2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament. It was hosted at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1 to 5 November 2016. Eight teams participated in the competition, ending with Brazil winning their second title.

2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	1–5 November 2016
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	179 (8.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bruno Xavier (8 goals )

For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016.

Participating teams

Team	Confederation	Achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Host	6th
Poland	UEFA	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification winners	1st
United States	CONCACAF	2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fourth place	3rd
Russia	UEFA	2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place	6th
Iran	AFC	2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place	4th
Egypt	CAF	2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place	2nd
Tahiti	OFC	2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up	4th
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship winners	5th

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
Brazil	3	3	0	0	26	7	+19	9
Tahiti	3	2	0	1	16	17	-1	6
Poland	3	0	1	2	8	12	–4	1
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	6	20	–14	0

1 November 2016

16:15

Tahiti	5–4	Poland
N. Bennett 2', 26' Taiarui 13', 30' (p) Zaveroni 13'	Report(ru)	2', 5' Ziober 32' Saganowski 33' (p) Klepczarek

Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

1 November 2016

17:30

United Arab Emirates	1–11	Brazil
A. Salem 5'	Report(ru)	4', 25' R. da Costa 8' Bruno Xavier 9', 15', 20' Catarino da Silva 19' Datinha 20' Valença 23', 30' Mauricinho 28' Bokinha

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

2 November 2016

16:15

United Arab Emirates	3–7	Tahiti
Sulaiman 13' A. Alblooshi 21' M. Al Zaabi 36'	Report(ru)	5', 12', 24' Tepa 10' Taiarui 15' N. Bennett 16' Tavanae 20' Zaveroni

Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

2 November 2016

17:30

Brazil	5–2	Poland
Bruno Xavier 14' Datinha 22' Bokinha 23', 28' (p) da Costa 25'	Report(ru)	4' Madani 15' Kubiak

Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

3 November 2016

17:30

Poland	2–2	United Arab Emirates
A. Salem 4' (o.g.) Kubiak 26'	Report(ru)	6' A. Alblooshi 32' M. Al Zaabi
Penalties
Saganowski Labedzki Gac	2–0	W. Salem M. Al Zaabi

Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

3 November 2016

18:45

Tahiti	4–10	Brazil
Zaveroni 14', 24' Mesh 17' (p) Tepa 23'	Report(ru)	1', 20', 21', 24' Bruno Xavier 10' Datinha 26', 31' Maurusinho 30', 36' Lucão 35' Lima

Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7
Russia	3	2	0	1	22	12	+10	6
Egypt	3	1	0	2	12	17	–5	3
United States	3	0	0	3	8	20	–12	0

1 November 2016

18:45

United States	2–6	Iran
Perera 1', 9'	Report(ru)	5' Mokhtari 8' Mesigar 9', 24' Ahmadzadeh 26' Kiani 33' Nazem

Attendance: 450

Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)

1 November 2016

20:00

Russia	10–6	Egypt
Nikonorov 2', 23', 27' (p) Krasheninnikov 3' Shishin 12', 29' Makarov 14', 18' Leonov 25' (p) Peremitin 28'	Report(ru)	3' E. Elsayed 12', 29' Hassan 25' K. Elsayed 27' Abdelsamie 30' M. Ali

Attendance: 380

Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

2 November 2016

18:45

Egypt	1–4	Iran
M. Abdelnaby 15'	Report(ru)	1', 9' (p) Ahmadzadeh 2', 14' Mesigar

Attendance: 700

Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania)

2 November 2016

20:00

Russia	9–3	United States
Paporotnyi 6', 27', 28' Nikonorov 10', 24' Makarov 14', 19', 21' Peremitin 16'	Report(ru)	4', 35' T. Canale 12' Perera

Attendance: 550

Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)

3 November 2016

16:15

United States	3–5	Egypt
Perera 10' (p), 16', 34'	Report(ru)	2', 11' Mostafa 18' M. Ali 24' Shaaban 36' M. Abdelnaby

Attendance: 200

Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)

3 November 2016

20:00

Iran	3–3	Russia
Mesigar 2' Boloukbashi 4' Kiani 19'	Report(ru)	2', 19' Peremitin 36' Makarov
Penalties
Nazem Mokhtari Ahmadzadeh	3–1	Paporotnyi Shishin

Attendance: 2,300

Classification stage

	5–8 places				Fifth place

	4 November – Jumeirah Beach

	Poland	6
					5 November – Jumeirah Beach
	United States	3
					Poland (p)	3 (2)
	4 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Egypt	3 (0)
	Egypt	7

	UAE	3
					Seventh place

					5 November – Jumeirah Beach

					United States	3

					UAE	4

5–8 places

4 November 2016

16:15

Poland	6–3	United States
Saganowski 15', 31' Ziober 20' Madani 28' Esinovski 33' Dept 36'	Report(ru)	13' Futagaki 21' Valentine 36' Feld

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

4 November 2016

17:30

Egypt	7–3	United Arab Emirates
	Report(ru)

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Seventh place match

5 November 2016

17:30

United States	3–4	United Arab Emirates
	Report(ru)

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Fifth place match

5 November 2016

16:15

Poland	3–3	Egypt
	Report(ru)
Penalties
	2–0

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Championship stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	4 November – Jumeirah Beach

	Brazil	7
					5 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Russia	0
					Brazil	6
	4 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Iran	2
	Iran	8

	Tahiti	6
					Third place

					5 November – Jumeirah Beach

					Russia	4

					Tahiti	3

Semi-finals

4 November 2016

18:45

Brazil	7–0	Russia
	Report(ru)

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Attendance: 2,500

4 November 2016

20:00

Iran	8–6	Tahiti
Mesigar 9', 27' Ahmadzadeh 16' Akbari 21', 34', 36' Boloukbashi 27', 32'	Report(ru)	15' N. Bennett 19' Zaveroni 23' Tepa 26' Li Fung Kuee 27' R. Bennett 32' (p) Taiarui

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Attendance: 3,000

Third place match

5 November 2016

18:45

Russia	4–3	Tahiti
	Report(ru)

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Attendance: 1,900

Final

5 November 2016

20:00

Brazil	6–2	Iran
	Report(ru)

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

Attendance: 4,000

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Brazil
2	Iran
3	Russia
4	Tahiti
5	Poland
6	Egypt
7	UAE
8	United States

Goalscorers

8 goals

Bruno Xavier

7 goals

Mauricinho
Mesigar

6 goals

Bokinha
Ahmadzadeh
Makarov
Nikonorov
Perera

5 goals

Catarino da Silva
N. Bennett
Tepa
Zaveroni
A. Alblooshi

4 goals

R. da Costa
Paporotnyi
Peremitin
Taiarui
Saganowski
Hassan
Shaaban
Canale

3 goals

Datinha
Lima
Akbari
Boloukbashi
Kubiak
Ziober
M. Abdelnaby
Mostafa

2 goals

Lucão
Kiani
Krasheninnikov
Leonov
Shishin
Madani
M. Ali
E. Elsayed
M. Al Zaabi
Khalaf
W. Salem

1 goal

Valença
Mokhtari
Nazem
Mesh
Li Fung kuee
Tavanae
Torokhov
R. Bennett
Dept
Esinovski
Gak
Klepczarek
Abdelsamie
Fawzi
K. Elsayed
A. Salem
Sulaiman
Feld
Futagaki
Gil
Valentine

own goals

Paporotnyi (against Tahiti)
A. Salem (against Poland)
Sulaiman (against Egypt)

Broadcasting

Dubai Sports TV

External links

Beach Soccer Worldwide

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