2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The official logo of the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	2–12 November 2006
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (10th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	France
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	286 (8.94 per match)
Attendance	179,800 (5,619 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Madjer (21 goals)
Best player	Madjer
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The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the twelfth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. 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 title overall.

Major changes to format

See also: 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

Main article: 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

Main article: 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

Main article: 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League

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

Main article: 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

Main article: 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

Main article: 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
• Iran
• Japan

African zone:

• Cameroon
• Nigeria

European zone:

• France
• Italy
• Poland
• Portugal
• Spain

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

• Canada
• United States

Oceanian zone:

• Solomon Islands

South American zone:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay

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

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	29	10	19	9
Japan	3	1	0	2	15	22	-7	3
Poland	3	1	0	2	12	18	-6	3
United States	3	1	0	2	14	20	-6	3

• Note: Japan, Poland and the USA were involved in a three-way tie. Therefore their match results against Brazil were ignored. Each team won one game against another side, so this couldn't break the tie. The next criteria is goal difference. Japan had the best goal difference from its two matches against Poland and USA, and thus were ranked the top of the tie-breaker, taking the group runners-up position.

2 November 2006 12:40	United States	4 – 8	Japan	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Vincenzo Cascone
	Xexeo  10' Farberoff  17' Morales  30' Chimienti  35'	Report	2',  16',  25' Yoshii  10' Kuroki  19',  35' Kawaharazuka  27' Maruo

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2 November 2006 11:00	Brazil	9 – 2	Poland	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Christian Hauben
	André  16',  34' Benjamin  2' Betinho  10',  14' Buru  12',  31' Junior Negão  12',  35'	Report	19' Żuk  36' Saganowski

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5 November 2006 11:00	Brazil	10 – 2	Japan	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Buru  2',  16',  18',  27' Junior Negão  9',  20' Bruno  9',  11',  12' Bueno  26'	Report	5' Shiokawa  32' Uehara

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5 November 2006 12:20	Poland	2 – 4	United States	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Carlos Ferreira
	Saganowski  5' Żuk  27'	Report	4' Chimienti  17' Tanguinod  19' Astorga  29' Chimienti

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7 November 2006 11:00	Brazil	10 – 6	United States	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Joao Almeida
	Junior Negão  2',  21' Benjamin  4',  5',  6' Bruno  10',  12'  15' Buru  24' Betinho  25'	Report	10',  12',  24' Xexeo  11',  23' Astorga  25' Taguinod

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7 November 2006 13:40	Poland	8 – 5	Japan	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Saganowski  1',  15',  22',  23',  26' Ziober  15' Bartczak  24' Polakowski  32'	Report	2',  29',  36' Kawaharazuka  15' Kuroki  19' Toma

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	21	8	13	9
Canada	3	2	1	1	11	14	-3	5
Spain	2	1	0	2	10	12	-2	3
Iran	3	0	0	3	10	18	-8	0

3 November 2006 12:20	Canada	6 – 6 (a.e.t) (1 – 0 Pens)	Iran	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Joao Almeida
	Diaz  4' Sibiya  8',  15',  27',  33' Yamada  36'	Report	1',  16',  35' Ahmadzadeh  14' Oostovari  16' Dara  23' Abdollahi
		Penalties
	Sibiya	1 – 0	Ahmadzadeh

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3 November 2006 13:40	Spain	4 – 7	France	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Amarelle  6',  8',  34' Alfonso  34'	Report	17' François  20' Libbra  23',  27',  27' Samoun  25' Edouard  29' Basquaise

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5 November 2006 22:40	France	8 – 1	Canada	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Renato De Carlos
	Castro  6' Basquaise  19',  20',  29' Perez  21',  31' François  33' Sciortino  35'	Report	26' Lemire

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5 November 2006 13:40	Iran	1 – 6	Spain	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Alberto Moreira
	Razaeipoor  8'	Report	5' Alfonso  14' Johnny  18',  36' Nico  27',  29' Amarelle

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7 November 2006 18:40	France	6 – 3	Iran	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte
	Castro  2' Sciortino  10' Samoun  12' Libbra  23' Basquaise  31',  31'	Report	18' Hashempour  28' Ahmadzadeh  20' Dara

