Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games – Men's tournament

The men's beach soccer tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, took place over six days from 11–16 October.[1] Held in tandem with the women's tournament, the two events comprised the beach soccer competition at this year's Games.[2]

2019 Men's beach soccer tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates11–16 October 2019
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Iran
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored279 (9.96 per match)
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Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIFA (beach soccer's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team into preliminary qualification routes[2] from which 16 teams, representing all six continental zones, advanced to the final competition;[1] the hosts Qatar did not enter a team.[3]

The tournament was a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match,[4] with all matches hosted on the Katara Beach.[5]

Brazil claimed the gold medal after winning the final 9–3 against Russia who settled for silver. Meanwhile, Iran defeated Italy in the bronze medal match to claim the remaining place on the podium.[6]

Competition schedule

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The tournament began on 11 October, one day before the opening ceremony, and ended on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[4][7]

Matches deciding medal winners took place exclusively on 16 October.[7]

G Group stage SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final / Gold medal match
Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16
G G G SF B F

Qualified teams

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The six continental zones of FIFA were each allocated a share of 16 berths at the Games,[2] ensuring all continents would be represented at the event. The following teams qualified from their zones via regional preliminary tournaments or based on their world ranking (hosts Qatar were eligible to enter a team automatically however declined to enter):[1][3]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates Venue Berths Qualified
2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [8][9] 9–12 May 2019   Salou 5   Italy
  Russia
  Spain
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
2019 African Beach Games [10][11] 19–23 June 2019   Sal 2   Morocco
  Senegal
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked AFC teams) [3] 10 July 2019[b] 3   Iran
  Japan
  United Arab Emirates
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked OFC team) [3] 10 July 2019[b] 1   Solomon Islands[a]
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [12][13] 3–5 August 2019   San Salvador 2   El Salvador
  Mexico
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019[b] 3   Brazil
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
Total   16
a. Tahiti are the highest ranked team from the OFC. However, they are ineligible to enter since French Polynesia is not a member of ANOC. Therefore, the berth has been given to the OFC's next highest ranked team that is a member.[9]
b. The dates of teams who qualified via their world ranking refer to when they were publicly revealed by the qualification organisers.

Venues

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Katara Beach, Doha

The matches were held on the Katara Beach[5] at the Beach Soccer Arena which consisted of two venues: the larger-capacity main stadium that hosted the majority of games and located adjacent, a smaller-capacity secondary stadium known as "Pitch 1" for all other matches which was only used during the group stage.[14][15][16]

Squads

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Each team could enter a squad consisting of up to 12 players. A total of up to 192 athletes were expected to compete.[2][17]

Draw

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The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place at 10:00 AST (UTC+3) on 27 August 2019 at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar.[5][18] Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) vice-president Joan Cusco oversaw the draw.[19]

For the purpose of the draw, the 16 teams were split into four pots of four according to their world ranking with the highest ranked teams placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4.[18] One team from each pot was placed into each of the four groups. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, except for UEFA nations for which one group was permitted to contain two.[18] At the start of the draw, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Brazil, as the ranking leaders, were assigned to position A1 and Russia, as the second best ranked team, were assigned to position D1.[18]

The composition of the pots is shown below (World Ranking in parentheses):[20]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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Four of the 16 nations, the winners of each group, advance to the knockout stage.[4]

