Beach Soccer World Cup 1999

1999 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates January 10 – January 17
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 186 (9.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)

Brazil Júnior (10 goals)

Uruguay Matosas (10 goals)
Best player Brazil Jorginho

The 1999 Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships which saw Brazil win their fifth title in a row. This year was the first time that 12 teams would compete for the cup. The tournament continued to take place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Organisation

The organisation for the 1999 world cup was completely different from previous years. The teams that competed was exended to 12 teams. They were split into 4 groups of 3 teams with the top 2 teams progressing to the quarter finals.

Teams

From the 12 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil, 2 teams from North America, 2 teams from Asia and for the first time ever 1 team from Africa.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

North American Zone:

Asian Zone:

African Zone:

Hosts:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 62200251015
 Japan 321011214-2
 France 02002922-13


January 10, 1999
 Brazil 155  France
   
Copacabana beach


January 11, 1999
 Brazil 105  Japan
   
Copacabana beach


January 12, 1999
 Japan 74  France
   
Copacabana beach


Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uruguay 6220015411
 Spain 32101862
 South Africa 02002114-13


January 10, 1999
 Uruguay 100  South Africa
   
Copacabana beach


January 11, 1999
 Spain 41  South Africa
   
Copacabana beach


January 12, 1999
 Uruguay 54  Spain
   
Copacabana beach


Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Peru 622006215
 Canada 3210166-2
 Italy 0200259-13


January 10, 1999
 Peru 21  Canada
   
Copacabana beach


January 11, 1999
 Peru 41  Italy
   
Copacabana beach


January 12, 1999
 Canada 54  Italy
   
Copacabana beach

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Portugal 622001147
 United States 32101972
 Malaysia 02002922-13


January 10, 1999
 United States 72  Malaysia
   
Copacabana beach


January 11, 1999
 Portugal 42  Malaysia
   
Copacabana beach


January 12, 1999
 United States 25  Portugal
   
Copacabana beach


Quarter finals

January 13, 1999
 Uruguay 76  United States
   
Copacabana beach

January 13, 1999
 Portugal 61  Spain
   
Copacabana beach

January 14, 1999
 Peru 73  Japan
   
Copacabana beach

January 14, 1999
 Brazil 74  Canada
   
Copacabana beach


Semi-Finals

January 15, 1999
 Portugal 52  Peru
   
Copacabana beach

January 15, 1999
 Brazil 52  Uruguay
   
Copacabana beach


Third Place Play-off

January 16, 1999
 Uruguay 76  Peru
   
Copacabana beach


Final

January 17, 1999
 Brazil 52  Portugal
   
Copacabana beach


1999 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Brazil
Fifth Title


Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil Brazil
2 Portugal Portugal
3 Uruguay Uruguay
4 Peru Peru
5 Spain Spain
6 United States United States
7 Canada Canada
8 Japan Japan
9 Italy Italy
10 Malaysia Malaysia
11 France France
12 South Africa South Africa

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1= Brazil Júnior (Brazil) 10
1= Uruguay Matosas (Uruguay) 10

Best Player Award

Player
Brazil Jorginho (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Portugal Pedro Crespo (Portugal)

Sources