2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 3–7 November 2015
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up  Tahiti
Third place  Iran
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 145 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Mohamed Gamal
Best player Russia Yury Krasheninnikov

The 2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 3 to 7 November 2015. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Host 5th
 Portugal UEFA 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup & 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 2nd
 Russia UEFA 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League third place 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners 3rd
 Argentina CONMEBOL 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship third place 1st
 Iran AFC 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place 3rd
 Egypt CAF 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place 1st
 Tahiti OFC 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 3rd

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 3201148+66
 Egypt 32011213–16
 United Arab Emirates 3111101004
 Argentina 30031015–50
United Arab Emirates  2–3  Egypt
Ali Karim  13'
Walid  31'
Report Aboserie  12'
Gamal  35', 36'



Russia  5–1  Argentina
Makarov  1'
Shishin  9'
Krasheninnikov  24'
Gorchinsky  35'
Paporotnyi  36'
Report Minici  25'



Argentina  3–3 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
4–5



Egypt  2–5  Russia
Report



Egypt  7–6  Argentina
Report



United Arab Emirates  5–4  Russia
Report



Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Tahiti 3300147+79
 Iran 3201129+36
 Portugal 31021014–43
 Mexico 3003814–60
Portugal  5–3  Mexico
Torres  8'
Belchior  14', 27'
Coimbra  16'
Madjer  26'
Report Gomez  21', 33'
Rodriguez  33'



Tahiti  4–2  Iran
Tepa  7'
Zaveroni  9'
N. Bennett  20'
Taiarui  26'
Report Ahmadzadeh  25', 35'



Mexico  3–4  Tahiti
Report



Iran  5–3  Portugal
Report



Portugal  2–6  Tahiti
Report



Mexico  2–5  Iran
Report



Classification stage

 
5–8 placesFifth place
 
      
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Portugal6
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Argentina2
 
 Portugal1
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 UAE4
 
 UAE3
 
 
 Mexico2
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Argentina2
 
 
 Mexico6

5–8 places

 Portugal 6–2  Argentina
Report

 UAE 3–2  Mexico
Report

Seventh place match

 Argentina 2–6  Mexico
Report

Fifth place match

 Portugal 1–4  UAE
Report

Championship stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Tahiti8
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Egypt5
 
 Tahiti2
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Russia5
 
 Russia4
 
 
 Iran1
 
Third place
 
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Egypt2 (2)
 
 
 Iran2 (3)

Semi-finals

 Tahiti 8–5  Egypt
Report

 Russia 4–1  Iran
Report

Third place match

 Egypt 2–2 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Report
Penalties
2–3

Final

 Tahiti 2–5  Russia
Report

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Russia Yury Krasheninnikov
Top Scorer
Egypt Mohamed Gamal
Best Goalkeeper
United Arab Emirates Humaid Albalooshi

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Russia
2 Tahiti
3 Iran
4 Egypt
5 UAE
6 Portugal
7 Mexico
8 Argentina

References

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