2002 Beach Soccer World Championships

2002 Beach Soccer World ChampionshipsVIII Beach Soccer World Championships 2002

Tournament details
Host country| Brazil
Dates| 13–20 January
Teams| 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up|  Portugal
Third place|  Uruguay
Fourth place|  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 145 (9.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Neném
Madjer
Nico
(9 goals)
Best player(s)|  Neném
Best goalkeeper|  Vilarb Nomcharoen

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International football competition

The 2002 Beach Soccer World Championships was the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide).

The tournament continued to change its location, this time being staged for the first time at two venues, in Vitória, (Espírito Santo) and primarily Guarujá, (São Paulo), Brazil. In addition, the number of participating teams was reduced back to eight, as it was during the first three editions.

Brazil narrowly beat defending champions Portugal 6–5 in the final to reclaim the title, winning their seventh crown in eight attempts.[2]

## Organisation

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The format reverted to how the competition was organised during its founding years of 1995 to 1997. After three years as a twelve team tournament, the number of participants was reduced back to eight as it were originally, competing in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams progressed straight to the semi-finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned with an additional match to determine third place.

The schedule was announced in December 2001.[3] Despite the tournament being held in two locations, in reality only one match, the opening fixture between Brazil and Thailand, was staged in Vitória whilst the other fifteen were held in Guarujá.

Rede Globo broadcast the games on television in Brazil.[4]

## Teams

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### Qualification

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European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2001 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The winners, runners up and third placed nations in the previous World Championships also gained automatic qualification for their performances a year earlier; reigning champions Portugal had already gained their spot through being runners-up in the EBSL, however runners-up of last years World Cup France, who did not finish in the top three of the ESBL, and third placed Argentina, gained their spots this way.[5]

The other entries received invites.

### Entrants

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Africa, North America and Oceania were unrepresented.

Asian Zone (1):

*  Thailand1,Inv.

European Zone (4):

*  Portugal
*  Spain
*  France
*  Italy

South American Zone (2):

*  Argentina
*  UruguayInv.

Hosts:

*  Brazil (South America)

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Notes:

1\. Teams making their debut

Inv. Invitees.

## Group stage

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Matches are listed as local time in Vitória and Guarujá, (BRST / UTC-2)

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage
2 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | –5 | 5
3 |  Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 |
4 |  France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | –10 | 0

January 13, 2002

10:00

Brazil | 6–0|  Thailand

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Junior Negão
Benjamin
Neném  | Report |

Camburi beach, Vitória

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January 15, 2002

18:00

Spain | 7–2|  France

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Salinas
David
Amarelle
Nico  | Report |  Marquet
Bonora

Enseada beach, Guarujá

* * *

January 16, 2002

17:00

Thailand | 5–4|  France

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Khongkeaw
Polsak
Lungkaew | Report |  Cantona
Bonora
Germain

Enseada beach, Guarujá

January 16, 2002

19:00

Brazil | 4–1|  Spain

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Jorginho
Benjamin
Neném
Duda  | Report |  Amarelle

Enseada beach, Guarujá

* * *

January 17, 2002

17:00

Thailand | 3–3 (a.e.t.)|  Spain

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Lungkaew
Phungphook  | Report |  Amarelle
Nico
David
Penalties
Polsak  | 1–0 |  Amarelle

Enseada beach, Guarujá

January 17, 2002

19:00

Brazil | 7–3|  France

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Benjamim
Jorginho
Júnior Negão
Neném
Juninho  | Report |  Samoun
Squaglia

Enseada beach, Guarujá

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage
2 |  Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 6
3 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | –2 | 3 |
4 |  Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 27 | –15 | 0

January 15, 2002

17:00

Italy | 8–6|  Argentina

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Albore
Solda
Aquilante
Gentile
Pecchia  | Report |  Hilaire
Borghi
Godoy

Enseada beach, Guarujá

January 15, 2002

19:00

Portugal | 6–3|  Uruguay

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Madjer
Zé Miguel
Alan
Pedro Jorge  | Report |  Nico
Leandro
Topo

Enseada beach, Guarujá

* * *

January 16, 2002

18:00

Portugal | 6–4|  Italy

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Madjer
Hernâni
Barraca
Alan
Marinho  | Report |  Gentile
Albore

