2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2006 edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2006 File:2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.png Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2–12 November 16 6 1 1 BRA URU FRA POR 32 286 179800 POR Madjer (21 goals) POR Madjer FRA 2005 2007 1 The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 12th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–12 November 2006. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their tenth world title overall. Major changes to format FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup#Qualification After the 2005 World Cup, beach soccer continued to grow and spread worldwide at a fast rate. Therefore, FIFA established the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, to try to allow more nations to play in the World Cup, as well as getting more national teams involved in the sport. FIFA also increased the number of participating teams in the World Cup from 12 to a record-high 16 teams. This also meant that nations would no longer be invited to play in the World Cup but would have to qualify. With the establishment of the qualifying rounds, FIFA decided to standardise each World Cup, meaning that from this World Cup onwards, each confederation would have the same number of teams participating in each World Cup and that the 16 teams would be split up into four groups of four teams, with the top two teams moving on to the quarter-finals. Qualifying rounds African zone 2006 CAF Beach Soccer Championship African nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 28 and September 30, 2006. Cameroon and Nigeria were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Cameroon defeated Nigeria in the final to win the title. Asian zone 2006 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Asian nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between May 22 and May 26, 2006. Bahrain and Japan were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Bahrain defeated Japan in the final to win the title. Iran and China were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Iran beat China to claim the third berth at the World Cup. European zone 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket 2006 EBSL Last chance bracket European nations were allocated 5 berths at the World Cup. Instead of having a specific tournament for World Cup qualification, qualification was achieved through the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League which took place earlier in the year. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy. 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 France who beat Switzerland in the final. North, Central American and Caribbean zone 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship North, Central American and Caribbean nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 13 and September 17, 2006. The United States and Canada were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. The United States defeated Canada in the final to win the title. Oceanian zone 2006 OFC Beach Soccer Championship Oceanian nations were allocated 1 berth at the World Cup. The championship took place between August 31 and September 3, 2006. The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu were the two finalists. The Solomon Islands defeated Vanuatu in the final to win the title and qualify for the World Cup. South American zone 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship South American nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between March 5 and March 12, 2006. Brazil and Uruguay were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Uruguay in the final to win the title. Argentina and Venezuela were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup. Teams These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup: Asian zone: Bahrain (first appearance) Iran (first appearance) Japan African zone: Cameroon (first appearance) Nigeria (first appearance) European zone: France Italy Poland (first appearance) Portugal Spain North, Central American and Caribbean zone: CAN USA Oceanian zone: SOL (first appearance) South American zone: ARG BRA URU Venue As with the 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 Brazil none 250 Brazil -22.58 -43.10 Rio de Janeiro top Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena 22 58 S 43 10 W