2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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.

2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Coupe du monde de football de plage 2008
The official logo
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityMarseille
Dates17–27 July
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil
3rd FIFA title
12th world 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) Madjer (13 goals)
Best player(s) Amarelle
Best goalkeeper Roberto Valeiro
Fair play award Russia

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

Africa
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
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
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
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

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

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

France qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:

Players

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Venue

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
Capacity: 7,000

Group stage

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
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:
  • 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: 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
François 		1–2 Mbengue
Ndour
Referee: 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: 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
Davoudi 		1–2 François
Pérez
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: George Postma
Senegal 4–1 Iran
Mbengue  8'
Koukpaki  18',  33'
Diagne  23'		 Report  25' Naderi
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Alberto Moreira
France 4–3 Uruguay
Samoun  8',  10'
Basquaise  19',  27'		 Report  26' Ricar
 33' Parrillo
 35' Oli
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Erick Chavarria

Group B
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:
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: 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: 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: Faisal Sallam
El Salvador 1–4 Italy
Hernández  26' Report  5' Pasquali
 17',  20' Palmacci
 24' Feudi
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: 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: 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: Zhiwei Geng

Group C
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:
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: 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: 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: Sylvain Palhies
Cameroon 0–4 Russia
Report  8' (o.g.) Yombi
 11' Khmara
 20' Makarov
 35' Shakmelyan
Attendance: 5 300
Referee: Fabio Polito
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Russia
Report  6' Makarov
 6',  26' Shaykov
 23' Shishin
 27' Gorchinskiy
Attendance: 3 000
Referee: Istvan Meszaros
Cameroon 0–3 Argentina
Report  1',  2',  34' Minici
Attendance: 3 800
Referee: Tasuku Onodera

Group D
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:
Mexico 4–3 Japan
Santoyo  24'
Villalobos  24',  30'
Flores  28'		 Report  1' Yoshii
 24' Tabata
 26' Uehara
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Mohamed Morsi
Brazil 3–2 Spain
Buru  1',  30'
Bruno  21'		 Report  1',  5' Amarelle
Attendance: 6 500
Referee: Fabio Polito
Spain 2–1 Mexico
Amarelle  14'
Antonio  25'		 Report  3' Flores
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: 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: Erick Chavarria
Spain 6–1 Japan
Amarelle  15',  19',  26'
C.Torres  15'
Nico  20'
Alvarez  33'		 Report  16' Uehara
Attendance: 5 000
Referee: 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: George Postma

Knockout stage
 
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
France 2–5 Italy
Samoun  22'
François  32'		 Report  1' Esposito
 1',  10' Feudi
 22' Condorelli
 22' Palmacci
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: 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: Juan José Lopez Lopez


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


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


Semi finals
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 1–0 Amarelle
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: 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: Carlos Aguirregaray


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


Final
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: Istvan Meszaros

Winners
2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions

Brazil
Third title
12th world title

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

Top scorers

Final standings
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
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