2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the twelfth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–12 November 2006. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their tenth title overall.

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The official logo
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Dates2–12 November
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (10th title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place France
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored286 (8.94 per match)
Attendance179,800 (5,619 per match)
Top scorer(s) Madjer (21 goals)
Best player(s) Madjer
Fair play award France

Major changes to format
See also: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup § Qualification

After the 2005 World Cup, beach soccer continued to grow and spread worldwide at a fast rate. Therefore, FIFA established the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, to try to allow more nations to play in the World Cup, as well as getting more national teams involved in the sport. FIFA also increased the number of participating teams in the World Cup from 12 to a record-high 16 teams. This also meant that nations would no longer be invited to play in the World Cup but would have to qualify.

With the establishment of the qualifying rounds, FIFA decided to standardise each World Cup, meaning that from this World Cup onwards, each confederation would have the same number of teams participating in each World Cup and that the 16 teams would be split up into four groups of four teams, with the top two teams moving on to the quarter finals.

Qualifying rounds

African zone
Main article: 2006 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

African nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 28 and September 30, 2006. Cameroon and Nigeria were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Cameroon defeated Nigeria in the final to win the title.

Asian zone
Main article: 2006 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Asian nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between May 22 and May 26, 2006. Bahrain and Japan were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Bahrain defeated Japan in the final to win the title. Iran and China were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Iran beat China to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

European zone
Main articles: 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League and 2006 EBSL Last chance bracket

European nations were allocated 5 berths at the World Cup. Instead of having a specific tournament for World Cup qualification, qualification was achieved through the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League which took place earlier in the year. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was France who beat Switzerland in the final.

North, Central American and Caribbean zone
Main article: 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

North, Central American and Caribbean nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 13 and September 17, 2006. The United States and Canada were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. The United States defeated Canada in the final to win the title.

Oceanian zone
Main article: 2006 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

Oceanian nations were allocated 1 berth at the World Cup. The championship took place between August 31 and September 3, 2006. The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu were the two finalists. The Solomon Islands defeated Vanuatu in the final to win the title and qualify for the World Cup.

South American zone

South American nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between March 5 and March 12, 2006. Brazil and Uruguay were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Uruguay in the final to win the title. Argentina and Venezuela were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup:

Venue

As with the previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.

Rio de Janeiro
2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Brazil)
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Group A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 33002910199
 Japan 31021522–73
 Poland 31021218–63
 United States 31021420–63
  • Note: Japan, Poland and the USA were involved in a three-way tie. Therefore, their match results against Brazil were ignored. Each team won one game against another side, so this couldn't break the tie. The next criteria is goal difference. Japan had the best goal difference from its two matches against Poland and USA, and thus were ranked the top of the tie-breaker, taking the group runners-up position.
 United States4 – 8 Japan
Xexeo  10'
Farberoff  17'
Morales  30'
Chimienti  35'		 Report  2',  16',  25' Yoshii
 10' Kuroki
 19',  35' Kawaharazuka
 27' Maruo
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Vincenzo Cascone


 Brazil9 – 2 Poland
Benjamin  2'
Betinho  10', 14'
Buru  12', 31'
Junior Negão  12', 35'
André  16', 34'		 Report  19' Żuk
 36' Saganowski
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Christian Hauben


 Brazil10 – 2 Japan
Buru  2',  16',  18',  27'
Junior Negão  9',  20'
Bruno  9',  11',  12'
Bueno  26'		 Report  5' Shiokawa
 32' Uehara
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa


 Poland2 – 4 United States
Saganowski  5'
Żuk  27'		 Report  4' Chimienti
 17' Tanguinod
 19' Astorga
 29' Chimienti
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Ferreira


 Brazil10 – 6 United States
Junior Negão  2',  21'
Benjamin  4',  5',  6'
Bruno  10',  12'  15'
Buru  24'
Betinho  25'		 Report  10',  12',  24' Xexeo
 11',  23' Astorga
 25' Taguinod
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Joao Almeida


