Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games – Women's tournament

The women's beach soccer tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, took place over six days from 11–16 October.[1] Along with the men's tournament, the two events comprised the beach soccer competition at this year's Games.[2]

2019 Women's beach soccer tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates11–16 October 2019
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Great Britain
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored127 (7.94 per match)

Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIFA (beach soccer's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team into preliminary qualification routes[2] from which eight teams, representing four continental zones, advanced to the final competition;[1] the hosts Qatar did not enter a team.[3]

The tournament was a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match,[4] with all matches hosted on Katara Beach.[5]

The gold and silver medals were won by Spain and Great Britain respectively, with the former defeating the latter in the final 3–2. The bronze medal was claimed by Brazil who beat Russia in the deciding match.[6]

Competition schedule

The tournament began on 11 October, one day before the opening ceremony, and ended on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[7]

Matches deciding medal winners took place exclusively on 16 October.[7]

GGroup stage SFSemi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal / Gold medal match
Fri 11Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15Wed 16
GGGSFBF

Qualified teams
See also: Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games § Qualification

With the exception of UEFA, the six continental zones of FIFA were each originally allocated one berth at the Games.[2] However, neither the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nor Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) ultimately entered any teams (China were due to enter a team as the AFC representative but withdrew[8]). Therefore, these two vacant berths were redistributed, with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF each receiving one extra berth.

The following teams qualified from their zones via regional preliminary tournaments or invitation (hosts Qatar were eligible to enter a team automatically however declined to enter):[1][3]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates Venue Berths Qualified
2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [9][1] 9–12 May 2019 Salou 3  Great Britain[a]
 Russia
 Spain
2019 African Beach Games [10][11] 19–23 June 2019 Sal 1  Cape Verde
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [12][1] 3–5 August 2019 San Salvador 2  Mexico
 United States
Invitation (CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019[b] – 2  Brazil
 Paraguay
Total   8

a. Competed in qualification as England. England does not have an independent NOC and is instead represented by Great Britain at Olympic events.
b. The dates of teams who qualified via invitation refer to when they were publicly revealed by the qualification organisers.

Venues
Katara Beach, Doha

The matches were held on Katara Beach[5] at the Beach Soccer Arena which consisted of two venues: the larger-capacity main stadium that hosted the majority of games and located adjacent, a smaller-capacity secondary stadium known as "Pitch 1" for all other matches which was only used during the group stage.[13][14][15]

Squads

Each team could enter a squad consisting of up to 10 players. A total of up to 80 athletes were expected to compete.[2][16]

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place at 10:00 AST (UTC+3) on 27 August 2019 at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar.[5][17] Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) vice-president Joan Cusco oversaw the draw.[18]

For the purpose of the draw, the eight teams were split into two pots of four.[17] Two teams from each pot were drawn into each group. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, except for UEFA nations for which one group was permitted to contain two.[17] At the start of the draw, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Spain (European ranking leaders), were assigned to position A1 and Great Britain, (European ranking deputy leaders (as England)), were assigned to position B1.[17][19]

The composition of the pots is shown below:

Pot 1 Pot 2
  •  Spain (allocated to A1)
  •  Great Britain (allocated to B1)
  •  Russia
  •  Brazil
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Paraguay
  •  Mexico
  •  United States

Group stage

Four of the eight nations, the winners and runners-up of each group, advance to the knockout stage.[4]

