2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
City Dubai
Dates 6–10 November
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[1] will be the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.

Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event will occur between 6 and 10 November.[2] The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[3]

After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar.[3] Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup,[4] eight nations will take part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.

The tournament starts with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.

Brazil will be the defending champions.

Participating teams

The following eight teams will take part[5] including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, CONMEBOL did not enter a regional performer this year, so UEFA entered two teams.

Overall, Europe and Asia are represented by two nations; Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, one nation each.

Map highlighting the participating teams of the 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Team Confederation Recent achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts1 8th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 7th
 Iran AFC 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 6th
 Egypt CAF 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place 4th
 Russia UEFA 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place 8th
 Spain UEFA 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up Debut
 Tahiti OFC 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 5th
 United States CONCACAF 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fifth place 4th

1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish

Venue

The tournament will take place in a new part of Dubai for the second consecutive year; this edition will be held at an arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3.[6]

Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president Joan Cusco was welcoming of the change of location back to a beach venue saying, "this is where we belong".[7] (The previous edition was held in an inland area of Dubai for the first time). On the change of venue, DSC General Secretary Saeed Hareb stated the Council was in the process of finding a permanent home for the Intercontinental Cup.[8]

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 10 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4).[5]

For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into fours sets, Pots 1–4, shown in the table below. From each pot, the first team drawn out was placed into Group A; the other team was drawn into Group B. The teams were allocated to specific positions in their respective groups via the drawing of balls from a further two pots; for the teams entering Group A, Pot A, which contained the positions A1–A4 and for the teams entering Group B, Pot B, containing the positions B1–B4.[9]

The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1. ↑ Assigned to A1
Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[10]

Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: BSWW
(H) Host.
Egypt  –  Spain
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United Arab Emirates  –  Brazil
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Egypt  –  Brazil
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Spain  –  United Arab Emirates
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United Arab Emirates  –  Egypt
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Brazil  –  Spain
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: BSWW
United States  –  Russia
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Tahiti  –  Iran
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Russia  –  Tahiti
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United States  –  Iran
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Tahiti  –  United States
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Iran  –  Russia
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5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place will be knocked out of title contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

 
5th–8th place semi-finalsFifth place play-off
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5th to 8th place semi-finals

TBA – TBA
TBA – TBA

Seventh place play-off

TBA – TBA

Fifth place play-off

TBA – TBA

Knockout stage

The group winners and runners-up will progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi finals

TBA – TBA
TBA – TBA

Third place play-off

TBA – TBA

Final

TBA – TBA

References

  1. ↑ "UAE, Brazil, Spain and Egypt in same group of Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup". Khaleej Times. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "BSWW представила проект календаря соревнований на 2018 год" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Teams confirmed for Intercontinental Cup in Dubai". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Beach Soccer Stars Gala in Dubai confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Draw confirms groups for the Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Beach soccer: UAE in same group as defending champions Brazil". Gulf News. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. 1 2 "OFFICIAL DRAW - Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Overal World Ranking". beachsoccer.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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