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 23 10 +13 9 Knockout stage
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 21 19 +2 6
3   Morocco 3 1 0 0 2 8 17 −9 3
4   United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 0 3 15 21 −6 0
Source: ANOC
Morocco  1–9  Brazil
  • El Hadoui   34'
Report(ru)
  •   1', 9' Catarino
  •   6', 18', 33' Mauricinho
  •   7', 36' (pen.) Rodrigo
  •   16' Antonio
  •   27' Datinha
Stadium, Katara beach
Switzerland  10–9  United Arab Emirates
  • Ott   5', 16', 16', 19'
  • Stankovic   15', 30'
  • Ostgen   16'
  • Mounoud   19'
  • Hodel   33'
  • Spacca   33'
Report(ru)
  •   3' A. Mohammadi
  •   12', 22', 24' W. Beshr
  •   13', 23' Albloushi
  •   17' Alkaabi
  •   25' A. Ali
  •   36' H. Almuntaser
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Brazil  7–5  United Arab Emirates
  • Rafinha   4'
  • Bokinha   6', 23'
  • Filipe Silva   14'
  • Rodrigo   26', 36'
  • A. Beshr   36' (o.g.)
Report(ru)
  •   13', 15', 36' W. Mohammadi
  •   17' A. Mohammadi
  •   24' A. Ali
Stadium, Katara beach
Switzerland  7–3  Morocco
  • Ott   3', 35'
  • Stankovic   21' (pen.), 22' (pen.), 29'
  • Hodel   26'
  • Borer   32'
Report(ru)
  •   4' Aboutalbi
  •   5' El Hadoui
  •   9' Fanchy
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Brazil  7–4   Switzerland
  • Rodrigo   1', 6', 8'
  • Filipe Silva   15'
  • Bokinha   17'
  • Catarino   20'
  • Antonio   28'
Report(ru)
  •   6' Stankovic
  •   7', 29' Ott
  •   16' Spacca
Stadium, Katara beach
United Arab Emirates  1–4  Morocco
  • A. Ali   21'
Report(ru)
  •   1', 36' El Hadoui
  •   19' Abagli
  •   21' Iazal
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 0 18 12 +6 9 Knockout stage
2   Spain 3 2 0 0 1 21 13 +8 6
3   Mexico 3 1 0 0 2 14 16 −2 3
4   Solomon Islands 3 0 0 0 3 12 24 −12 0
Source: ANOC
Solomon Islands  5–8  Italy
Mafane   9', 16'
Fa'ari   15'
Laua   19', 36'
Report(ru)   9', 14', 36' Gori
  10' Corosiniti
  12' Zurlo
  18', 35' Palmacci
  21' Montani
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain  9–3  Mexico
Acosta   1'
Chiky   4', 28'
Javi Torres   16', 22'
Adrian   21'
Eduard   30'
Llorenç   31'
Hernández   35'
Report(ru)   11' Contreras
  25', 29' Morales
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Italy  5–3  Mexico
  • Gori   3', 13', 26'
  • Zurlo   5'
  • Palmacci   24'
Report(ru)
  •   18', 22' Maldonado
  •   23' Vizcarra
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain  8–5  Solomon Islands
  • Llorenç   9', 17'
  • Javi Torres   11'
  • Suarez   14', 19'
  • Frutos   26'
  • Chiky   30', 33'
Report(ru)
  •   15', 36' Fa'ari
  •   15' Mafane
  •   23' Laua
  •   28' Farobo
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Italy  5–4  Spain
  • Palmacci   16', 28'
  • Gori   19', 32'
  • Corosiniti   29'
Report(ru)
  •   2' Frutos
  •   16' Chiky
  •   16' Javi Torres
  •   26' Cintas
Stadium, Katara beach
Mexico  8–2  Solomon Islands
  • Vizcarra   1', 11', 32'
  • Maldonado   21', 35', 36'
  • Mosco   26'
  • Villa   33'
Report(ru)
  •   5' Fa'ari
  •   26' Mafane
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 2 0 1 0 18 16 +2 7 Knockout stage
2   Senegal 3 2 0 0 1 18 13 +5 6
3   Paraguay 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 −3 3
4   Ukraine 3 0 0 0 3 13 17 −4 0
Source: ANOC
Ukraine  4–5  Iran
  • Glutskyi   1'
  • Zborovskyi   7', 9'
  • Shcherytsia   12'
Report(ru)
  •   6' A. Akbari
  •   19', 20' M. Mokhtari
  •   25' Ahmadzadeh
  •   31' Shirmohammadi
Stadium, Katara beach
Paraguay  0–3  Senegal
Report(ru)
  •   29' Diassy
  •   32' Diouf
  •   34' Diagne
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Iran  8–8 (a.e.t.)  Senegal
  • Mokhtari   2', 35'
  • Akbari   3', 9'
  • Kiani   9', 33', 37'
  • Masoumizadeh   38'
Report(ru)
  •   9', 10' Niang
  •   25', 26', 37' Diagne
  •   33', 37' Diatta
  •   34' Diassy
Penalties
Ahmadzadeh  
Akbari  
Kiani  
3–1   Ndoye
  Fall
Stadium, Katara beach
Paraguay  5–4  Ukraine
  • C. Benitez   8', 12', 25'
  • Ojeda   28'
  • Nerush   36' (o.g.)
Report(ru)
  •   3', 11' Pashko
  •   12' Zborovskyi
  •   23' Makeiev
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Iran  5–4  Paraguay
  • Mokhtari   3'
  • Barreto   16' (o.g.)
  • Shirmohammadi   17'
  • Behzadpour   31'
  • Masoumizadeh   32'
Report(ru)
  •   5' (pen.), 35' Carballo
  •   17' C. Benitez
  •   20' Rolón
Stadium, Katara beach
Senegal  7–5  Ukraine
  • Mendy   11'
  • Niang   11'
  • Diatta   12'
  • Fall   24', 26'
  • Diassy   28'
  • Diagne   35'
Report(ru)
  •   5', 11', 23' Voitenko
  •   15' (o.g.) Niang
  •   30' Nerush
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 2 1 0 0 15 10 +5 8 Knockout stage
2   Japan 3 2 0 0 1 16 10 +6 6
3   El Salvador 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4   Uruguay 3 0 0 0 3 7 17 −10 0
Source: ANOC
El Salvador  2–4  Russia
Report(ru)
Stadium, Katara beach
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Japan  7–2  Uruguay
  • Okuyama   3', 8'
  • Ozu   15', 20', 32', 34'
  • Akaguma   26'
Report(ru)
  •   18' Miranda
  •   35' Capurro
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Russia  5–3  Uruguay
  • Shishin   5'
  • Makarov   5'
  • Paporotnyi   8', 12', 15'
Report(ru)
  •   5' L. Pazos
  •   14' Quinta
  •   32' G. Costa
Stadium, Katara beach
Japan  4–2  El Salvador
  • Ozu   11'
  • Oba   21'
  • Akaguma   23'
  • Okuyama   36'
Report(ru)
  •   29' Rivera
  •   32' Agustín
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Russia  6–5 (a.e.t.)  Japan
  • Zemskov   6'
  • Krasheninnikov   7'
  • Paporotnyi   14', 39'
  • Bazhenov   16'
  • Makarov   22'
Report(ru)
  •   1' Ginoza
  •   4' Yamauchi
  •   12', 19' (pen.) Okuyama
  •   34' Matsuo
Stadium, Katara beach
Uruguay  2–5  El Salvador
  • Cabrera   27'
  • Laens   34'
Report(ru)
  •   6', 7', 20' Jason
  •   12' Velásquez
  •   25' Agustín
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Knockout stage

