2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	30 October – 3 November 2012
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	150 (9.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando DDI (10 goals)
Best player	Egor Shaykov

The 2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the new tournament, following the success of the initial Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at a temporary stadium at Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 October to 3 November 2012. Eight teams participated in the competition. The stadium had a capacity of 2,500 spectators.^[1]

Participating teams

Team	Confederation	Achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Host	2nd
Russia	UEFA	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners	2nd
Japan	AFC	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners	1st
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONMEBOL) winners	2nd
United States	CONCACAF	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) third place	1st
Nigeria	CAF	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) runners-up	2nd
Switzerland	UEFA	2012 Euro Beach Soccer League winners	2nd
Tahiti	OFC	2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (OFC) winners	2nd

Draw and Schedule

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted on 9 October 2012.^[2] The subsequent schedule was determined on 11 October 2012.^[3]

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	16	5	+11	9
United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6
Tahiti	3	1	0	2	8	10	-2	3
United States	3	0	0	3	7	18	-11	0

30 October 201218:00

Russia	9 - 1	United States
E. Shaykov 1' E. Eremeev 9', 19', 26' D. Ippolitov 11' D. Shishin 21'. 30' Y. Krasheninnikov 30', 36'	Report	5' O. Gil

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

30 October 201220:30

United Arab Emirates	3 - 2	Tahiti
Ali Karim 8' R. al Mesaabi 29' A. Ali Rahi 35'	Report	1' T. Zaveroni 20' R. L. F. Kuee

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

31 October 201218:00

Russia	4 - 2	Tahiti
I. Leonov 2' D. Shishin 3', 6' D. Ippolitov 4'	Report	2' N. Bennett 14' H. Taiarui

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

31 October 201220:30

United States	3 - 5	United Arab Emirates
N. Pereira 4', 34' E. Meister 10'	Report	6' A. Ali Rahi 11' (pen.) M. Abbas 30' Ali Karim 31' R. Ahmad 34' Hassan Ali

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

1 November 201218:00

Tahiti	4 - 3	United States
N. Bennett 11', 34' R. L. F. Kuee 17' T. Zaveroni 28'	Report	14', 20' (pen.) A. Feld 34' (pen.) O. Reyes

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

1 November 201220:30

United Arab Emirates	2 - 3	Russia
Hassan Ali 17' K. Ali Sulaiman 19'	Report	6' Y. Gorchinskiy 19' (o.g.) K. Ali Sulaiman 34' E. Eremeev

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	16	11	+5	9
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	16	17	-1	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	16	15	+1	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	14	19	-5	0

30 October 201216:45

Japan	4 - 7	Switzerland
S. Yamauchi 2' M. Komaki 5' A. Kazumasa 12' S. Makino 24'	Report	5' P. Borer 8', 14', 21', 36' D. Stankovic 32', 33' M. Jaeggy

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

30 October 201219:15

Brazil	6 - 3	Nigeria
Datinha 10' Mao 12' Benjamin 20' Fernando DDI 28', 28', 29'	Report	10' O. Okemmiri 19' V. Tale 25' B. Ibenegbu

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

31 October 201216:45

Nigeria	7 - 6	Switzerland
B. Ibenegbu 1', 31' V. Tale 4', 8', 33' O. Okemmiri 10' A. Abu 36'	Report	7' S. Lutz 8' S. Spaccarotella 14' S. Meier 26', 28', 32' D. Stankovic

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

31 October 201219:15

Brazil	6 - 5	Japan
André 8', 9' Jorginho 17' Mao 17' Anderson 20' Gil 25'	Report	6' M. Komaki 10' A. Kazumasa 16', 20' S. Yamauchi 34' S. Suzuki

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

1 November 201216:45

Nigeria	6 - 5	Japan
B. Ibenegbu 2', 3', 4', 17' A. Abu 17', 26'	Report	2', 2', 17' A.Kazumasa 26' H. Oda 33' M. Komaki

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

1 November 201219:15

Switzerland	3 - 4	Brazil
V. Jaeggy 4' S Meier 23' D. Stankovic 32'	Report	21', 36' Fernando DDI 34' Bruno Malias 35' Benjamin

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	2 November - Dubai Festival City

	Russia	9
					3 November - Dubai Festival City
	Nigeria	4
					Russia	7
	2 November - Dubai Festival City
					Brazil	4
	Brazil	5

	United Arab Emirates	3
					Third place

					3 November - Dubai Festival City

					Nigeria	7

					United Arab Emirates (a.e.t)	8

Semi-finals

2 November 201219:15

Russia	9 - 4	Nigeria
D. Ippolitov 1' E. Shaykov 3', 21', 25', 32' D. Shishin 5' E. Eremeev 11', 29' I. Leonov 16'	Report	7', 33' B. Ibenegbu 22' A. Abu 36' V. Tale

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

2 November 201220:30

Brazil	5 - 3	United Arab Emirates
Gil 1' Fernando DDI 10', 21', 34' Bruno Malias 14'	Report	23' (o.g.) Sidney 26' (pen.) R. Ahmad 34' (pen.) Ali Karim

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Third place play off

3 November 201219:15

Nigeria	7 - 8 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
I. Olawale 5', 17', 18', 22' S. Maijama'a 21' R. Al Mesaabi 25' (o.g.) A. Abu 35'	Report	2', 14', 19' R. Ahmad 24' Hassan Ali 26' Ali Karim 29', 37' R. Al Mesaabi 31' A. Al Rahi

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Final

3 November 201220:30

Russia	7 - 4	Brazil
A. Makarov 5', 28' E. Shaykov 9', 12', 15', 21' (pen.) D. Shishin 23'	Report	22', 28' Fernando DDI 31' Bruno Malias 36' (pen.) André

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Egor Shaykov
Top Scorer
Fernando DDI
10 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Andrei Buklitskiy

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Brazil
3	United Arab Emirates
4	Nigeria
5	Switzerland
6	Tahiti
7	Japan
8	United States

References

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