Beach Soccer World Cup 1995

1995 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates January 1995
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  England
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 149 (9.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)

Zico (12 goals)

Altobelli (12 goals)
Best player

Zico

Júnior
Rio 1996 →

The 1995 Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, later re-named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Contents

Organisation

8 teams were spit into two groups of 4 teams with 2 teams progressing from each group 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 North America.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

North American Zone:

Hosts:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 31 8 23
 Italy 6 3 2 0 1 15 15 0
 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 18 18 0
 Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 7 30 -23
January, 1995
  Italy 7–6  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Brazil 16–2  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Italy 6–1  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Brazil 7–4  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Uruguay 8–4  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Brazil 8–2  Italy Copacabana beach
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9 3 3 0 0 11 4 7
 England 3 3 1 0 2 11 12 -1
 Argentina 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
 Germany 3 3 1 0 2 8 12 -4
January, 1995
  United States 5–1  Germany Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Argentina 3–2  England Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  England 7–6  Germany Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  United States 3–1  Argentina Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Germany 1–0  Argentina Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  United States 3–2  England Copacabana beach
   

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

January, 1995
  United States 4–3  Italy Copacabana beach
   
January, 1995
  Brazil 13–2  England Copacabana beach
   

Third Place Play-off

January, 1995
  England 7–6  Italy Copacabana beach
   

Final

January, 1995
  Brazil 8–1  United States Copacabana beach
   
1995 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
First Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil
2 United States
3 England
4 Italy
5 Germany
6 Uruguay
7 Argentina
8 Netherlands

Awards

Scoring Awards

Position Scorer Goals
1= Zico (Brazil) 12
1= Altobelli (Italy) 12

Best Player/s Award

Players
Zico (Brazil)
Júnior (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Paulo Sérgio (Brazil)

Sources

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