Beach Soccer World Cup 1996

1996 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates January 1996
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up  Uruguay
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 131 (8.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Altobelli (14 goals)
Best player Edinho
← Rio 1995
Rio 1997 →

The 1996 Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, which wasn't governed by FIFA. The tournament took place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the second time.

Contents

Organisation

The organisation was kept the same as the 1995 world cup. 8 teams were spit into to groups of 4 teams with 2 teams progressing from each group to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 8 teams, 3 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 2 teams 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 24 5 19
 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 12 13 -1
 Denmark 3 3 1 0 2 10 16 -6
 Canada 3 3 1 0 2 12 24 -12
January, 1996
  Uruguay 5–6  Canada Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Brazil 7–1  Denmark Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Uruguay 5–3  Denmark Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Brazil 13–2  Canada Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Denmark 6–4  Canada Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Brazil 4–2  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9 3 3 0 0 14 9 5
 Italy 6 3 2 0 1 14 9 5
 Russia 3 3 1 0 2 7 10 -3
 Argentina 0 3 0 0 3 5 12 -7
January, 1996
  United States 4–2  Argentina Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Italy 5–1  Russia Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Russia 3–1  Argentina Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  United States 6–4  Italy Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Italy 5–2  Argentina Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  United States 4–3  Russia Copacabana beach
   

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

January, 1996
  Uruguay 7–0  United States Copacabana beach
   
January, 1996
  Brazil 12–4  Italy Copacabana beach
   

Third Place Play-off

January, 1996
  Italy 4–3  United States Copacabana beach
   

Final

January, 1996
  Brazil 3–0  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   
1996 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Second Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil
2 Uruguay
3 Italy
4 United States
5 Russia
6 Denmark
7 Canada
8 Argentina

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1 Altobelli (Italy) 14

Best Player Award

Player
Edinho (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