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 +19 9 Knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 1 0 1 1 14 12 +2 4
3  Mexico 3 0 1 0 2 12 19 −7 2
4  Cape Verde 3 0 0 0 3 10 24 −14 0
Source: ANOC
Mexico 1–9 Spain
  • Leyva  35'
 Report(ru)
  •  2' C. Gonzalez
  •  4' S. Gonzalez
  •  5', 29' Mellado
  •  13' Gallego
  •  19', 32' Fresneda
  •  21' Miras
  •  33' Morera
Stadium, Katara beach
Brazil 7–2 Cape Verde
  • Jasna  3', 10'
  • Colodetti  13'
  • Nayara  16', 33'
  • Villar  22'
  • Adri  31'
 Report(ru)
  •  2' (o.g.) Lele Lopes
  •  16' Rosangela
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Spain 10–2 Cape Verde
  • Miras  3', 11'
  • S. Gonzalez  18'
  • Miron  20', 26'
  • Mellado  25', 28'
  • Fresneda  30'
  • C. Gonzalez  32', 33'
 Report(ru)
  •  5' Ruth
  •  33' Djoyce
Stadium, Katara beach
Brazil 4–4 (a.e.t.) Mexico
  • Nayara  9'
  • Adri  27'
  • Barboza  29', 32'
 Report(ru)
  •  1', 3' Luna
  •  16' Paulin
  •  26' Sanchez
Penalties
Barboza
Villar
Colodetti
Bastos
Jasna 		4–3 Gallegos
Leyva
Perez
Ramos
Saucedo
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Spain 6–3 Brazil
  • Miron  6'
  • Mellado  24', 34'
  • Fresneda  28', 35'
  • C. Gonzalez  31'
 Report(ru)
  •  14' Barboza
  •  15' Colodetti
  •  23' Medeiros
Stadium, Katara beach
Cape Verde 6–7 (a.e.t.) Mexico
  • Vanda  13', 15', 18'
  • Fortes  21'
  • Perez  23' (o.g.)
  • Djoyce  27'
 Report(ru)
  •  1' Saucedo
  •  20', 29' Luna
  •  21', 25' Ramos
  •  34', 37' Sanchez
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3  United States 3 1 0 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Paraguay 3 0 0 0 3 9 13 −4 0
Source: ANOC
Russia 3–1 United States
Komarova  16'
Petrova  18'
Zaitseva  18'		 Report(ru)  22' Quigley
Stadium, Katara beach
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Paraguay 4–5 Great Britain
Godoy  20', 29', 29'
Mora  33'		 Report(ru)  16' Hillier
 24' Kempson
 25', 28' Clark
 36' Haughton
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Referee: José Cortez (Mexico)
Great Britain 5–2 United States
  • Kempson  1', 21'
  • Short  17', 19'
  • Hillier  29'
 Report(ru)
  •  18' Sunseri-Warp
  •  26' Quigley
Stadium, Katara beach
Russia 5–3 Paraguay
  • Cherniakova  1', 31', 35' (pen.)
  • Komarova  17'
  • Zaitseva  18'
 Report(ru)
  •  21' (pen.) Godoy
  •  22' Mora
  •  31' Caceres
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Great Britain 4–1 Russia
  • Bazan  8'
  • Kempson  8'
  • Hillier  9'
  • Martin  16'
 Report(ru)
  •  14' Petrova
Stadium, Katara beach
United States 3–2 Paraguay
  • Leslie  2'
  • Witteman  3', 20'
 Report(ru)
  •  5' Alonso
  •  7' Mora
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 October
 
 
 Spain3
 
16 October
 
 Russia2
 
 Spain3
 
15 October
 
 Great Britain2
 
 Great Britain6
 
 
 Brazil5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 October
 
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Brazil4

Semi-finals
Great Britain 6–5 Brazil
  • Kempson  9', 35'
  • Martin  10', 29', 35' (pen.)
  • Hillier  28'
 Report(ru)
  •  3', 26' Nayara
  •  3' Adri
  •  10' Barboza
  •  12' (pen.) Lorena
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain 3–2 Russia
  • Fresneda  10'
  • C. Gonzalez  23' (pen.)
  • Morera  32'
 Report(ru)
  •  2' (o.g.) Gallego
  •  4' Zaitseva
Stadium, Katara beach

Bronze medal match
Brazil 4–3 Russia
  • Adri  15'
  • Lorena  19', 23' (pen.)
  • Barboza  24'
 Report(ru)
  •  2' Cherniakova
  •  18', 32' Gorshkova
Stadium, Katara beach

Gold medal match
Great Britain 2–3 Spain
  • Clark  6'
  • Barron  28'
 Report(ru)
  •  6', 7' Asensio
  •  9' Fresneda
Stadium, Katara beach

Top goalscorers

Players with at least three goals are listed

7 goals
  • Carmen Fresneda
6 goals
  • Sarah Kempson
  • Alba Mellado
5 goals
  • Nayara Couto
  • Natalie Barboza
  • Carolina Gonzalez
4 goals
  • Marisol Luna
  • Gemma Hillier
  • Fanny Godoy
  • Anna Cherniakova
  • Wendy Martin
  • Lorena Medeiros
3 goals
  • Jennifer Mora
  • Esli Sanchez
  • Vanda Delgado Graça
  • Jasna Continentino
  • Natalia Zaitseva
  • Molly Clark
  • Adriele Rocha
  • Andrea Miron
  • Jessica Miras

Source: BSRussia

Final standings
Rank Team Result
 SpainGold Medal
 Great BritainSilver Medal
 BrazilBronze Medal
4  RussiaFourth place
5  United StatesEliminated in the
group stage
6  Mexico
7  Paraguay
8  Cape Verde

See also

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