1997 Beach Soccer World Championships

III Beach Soccer World Championships 150px Official logo Brazil January 14–19 8 4 1 1 BRA 3 URU USA ARG 16 141 BRA JúniorURU Venancio Ramos(11 goals) BRA Júnior BRA Paulo Sérgio 1996 1998 The 1997 Beach Soccer World Championships was the third 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). For the third consecutive time, the tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hosts Brazil won the tournament for the third time in a row by beating Uruguay 5–2 in what was a repeat of the final in the previous edition. It was also the first and only time in the history of the world cup that no European nations finished in the top four. Future champions France and Portugal both competed for the first time at this edition, as did the first Asian nation, Japan. Organisation The organisation remained the same as the format established during the championship's inception in 1995; 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 was scaled down from the 12,000 seats available in the two previous events, to 7,000 for this year's tournament.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 and Oceania were unrepresented. Asian Zone (1): JPN1 European Zone (3): FRA1 ITA POR1 North American Zone (1): 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 BRA3300278+199Advance to knockout stage2 USA32011211+16 3 POR31021418–434 JPN3003521–160 January 14, 1997 BRA 12–3 JPN     Copacabana beach January 14, 1997 USA 7–5 POR     Copacabana beach January 15, 1997 BRA 10–2 POR     Copacabana beach January 15, 1997 USA 2–1 JPN     Copacabana beach January 16, 1997 BRA 5–3 USA     Copacabana beach January 16, 1997 POR 7–1 JPN     Copacabana beach Group B Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins in extra time or on penaltiesL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1 URU32011615+16Advance to knockout stage2 ARG3201108+26 3 ITA31021211+134 FRA3102710–33 January 14, 1997 URU 5–4 ARG     Copacabana beach January 14, 1997 ITA 4–1 FRA     Copacabana beach January 15, 1997 FRA 5–4 URU     Copacabana beach January 15, 1997 ARG 3–2 ITA     Copacabana beach January 16, 1997 ARG 3–1 FRA     Copacabana beach January 16, 1997 URU 7–6 ITA     Copacabana beach Knockout stage Semi-finals January 18, 1997 URU 4–4 yes 2–1 USA     Copacabana beach January 18, 1997 BRA 14–3 ARG     Copacabana beach Third place play-off January 19, 1997 USA 5–1 ARG     Copacabana beach Final January 19, 1997 BRA 5–2 http://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/030015_11/190364 URU Júnior 6 13Magal ? 15Edinho 19 3 36 Ramos Copacabana beach 7,000 Winners beachsoccer 1997 Beach Soccer World Championshipschampions Brazil Third Awards Top scorersBRA JúniorURU Venancio Ramos11 goalsBest playerBRA JúniorBest goalkeeperBRA Paulo Sérgio Final standings main WDL complete yes W+ BRA URU USA ARG ITA POR FRA JPN BRA B 5 0 0 46 13 POR B 1 0 2 14 18 URU A 2 1 2 22 24 JPN B 0 0 3 5 21 USA B 3 0 2 21 16 ITA A 1 0 2 12 11 FRA A 1 0 2 7 11 ARG A 2 0 3 14 27 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 1997 1997 Category:1997 in beach soccer Category:1997 in Brazilian football