2022_Beach_Soccer_Intercontinental_Cup

2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	1–6 November
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	140 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Carballo (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Amir Hossein Akbari
Best goalkeeper	Hamid Behzadpour
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2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

International football competition

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 was the 11th edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.^[1] This year's event occurred between 1 and 6 November 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[2] The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[3]

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The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[3] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,^[4] eight nations took part.

The tournament starts with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.

The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards are also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.^[5]

Russia is defending champions but they were absent in this event.

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"The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2022". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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"Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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"У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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Team	Confederation	Recent achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Hosts	11th
Iran	AFC		9th
Japan	AFC		5th
Saudi Arabia	AFC		debut
Paraguay	CONMEBOL		3rd
United States	CONCACAF		5th
Spain	UEFA		4th
Brazil	CONMEBOL		8th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	17	3	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	2	9	12	−3	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	5th–8th place play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	16	9	+7	8	Knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	14	14	0	6	Knockout stage
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	11	13	−2	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	United States	3	0	0	3	8	13	−5	0	5th–8th place play-offs

5th–8th place semi-finals		Fifth place play-off

5 November

Spain	3
		6 November
United States	4
		United States	0
5 November
		Japan	4
Japan	10

Saudi Arabia	3
		Seventh place play-off

		6 November

		Spain	5

		Saudi Arabia	0

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Iran	5	4	1	0	0	23	12	+11	14	Champions
2	A	Brazil	5	4	0	0	1	24	10	+14	12	Runners-up
3	B	Paraguay	5	3	0	0	2	23	21	+2	9	Third place
4	A	United Arab Emirates	5	2	0	0	3	13	15	−2	6

5	B	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	25	16	+9	9	Eliminated in Group stage
6	B	United States	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3
7	A	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	17	16	+1	6
8	A	Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	0	5	3	30	−27	0

2022_Beach_Soccer_Intercontinental_Cup

2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Group B

5th–8th place play-offs

5th–8th place semi-finals

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

Semi finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Winners trophy

Statistics

Goalscorers

Final standings

References

External links

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Semi-finals		Final

5 November

Brazil	6
		6 November
Paraguay	5
		Brazil	1
5 November
		Iran	2
Iran	5

United Arab Emirates	2
		Third place play-off

		6 November

		Paraguay	4

		United Arab Emirates	1