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7 November 2006 17:20	Spain	0 – 4	Canada	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Ivo De Moraes
		Report	12',  34' Selaidopoulos  16' Sibiya  36' Yamada

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	29	9	20	9
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	17	13	4	3
Solomon Islands	3	1	0	2	12	26	-14	3
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	8	18	-10	2

2 November 2006 17:00	Portugal	5 – 4	Uruguay	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte
	Alan  2',  7' Madjer  11',  34' Hernâni  34'	Report	5' Coco  9' Cabrera  10' Olivera  18' Pampero

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2 November 2006 13:40	Solomon Islands	5 – 2	Cameroon	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Joao Almeida
	Naka  5',  18',  31',  35' Omokirio  8'	Report	32' Ngiladjoe  33' Eyoum

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4 November 2006 22:40	Uruguay	10 – 5	Solomon Islands	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Coco  4' Aguirre  12',  22' Fabian  13' Pampero  14',  25' Damian  21' Matias  28' Parrillo  30' Seba  32'	Report	16',  31' Koto  20' Rogy  29' Naka  36' Omokirio

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4 November 2006 12:20	Cameroon	3 – 10	Portugal	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Juan Rodriguez
	Tamen  9',  26',  28'	Report	2',  3',  3',  13',  18',  29' Madjer  17' Alan  19',  35' Marinho  34' Gustavo

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6 November 2006 11:00	Cameroon	3 – 3 (a.e.t) (1 – 0 Pens)	Uruguay	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 300 Referee: Vincenzo Cascone
	Ngiladjoe  9' Bithe  18',  32'	Report	15',  30' Pampero  27' Miguel
		Penalties
	Eyoum Nyamsi	1 – 0	Pampero Fabian

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6 November 2006 13:40	Solomon Islands	2 – 14	Portugal	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 800 Referee: Alberto Moreira
	Anisua  20' Luwi  23'	Report	2',  8',  13',  14' Madjer  4' Marinho  9',  18' Alan  17' Jorge  23',  35' Gustavo  25' Hernâni  27',  31' Belchior  36' Loja

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	6	4	9
Bahrain	3	1	1	0	10	9	1	5
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	13	13	0	3
Italy	3	0	0	3	6	11	-5	0

2 November 2006 22:40	Argentina	5 – 4	Nigeria	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	S.Hilaire  6',  27' F.Hilaire  9' Minici  15',  34'	Report	3' Agu  10',  19' Onigbo  18' Usman

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2 November 2006 22:40	Italy	2 – 4	Bahrain	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Renato De Carlos
	Pasquali  23',  35'	Report	5',  32' Salem  5' Hassan  28' Alnisuf

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4 November 2006 11:40	Nigeria	4 – 3	Italy	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte
	Ibenegbu  14' Olawale  29'  35' Onigbo  36'	Report	11' El Hafez  16'  17' Pasquali

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4 November 2006 13:40	Bahrain	1 – 2	Argentina	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Christian Hauben
	Ebrahim  7'	Report	12' E.Hilaire  26' F.Hilaire

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6 November 2006 22:40	Bahrain	5 – 5 (a.e.t) (4 – 3 Pens)	Nigeria	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 800 Referee: Michele Conti
	Salem  16',  33' Ebrahim  22' Omar  30',  3'	Report	2' Olawale  14' Ibenegbu  28' Okemmiri  36' Agu  36' Okpara
		Penalties
	Salem Hassan Ebrahim Almughawi	4 – 3	Agu Olawale Onigbo Usman

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6 November 2006 12:20	Italy	1 – 3	Argentina	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 1 400 Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Palmacci  28'	Report	1',  24' Andrade  26' S.Hilaire

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 November 2006
	France	3
					11 November 2006
	Japan	2
					France (pen.)	2 (0)
	9 November 2006
					Uruguay	2 (1)
	Argentina	1
									12 November 2006
	Uruguay	2
									Uruguay	1
	9 November 2006
									Brazil	4
	Brazil	12
					11 November 2006
	Canada	1
					Brazil	7			Third place
	9 November 2006
					Portugal	4
	Portugal	6							France	6
	Bahrain	2							Portugal	4
									12 November 2006