 Poland8 – 5 Japan
Saganowski  1',  15',  22',  23',  26'
Ziober  15'
Bartczak  24'
Polakowski  32'		 Report  2',  29',  36' Kawaharazuka
 15' Kuroki
 19' Toma
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 2 000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa


Group B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3300218139
 Canada 31111114–35
 Spain 31021012–23
 Iran 30031018–80
 Canada6 – 6 (a.e.t) Iran
Diaz  4'
Sibiya  8',  15',  27',  33'
Yamada  36'		 Report  1',  16',  35' Ahmadzadeh
 14' Oostovari
 16' Dara
 23' Abdollahi
Penalties
Sibiya 1 – 0 Ahmadzadeh
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Joao Almeida


Spain4 – 7 France
Amarelle  6',  8',  34'
Alfonso  34'		 Report  17' François
 20' Libbra
 23',  27',  27' Samoun
 25' Edouard
 29' Basquaise
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa


 France8 – 1 Canada
Castro  6'
Basquaise  19',  20',  29'
Perez  21',  31'
François  33'
Sciortino  35'		 Report  26' Lemire
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Renato De Carlos


 Iran1 – 6 Spain
Razaeipoor  8' Report  5' Alfonso
 14' Johnny
 18',  36' Nico
 27',  29' Amarelle
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Alberto Moreira


 France6 – 3 Iran
Castro  2'
Sciortino  10'
Samoun  12'
Libbra  23'
Basquaise  31',  31'		 Report  18' Hashempour
 28' Ahmadzadeh
 20' Dara
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte


Spain0 – 4 Canada
  Report  12',  34' Selaidopoulos
 16' Sibiya
 36' Yamada
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Ivo De Moraes


Group C
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3300299209
 Uruguay 3102171343
 Solomon Islands 31021226–143
 Cameroon 3012818–102
 Portugal5 – 4 Uruguay
Alan  2',  7'
Madjer  11',  34'
Hernâni  34'		 Report  5' Coco
 9' Cabrera
 10' Olivera
 18' Pampero
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 3 000
Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte


 Solomon Islands5 – 2 Cameroon
Naka  5',  18',  31',  35'
Omokirio  8'		 Report  32' Ngiladjoe
 33' Eyoum
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Joao Almeida


 Uruguay10 – 5 Solomon Islands
Coco  4'
Aguirre  12',  22'
Fabian  13'
Pampero  14',  25'
Damian  21'
Matias  28'
Parrillo  30'
Seba  32'		 Report  16',  31' Koto
 20' Rogy
 29' Naka
 36' Omokirio
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz


 Cameroon3 – 10 Portugal
Tamen  9',  26',  28' Report  2',  3',  3',  13',  18',  29' Madjer
 17' Alan
 19',  35' Marinho
 34' Gustavo
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Juan Rodriguez


 Cameroon3 – 3 (a.e.t) Uruguay
Ngiladjoe  9'
Bithe  18',  32'		 Report  15',  30' Pampero
 27' Miguel
Penalties
Eyoum
Nyamsi 		1 – 0 Pampero
Fabian
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1 300
Referee: Vincenzo Cascone


 Solomon Islands2 – 14 Portugal
Anisua  20'
Luwi  23'		 Report  2',  8',  13',  14' Madjer
 4' Marinho
 9',  18' Alan
 17' Jorge
 23',  35' Gustavo
 25' Hernâni
 27',  31' Belchior
 36' Loja
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 800
Referee: Alberto Moreira


Group D
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 330010649
 Bahrain 311110915
 Nigeria 3102131303
 Italy 3003611–50
 Argentina5 – 4 Nigeria
S. Hilaire  6',  27'
F. Hilaire  9'
Minici  15',  34'		 Report  3' Agu
 10',  19' Onigbo
 18' Usman
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 3 000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz


