2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA.^[2] Overall, this was the 15th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA.^[3][4] It took place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates between 16 November and 22 November 2009. It was the second tournament to take place outside Brazil, first to be played in Asia, and the last tournament to take place on an annual basis.^[1]

2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2009
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	16–22 November
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2[1] (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	284 (8.88 per match)
Attendance	97,500 (3,047 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dejan Stankovic (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Dejan Stankovic
Best goalkeeper	Mao
Fair play award	Japan  Russia
← 2008 2011 →

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

Qualifying rounds

African Zone

Main article: 2009 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 fourth year running between 1 July and 5 July. Nine nations took part in the competition, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their second title, qualifying for the first time since 2007, with the Ivory Coast finishing in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian Zone

Main article: 2009 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The Asian qualifiers were held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from 7 to 11 November. With only seven teams attending the qualifiers, the United Arab Emirates stepped in as the eighth side to even the two groups in the group stage. Japan qualified for the fourth time after beating Bahrain in the final of the championship, who qualified for their second World Cup.

European Zone

Main article: 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

UEFA held the second European tournament dedicated to World Cup qualification in Castellón, Spain, between, 7 June and 14 June. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Russia finishing second. Switzerland beat Portugal in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists. Italy beat France in the fifth place play off to qualify as the fifth European nation.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zone

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between 17 June and 21 June, after being postponed in May due to the 2009 swine flu pandemic, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the second year running. El Salvador and Costa Rica were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; El Salvador for the second time and Costa Rica for the first. El Salvador defeated Costa Rica in the final to win their first title.

Oceanian Zone

Main article: 2009 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Moorea, Tahiti, between 27 July and 31 July. Despite Vanuatu winning the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their third title and qualification for a fourth year in a row.

South American Zone

Main article: 2009 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

The South American qualifiers took place between 11 March and 15 March, in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Brazil and hosts Uruguay were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Uruguay in the final to win the title. Argentina and Ecuador were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Ecuador to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

Host

United Arab Emirates qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup:

Asian zone:  Bahrain  Japan  United Arab Emirates (hosts) African zone:  Ivory Coast (first appearance)  Nigeria European zone:  Italy  Russia  Portugal  Spain   Switzerland

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:  Costa Rica (first appearance)  El Salvador Oceanian zone:  Solomon Islands South American zone:  Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay

Players

Main article: 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

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Venues

Two venues were used in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Jumeirah Beach during the World Cup with matches split between them as follows.^[6]

Dubai (1)	Dubai 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (United Arab Emirates)			Dubai (2)
Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)				Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)
25°21′N 55°25′E				25°21′N 55°25′E
Capacity: 5,700				Capacity: 1,200

Groups

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 in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6
Portugal	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	12	12	0	3
Solomon Islands	3	1	0	2	9	19	-10	3

• Uruguay and Portugal are ranked based on their head-to-head result.

16 November 2009

13:30

Uruguay	6–7	Solomon Islands
Ricar 3', 32' Martin 10', 29' Pampero 29' Fabian 31'	Report	6', 15', 15' Laua 8' Hosea 9' Makaa 11' Wale 22' Omo

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 150

Referee: Fabio Polito (Italy)

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16 November 2009

19:30

United Arab Emirates	5–7	Portugal
Al Mesaabi 1' Sadeqi 6' Alabadla 8' K. Albalooshi 25' I. Albalooshi 28'	Report	20' Ze Maria 24' Belchior 27', 31', 33' Madjer 27' Alan 28' Bilro

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Serdar Akcer (Turkey)

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17 November 2009

15:00

Portugal	1–2	Uruguay
Belchior 18'	Report	7', 35' Coco

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 900

Referee: Tasuku Onodera (Japan)

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17 November 2009

19:30

Solomon Islands	1–7	United Arab Emirates
Hale 1'	Report	1', 6' K. Albalooshi 13' I. Albalooshi 22' Alabadla 24' Al Mesaabi 30' Sadeqi 31' Ranjbar

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sylvain Palhies (France)

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18 November 2009

16:30

Portugal	6–1	Solomon Islands
Madjer 1', 6' Ze Maria 10' Belchior 29', 32' Bruno Novo 36'	Report	12' Hosea

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Afgan Hamzayev (Azerbaijan)

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18 November 2009

19:30

United Arab Emirates	0–4	Uruguay
	Report	2', 34' Ricar 10' Pampero 28' Martin

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Alexander Berezkin (Russia)

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	15	9	+6	8
Spain	3	2	0	1	21	14	+7	6
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	15	18	-3	3
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	11	21	-10	0

16 November 2009

15:00

Ivory Coast	7–6	El Salvador
Enounou 1', 21', 26', 27', 36' Daniel 12' Aka 23'	Report	7', 29' Hernández 7' Ruiz 8' Torres 11', 11' Velásquez

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 100

Referee: Istvan Meszaros (Hungary)

