Beach Soccer World Cup 1995

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1995 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates January 1995
Teams (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  England
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 149 (9.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)

Brazil Zico (12 goals)

Italy Altobelli (12 goals)
Best player

Brazil Zico

Brazil Júnior
Brazil Rio 1996

The 1995 Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, later re-named FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Contents

[edit] Organisation

8 teams were spit into two groups of 4 teams with 2 teams progressing from each group to the semi-finals.

[edit] Teams

From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from North America.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

North American Zone:

Hosts:

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 31 8 23
 Italy 6 3 2 0 1 15 15 0
 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 18 18 0
 Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 7 30 -23


January, 1995
 Italy 7–6  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 16–2  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Italy 6–1  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 7–4  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Uruguay 8–4  Netherlands Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 8–2  Italy Copacabana beach
   

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9 3 3 0 0 11 4 7
 England 3 3 1 0 2 11 12 -1
 Argentina 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
 Germany 3 3 1 0 2 8 12 -4


January, 1995
 United States 5–1  Germany Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Argentina 3–2  England Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 England 7–6  Germany Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 United States 3–1  Argentina Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Germany 1–0  Argentina Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 United States 3–2  England Copacabana beach
   


[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] Semi-Finals

January, 1995
 United States 4–3  Italy Copacabana beach
   

January, 1995
 Brazil 13–2  England Copacabana beach
   

[edit] Third Place Play-off

January, 1995
 England 7–6  Italy Copacabana beach
   

[edit] Final

January, 1995
 Brazil 8–1  United States Copacabana beach
   

1995 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Brazil
First Title

[edit] Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil Brazil
2 United States United States
3 England England
4 Italy Italy
5 Germany Germany
6 Uruguay Uruguay
7 Argentina Argentina
8 Netherlands Netherlands

[edit] Awards

[edit] Scoring Awards

Position Scorer Goals
1= Brazil Zico (Brazil) 12
1= Italy Altobelli (Italy) 12

[edit] Best Player/s Award

Players
Brazil Zico (Brazil)
Brazil Júnior (Brazil)

[edit] Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Brazil Paulo Sérgio (Brazil)

[edit] Sources

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