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2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the new tournament, following the success of the initial Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at a temporary stadium at Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 October to 3 November 2012. Eight teams participated in the competition. The stadium had a capacity of 2,500 spectators.[1]

2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates30 October – 3 November 2012
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored150 (9.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Fernando DDI (10 goals)
Best player(s)Russia Egor Shaykov
Best goalkeeperRussia Andrey Bukhlitskiy
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Participating teams edit

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
  United Arab Emirates AFC Host 2nd
  Russia UEFA 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 2nd
  Japan AFC 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners 1st
  Brazil CONMEBOL 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONMEBOL) winners 2nd
  United States CONCACAF 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) third place 1st
  Nigeria CAF 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) runners-up 2nd
   Switzerland UEFA 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 2nd
  Tahiti OFC 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (OFC) winners 2nd

Draw and schedule edit

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted on 9 October 2012.[2] The subsequent schedule was determined on 11 October 2012.[3]

Group stage edit

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi finals

Group A edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Russia 3 3 0 0 16 5 +11 9
  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6
  Tahiti 3 1 0 2 8 10 -2 3
  United States 3 0 0 3 7 18 -11 0
Russia  9 - 1  United States
E. Shaykov   1'
E. Eremeev   9',   19',   26'
D. Ippolitov   11'
D. Shishin   21'.   30'
Y. Krasheninnikov   30',   36'		 Report   5' O. Gil


United Arab Emirates  3 - 2  Tahiti
Ali Karim   8'
R. al Mesaabi   29'
A. Ali Rahi   35'		 Report   1' T. Zaveroni
  20' R. L. F. Kuee


Russia  4 - 2  Tahiti
I. Leonov   2'
D. Shishin   3',   6'
D. Ippolitov   4'		 Report   2' N. Bennett
  14' H. Taiarui


United States  3 - 5  United Arab Emirates
N. Pereira   4',   34'
E. Meister   10'		 Report   6' A. Ali Rahi
  11' (pen.) M. Abbas
  30' Ali Karim
  31' R. Ahmad
  34' Hassan Ali


Tahiti  4 - 3  United States
N. Bennett   11',   34'
R. L. F. Kuee   17'
T. Zaveroni   28'		 Report   14',   20' (pen.) A. Feld
  34' (pen.) O. Reyes


United Arab Emirates  2 - 3  Russia
Hassan Ali   17'
K. Ali Sulaiman   19'		 Report   6' Y. Gorchinskiy
  19' (o.g.) K. Ali Sulaiman
  34' E. Eremeev


Group B edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 16 11 +5 9
  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 16 17 -1 6
   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 16 15 +1 3
  Japan 3 0 0 3 14 19 -5 0
Japan  4 - 7   Switzerland
S. Yamauchi   2'
M. Komaki   5'
A. Kazumasa   12'
S. Makino   24'		 Report   5' P. Borer
  8',   14',   21',   36' D. Stankovic
  32',  33' M. Jaeggy


Brazil  6 - 3  Nigeria
Datinha   10'
Mao   12'
Benjamin   20'
Fernando DDI   28',   28',   29'		 Report   10' O. Okemmiri
  19' V. Tale
  25' B. Ibenegbu


Nigeria  7 - 6   Switzerland
B. Ibenegbu   1',   31'
V. Tale   4',   8',   33'
O. Okemmiri   10'
A. Abu   36'		 Report   7' S. Lutz
  8' S. Spaccarotella
  14' S. Meier
  26',   28',   32' D. Stankovic


Brazil  6 - 5  Japan
André   8',   9'
Jorginho   17'
Mao   17'
Anderson   20'
Gil   25'		 Report   6' M. Komaki
  10' A. Kazumasa
  16',   20' S. Yamauchi
  34' S. Suzuki


Nigeria  6 - 5  Japan
B. Ibenegbu   2',   3',   4',   17'
A. Abu   17',   26'		 Report   2',   2',   17' A.Kazumasa
  26' H. Oda
  33' M. Komaki


Switzerland  3 - 4  Brazil
V. Jaeggy   4'
S Meier   23'
D. Stankovic   32'		 Report   21',   36' Fernando DDI
  34' Bruno Malias
  35' Benjamin

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 
  Russia9
 
3 November - Dubai Festival City
 
  Nigeria4
 
  Russia7
 
2 November - Dubai Festival City
 
  Brazil 4
 
  Brazil5
 
 
  United Arab Emirates3
 
Third place
 
 
3 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 
  Nigeria7
 
 
  United Arab Emirates (a.e.t)8

Semi-finals edit

Russia  9 - 4  Nigeria
D. Ippolitov   1'
E. Shaykov   3',   21',   25',   32'
D. Shishin   5'
E. Eremeev   11',   29'
I. Leonov   16'		 Report   7',   33' B. Ibenegbu
  22' A. Abu
  36' V. Tale
Brazil  5 - 3  United Arab Emirates
Gil   1'
Fernando DDI   10',   21',   34'
Bruno Malias   14'		 Report   23' (o.g.) Sidney
  26' (pen.) R. Ahmad
  34' (pen.) Ali Karim

Third place play off edit

Nigeria  7 - 8 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
I. Olawale   5',   17',   18',   22'
S. Maijama'a   21'
R. Al Mesaabi   25' (o.g.)
A. Abu   35'		 Report   2',   14',   19' R. Ahmad
  24' Hassan Ali
  26' Ali Karim
  29',   37' R. Al Mesaabi
  31' A. Al Rahi

Final edit

Russia  7 - 4  Brazil
A. Makarov   5',   28'
E. Shaykov   9',   12',   15',   21' (pen.)
D. Shishin   23'		 Report   22',   28' Fernando DDI
  31' Bruno Malias
  36' (pen.) André

Awards edit

Best Player (MVP)
  Egor Shaykov
Top Scorer
  Fernando DDI
10 goals
Best Goalkeeper
  Andrei Buklitskiy

Final standings edit

Rank Team
1   Russia
2   Brazil
3   United Arab Emirates
4   Nigeria
5    Switzerland
6   Tahiti
7   Japan
8   United States

References edit

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External links edit

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