 Italy2 – 4 Bahrain
Pasquali  23',  35' Report  5',  32' Salem
 5' Hassan
 28' Alnisuf
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Renato De Carlos


 Nigeria4 – 3 Italy
Ibenegbu  14'
Olawale  29',  35'
Onigbo  36'		 Report  11' El Hafez
 16',  17' Pasquali
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte


 Bahrain1 – 2 Argentina
Ebrahim  7' Report  12' E. Hilaire
 26' F. Hilaire
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Christian Hauben


 Bahrain5 – 5 (a.e.t) Nigeria
Salem  16',  33'
Ebrahim  22'
Omar  30',  3'		 Report  2' Olawale
 14' Ibenegbu
 28' Okemmiri
 36' Agu
 36' Okpara
Penalties
Salem
Hassan
Ebrahim
Almughawi 		4 – 3 Agu
Olawale
Onigbo
Usman
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 800
Referee: Michele Conti


 Italy1 – 3 Argentina
Palmacci  28' Report  1',  24' Andrade
 26' S. Hilaire
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 1 400
Referee: Antonio Buaiz

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 November 2006
 
 
 France3
 
11 November 2006
 
 Japan2
 
 France (pen.)2 (0)
 
9 November 2006
 
 Uruguay2 (1)
 
 Argentina1
 
12 November 2006
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Uruguay1
 
9 November 2006
 
 Brazil4
 
 Brazil12
 
11 November 2006
 
 Canada1
 
 Brazil7
 
9 November 2006
 
 Portugal4 Third place
 
 Portugal6
 
12 November 2006
 
 Bahrain2
 
 France6
 
 
 Portugal4
 

Quarter-finals
 Brazil12 – 1 Canada
Júnior Negrão  4',  21',  36'
Benjamin  14',  25',  34'
Bueno  22',  23'
Bruno  24',  24'
Betinho  25',  28'		 Report  34' Sibiya
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Pedro Infantes


 Portugal6 – 2 Bahrain
Alan  6'
Madjer  13',  27',  28'
Gustavo  22'
Belchior  31'		 Report  18' Omar
 29' Salem
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Ivo De Moraes


 Uruguay2 – 1 Argentina
Ricar  36'
Miguel  36'		 Report  28' S. Hilaire
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte


 France3 – 2 Japan
Samoun  14'
Basquaise  16'
Edouard  31'		 Report  36' Toma
 36' Kuroki
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Ferreira


Semi-finals
 Brazil7 – 4 Portugal
Sidney  6',  19',  29'
Bueno  9'
Bruno  13',  27'
Betinho  18'		 Report  1',  6',  10' Madjer
 7' Alan
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Christian Hauben


 Uruguay2 – 2
(a.e.t)
(1 – 0 Pens)		 France
Fabian  3',  34' Report  20' Perez
 35' Samoun
Penalties
Ricar 1 – 0 Edouard
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Pendro Infantes


Third place play off
 Portugal4 – 6 France
Alan  1'
Madjer  11',  14',  30'		 Report  1',  19' Cardoso
 7' Ottavy
 25' Samoun
 28' Castro
 30' François
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz


Final
 Brazil4 – 1 Uruguay
Buru  11'
Benjamin  17'
Duda  26'
Sidney  34'		 Report  14' Ricar
Copacabana Beach
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Christian Hauben

Winners
 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners 

Brazil
First (10th overall) title

Awards
Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Madjer Benjamin Bruno
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Madjer Benjamin Bruno
21 goals 12 goals 10 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
 France

Top scorers

Final standings
Position Team
1 Brazil
2 Uruguay
3 France
4 Portugal
5 Argentina
6 Bahrain
7 Canada
8 Japan
9 Nigeria
10 Spain
11 Poland
12 United States
13 Solomon Islands
14 Cameroon
15 Italy
16 Iran
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