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The winners of Groups C and D contest are drawn to contest semi-final 1 and the winners of Groups A and B contest semi-final 2.[14]

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 October
 
 
  Iran2
 
16 October
 
  Russia6
 
  Russia3
 
15 October
 
  Brazil9
 
  Brazil7
 
 
  Italy5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 October
 
 
  Iran (p)5 (3)
 
 
  Italy5 (1)

Semi-finals

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Iran  2–6  Russia
  • Masoumizadeh   21'
  • Mokhtari   23'
Report(ru)
  •   5' Makarov
  •   8', 32' Zemskov
  •   12' Shishin
  •   34' Novikov
  •   35' Nikonorov
Stadium, Katara beach

Brazil  7–5  Italy
  • Filipe Silva   5', 19'
  • Rodrigo   8', 14', 19'
  • Catarino   20'
  • Lucão   28'
Report(ru)
  •   13', 26', 32' Gori
  •   14' Chiavaro
  •   25' Ramacciotti
Stadium, Katara beach

Bronze medal match

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Iran  5–5 (a.e.t.)  Italy
  • Masoumizadeh   3'
  • Mokhtari   6'
  • Ahmadzadeh   27'
  • Kiani   34', 35' (pen.)
Report(ru)
  •   20', 25' Gori
  •   22' Montani
  •   25' Ramacciotti
  •   29' Frainetti
Penalties
Ahmadzadeh  
Akbari  
Kiani  
3–1   Chiavaro
  Gori
Stadium, Katara beach

Gold medal match

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Russia  3–9  Brazil
  • Paporotnyi   19'
  • Zemskov   20'
  • Makarov   36' (pen.)
Report(ru)
  •   8' Catarino
  •   8' Rodrigo
  •   17', 18', 19' Mauricinho
  •   24' Bokinha
  •   32' Filipe Silva
  •   36', 36' Lucão
Stadium, Katara beach

Top goalscorers

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Players with at least four goals are listed

13 goals
  •   Gabriele Gori
10 goals
  •   Rodrigo
8 goals
  •   Nöel Ott
7 goals
  •   Mohammadali Mokhtari
  •   Artur Paporotnyi
6 goals
  •   Jose Vizcarra
  •   Mauricinho
  •   Aleksey Makarov
  •   Dejan Stankovic
5 goals
  •   Salavador "Chiky" Ardil
  •   Ozu Moreira
  •   Mamour Diagne
  •   Ramon Maldonado
  •   Catarino
  •   Filipe Silva
  •   Paolo Palmacci
  •   Masanori Okuyama
  •   Mostafa Kiani
4 goals
  •   Carlos Benitez
  •   Javi Torres
  •   Max Fa'ari
  •   Nassim El Hadoui
  •   Roy Mafane
  •   Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  •   Bokinha
  •   Fedor Zemskov

Source: BSRussia

Final standings

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Rank Team Result
    Brazil Gold Medal
    Russia Silver Medal
    Iran Bronze Medal
4   Italy Fourth place
5   Spain Eliminated in the
group stage
6   Japan
7   Senegal
8    Switzerland
9   El Salvador
10   Mexico
11   Paraguay
12   Morocco
13   Ukraine
14   United Arab Emirates
15   Uruguay
16   Solomon Islands

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See also

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References

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