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

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2019 Men's beach soccer tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates11–16 October 2019
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Iran
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored279 (9.96 per match)
2023

The men'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] Held in tandem with the women's tournament, the two events comprised the beach soccer competition at this year's Games.[2]

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 16 teams, representing all six 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 the Katara Beach.[5]

Brazil claimed the gold medal after winning the final 9–3 against Russia who settled for silver. Meanwhile, Iran defeated Italy in the bronze medal match to claim the remaining place on the podium.[6]

Competition schedule[edit]

The tournament began on 11 October, one day before the opening ceremony, and ended on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[4][7]

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

G Group stage SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final / Gold medal match
Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16
G G G SF B F

Qualified teams[edit]

The six continental zones of FIFA were each allocated a share of 16 berths at the Games,[2] ensuring all continents would be represented at the event. The following teams qualified from their zones via regional preliminary tournaments or based on their world ranking (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 [8][9] 9–12 May 2019 Spain Salou 5  Italy
 Russia
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
2019 African Beach Games [10][11] 19–23 June 2019 Cape Verde Sal 2  Morocco
 Senegal
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked AFC teams) [3] 10 July 2019[b] 3  Iran
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked OFC team) [3] 10 July 2019[b] 1  Solomon Islands[a]
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [12][13] 3–5 August 2019 El Salvador San Salvador 2  El Salvador
 Mexico
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019[b] 3  Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
Total   16
a. Tahiti are the highest ranked team from the OFC. However, they are ineligible to enter since French Polynesia is not a member of ANOC. Therefore, the berth has been given to the OFC's next highest ranked team that is a member.[9]
b. The dates of teams who qualified via their world ranking refer to when they were publicly revealed by the qualification organisers.

Venues[edit]

Katara Beach, Doha

The matches were held on the 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.[14][15][16]

Squads[edit]

Each team could enter a squad consisting of up to 12 players. A total of up to 192 athletes were expected to compete.[2][17]

Draw[edit]

The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place at 10:00 AST (UTC+3) on 27 August 2019 at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar.[5][18] Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) vice-president Joan Cusco oversaw the draw.[19]

For the purpose of the draw, the 16 teams were split into four pots of four according to their world ranking with the highest ranked teams placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4.[18] One team from each pot was placed into each of the four groups. 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.[18] At the start of the draw, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Brazil, as the ranking leaders, were assigned to position A1 and Russia, as the second best ranked team, were assigned to position D1.[18]

The composition of the pots is shown below (World Ranking in parentheses):[20]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage[edit]

Four of the 16 nations, the winners of each group, advance to the knockout stage.[4]