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16 November 2009

18:00

Spain	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Oda 7' (o.g.) Juanma 18' Javier Torres 22' Nico 24' Wayo 39'	Report	14' Toma 15', 26' Tabata 16' Higa 38' Oda
Penalties
Nico Juanma Kuman	2–3	Yamauchi Makino Higa

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Javier Bentancor (Uruguay)

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17 November 2009

13:30

Japan	3–2	Ivory Coast
Makino 11' Toma 26' Tabata 32'	Report	10' Aka 17' Ouattara

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 200

Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

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17 November 2009

16:30

El Salvador	3–7	Spain
Ruiz 7', 14' Garay 22'	Report	7' Amarelle 14', 31' J. Torres 15' Nico 22' C. Torres 26' Wayo 34' Millos

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Juan Rodríguez (Argentina)

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18 November 2009

13:30

Spain	9–6	Ivory Coast
Wayo 3' Amarelle 11', 14' Kuman 17' Juanma 17', 28' C.Torres 19' Coulibaly 25' (o.g.) Nico 28'	Report	4', 25' Kabletchi 10' Diomande 10', 17', 36' Enounou

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 600

Referee: Rene de la Rosa (Chile)

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18 November 2009

13:30

Japan	7–2	El Salvador
Kawaharazuka 4' Toma 6' Maezono 7', 13' Makino 8' Oda 22' Tabata 27'	Report	22' Hernández 36' Torres

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 350

Referee: Abbas Alshammari (Kuwait)

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	1	1	11	6	+5	5
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0

• Italy and Argentina are ranked based on their head-to-head result.^[7]

16 November 2009

15:00

Argentina	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Italy
E. Hilaire 15' S. Hilaire 20'	Report	19' Palmacci 25' Pasquali 37' Carotenuto

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Faisal Sallam (United Arab Emirates)

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16 November 2009

16:30

Russia	5–1	Costa Rica
Krasheninnikov 6' Shkarin 10' Leonov 13' Shishin 17' Shakhmelyan 18'	Report	29' Cameron

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Rene de la Rosa (Chile)

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17 November 2009

13:30

Costa Rica	0–6	Argentina
	Report	14', 28' F. Hilaire 15' E. Hilaire 19', 36' Dallera 30' Minici

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 550

Referee: Abbas Alshammari (Kuwait)

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17 November 2009

18:00

Italy	1–3	Russia
Palmacci 2'	Report	25' Leonov 28' Shkarin 28' Krasheninnikov

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ruben Eiriz (Spain)

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18 November 2009

15:00

Costa Rica	1–3	Italy
Sterling 9'	Report	8' Feudi 10' Carotenuto 35' Palmacci

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 200

Referee: Istvan Meszaros (Hungary)

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18 November 2009

15:00

Russia	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Shaykov 3', 13' Shakhmelyan 5'	Report	3' Franceschini 26', 36' F. Hilaire
Penalties
Leonov Shishin Shkarin Makarov	3–4	E. Hilaire Leguizamon Galvan Minici

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Serdar Akcer (Turkey)

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	23	8	+15	9
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	16	21	–5	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	9	23	–14	0

16 November 2009

13:30

Switzerland	6–5	Bahrain
Stanković 7', 32' Schirinzi 11' Spaccarotella 12', 35' Jäggy 34'	Report	2', 16', 34' Salem 17' Abdulla 27' Mubarak

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Erick Chavarria (Costa Rica)

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16 November 2009

21:00

Brazil	11–5	Nigeria
Sidney 1', 23' Bueno 2' Benjamin 7' André 9' Daniel 12', 26' Bruno 15', 26', 27' Betinho 28'	Report	1', 30' Olawale 5', 30' Tale 35' Ibenegbu

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Petro Ivanov (Ukraine)

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17 November 2009

15:00

Nigeria	2–7	Switzerland
Olawale 14' Abu 17'	Report	1' Spaccarotella 1', 7', 14', 16' Stanković 3', 7' Jaeggy

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)

Attendance: 350

Referee: Rene de la Rosa (Chile)

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17 November 2009

21:00

Bahrain	1–8	Brazil
Almughawi 36'	Report	1', 3', 4', 29' Buru 10' Bruno 22' Daniel Souza 31' Andre 36' Daniel

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alexander Berezkin (Russia)

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18 November 2009

18:00

Nigeria	9–3	Bahrain
Ezimorah 4' Tale 8' Agu 8', 9' Ibenegbu 12', 21' Abu 16' Usman 30' Okemmiri 34'	Report	6', 35' Salem 22' Aldoseri

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Geng Zhiwei (China)

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18 November 2009

21:00

Brazil	4–2	Switzerland
Benjamin 10', 31' Andre 29' Bruno 35'	Report	1', 26' Stanković

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Faisal Sallam (United Arab Emirates)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	20 November 2009
	Uruguay	3
					21 November 2009
	Spain	2
					Uruguay	4
	20 November 2009
					Switzerland	7
	Russia	2
									22 November 2009
	Switzerland	4
									Switzerland	5
	20 November 2009
									Brazil	10
	Japan	1
					21 November 2009
	Portugal	2
					Portugal	2
	20 November 2009
					Brazil	8			Third place
	Brazil	6
									22 November 2009
	Italy	4
									Uruguay	7
									Portugal	14

