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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
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
← 2007
2009 →

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

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Africa

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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France qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

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These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:

Players

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Main article: 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

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Venue

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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

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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

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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:   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

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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:   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

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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:   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

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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:   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

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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

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


Semi finals

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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

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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

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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

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2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions
 
Brazil
Third title
12th world title

Awards

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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

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Final standings

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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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