2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament. It was hosted at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1 to 5 November 2016. Eight teams participated in the competition, ending with Brazil winning their second title.

2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates1–5 November 2016
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Russia
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored179 (8.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)BrazilBruno Xavier (8 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Xavier
Best goalkeeperIran Peyman Hosseini
2015
2017

For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016.

Participating teams edit

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
  United Arab Emirates AFC Host 6th
  Poland UEFA 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification winners 1st
  United States CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fourth place 3rd
  Russia UEFA 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place 6th
  Iran AFC 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place 4th
  Egypt CAF 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place 2nd
  Tahiti OFC 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up 4th
  Brazil CONMEBOL 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship winners 5th

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
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 26 7 +19 9
  Tahiti 3 2 0 1 16 17 -1 6
  Poland 3 0 1 2 8 12 –4 1
  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 6 20 –14 0
Tahiti  5–4  Poland
N. Bennett   2', 26'
Taiarui   13', 30' (p)
Zaveroni   13'
Report(ru)   2', 5' Ziober
  32' Saganowski
  33' (p) Klepczarek
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)



United Arab Emirates  1–11  Brazil
A. Salem   5' Report(ru)   4', 25' R. da Costa
  8' Bruno Xavier
  9', 15', 20' Catarino da Silva
  19' Datinha
  20' Valença
  23', 30' Mauricinho
  28' Bokinha
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)



United Arab Emirates  3–7  Tahiti
Sulaiman   13'
A. Alblooshi   21'
M. Al Zaabi   36'
Report(ru)   5', 12', 24' Tepa
  10' Taiarui
  15' N. Bennett
  16' Tavanae
  20' Zaveroni
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)



Brazil  5–2  Poland
Bruno Xavier   14'
Datinha   22'
Bokinha   23', 28' (p)
da Costa   25'
Report(ru)   4' Madani
  15' Kubiak
Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)



Poland  2–2  United Arab Emirates
A. Salem   4' (o.g.)
Kubiak   26'
Report(ru)   6' A. Alblooshi
  32' M. Al Zaabi
Penalties
Saganowski  
Labedzki  
Gac  
2–0   W. Salem
  M. Al Zaabi
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)



Tahiti  4–10  Brazil
Zaveroni   14', 24'
Mesh   17' (p)
Tepa   23'
Report(ru)   1', 20', 21', 24' Bruno Xavier
  10' Datinha
  26', 31' Maurusinho
  30', 36' Lucão
  35' Lima
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)



Group B edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Iran 3 2 1 0 13 6 +7 7
  Russia 3 2 0 1 22 12 +10 6
  Egypt 3 1 0 2 12 17 –5 3
  United States 3 0 0 3 8 20 –12 0
United States  2–6  Iran
Perera   1', 9' Report(ru)   5' Mokhtari
  8' Mesigar
  9', 24' Ahmadzadeh
  26' Kiani
  33' Nazem
Attendance: 450
Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)



Russia  10–6  Egypt
Nikonorov   2', 23', 27' (p)
Krasheninnikov   3'
Shishin   12', 29'
Makarov   14', 18'
Leonov   25' (p)
Peremitin   28'
Report(ru)   3' E. Elsayed
  12', 29' Hassan
  25' K. Elsayed
  27' Abdelsamie
  30' M. Ali
Attendance: 380
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)



Egypt  1–4  Iran
M. Abdelnaby   15' Report(ru)   1', 9' (p) Ahmadzadeh
  2', 14' Mesigar
Attendance: 700
Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania)



Russia  9–3  United States
Paporotnyi   6', 27', 28'
Nikonorov   10', 24'
Makarov   14', 19', 21'
Peremitin   16'
Report(ru)   4', 35' T. Canale
  12' Perera
Attendance: 550
Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)



United States  3–5  Egypt
Perera   10' (p), 16', 34' Report(ru)   2', 11' Mostafa
  18' M. Ali
  24' Shaaban
  36' M. Abdelnaby
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ahmad Salasmy (United Arab Emirates)



Iran  3–3  Russia
Mesigar   2'
Boloukbashi   4'
Kiani   19'
Report(ru)   2', 19' Peremitin
  36' Makarov
Penalties
Nazem  
Mokhtari 
Ahmadzadeh  
3–1   Paporotnyi
  Shishin
Attendance: 2,300



Classification stage edit

 
5–8 placesFifth place
 
      
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Poland 6
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  United States3
 
  Poland (p)3 (2)
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Egypt3 (0)
 
  Egypt 7
 
 
  UAE3
 
Seventh place
 
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  United States 3
 
 
  UAE4

5–8 places edit

Poland  6–3  United States
Saganowski   15', 31'
Ziober   20'
Madani   28'
Esinovski   33'
Dept   36'
Report(ru)   13' Futagaki
  21' Valentine
  36' Feld

Egypt  7–3  United Arab Emirates
Report(ru)

Seventh place match edit

Fifth place match edit

  Poland3–3  Egypt
Report(ru)
Penalties
2–0

Championship stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Brazil7
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Russia0
 
  Brazil6
 
4 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
  Iran2
 
  Iran8
 
 
  Tahiti6
 
Third place
 
 
5 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
  Russia4
 
 
  Tahiti3

Semi-finals edit

Brazil  7–0  Russia
Report(ru)
Attendance: 2,500

Iran  8–6  Tahiti
Mesigar   9', 27'
Ahmadzadeh  16'
Akbari  21', 34', 36'
Boloukbashi  27', 32'
Report(ru)   15' N. Bennett
  19' Zaveroni
  23' Tepa
  26' Li Fung Kuee
  27' R. Bennett
  32' (p) Taiarui
Attendance: 3,000

Third place match edit

  Russia4–3  Tahiti
Report(ru)
Attendance: 1,900

Final edit

  Brazil6–2  Iran
Report(ru)
Attendance: 4,000

Final standings edit

Rank Team
1   Brazil
2   Iran
3   Russia
4   Tahiti
5   Poland
6   Egypt
7   UAE
8   United States

Goalscorers edit

8 goals
  •   Bruno Xavier
7 goals
  •   Mauricinho
  •   Mesigar
6 goals
5 goals
  •   Catarino da Silva
  •   N. Bennett
  •   Tepa
  •   Zaveroni
  •   A. Alblooshi
4 goals
3 goals
  •   Datinha
  •   Lima
  •   Akbari
  •   Boloukbashi
  •   Kubiak
  •   Ziober
  •   M. Abdelnaby
  •   Mostafa
2 goals
  •   Lucão
  •   Kiani
  •   Krasheninnikov
  •   Leonov
  •   Shishin
  •   Madani
  •   M. Ali
  •   E. Elsayed
  •   M. Al Zaabi
  •   Khalaf
  •   W. Salem
1 goal
  •   Valença
  •   Mokhtari
  •   Nazem
  •   Mesh
  •   Li Fung kuee
  •   Tavanae
  •   Torokhov
  •   R. Bennett
  •   Dept
  •   Esinovski
  •   Gak
  •   Klepczarek
  •   Abdelsamie
  •   Fawzi
  •   K. Elsayed
  •   A. Salem
  •   Sulaiman
  •   Feld
  •   Futagaki
  •   Gil
  •   Valentine
own goals
  •   Paporotnyi (against Tahiti)
  •   A. Salem (against Poland)
  •   Sulaiman (against Egypt)

Broadcasting edit

External links edit