region:IT_type:landmark inline Stade du Prado Capacity: 10,000250px Group stage The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil 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+LGFGAGDPtsBRA33002910199JPN31021522–73POL31021218–63 USA31021420–63 Note: Japan, Poland and the USA were tied on 3 points each, and one win against each other in their head-to-head records; The nations were then ranked based on Goal Difference in the matches between the three (Japan +1, Poland +1, USA -2); Finally, the next criterion was Goals For between Japan and Poland, in the matches between the three (Japan +13, and Poland +10), in which resulted on Japan taking the group's runner-up position. 2 November 2006 12:40 USA 4–8 Report Japan Xexeo 10Farberoff 17Morales 30Chimienti 35 2 16 25 Yoshii10 Kuroki 19 35 Kawaharazuka27 Maruo Copacabana Beach 6,000 Vincenzo Cascone (Italy) 2 November 2006 11:00 BRA 9–2 Report Poland Benjamin 2Betinho 10 14Buru 12 31Junior Negão 12 35André 16 34 19 Żuk36 Saganowski Copacabana Beach 10,000 Christian Hauben (Belgium) 5 November 2006 11:00 Brazil 10–2 Report Japan Buru 2 16 18 27Junior Negão 9 20 Bruno 9 11 12 Bueno 26 5 Shiokawa32 Uehara Copacabana Beach 10,000 José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay) 5 November 2006 12:20 Poland 2–4 Report USA Saganowski 5Żuk 27 4 Chimienti17 Tanguinod19 Astorga29 Chimienti Copacabana Beach 6,000 Carlos Ferreira (Portugal) 7 November 2006 11:00 Brazil 10–6 Report United States Junior Negão 2, 21Benjamin 4 5 6Bruno 10 12 15Buru 24Betinho 25 10 12 24 Xexeo11 23 Astorga25 Taguinod Copacabana Beach 10,000 Joao Almeida (Portugal) 7 November 2006 13:40 Poland 8–5 Report Japan Saganowski 1 15 22 23 26Ziober 15Bartczak 24Polakowski 32 2 29 36 Kawaharazuka15 Kuroki19 Toma Copacabana Beach 2,000 José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay) Group B TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPtsFRA3300218139CAN31111114–35ESP31021012–23Iran30031018–80 3 November 2006 12:20 CAN 6–6 (a.e.t.) Report IRN Diaz 4Sibiya 8 15 27 33 Yamada 36 1 16 35 Ahmadzadeh14 Oostovari16 Dara23 Abdollahi Copacabana Beach 5,000 Joao Almeida (Portugal) 1–0 Sibiya Ahmadzadeh 3 November 2006 13:40 ESP Spain 4–7 Report FRA France Amarelle 6 8 34Alfonso 34 17 François20 Libbra23 27 27 Samoun25 Edouard29 Basquaise Copacabana Beach 5,000 José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay) 5 November 2006 22:40 France 8–1 Report Canada Castro 6Basquaise 19 20 29Perez 21 31François 33Sciortino 35 26 Lemire Copacabana Beach 5,000 Renato De Carlos (Brazil) 5 November 2006 13:40 Iran 1–6 Report Spain Razaeipoor 8 5 Alfonso14 Johnny18 36 Nico27 29 Amarelle Copacabana Beach 5,000 Alberto Moreira (Brazil) 7 November 2006 18:40 France 6–3 Report Iran Castro 2Sciortino 10Samoun 12Libbra 23Basquaise 31 31 18 Hashempour28 Ahmadzadeh20 Dara Copacabana Beach 4,000 Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil) 7 November 2006 17:20 ESP Spain 0–4 Report CAN Canada   12 34 Selaidopoulos16 Sibiya36 Yamada Copacabana Beach 5,000 Ivo De Moraes (Brazil) Group C TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPtsPortugal3300299209URU 3102171343Solomon Islands 31021226–143Cameroon 3012818–102 2 November 2006 17:00 POR 5–4 Report URU Alan 2 7Madjer 11 34Hernâni 34 5 Coco9 Cabrera10 Olivera18 Pampero Copacabana Beach 3,000 Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil) 2 November 2006 13:40 Solomon Islands 5–2 Report Cameroon Naka 5 18 31 35 Omokirio 8 32 Ngiladjoe33 Eyoum Copacabana Beach 5,000 Joao Almeida (Portugal) 4 November 2006 22:40 URU 10–5 Report Solomon Islands Coco 4Aguirre 12 22Fabian 13Pampero 14 25Damian 21Matias 28Parrillo 30Seba 32 16 31 Koto20 Rogy29 Naka36 Omokirio Copacabana Beach 4,000 Antonio Buaiz (Brazil) 4 November 2006 12:20 Cameroon 3–10 Report POR Tamen 9 26 28 2 3 3 13 18 29 Madjer17 Alan19 35 Marinho34 Gustavo Copacabana Beach 5,000 Juan Rodríguez (Argentina) 6 November 2006 11:00 Cameroon 3–3 (a.e.t.) Report URU Ngiladjoe 9Bithe 18 32 15 30 Pampero27 Miguel Copacabana Beach 1,300 Vincenzo Cascone (Italy) 1–0 Eyoum Nyamsi Pampero Fabian 6 November 2006 13:40 Solomon Islands 2–14 Report POR Anisua 20Luwi 23 2 8 13 14 Madjer4 Marinho9 18 Alan17 Jorge23 35 Gustavo25 Hernâni27 31 Belchior36 Loja Copacabana Beach 800 Alberto Moreira (Brazil) Group D TeamPldWW+LGFGAGDPtsARG 330010649BHR 311110915Nigeria 3102131303ITA 3003611–50 2 November 2006 22:40 ARG 5–4 Report Nigeria S. Hilaire 6 