2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The official logo of the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	2 November – 11 November
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	261 (8.16 per match)
Attendance	157,300 (4,916 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Buru (10 goals)
Best player	Buru
Fair play award	Brazil

The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall, this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.

Qualifying rounds

African zone

The qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Senegal finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian zone

The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3. Iran beat Bahrain in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.

European zone

For the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Portugal, France, Russia and Spain. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was Italy who beat Switzerland in the final.

North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone

Due to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following 2005. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament saw the United States claim victory, after beating Uruguay 4-3 in the final. Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.

Oceanian zone

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite Vanuatu dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.

Hosts

Brazil qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:

Asian zone:  Iran  Japan  United Arab Emirates (first appearance) African zone:  Nigeria  Senegal (first appearance) European zone:  France  Italy  Portugal  Russia  Spain

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:  Mexico (first appearance)  United States Oceanian zone:  Solomon Islands South-American zone:  Argentina  Uruguay Hosts:  Brazil

Venue

As with the two previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.

Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Brazil)
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W / 22.967°S 43.167°W / -22.967; -43.167 (Stade du Prado)
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	19	8	+11	8
Mexico	3	1	1	1	12	11	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3
Solomon Islands	3	0	0	3	7	22	-15	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	16	11	+5	6
Portugal	3	0	2	1	11	12	-1	4
Iran	3	1	0	2	14	14	0	3
United States	3	1	0	2	16	20	-4	3

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	8
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	8	9	-1	5
Italy	3	1	0	2	13	12	+1	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	6	13	-7	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	14	12	+2	7
France	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	13	16	-3	0

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Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 November 2007
	Spain	4
					10 November 2007
	Mexico	5
					Mexico	5
	8 November 2007
					Uruguay	2
	Nigeria	1
									11 November 2007
	Uruguay	3
									Mexico	2
	8 November 2007
									Brazil	8
	Brazil	10
					10 November 2007
	Portugal	7
					Brazil	6			Third place
	8 November 2007
					France	2
	Senegal	3							Uruguay (pens)	2 (1)
	France	6							France	2 (0)
									11 November 2007

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third place play off

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Final

Winners

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil Second (11th overall) title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Buru	Madjer	Morgan Plata
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Buru	Morgan Plata	Bruno
10 goals	9 goals	8 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
Brazil

Top scorers

10 goals Buru 9 goals Morgan Plata 8 goals Bruno Madjer 7 goals Ricardo Villalobos Jeremy Basquaise Pape Koukpaki Ricar 6 goals Alan Andre Roberto Pasquali 5 goals Sidney 4 goals Amarelle Didier Samoun Júnior Negrão Stéphane François

4 goals (cont.) James Naka Haidar Bashir Javi Alvarez Mario Chimienti Shusei Yamauchi Gomis Mbengue Daniel 3 goals Oscar Gonzales Bakhit Alabadla Hamed Ghorbanpour Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Nico Joshua Nolz Isiaka Olawale Betinho Dmitry Shishin Benyam Astorga Ilya Leonov Paolo Palmacci Moslem Mesigar Bilro Ogbonnaya Okemmiri Uga Okpara

3 goals (cont.) Javier Torres Pampero Parrillo 2 goals Sebastien Perez Benjamin Damiano Maiorano Zak Ibsen Idoko Ibrahim Federico Hilaire Ali Aligoli Facundo Minici Gustavo Casado Jevin Albuquerque Qambar Sadeqi Cristian Torres Malick Dieng Suleiman Usman Miguel Beiro Gustavo Rosales Matias 40 others scored 1 goal each

Final standings

Position	Team
1	Brazil
2	Mexico
3	Uruguay
4	France
5	Senegal
6	Nigeria
7	Spain
8	Portugal
9	Russia
10	Italy
11	Iran
12	Argentina
13	United States
14	United Arab Emirates
15	Japan
16	Solomon Islands

External links

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2007, FIFA.com

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