2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Coupe du monde de football de plage 2008
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityMarseille
Dates17–27 July
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored259 (8.09 per match)
Attendance176,500 (5,516 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Madjer (13 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Amarelle
Best goalkeeperSpain Roberto Valeiro
Fair play award Russia
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The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 14th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Marseille, France, in the Plages du Prado from 17 to 27 July 2008. It was the first tournament to take place outside Brazil.

The winners of the tournament were Brazil, who won their third consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their twelfth title overall.

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Africa[edit]

Main article: 2008 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to determine the two African nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the third year running between March 25 and March 30. Eight nations took part in the competition, all of whom participated in the 2007 Championship, which eventually saw Senegal claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Cameroon finish in second place, also qualifying for the second time.

Asia[edit]

Main article: 2008 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the third time, between May 6 and May 10. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the second time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3, for the second consecutive year. Iran beat China in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the third year in a row.

Europe[edit]

Main article: 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

For the first time since the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers began in 2006, due to the large interest of European nations in beach soccer, UEFA held a tournament dedicated to World Cup qualification in Benidorm, Spain, between, May 11 and May 18, instead of allowing European nations to qualify to the World Cup through the Euro Beach Soccer League. Hosts Spain won the championship, with neighbours Portugal finishing second. Russia beat Italy in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zone[edit]

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between April 17 and April 19 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico and El Salvador were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; Mexico for the second time and El Salvador for the first. Mexico defeated El Salvador in the final to win their first title.

South America[edit]

Main article: 2008 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

The South American qualifiers took place between April 23 and April 27, in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires. Brazil and hosts Argentina were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Argentina in the final to win the title. Uruguay and Venezuela were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Uruguay beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

Oceania[edit]

For the first and to date only time, no Oceanian qualifiers were held. The Oceania Football Confederation nominated the Solomon Islands as their representative in the World Cup, based on their results over the past two years, which showed that they were by far the strongest team in the confederation.

Hosts[edit]

France qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams[edit]

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:

Players[edit]

Main article: 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

[1]

Venue[edit]

A stadium on the Plage du Prado in southern Marseille was used known as the Stade du Prado or the Stadium of the Beach in English. The stadium hosted all 32 matches.

Marseille
Stade du Prado
43°15′N 5°22′E / 43.250°N 5.367°E / 43.250; 5.367 (Stade du Prado)
Capacity: 7,000

Group stage[edit]

The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

All matches are listed as local time (UTC+1)