Quarter finals

20 November 2009

16:30

Japan	1–2	Portugal
Uehara 26'	Report	17' Madjer 36' Belchior

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Javier Bentancor (Uruguay)

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20 November 2009

18:00

Russia	2–4	Switzerland
Makarov 13' Shishin 23'	Report	4', 13', 24' Stanković 33' Meier

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

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20 November 2009

19:30

Brazil	6–4	Italy
Sidney 6' André 11', 17', 31' Bruno 25' Buru 36'	Report	17', 26', 26', 31' Pasquali

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ruben Eiriz (Spain)

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20 November 2009

21:00

Uruguay	3–2 (a.e.t)	Spain
Martin 18' Ricar 27', 37'	Report	Amarelle 28' C.Torres 32'

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Tasuku Onodera (Japan)

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Semi-finals

21 November 2009

19:30

Portugal	2–8	Brazil
Bilro 13' Alan 34'	Report	6' Sidney 8' Benjamin 12', 12' Bruno 19' Daniel 24' Betinho 26' Buru 34' Daniel Souza

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Tasuku Onodera (Japan)

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21 November 2009

21:00

Switzerland	7–4	Uruguay
Stanković 3', 12', 26', 29' Spaccarotella 20' Leu 30' Rodrigues 36'	Report	24', 31' Martin 27' Coco 36' Matias

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

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Third-place play-off

22 November 2009

19:30

Portugal	14–7	Uruguay
Torres 3', 5', 26' Madjer 6', 13', 22', 24', 30', 36', 36' Jose Maria 11', 21' Miguel 16' (o.g.) Coimbra 20'	Report	6' Coco 13' Pampero 18' Matias 22' (o.g.) Alan 24' Ricar 26' Fabian 32' Oli

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Faisal Sallam (United Arab Emirates)

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Final

Main article: 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final

22 November 2009

21:00

Brazil	10–5	Switzerland
André 6', 23' Betinho 8', 23' Buru 8', 15' Daniel 12' Benjamin 18' Sidney 31' Bueno 36'	Report	9' Jaeggy 30' Meier 31' Rodrigues 34' Schirinzi 36' Stanković

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ruben Eiriz (Spain) 2nd Referee Javier Bentancor (Uruguay) 3rd Referee Serdar Akçer (Turkey)

Winners

2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Champions
Brazil Fourth title 13th world title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Dejan Stankovic	Madjer	Benjamin
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dejan Stankovic	Madjer	Buru
16 goals	13 goals	8 goals
Golden Glove
Mao
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan  Russia

Top scorers

There were 284 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 8.88 goals per match.

16 goals

• Dejan Stankovic

13 goals

• Madjer

8 goals

• Ludovic Ehounou
• André
• Buru

7 goals

• Ricar

6 goals

• Bruno

5 goals

• Rashed Salem
• Benjamin
• Daniel
• Sidney
• Belchior
• Roberto Pasquali

4 goals

• Federico Hilaire
• Betinho
• Teruki Tabata
• Ze Maria
• Amarelle
• Moritz Jäggy
• Sandro Spaccarotella
• Martin

3 goals

• Bartholomew Ibenegbu
• Tomas Hernandez
• Agustin Ruiz
• Paolo Palmacci
• Masahito Toma
• Isiaka Olawale
• Victor Tale
• Torres
• Robert Laua
• Christian Torres
• Javier Torres
• Juanma
• Nico
• Wayo
• Karim Albalooshi
• Pampero

2 goals

• Augustin Dallera
• Ezequiel Hilaire
• Bueno
• Daniel Souza
• Frederic Aka
• Didier Kabletchi
• Walter Torres
• Frank Velasquez
• Pasquale Carotenuto
• Masakiyo Maezono
• Shinji Makino
• Hirofumi Oda
• Azeez Abu
• Gabriel Agu
• Victor Tale
• Alan
• Bilro
• Ze Maria
• Yury Krasheninnikov
• Ilya Leonov
• Rustam Shakhmelyan
• Dmitry Shishin
• Anton Shkarin
• Egor Shaykov
• Gibson Hosea
• Christian Torres
• Stephan Maier
• Michael Rodrigues
• Angelo Schirinzi
• Coco
• Fabian
• Matias
• Bakhit Alabadla
• Ibrahim Albalooshi
• Rami Al Mesaabi
• Qambar Sadeqi

1 goal

• 32 others scored 1 goal each

1 own goal

• Coulibaly (against Spain)
• Hirofumi Oda (against Spain)
• Alan (against Uruguay)
• Miguel (against Portugal)

Final standings

Position	Team
1	Brazil
2	Switzerland
3	Portugal
4	Uruguay
5	Japan
6	Spain
7	Russia
8	Italy
9	Argentina
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Ivory Coast
12	Nigeria
13	Solomon Islands
14	El Salvador
15	Costa Rica
16	Bahrain