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2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FieldValue
year2007
other_titlesCopa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2007
image2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.png
countryBrazil
dates2–11 November
cityRio de Janeiro
num_teams16
confederations6
venues1
cities1
champion_other
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals261
attendance157300
top_scorerBRA Buru (10 goals)
playerBRA Buru
fair_play
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The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 3rd edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007.

The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.

Qualifying rounds

African zone

Main article: 2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Senegal finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian zone

Main article: 2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4–3. Iran beat Bahrain in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.

European zone

Main article: 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket

For the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Portugal, France, Russia and Spain. 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 Italy who beat Switzerland in the final.

North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone

Main article: 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

Due to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following 2005. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament saw the United States claim victory, after beating Uruguay 4–3 in the final. Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.

Oceanian zone

Main article: 2007 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite Vanuatu dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.

Hosts

Brazil qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup: Asian zone:

  • (first appearance)

African zone:

  • (first appearance)

European zone:

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

  • (first appearance)

Oceanian zone:

South American zone:

Hosts:

Players

Main article: 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

Venue

As with the two 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
Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
Capacity: **10,000**
[[File:2007 Beach Soccer World Cup.jpg250px]]

Group stage

The 16 teams 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

TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPts
3210198+11**8**
31111211+1**5**
310296+3**3**
3003722–15**0**

Shaykov Gonzales Shakmelyan Rosales

Júnior Negrão Daniel Bruno Sidney Duda Naka

Gonzales Villalobos Cati Andre Negao Bruno Benjamin

Anisua Shishin Shakmelyan

Sidney Pavlikov Gorchinskiy Gordonov Shishin Bukhlitskiy Shkmelyan

Plata Villalobos Pozos

Group B

TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPts
32011611+5**6**
30211112–1**4**
31021620–4**3**
310214140**3**

Mesigar Dara

Ibsen Albuquerque Chimienti Rumbo Alvarez Amarelle

J.Torres Alvarez Nico Madjer

Ahmadzadeh Davoudi Ghorbanpour Mesigar Chimienti Morales Astroga Ibsen

Beiro J.Torres Ghorbanpour Aligoli Ahmadzadeh

Nolz Chimienti Albuquerque Bilro Alan

Group C

TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPts
3210158+7**8**
311189–1**5**
31021312+1**3**
3003613–7**0**

Matias Palamacci

Koukpaki Mbengue

Maiorano Pasquali Leghissa Yamauchi

Koukpaki Sylla Ricar

Koukpaki Mbengue Thioune Pasquali Maiorano Feudi

Arakaki Ricar Pampero

Group D

TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPts
31201412+2**7**
31111110+1**5**
3102990**3**
30031316–3**0**

Uhunmwangho Onigbo Okemmiri S. Hilaire
Andrade

Sadeqi Aljesmi Samoun

Minici Casado Sadeqi

François Basquaise Usman Pérez Samoun Uhunmwangho Olawale

François Minici Pérez François Lopez Casado

Albloushi Karim Bashir Okemmiri Olawale Usman

Knockout stage

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Quarter finals

Beiro C.Torres Adam Gonzales Plata Salazar

Andre Buru Daniel Bruno Alan
Hernani

Dieng Mbengue Ottavy Ruggeri François Tanagro

Ricar Parrillo

Semi-finals

Villalobos

Bruno Betinho Basquaise

Third place match

Final

Main article: 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final

Plata Bruno Benjamin Buru Betinho Negao

Winners

**2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions**
****
**Second title**
11th world title

Awards

Golden BallSilver BallBronze BallGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze ShoeFIFA Fair Play Award
BRA **Buru**POR MadjerMEX Morgan Plata
BRA **Buru**MEX Morgan PlataBRA Bruno
**10 goals**9 goals8 goals
****

Top scorers

;10 goals

  • BRA Buru ;9 goals
  • MEX Morgan Plata ;8 goals
  • BRA Bruno
  • POR Madjer ;7 goals
  • MEX Ricardo Villalobos
  • FRA Jeremy Basquaise
  • SEN Pape Koukpaki
  • URU Ricar ;6 goals
  • POR Alan
  • BRA Andre
  • ITA Roberto Pasquali ;5 goals
  • BRA Sidney ;4 goals
  • ESP Amarelle
  • FRA Didier Samoun
  • BRA Júnior Negrão
  • FRA Stéphane François ;4 goals (cont.)
  • SOL James Naka
  • UAE Haidar Bashir
  • ESP Javi Alvarez
  • USA Mario Chimienti
  • JPN Shusei Yamauchi
  • SEN Gomis Mbengue
  • BRA Daniel ;3 goals
  • MEX Oscar Gonzales
  • UAE Bakhit Alabadla
  • IRN Hamed Ghorbanpour
  • IRN Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • ESP Nico
  • USA Joshua Nolz
  • NGA Isiaka Olawale
  • BRA Betinho
  • RUS Dmitry Shishin
  • USABenyam Astorga
  • RUS Ilya Leonov
  • ITA Paolo Palmacci
  • IRN Moslem Mesigar
  • POR Bilro
  • NGA Ogbonnaya Okemmiri
  • NGA Uga Okpara ;3 goals (cont.)
  • ESP Javier Torres
  • URU Pampero
  • URU Parrillo ;2 goals
  • FRA Sebastien Perez
  • BRA Benjamin
  • ITA Damiano Maiorano
  • USA Zak Ibsen
  • NGA Idoko Ibrahim
  • ARG Federico Hilaire
  • IRN Ali Aligoli
  • ARG Facundo Minici
  • ARG Gustavo Casado
  • USA Jevin Albuquerque
  • UAE Qambar Sadeqi
  • ESP Cristian Torres
  • SEN Malick Dieng
  • NGA Suleiman Usman
  • ESP Miguel Beiro
  • MEX Gustavo Rosales
  • URU Matias ;40 others scored 1 goal each

Final standings

PositionTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

References

References

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