2014 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 04–08 November 2014
Teams 8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  Russia
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 134 (6.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Takasuke Goto
Xavier Bruno
Dmitry Shishin
Nassim El-Hadoui

The 2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the third edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 04 to 8 November 2014. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Host 4th
 Russia UEFA 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 4th
 United States CONCACAF 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) winners 2nd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place 4th
 Iran AFC 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners 2nd
 Morocco CAF 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) third place 2nd
 Japan AFC 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) runners-up 2nd
 Portugal UEFA 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up 1st

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4).

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi finals

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 3300138+59
 Iran 320195+46
 Morocco 3102814-63
 United Arab Emirates 300369-30

4 November 2014
18:45
United Arab Emirates  3-4  Morocco
A.Daryaei  25', 26'
H. Alhamadi 30' 		Report 1  7',  16',  33' El. Nassim
 14' El.Azzeddine


4 November 2014
20:00
Iran  2-4  Portugal
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


5 November 2014
16:15
Portugal  6-4  Morocco
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


5 November 2014
20:00
United Arab Emirates  1-2  Iran
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


6 November 2014
18:45
Portugal  3-2  United Arab Emirates
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


6 November 2014
20:00
Morocco  0-5  Iran
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3300165+119
 Brazil 3201189+96
 Japan 31021017-73
 United States 3003518-130

4 November 2014
16:15
United States  3-10  Brazil
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


4 November 2014
17:30
Russia  9-3  Japan
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


5 November 2014
17:30
Brazil  7-4  Japan
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


5 November 2014
18:15
Russia  5-1  United States
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


6 November 2014
16:15
Japan  3-1  United States
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


6 November 2014
17:30
Brazil  1-2  Russia
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Classification stage

5–8 places Fifth place
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 TBD    
 TBD    
 
8 November – Jumeirah Beach
     TBD  
   TBD  
Seventh place
7 November – Jumeirah Beach 8 November – Jumeirah Beach
 TBD    TBD  
 TBD      TBD  

5–8 places

7 November 2014
16:15
Japan  3 – 4  United Arab Emirates
M. Ahmadzadeh  30'
M. Mokhtari  31' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 30' A. Ranjbar

7 November 2014
17:30
Morocco  7 – 3  United States
D. Stankovic  8',  11',  24',  30',  30',  39'
M. Jaeggy  16' (pen.),  21',  35'
P. Borer  34' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 5',  12',  17',  27',  39' A. Peremitin
 6',  34' E. Shaykov
 7' D. Shishin
 18' E. Eremeev
 31',  39' Y. Krasheninnikov

Seventh place match

8 November 2014
16:15
Japan  6 – 1  United States
D. Stankovic  8',  11',  24',  30',  30',  39'
M. Jaeggy  16' (pen.),  21',  35'
P. Borer  34' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 5',  12',  17',  27',  39' A. Peremitin
 6',  34' E. Shaykov
 7' D. Shishin
 18' E. Eremeev
 31',  39' Y. Krasheninnikov

Fifth place match

8 November 2014
17:30
United Arab Emirates  2 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Morocco
D. Stankovic  8',  11',  24',  30',  30',  39'
M. Jaeggy  16' (pen.),  21',  35'
P. Borer  34' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 5',  12',  17',  27',  39' A. Peremitin
 6',  34' E. Shaykov
 7' D. Shishin
 18' E. Eremeev
 31',  39' Y. Krasheninnikov

Championship stage

Semi-finals Final
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 TBD    
 TBD    
 
8 November – Jumeirah Beach
     TBD  
   TBD  
Third place
7 November – Jumeirah Beach 8 November – Jumeirah Beach
 TBD    TBD  
 TBD      TBD  

Semi-finals

7 November 2014
18:45
Russia  4 – 3  Iran
M. Ahmadzadeh  30'
M. Mokhtari  31' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 30' A. Ranjbar

7 November 2014
20:00
Portugal  3 – 5  Brazil
D. Stankovic  8',  11',  24',  30',  30',  39'
M. Jaeggy  16' (pen.),  21',  35'
P. Borer  34' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 5',  12',  17',  27',  39' A. Peremitin
 6',  34' E. Shaykov
 7' D. Shishin
 18' E. Eremeev
 31',  39' Y. Krasheninnikov

Third place

8 November 2014
18:45
Iran  0 – 3  Portugal
Report 1
Report 2 		 10' A. Peremitin
 25' D. Shishin
 39' (o.g.) M. Kiani

Final

8 November 2014
20:00
Russia  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
M. Ahmadzadeh  1',  10'
M. Kiani  34' 		Report 1
Report 2 		 10' A. Peremitin
 25' D. Shishin
 39' (o.g.) M. Kiani

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Top Scorer
Best Goalkeeper

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 6
2 Brazil Bruno Xavier 6
3 Russia Dmitry Shishin 6
4 Japan Takasuka Goto 6

Final standings

Rank Team
1

 Brazil

2

 Russia

3

 Portugal

4

 Iran

5

 Morocco

6

 United Arab Emirates

7

 Japan

8  United States

References

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