1995 Beach Soccer World Championship

1995 Beach Soccer World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates January 1995
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  England
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 149 (9.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Zico
Italy Altobelli
(12 goals)
Best player Brazil Zico
Brazil Júnior
Best goalkeeper Brazil Paulo Sérgio

The 1995 Beach Soccer World Championship was the first edition of the Beach Soccer World Championship, an international beach soccer competition contested by men's national teams, which came under the auspices of FIFA in 2005 and was renamed FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Organisation

8 teams were split into two groups of 4 teams with 2 teams progressing from each group to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team 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 9330031823
 Italy 6320115150
 Uruguay 3310218180
 Netherlands 03003730-23


January, 1995
 Italy 76  Uruguay
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 162  Netherlands
   

January, 1995
 Italy 61  Netherlands
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 74  Uruguay
   

January, 1995
 Uruguay 84  Netherlands
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 82  Italy
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 933001147
 England 331021112-1
 Argentina 3310246-2
 Germany 33102812-4


January, 1995
 United States 51  Germany
   

January, 1995
 Argentina 32  England
   

January, 1995
 England 76  Germany
   

January, 1995
 United States 31  Argentina
   

January, 1995
 Germany 10  Argentina
   

January, 1995
 United States 32  England
   

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

January, 1995
 United States 43  Italy
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 132  England
   

Third Place Play-off

January, 1995
 England 76  Italy
   

Final

January, 1995
 Brazil 81  United States
   

1995 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Brazil
First Title

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Brazil 5 5 0 0 51 11 +40 15 Champions
2 B  United States 5 4 0 1 16 15 +1 12 Runners-up
3 B  England 5 2 0 3 20 31 11 6 Third place
4 A  Italy 5 2 0 3 24 26 2 6 Fourth place
5 A  Germany 3 1 0 2 8 12 4 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 B  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 18 18 0 3
7 B  Argentina 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
8 A  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 7 30 23 0
Source:

Awards

Scoring Awards

Position Scorer Goals
1= Brazil Zico (Brazil) 12
1= Italy Altobelli (Italy) 12

Best Player/s Award

Players
Brazil Zico (Brazil)
Brazil Júnior (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Brazil Paulo Sérgio (Brazil)

Sources

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