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 1 1 1 15 14 +1 5
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 17 12 +5 5
 Senegal 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 5
 Iran 3 0 0 3 8 16 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • Note: France, Uruguay and Senegal were involved in a tie-break situation and therefore their matches against Iran were ignored and the nations were ranked by their goal difference in the matches against each other. Despite France having the worst overall goal difference, they had the best goal difference between the three teams involved in the tie-break and therefore finished in first place. Uruguay, with an equal number of goals scored and conceded, against France and Senegal finished second, and Senegal with a negative goal difference of -1, finished third.
Uruguay 6–1 Iran
Ricar 2', 7', 21'
Martinez 5'
Parrillo 27'
Fabian 30'		 Report 19' Davoudi
Referee: Spain Juan José Lopez Lopez
France 5–5
(a.e.t.)
(1–2 Pens)		 Senegal
Samoun 15', 35'
Basquaise 20'
François 27'
Pérez 32'		 Report 1', 31' Koukpaki
11' Mbengue
12' Dieng
16' Sylla
Penalties
Basquaise soccer ball with check mark
François soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark Mbengue
soccer ball with check mark Ndour
Referee: Hungary Istvan Meszaros
Senegal 7–8
(a.e.t.)		 Uruguay
Koukpaki 14', 15', 26', 38'
Sarr 19'
Mbengue 29'
Diagne 30'		 Report 3', 28' Martin
11' Parrillo
22' Miguel
26' Ricar
35', 37' Matias
37' Pampero
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Latvia Eduards Borisevics
Iran 6–6
(a.e.t.)
(1–2 Pens)		 France
Naderi 6', 36'
Abdollahi 18'
Mesigar 22', 24'
Davoudi 31'		 Report 9' (o.g.) Rahimi
10', 11', 13', 37' Basquaise
13' Ottavy
Penalties
Dara soccer ball with check mark
Davoudi soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark François
soccer ball with check mark Pérez
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma
Senegal 4–1 Iran
Mbengue 8'
Koukpaki 18', 33'
Diagne 23'		 Report 25' Naderi
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Brazil Alberto Moreira
France 4–3 Uruguay
Samoun 8', 10'
Basquaise 19', 27'		 Report 26' Ricar
33' Parrillo
35' Oli
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3 2 1 0 26 10 +16 8
 Italy 3 2 0 1 15 10 +5 6
 Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 14 23 −9 3
 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Italy 7–4 Solomon Islands
Palmacci 1'
Feudi 2'
Corosiniti 7', 24'
Soria 11'
Pasquali 16'
Condorelli 16'		 Report 2' Naka
14', 16' Hosea
23' Muri
Referee: Uruguay Carlos Aguirregaray
Portugal 8–2 El Salvador
Alan 1'
Madjer 13', 17'
Hernani 14'
Sousa 15'
Torres 21'
Belchior 32', 35'		 Report 6' Ruiz
6' Blanco
Referee: Japan Tasuku Onodera
Solomon Islands 4–13 Portugal
Naka 13', 16', 27'
Nee 31'		 Report 2', 15', 16', 17', 24' Madjer
4', 4', 16', 29' Alan
4' (o.g.) Omokirio
7', 23', 33' Belchior
Attendance: 5 200
Referee: United Arab Emirates Faisal Sallam
El Salvador 1–4 Italy
Hernández 26' Report 5' Pasquali
17', 20' Palmacci
24' Feudi
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Brazil Alberto Moreira
Portugal 5–4
(a.e.t.)		 Italy
Belchior 6', 9', 38'
Alan 8'
Madjer 32'		 Report 18' Esposito
22' Diego Maradona Jr
24' Soria
28' Platania
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Spain Juan José Lopez Lopez
El Salvador 3–6 Solomon Islands
Ruiz 13'
Ramírez 24'
Hernández 28'		 Report 5', 13', 16', 23' Naka
28', 35' Omo
Attendance: 3 800
Referee: China Zhiwei Geng

Group C[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9
 Russia 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 12 14 −2 3
 Cameroon 3 0 0 3 4 17 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Russia 3–5 Argentina
Leonov 7'
Shaykov 26'
Shishin 27'		 Report 12' E.Hilaire
16', 30', 35' F.Hilaire
28' Minici
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma
United Arab Emirates 10–4 Cameroon
Alabadla 1', 17', 19'
Almazam 18'
Eyoum 19' (o.g.)
Al Mesaabi 27', 32'
K.Albalooshi 27'
Albloushi 28'
I.Albalooshi 28'		 Report 1' Yombi
8', 18' Etame
20' Yopa
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria
Argentina 5–2 United Arab Emirates
S.Hilaire 5'
Leguizamon 20', 33'
F.Hilaire 18', 29'		 Report 10' Al Mesaabi
33' I.Albalooshi
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: France Sylvain Palhies
Cameroon 0–4 Russia
Report 8' (o.g.) Yombi
11' Khmara
20' Makarov
35' Shakmelyan
Attendance: 5 300
Referee: Italy Fabio Polito
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Russia
Report 6' Makarov
6', 26' Shaykov
23' Shishin
27' Gorchinskiy
Attendance: 3 000
Referee: Hungary Istvan Meszaros
Cameroon 0–3 Argentina
Report 1', 2', 34' Minici
Attendance: 3 800
Referee: Japan Tasuku Onodera

