2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 3 to 7 November 2015. Eight teams participated in the competition.

2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates3–7 November 2015
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place Iran
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored145 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mohamed Gamal (9 goals)
Best player(s)Russia Yury Krasheninnikov
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Humaid Albalooshi
2014
2016

Participating teams edit

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
  United Arab Emirates AFC Host 5th
  Portugal UEFA 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup & 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 2nd
  Russia UEFA 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League third place 5th
  Mexico CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners 3rd
  Argentina CONMEBOL 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship third place 1st
  Iran AFC 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place 3rd
  Egypt CAF 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place 1st
  Tahiti OFC 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 3rd

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 2 0 1 14 8 +6 6
  Egypt 3 2 0 1 12 13 –1 6
  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 4
  Argentina 3 0 0 3 10 15 –5 0
United Arab Emirates  2–3  Egypt
Ali Karim   13'
Walid   31'
Report Aboserie   12'
Gamal   35', 36'



Russia  5–1  Argentina
Makarov   1'
Shishin   9'
Krasheninnikov   24'
Gorchinsky   35'
Paporotnyi   36'
Report Minici   25'



Argentina  3–3 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
4–5



Egypt  2–5  Russia
Report



Egypt  7–6  Argentina
Report



United Arab Emirates  5–4  Russia
Report



Group B edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Tahiti 3 3 0 0 14 7 +7 9
  Iran 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3 6
  Portugal 3 1 0 2 10 14 –4 3
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 8 14 –6 0
Portugal  5–3  Mexico
Torres   8'
Belchior   14', 27'
Coimbra   16'
Madjer   26'
Report Gomez   21', 33'
Rodriguez   33'



Tahiti  4–2  Iran
Tepa   7'
Zaveroni   9'
N. Bennett   20'
Taiarui   26'
Report Ahmadzadeh   25', 35'



Mexico  3–4  Tahiti
Report



Iran  5–3  Portugal
Report



Portugal  2–6  Tahiti
Report



Mexico  2–5  Iran
Report



Classification stage edit

 
5–8 placesFifth place
 
      
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Portugal6
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Argentina2
 
  Portugal1
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  UAE4
 
  UAE3
 
 
  Mexico2
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Argentina2
 
 
  Mexico6

5–8 places edit

  Portugal6–2  Argentina
Report

  UAE3–2  Mexico
Report

Seventh place match edit

  Argentina2–6  Mexico
Report

Fifth place match edit

  Portugal1–4  UAE
Report

Championship stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Tahiti8
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Egypt5
 
  Tahiti2
 
6 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Russia5
 
  Russia4
 
 
  Iran1
 
Third place
 
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Egypt2 (2)
 
 
  Iran2 (3)

Semi-finals edit

  Tahiti8–5  Egypt
Report

  Russia4–1  Iran
Report

Third place match edit

  Egypt2–2 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Report
Penalties
2–3

Final edit

  Tahiti2–5  Russia
Report

Awards edit

Best Player (MVP)
  Yury Krasheninnikov
Top Scorer
  Mohamed Gamal
Best Goalkeeper
  Humaid Albalooshi

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Goals

Final standings edit

Rank Team
1   Russia
2   Tahiti
3   Iran
4   Egypt
5   UAE
6   Portugal
7   Mexico
8   Argentina

References edit

External links edit