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2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates1–6 November
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (4th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored140 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Carlos Carballo (8 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Amir Hossein Akbari
Best goalkeeperIran Hamid Behzadpour
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International football competition

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 was the 11th edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. This year's event occurred between 1 and 6 November 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup, eight nations took part.

The tournament starts with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.

The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards are also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.

Russia is defending champions but they were absent in this event.

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part.

Team Confederation Recent achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts 11th
 Iran AFC 9th
 Japan AFC 5th
 Saudi Arabia AFC debut
 Paraguay CONMEBOL 3rd
 United States CONCACAF 5th
 Spain UEFA 4th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 8th

Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 2 0 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3  Spain 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 −3 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Spain 3–4 United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia 0–6 Brazil
Brazil 8–2 Spain
United Arab Emirates 5–0 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 0–4 Spain
United Arab Emirates 1–3 Brazil

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 2 1 0 0 16 9 +7 8 Knockout stage
2  Paraguay 3 2 0 0 1 14 14 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 −2 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  United States 3 0 0 0 3 8 13 −5 0
Source: BSWW
United States 1–3 Japan
Paraguay 2–6 Iran
Japan 5–8 Paraguay
Iran 6–4 United States
United States 3–4 Paraguay
Iran 4–3 (a.e.t.) Japan

5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

 5th–8th place semi-finalsFifth place play-off
       
 5 November
 
  Spain 3
 6 November
  United States 4
  United States 0
 5 November
  Japan 4
  Japan 10
 
  Saudi Arabia 3
 Seventh place play-off
 
 6 November
 
  Spain 5
 
  Saudi Arabia 0

5th–8th place semi-finals

Spain 3–4 United States
Japan 10–3 Saudi Arabia

Seventh place play-off

Spain 5–0 Saudi Arabia

Fifth place play-off

Japan 4–0 United States

Knockout stage

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 5 November
 
  Brazil 6
 6 November
  Paraguay 5
  Brazil 1
 5 November
  Iran 2
  Iran 5
 
  United Arab Emirates 2
 Third place play-off
 
 6 November
 
  Paraguay 4
 
  United Arab Emirates 1

Semi-finals

Brazil 6–5 Paraguay
Iran 5–2 United Arab Emirates

Third place play-off

Paraguay 4–1 United Arab Emirates

Final

Brazil 1–2 Iran

Awards

Winners trophy

 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
champions 

Iran
4th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ OL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Iran 5 4 1 0 0 23 12 +11 14 Champions
2 A  Brazil 5 4 0 0 1 24 10 +14 12 Runners-up
3 B  Paraguay 5 3 0 0 2 23 21 +2 9 Third place
4 A  United Arab Emirates 5 2 0 0 3 13 15 −2 6
5 B  Japan 5 3 0 0 2 25 16 +9 9 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 B  United States 5 1 0 0 4 12 20 −8 3
7 A  Spain 5 2 0 0 3 17 16 +1 6
8 A  Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 0 5 3 30 −27 0
Source: BSWW

References

  1. "The 11th edition of one of the beach soccer calendar's top events kicks off tomorrow". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. "The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2022". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Dubai, ready to sublimate beach soccer once again". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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