Group D[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 9
 Spain 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
 Mexico 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
 Japan 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Mexico 4–3 Japan
Santoyo 24'
Villalobos 24', 30'
Flores 28'		 Report 1' Yoshii
24' Tabata
26' Uehara
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Egypt Mohamed Morsi
Brazil 3–2 Spain
Buru 1', 30'
Bruno 21'		 Report 1', 5' Amarelle
Attendance: 6 500
Referee: Italy Fabio Polito
Spain 2–1 Mexico
Amarelle 14'
Antonio 25'		 Report 3' Flores
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Lithuania Sergejus Slyva
Japan 1–8 Brazil
Makino 23' Report 4', 17' Júnior Negrão
12' Buru
15' Betinho
16' Benjamin
23' Bruno
31' Daniel
34' (o.g.) Yoshii
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria
Spain 6–1 Japan
Amarelle 15', 19', 26'
C.Torres 15'
Nico 20'
Alvarez 33'		 Report 16' Uehara
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: Uruguay Carlos Aguirregaray
Brazil 7–1 Mexico
Benjamin 1', 19', 33'
Andre 7'
Bruno 23'
Bueno 29'
Betinho 32'		 Report 20' Alvarado
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 July 2008
 
 
 France2
 
26 July 2008
 
 Italy5
 
 Italy (pens)4 (1)
 
24 July 2008
 
 Spain4 (0)
 
 Argentina0
 
27 July 2008
 
 Spain2
 
 Italy3
 
24 July 2008
 
 Brazil5
 
 Portugal6
 
26 July 2008
 
 Uruguay3
 
 Portugal4
 
24 July 2008
 
 Brazil5 Third place
 
 Brazil6
 
27 July 2008
 
 Russia4
 
 Spain4
 
 
 Portugal5
 

Quarter finals[edit]

France 2–5 Italy
Samoun 22'
François 32'		 Report 1' Esposito
1', 10' Feudi
22' Condorelli
22' Palmacci
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Brazil Alberto Moreira


Portugal 6–3 Uruguay
Belchior 7', 29'
Sousa 10'
Madjer 14'
Bilro 25'
Coco 28' (o.g.)		 Report 14', 31' Fabian
23' Martin
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Spain Juan José Lopez Lopez


Argentina 0–2 Spain
Report 1', 33' Nico
Attendance: 6 500
Referee: Hungary Istvan Meszaros


Brazil 6–4 Russia
Buru 4', 10'
Daniel 18', 27', 29'
Benjamin 33'		 Report 3', 30' Shaykov
4' Shishin
17' Leonov
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: France Sylvain Palhies


Semi finals[edit]

Italy 4–4
(a.e.t.)
(1–0 Pens)		 Spain
Esposito 4'
Feudi 5'
Pasquali 24', 34'		 Report 2', 34' Amarelle
12' Alvarez
23' J.Torres
Penalties
Esposito soccer ball with check mark 1–0 soccer ball with red X Amarelle
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Netherlands George Postma


Portugal 4–5 Brazil
Madjer 12'
Belchior 16'
Torres 23'
Alan 25'		 Report 10', 24', 28' Andre
16' Benjamin
34' Bruno
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Uruguay Carlos Aguirregaray


Third place play off[edit]

Spain 4–5 Portugal
Amarelle 7', 23', 25'
Nico 34'		 Report 2', 25', 27' Madjer
12' Bilro
29' Torres
Attendance: 6 500
Referee: Costa Rica Erick Chavarria


Final[edit]

Main article: 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
Italy 3–5 Brazil
Palmacci 29'
Pasquali 33'
Diego Maradona Jr 34'		 Report 8', 14' Bruno
21', 23' Sydney
28' Andre
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Hungary Istvan Meszaros

Winners[edit]

2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions

Brazil
Third title
12th world title

Awards[edit]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Spain Amarelle Brazil Benjamin Portugal Belchior
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Portugal Madjer Spain Amarelle Portugal Belchior
13 goals 11 goals 10 goals
Golden Glove
Spain Roberto Valerio
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Russia

Top scorers[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Position Team
1  Brazil
2  Italy
3  Portugal
4  Spain
5  Argentina
6  Russia
7  Uruguay
8  France
9  Senegal
10  United Arab Emirates
11  Mexico
12  Solomon Islands
13  Iran
14  El Salvador
15  Japan
16  Cameroon

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[edit]

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