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

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 23 10 +13 9 Knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 21 19 +2 6
3  Morocco 3 1 0 0 2 8 17 −9 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 0 3 15 21 −6 0
Source: ANOC
Morocco 1–9 Brazil
  • El Hadoui 34'
Report(ru)
  • 1', 9' Catarino
  • 6', 18', 33' Mauricinho
  • 7', 36' (pen.) Rodrigo
  • 16' Antonio
  • 27' Datinha
Stadium, Katara beach
Switzerland 10–9 United Arab Emirates
  • Ott 5', 16', 16', 19'
  • Stankovic 15', 30'
  • Ostgen 16'
  • Mounoud 19'
  • Hodel 33'
  • Spacca 33'
Report(ru)
  • 3' A. Mohammadi
  • 12', 22', 24' W. Beshr
  • 13', 23' Albloushi
  • 17' Alkaabi
  • 25' A. Ali
  • 36' H. Almuntaser
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Brazil 7–5 United Arab Emirates
  • Rafinha 4'
  • Bokinha 6', 23'
  • Filipe Silva 14'
  • Rodrigo 26', 36'
  • A. Beshr 36' (o.g.)
Report(ru)
  • 13', 15', 36' W. Mohammadi
  • 17' A. Mohammadi
  • 24' A. Ali
Stadium, Katara beach
Switzerland 7–3 Morocco
  • Ott 3', 35'
  • Stankovic 21' (pen.), 22' (pen.), 29'
  • Hodel 26'
  • Borer 32'
Report(ru)
  • 4' Aboutalbi
  • 5' El Hadoui
  • 9' Fanchy
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Brazil 7–4  Switzerland
  • Rodrigo 1', 6', 8'
  • Filipe Silva 15'
  • Bokinha 17'
  • Catarino 20'
  • Antonio 28'
Report(ru)
  • 6' Stankovic
  • 7', 29' Ott
  • 16' Spacca
Stadium, Katara beach
United Arab Emirates 1–4 Morocco
  • A. Ali 21'
Report(ru)
  • 1', 36' El Hadoui
  • 19' Abagli
  • 21' Iazal
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 18 12 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 21 13 +8 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 0 2 14 16 −2 3
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 0 3 12 24 −12 0
Source: ANOC
Solomon Islands 5–8 Italy
Mafane 9', 16'
Fa'ari 15'
Laua 19', 36'
Report(ru) 9', 14', 36' Gori
10' Corosiniti
12' Zurlo
18', 35' Palmacci
21' Montani
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain 9–3 Mexico
Acosta 1'
Chiky 4', 28'
Javi Torres 16', 22'
Adrian 21'
Eduard 30'
Llorenç 31'
Hernández 35'
Report(ru) 11' Contreras
25', 29' Morales
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Italy 5–3 Mexico
  • Gori 3', 13', 26'
  • Zurlo 5'
  • Palmacci 24'
Report(ru)
  • 18', 22' Maldonado
  • 23' Vizcarra
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain 8–5 Solomon Islands
  • Llorenç 9', 17'
  • Javi Torres 11'
  • Suarez 14', 19'
  • Frutos 26'
  • Chiky 30', 33'
Report(ru)
  • 15', 36' Fa'ari
  • 15' Mafane
  • 23' Laua
  • 28' Farobo
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Italy 5–4 Spain
  • Palmacci 16', 28'
  • Gori 19', 32'
  • Corosiniti 29'
Report(ru)
  • 2' Frutos
  • 16' Chiky
  • 16' Javi Torres
  • 26' Cintas
Stadium, Katara beach
Mexico 8–2 Solomon Islands
  • Vizcarra 1', 11', 32'
  • Maldonado 21', 35', 36'
  • Mosco 26'
  • Villa 33'
Report(ru)
  • 5' Fa'ari
  • 26' Mafane
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 2 0 1 0 18 16 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 2 0 0 1 18 13 +5 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 −3 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 0 3 13 17 −4 0
Source: ANOC
Ukraine 4–5 Iran
  • Glutskyi 1'
  • Zborovskyi 7', 9'
  • Shcherytsia 12'
Report(ru)
  • 6' A. Akbari
  • 19', 20' M. Mokhtari
  • 25' Ahmadzadeh
  • 31' Shirmohammadi
Stadium, Katara beach
Paraguay 0–3 Senegal
Report(ru)
  • 29' Diassy
  • 32' Diouf
  • 34' Diagne
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Iran 8–8 (a.e.t.) Senegal
  • Mokhtari 2', 35'
  • Akbari 3', 9'
  • Kiani 9', 33', 37'
  • Masoumizadeh 38'
Report(ru)
  • 9', 10' Niang
  • 25', 26', 37' Diagne
  • 33', 37' Diatta
  • 34' Diassy
Penalties
Ahmadzadeh soccer ball with check mark
Akbari soccer ball with check mark
Kiani soccer ball with check mark
3–1 soccer ball with red X Ndoye
soccer ball with check mark Fall
Stadium, Katara beach
Paraguay 5–4 Ukraine
  • C. Benitez 8', 12', 25'
  • Ojeda 28'
  • Nerush 36' (o.g.)
Report(ru)
  • 3', 11' Pashko
  • 12' Zborovskyi
  • 23' Makeiev
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Iran 5–4 Paraguay
  • Mokhtari 3'
  • Barreto 16' (o.g.)
  • Shirmohammadi 17'
  • Behzadpour 31'
  • Masoumizadeh 32'
Report(ru)
  • 5' (pen.), 35' Carballo
  • 17' C. Benitez
  • 20' Rolón
Stadium, Katara beach
Senegal 7–5 Ukraine
  • Mendy 11'
  • Niang 11'
  • Diatta 12'
  • Fall 24', 26'
  • Diassy 28'
  • Diagne 35'
Report(ru)
  • 5', 11', 23' Voitenko
  • 15' (o.g.) Niang
  • 30' Nerush
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 0 15 10 +5 8 Knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 16 10 +6 6
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4  Uruguay 3 0 0 0 3 7 17 −10 0
Source: ANOC
El Salvador 2–4 Russia
Report(ru)
Stadium, Katara beach
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Japan 7–2 Uruguay
  • Okuyama 3', 8'
  • Ozu 15', 20', 32', 34'
  • Akaguma 26'
Report(ru)
  • 18' Miranda
  • 35' Capurro
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Russia 5–3 Uruguay
  • Shishin 5'
  • Makarov 5'
  • Paporotnyi 8', 12', 15'
Report(ru)
  • 5' L. Pazos
  • 14' Quinta
  • 32' G. Costa
Stadium, Katara beach
Japan 4–2 El Salvador
  • Ozu 11'
  • Oba 21'
  • Akaguma 23'
  • Okuyama 36'
Report(ru)
  • 29' Rivera
  • 32' Agustín
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Russia 6–5 (a.e.t.) Japan
  • Zemskov 6'
  • Krasheninnikov 7'
  • Paporotnyi 14', 39'
  • Bazhenov 16'
  • Makarov 22'
Report(ru)
  • 1' Ginoza
  • 4' Yamauchi
  • 12', 19' (pen.) Okuyama
  • 34' Matsuo
Stadium, Katara beach
Uruguay 2–5 El Salvador
  • Cabrera 27'
  • Laens 34'
Report(ru)
  • 6', 7', 20' Jason
  • 12' Velásquez
  • 25' Agustín
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Knockout stage[edit]