27F. Hilaire 9Minici 15 34 3 Agu10 19 Onigbo18 Usman Copacabana Beach 3,000 Antonio Buaiz (Brazil) 2 November 2006 22:40 ITA 2–4 Report BHR Pasquali 23 35 5 32 Salem5 Hassan28 Alnisuf Copacabana Beach 5,000 Renato De Carlos (Brazil) 4 November 2006 11:40 Nigeria 4–3 Report ITA Ibenegbu 14Olawale 29 35Onigbo 36 11 El Hafez16 17 Pasquali Copacabana Beach 5,000 Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil) 4 November 2006 13:40 BHR 1–2 Report ARG Ebrahim 7 12 E. Hilaire26 F. Hilaire Copacabana Beach 6,000 Christian Hauben (Belgium) 6 November 2006 22:40 BHR 5–5 (a.e.t.) Report Nigeria Salem 16 33Ebrahim 22Omar 30 3 2 Olawale14 Ibenegbu28 Okemmiri36 Agu36 Okpara Copacabana Beach 800 Michele Conti (Italy) 4–3 Salem Hassan Ebrahim Almughawi Agu Olawale Onigbo Usman 6 November 2006 12:20 ITA 1–3 Report ARG Palmacci 28 1 24 Andrade26 S. Hilaire Copacabana Beach 1,400 Antonio Buaiz (Brazil) Knockout stage 9 November 2006 FRA 3 JPN 2 9 November 2006 ARG 1 URU 2 9 November 2006 BRA 12 CAN 1 9 November 2006 POR 6 BHR 2 11 November 2006 FRA 2 (0) URU (pen.) 2 (1) 11 November 2006 BRA 7 POR 4 12 November 2006 URU 1 BRA 4 12 November 2006 FRA 6 POR 4 yes Quarter-finals 9 November 2006 11:00 BRA 12–1 Report CAN Júnior Negrão 4 21 36Benjamin 14 25 34Bueno 22 23Bruno 24 24Betinho 25 28 34 Sibiya Copacabana Beach 10,000 Pedro Infantes (Venezuela) 9 November 2006 12:20 POR 6 – 2 Report BHR Alan 6Madjer 13 27 28Gustavo 22Belchior 31 18 Omar29 Salem Copacabana Beach 6,000 Ivo De Moraes (Brazil) 9 November 2006 13:40 URU 2–1 Report ARG Ricar 36Miguel 36 28 S. Hilaire Copacabana Beach 4,500 Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil) 9 November 2006 22:40 FRA 3–2 Report JPN Samoun 14Basquaise 16Edouard 31 36 Toma36 Kuroki Copacabana Beach 6,000 Carlos Ferreira (Portugal) Semi-finals 11 November 2006 11:00 BRA 7–4 Report POR Sidney 6 19 29Bueno 9Bruno 13 27Betinho 18 1 6 10 Madjer7 Alan Copacabana Beach 10,000 Christian Hauben (Belgium) 11 November 2006 21:30 URU 2–2 yes Report FRA Fabian 3 34 20 Pérez35 Samoun Copacabana Beach 10,000 Pendro Infantes (Venezuela) 1–0 Ricar Edouard Third place play off 12 November 2006 11:00 POR 4–6 Report FRA Alan 1Madjer 11 14 30 1 19 Cardoso7 Ottavy25 Samoun28 Castro30 François Copacabana Beach 10,000 Antonio Buaiz (Brazil) Final 12 November 2006 21:30 BRA 4–1 Report URU Buru 11Benjamin 17Duda 26Sidney 34 14 Ricar Copacabana Beach 10,000 Christian Hauben (Belgium) Winners 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World CupChampions45px BRAFirst title10th world title Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze BallPOR MadjerBRA BenjaminBRA Bruno Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze ShoePOR MadjerBRA BenjaminBRA Bruno21 goals12 goals10 goals FIFA Fair Play AwardFRA Top scorers 21 goals POR Madjer 12 goals BRA Benjamin 10 goals BRA Bruno 9 goals BRA Júnior Negão 8 goals POR Alan 7 goals POL Boguslaw Saganowski FRA Didier Samoun FRA Jeremy Basquaise 6 goals CAN Sipho Sibiya BRA Betinho 5 goals ESP Amarelle SOL James Naka BHR Rashed Salem JPN Takeshi Kawaharazuka URU Pampero 4 goals USA Raphael Xexeo IRN Mohammad Ahmadzadeh ITA Roberto Pasquali 4 goals (cont.) ARG Santiago Hilaire BRA Bueno URU Miguel BRA Sidney BRA Buru POR Gustavo 3 goals BHR Abdulla Omar USA Benyam Astorga NGA Ifeanyi Onigbo NGA Isiaka Olawale CMR Medrano Tamen USA Mario Chimienti JPN Katsuhiro Yoshii JPN Masahito Toma JPN Naoyuki Kuroki POR Belchior URU Fabian FRA Laurent Castro POR Marinho FRA Sebastien Perez FRA Stéphane François 2 goals POL Marek Zuk ESP Alfonso NGA Bartholomew Ibenegbu USA Brendon Taguinod CMR Etienne Ngiladjoe 2 goals (cont.) IRN Faroogh Dara NGA Gabriel Agu SOL Henry Koto SOL Omo CMR Valery Bithe ESP Nico ARG Facundo Minici ARG Federico Andrade ARG Federico Hilaire CAN Kyle Yamada CAN Kyriakos Selaidopoulos BHR Adnan Ebrahim BRA Andre URU Coco POR Hernani FRA Jairzinho Cardoso FRA Jean-Marc Edouard FRA Marc Libbra URU Matias FRA Noel Sciortino URU Ricar 35 others scored 1 goal each Final standings PositionTeam1 BRA2 URU3 FRA4 POR5 ARG6 BHR7 CAN8 JPN9 NGA10 ESP11 POL12 USA13 SOL14 CMR15 ITA16 IRN External links FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20190329054148/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/archive/riodejaneiro2006/index.html 2019-03-29 , FIFA.com Category:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup tournaments FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup, 2006