1996 Beach Soccer World Championships

150px Official logo Brazil January 30 – February 4 8 3 1 1 BRA 2 URU ITA USA 16 132 ITA Alessandro Altobelli (14 goals) BRA Edinho BRA Paulo Sérgio 1995 1997 The 1996 Beach Soccer World Championships was the second edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2005/m=2/news=fifa-launches-first-ever-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-96141.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161220074850/http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2005/m=2/news=fifa-launches-first-ever-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-96141.html dead 20 December 2016 FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA.com 16 November 2020 1 February 2005 It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide). The tournament again took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as it did during the maiden edition a year earlier. Brazil successfully defended their title by beating Uruguay 3–0 in what was the lowest scoring final to date, to win their second World Championship. The Uruguayans remained the only side not to score in a world cup final until Tahiti also failed to do so in 2017. This edition is one of only two world cups after the first (the other being 2003) when no matches went beyond regulation time. Organisation The organisation remained the same as the format established for the maiden event in the previous year; the eight participating nations competed in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams progressed straight to the semi-finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned with an additional match to determine third place. The capacity of the arena used for this edition of the World Championships remained the same as in 1995, at 12,000 seats available for spectators.http://www.kochtavares.com.br:80/port/socc01_p.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19980201235408/http://www.kochtavares.com.br/port/socc01_p.htm dead 1 February 1998 Beach Soccer kochtavares.com.br 15 June 2017 1 February 1998 Teams Africa, Asia and Oceania were unrepresented. European Zone (3): DEN1 ITA RUS1 North American Zone (2): CAN1 USA South American Zone (2): ARG URU Hosts: BRA (South America) Notes: 1. Teams making their debut Group stage Group A Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins in extra time or on penaltiesL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1 BRA3300245+199Advance to knockout stage2 URU31021213–133 DEN31021016–634 CAN31021224–123 January 30, 1996 URU 5–6 CAN     Copacabana beach January 30, 1996 BRA 7–1 DEN     Copacabana beach January 31, 1996 URU 5–3 DEN     Copacabana beach January 31, 1996 BRA 13–2 CAN     Copacabana beach February 1, 1996 DEN 6–4 CAN     Copacabana beach February 1, 1996 BRA 4–2 URU     Copacabana beach Group B Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins in extra time or on penaltiesL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1 USA3300149+59Advance to knockout stage2 ITA3201149+563 RUS3102810–234 ARG3003513–80 January 30, 1996 USA 4–2 ARG     Copacabana beach January 30, 1996 ITA 5–1 RUS     Copacabana beach January 31, 1996 RUS 4–1 ARG     Copacabana beach January 31, 1996 USA 6–4 ITA     Copacabana beach February 1, 1996 ITA 5–2 ARG     Copacabana beach February 1, 1996 USA 4–3 RUS     Copacabana beach Knockout stage Semi-finals February 3, 1996 URU 7–0 USA     Copacabana beach February 3, 1996 BRA 12–4 ITA     Copacabana beach Third place play-off February 4, 1996 ITA 4–3 USA     Copacabana beach Final February 4, 1996 10:00 UTC-2 BRA 3–0 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bzAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BbcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6756%2C2123917 URU Zico Magal Neném   Jose Roberto Wright Copacabana beach Winners beachsoccer 1996 Beach Soccer World Championshipschampions Brazil Second Awards Top scorerITA Alessandro Altobelli14 goals2Best playerBRA EdinhoBest goalkeeperBRA Paulo Sérgio 2. Other sources suggest 13 goals Final standings main WDL complete yes W+ BRA URU ITA USA RUS DEN CAN ARG BRA A 5 0 0 39 9 RUS B 1 0 2 8 10 URU A 2 0 3 19 16 DEN A 1 0 2 10 16 USA B 3 0 2 17 20 ITA B 3 0 2 22 24 CAN A 1 0 2 12 24 ARG B 0 0 3 5 13 yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated in thegroup stage 3 2 0 Sources RSSSF Roonba 1996 1996 Category:1996 in Brazilian football Category:1996 in beach soccer