The winners of Groups C and D contest are drawn to contest semi-final 1 and the winners of Groups A and B contest semi-final 2.[14]

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 October
 
 
 Iran2
 
16 October
 
 Russia6
 
 Russia3
 
15 October
 
 Brazil9
 
 Brazil7
 
 
 Italy5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 October
 
 
 Iran (p)5 (3)
 
 
 Italy5 (1)

Semi-finals[edit]

Iran 2–6 Russia
  • Masoumizadeh 21'
  • Mokhtari 23'
Report(ru)
  • 5' Makarov
  • 8', 32' Zemskov
  • 12' Shishin
  • 34' Novikov
  • 35' Nikonorov
Stadium, Katara beach

Brazil 7–5 Italy
  • Filipe Silva 5', 19'
  • Rodrigo 8', 14', 19'
  • Catarino 20'
  • Lucão 28'
Report(ru)
  • 13', 26', 32' Gori
  • 14' Chiavaro
  • 25' Ramacciotti
Stadium, Katara beach

Bronze medal match[edit]

Iran 5–5 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • Masoumizadeh 3'
  • Mokhtari 6'
  • Ahmadzadeh 27'
  • Kiani 34', 35' (pen.)
Report(ru)
  • 20', 25' Gori
  • 22' Montani
  • 25' Ramacciotti
  • 29' Frainetti
Penalties
Ahmadzadeh soccer ball with check mark
Akbari soccer ball with check mark
Kiani soccer ball with check mark
3–1 soccer ball with red X Chiavaro
soccer ball with check mark Gori
Stadium, Katara beach

Gold medal match[edit]

Russia 3–9 Brazil
  • Paporotnyi 19'
  • Zemskov 20'
  • Makarov 36' (pen.)
Report(ru)
  • 8' Catarino
  • 8' Rodrigo
  • 17', 18', 19' Mauricinho
  • 24' Bokinha
  • 32' Filipe Silva
  • 36', 36' Lucão
Stadium, Katara beach

Top goalscorers[edit]

Players with at least four goals are listed

13 goals
  • Italy Gabriele Gori
10 goals
  • Brazil Rodrigo
8 goals
  • Switzerland Nöel Ott
7 goals
  • Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari
  • Russia Artur Paporotnyi
6 goals
  • Mexico Jose Vizcarra
  • Brazil Mauricinho
  • Russia Aleksey Makarov
  • Switzerland Dejan Stankovic
5 goals
  • Spain Salavador "Chiky" Ardil
  • Japan Ozu Moreira
  • Senegal Mamour Diagne
  • Mexico Ramon Maldonado
  • Brazil Catarino
  • Brazil Filipe Silva
  • Italy Paolo Palmacci
  • Japan Masanori Okuyama
  • Iran Mostafa Kiani
4 goals
  • Paraguay Carlos Benitez
  • Spain Javi Torres
  • Solomon Islands Max Fa'ari
  • Morocco Nassim El Hadoui
  • Solomon Islands Roy Mafane
  • Iran Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Brazil Bokinha
  • Russia Fedor Zemskov

Source: BSRussia

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Iran Bronze Medal
4  Italy Fourth place
5  Spain Eliminated in the
group stage
6  Japan
7  Senegal
8   Switzerland
9  El Salvador
10  Mexico
11  Paraguay
12  Morocco
13  Ukraine
14  United Arab Emirates
15  Uruguay
16  Solomon Islands

Source

See also[edit]

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