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) Italy Altobelli (14 goals)
Best player Brazil Edinho

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.

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 9330024519
 Uruguay 331021213-1
 Denmark 331021016-6
 Canada 331021224-12


January, 1996
 Uruguay 56  Canada
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Brazil 71  Denmark
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Uruguay 53  Denmark
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Brazil 132  Canada
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Denmark 64  Canada
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Brazil 42  Uruguay
   
Copacabana beach

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 933001495
 Italy 632011495
 Russia 33102710-3
 Argentina 03003512-7


January, 1996
 United States 42  Argentina
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Italy 51  Russia
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Russia 31  Argentina
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 United States 64  Italy
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Italy 52  Argentina
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 United States 43  Russia
   
Copacabana beach

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

January, 1996
 Uruguay 70  United States
   
Copacabana beach

January, 1996
 Brazil 124  Italy
   
Copacabana beach

Third Place Play-off

January, 1996
 Italy 43  United States
   
Copacabana beach

Final

January, 1996
 Brazil 30  Uruguay
   
Copacabana beach


1996 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Brazil
Second Title

Final team standings

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

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1 Italy Altobelli (Italy) 14

Best Player Award

Player
Brazil Edinho (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Brazil Paulo Sérgio (Brazil)

Sources