Enseada beach, Guarujá

January 16, 2002

20:00

Uruguay | 11–2|  Argentina

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Pico
Nico
Miguel
Topo
Chalo
German
Fabian  | Report |  Borghi
(pen.) Godoy

Enseada beach, Guarujá

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January 17, 2002

18:00

Portugal | 8–4|  Argentina

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Alan
Madjer
Hernâni
Barraca
Nunes  | Report |  Borghi
Hilaire

Enseada beach, Guarujá

January 17, 2002

20:00

Uruguay | 4–2|  Italy

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Nico
Gato  | Report |  Albore
Bruschini

Enseada beach, Guarujá

## Knockout stage

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January 18 was allocated as a rest day.

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 19 January | |

|  Brazil| 8

| 20 January

|  Uruguay| 4 |

|  Brazil| 6

| 19 January

| |  Portugal| 5

|  Thailand| 2

|  Portugal| 3 |

| Third place play-off

| 20 January

|  Uruguay| 5

|  Thailand| 3

### Semi-finals

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January 19, 2002

09:00

Portugal | 3–2|  Thailand

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Alan
Hernâni
Madjer | Report |  (pen.) Polsak
Polasak

Enseada beach, Guarujá

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January 19, 2002

10:00

Brazil | 8–4|  Uruguay

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Neném
Buru
Juninho
Wellington
Junior Negão  | Report |  Topo
(pen.) Nico
Pico
Miguel

Enseada beach, Guarujá

### Third place play-off

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January 20, 2002

08:30

Uruguay | 5–3|  Thailand

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Miguel
Nico
Gato  | Report |  Lungkaew
Munjaren
Khongkeaw

Enseada beach, Guarujá

### Final

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January 20, 2002

10:00

Brazil | 6–5|  Portugal

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Jorginho
Junior Negão
Juninho
Neném  | Report |  Alan
Madjer
Barraca

Enseada beach, Guarujá

## Winners

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2002 Beach Soccer World Championships
champions

Brazil
Seventh title

## Awards

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Top scorer(s)

Neném  |  Madjer |  Nico
9 goals
Best player
Neném
Best goalkeeper
Vilard Normcharoen

## Top goalscorers

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9 goals

* Neném
* Madjer
* Nico

8 goals

* Alan

7 goals

* Borghi

5 goals

* Junior Negão
* Benjamin
* Amarelle
* Juninho
* Miguel

4 goals

* Lungkaew
* Jorginho
* Albore
* Gentile

3 goals

* David
* Polsak
* Aquilante
* Hilaire
* Topo
* Hernâni
* Barraca

* Pico
* Khongkeaw

2 goals

* Nico
* Bonora
* Eric Cantona
* Samoun
* Godoy
* Zé Miguel
* Gato
* German

19 others scored 1 goal each

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## Final standings

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Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  | A |  Brazil | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 31  | 13  | +18  | 15  | Champions
2  | B |  Portugal | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 28  | 19  | +9  | 12  | Runners-up
3  | B |  Uruguay | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 27  | 21  | +6  | 9  | Third place
4  | A |  Thailand | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 13  | 21  | −8  | 5  | Fourth place
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5  | A |  Spain | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 11  | 9  | +2  | 3  | Eliminated in the
group stage
6  | B |  Italy | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 3
7  | B |  France | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 19  | −10  | 0
8  | A |  Argentina | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 12  | 27  | −15  | 0

Source: [1]

## References

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1. ^ "FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". FIFA.com. 1 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
2. ^ "BRASIL "RECUPERA" TÍTULO MUNDIAL APÓS BATER (6-5) PORTUGAL" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
3. ^ "Programm for the VIII Beach Soccer Worldchampionships". beachsoccer.com. 27 December 2001. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "BEACH SOCCER - GLOBO TRANSMITE PRIMEIRO JOGO" (in Portuguese). photoegrafia.com.br. 9 January 2002. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
5. ^ "Mundial 2002 Grupos" (in Portuguese). beachsoccerbrasil.com.br. Archived from the original on 24 November 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

## Sources

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