Player
Neném (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Normcharoen (Thailand)

Sources

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