Quarter-Finals

9 November 2006 11:00	Brazil	12 – 1	Canada	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Pedro Infantes
	Júnior Negrão  4',  21',  36' Benjamin  14',  25',  34' Bueno  22',  23' Bruno  24',  24' Betinho  25',  28'	Report	34' Sibiya

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9 November 2006 12:20	Portugal	6 – 2	Bahrain	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Ivo De Moraes
	Alan  6' Madjer  13',  27',  28' Gustavo  22' Belchior  31'	Report	18' Omar  29' Salem

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9 November 2006 13:40	Uruguay	2 – 1	Argentina	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte
	Ricar  36' Miguel  36'	Report	28' S.Hilaire

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9 November 2006 22:40	France	3 – 2	Japan	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Carlos Ferreira
	Samoun  14' Basquaise  16' Edouard  31'	Report	36' Toma  36' Kuroki

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Semi-Finals

11 November 2006 11:00	Brazil	7 – 4	Portugal	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Christian Hauben
	Sidney  6',  19',  29' Bueno  9' Bruno  13',  27' Betinho  18'	Report	1',  6',  10' Madjer  7' Alan

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11 November 2006 21:30	Uruguay	2 – 2 (a.e.t) (1 – 0 Pens)	France	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Pendro Infantes
	Fabian  3',  34'	Report	20' Perez  35' Samoun
		Penalties
	Ricar	1 – 0	Edouard

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Third place play off

12 November 2006 11:00	Portugal	4 – 6	France	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Alan  1' Madjer  11',  14',  30'	Report	1',  19' Cardoso  7' Ottavy  25' Samoun  28' Castro  30' François

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Final

12 November 2006 21:30	Brazil	4 – 1	Uruguay	Copacabana Beach Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Christian Hauben
	Buru  11' Benjamin  17' Duda  26' Sidney  34'	Report	14' Ricar

Winners

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil First (10th overall) title

Awards

Golden Ball		Silver Ball		Bronze Ball
Madjer		Benjamin		Bruno
Golden Shoe		Silver Shoe		Bronze Shoe
Madjer		Benjamin		Bruno
21 goals		12 goals		10 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
France

Top scorers

21 goals

• Madjer

12 goals

• Benjamin

10 goals

• Bruno

9 goals

• Júnior Negrão

8 goals

• Alan

7 goals

• Boguslaw Saganowski
• Didier Samoun
• Jeremy Basquaise

6 goals

• Sipho Sibiya
• Betinho

5 goals

• Amarelle
• James Naka
• Rashed Salem
• Takeshi Kawaharazuka
• Pampero

4 goals

• Raphael Xexeo
• Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
• Roberto Pasquali

4 goals (cont.)

• Santiago Hilaire
• Bueno
• Miguel
• Sidney
• Buru
• Gustavo

3 goals

• Abdulla Omar
• Benyam Astorga
• Ifeanyi Onigbo
• Isiaka Olawale
• Medrano Tamen
• Mario Chimienti
• Katsuhiro Yoshii
• Masahito Toma
• Naoyuki Kuroki
• Belchior
• Fabian
• Laurent Castro
• Marinho
• Sebastien Perez
• Stéphane François

2 goals

• Marek Zuk
• Alfonso
• Bartholomew Ibenegbu
• Brendon Taguinod
• Etienne Ngiladjoe

2 goals (cont.)

• Faroogh Dara
• Gabriel Agu
• Henry Koto
• Omo
• Valery Bithe
• Nico
• Facundo Minici
• Federico Andrade
• Federico Hilaire
• Kyle Yamada
• Kyriakos Selaidopoulos
• Adnan Ebrahim
• Andre
• Coco
• Hernani
• Jairzinho Cardoso
• Jean-Marc Edouard
• Marc Libbra
• Matias
• Noel Sciortino
• Ricar

35 others scored 1 goal each

Final standings

Position	Team
1	Brazil
2	Uruguay
3	France
4	Portugal
5	Argentina
6	Bahrain
7	Canada
8	Japan
9	Nigeria
10	Spain
11	Poland
12	Solomon Islands
13	United States
14	Cameroon
15	Italy
16	Iran

External links

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006, FIFA.com
• Fixture List
• Top Scorers List
• Awards