2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2006 edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World CupCopa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2006

Tournament details
Host country| Brazil
City| Rio de Janeiro
Dates| 2–12 November
Teams| 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up|  Uruguay
Third place|  France
Fourth place|  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 32
Goals scored| 286 (8.94 per match)
Attendance| 179,800 (5,619 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Madjer (21 goals)
Best player(s)|  Madjer
Fair play award|  France

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The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 12th 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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–12 November 2006.

The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their tenth world title overall.

## Major changes to format

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See also: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup § Qualification

After the 2005 World Cup, beach soccer continued to grow and spread worldwide at a fast rate. Therefore, FIFA established the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, to try to allow more nations to play in the World Cup, as well as getting more national teams involved in the sport. FIFA also increased the number of participating teams in the World Cup from 12 to a record-high 16 teams. This also meant that nations would no longer be invited to play in the World Cup but would have to qualify.

With the establishment of the qualifying rounds, FIFA decided to standardise each World Cup, meaning that from this World Cup onwards, each confederation would have the same number of teams participating in each World Cup and that the 16 teams would be split up into four groups of four teams, with the top two teams moving on to the quarter-finals.

## Qualifying rounds

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### African zone

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Main article: 2006 CAF Beach Soccer Championship

African nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 28 and September 30, 2006. Cameroon and Nigeria were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Cameroon defeated Nigeria in the final to win the title.

### Asian zone

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Main article: 2006 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Asian nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between May 22 and May 26, 2006. Bahrain and Japan were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Bahrain defeated Japan in the final to win the title. Iran and China were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Iran beat China to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

### European zone

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Main articles: 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League and 2006 EBSL Last chance bracket

European nations were allocated 5 berths at the World Cup. Instead of having a specific tournament for World Cup qualification, qualification was achieved through the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League which took place earlier in the year. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was France who beat Switzerland in the final.

### North, Central American and Caribbean zone

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Main article: 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

North, Central American and Caribbean nations were allocated 2 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between September 13 and September 17, 2006. The United States and Canada were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. The United States defeated Canada in the final to win the title.

### Oceanian zone

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Main article: 2006 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

Oceanian nations were allocated 1 berth at the World Cup. The championship took place between August 31 and September 3, 2006. The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu were the two finalists. The Solomon Islands defeated Vanuatu in the final to win the title and qualify for the World Cup.

### South American zone

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Main article: 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

South American nations were allocated 3 berths at the World Cup. The championship took place between March 5 and March 12, 2006. Brazil and 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 Venezuela were knocked out in the semi-finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

## Teams

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These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup:

Asian zone:

* Bahrain (first appearance)
* Iran (first appearance)
* Japan

African zone:

* Cameroon (first appearance)
* Nigeria (first appearance)

European zone:

* France
* Italy
* Poland (first appearance)
* Portugal
* Spain

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

* Canada
* United States

Oceanian zone:

* Solomon Islands (first appearance)

South American zone:

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Uruguay

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## Venue

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As with the previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Brazil)

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Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
22°58′S 43°10′W﻿ / ﻿22.967°S 43.167°W﻿ / -22.967; -43.167﻿ (Stade du Prado)
Capacity: 10,000

## 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 in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

### Group A

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

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Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9
Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 22 | –7 | 3
Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | –6 | 3
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 20 | –6 | 3

Note:

* Japan, Poland and the USA were tied on 3 points each, and one win against each other in their head-to-head records;
* The nations were then ranked based on Goal Difference in the matches between the three (Japan +1, Poland +1, USA -2);
* Finally, the next criterion was Goals For between Japan and Poland, in the matches between the three (Japan +13, and Poland +10), in which resulted on Japan taking the group's runner-up position.

2 November 2006

12:40

United States| 4–8|  Japan

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Xexeo  10'
Farberoff  17'
Morales  30'
Chimienti  35' | Report |  2', 16', 25' Yoshii
10' Kuroki
19', 35' Kawaharazuka
27' Maruo

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Vincenzo Cascone (Italy)

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2 November 2006

11:00

Brazil| 9–2|  Poland

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Benjamin  2'
Betinho  10', 14'
Buru  12', 31'
Junior Negão 12', 35'
André  16', 34' | Report |  19' Żuk
36' Saganowski

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)

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5 November 2006

11:00

Brazil| 10–2|  Japan

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Buru  2', 16', 18', 27'
Junior Negão 9', 20'
Bruno  9', 11', 12'
Bueno 26' | Report |  5' Shiokawa
32' Uehara

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

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5 November 2006

12:20

Poland| 2–4|  United States

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Saganowski  5'
Żuk  27' | Report |  4' Chimienti
17' Tanguinod
19' Astorga
29' Chimienti

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Carlos Ferreira (Portugal)

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7 November 2006

11:00

Brazil| 10–6|  United States

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Junior Negão 2',  21'
Benjamin  4', 5', 6'
Bruno  10', 12', 15'
Buru  24'
Betinho 25' | Report |  10', 12', 24' Xexeo
11', 23' Astorga
25' Taguinod

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

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7 November 2006

13:40

Poland| 8–5|  Japan

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Saganowski  1', 15', 22', 23', 26'
Ziober  15'
Bartczak  24'
Polakowski  32' | Report |  2', 29', 36' Kawaharazuka
15' Kuroki
19' Toma

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

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### Group B

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

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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 9
Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 5
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | –2 | 3
Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | –8 | 0

3 November 2006

12:20

Canada| 6–6 (a.e.t.)|  Iran

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Diaz  4'
Sibiya 8', 15', 27', 33'
Yamada 36' | Report |  1', 16', 35' Ahmadzadeh
14' Oostovari
16' Dara
23' Abdollahi
Penalties
Sibiya | 1–0 |  Ahmadzadeh

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

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3 November 2006

13:40

Spain| 4–7|  France

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Amarelle 6', 8', 34'
Alfonso  34' | Report |  17' François
20' Libbra
23', 27', 27' Samoun
25' Edouard
29' Basquaise

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

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5 November 2006

22:40

France| 8–1|  Canada

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Castro  6'
Basquaise  19', 20', 29'
Perez 21', 31'
François  33'
Sciortino  35' | Report |  26' Lemire

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)

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5 November 2006

13:40

Iran| 1–6|  Spain

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Razaeipoor  8' | Report |  5' Alfonso
14' Johnny
18', 36' Nico
27', 29' Amarelle

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Alberto Moreira (Brazil)

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7 November 2006

18:40

France| 6–3|  Iran

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Castro  2'
Sciortino  10'
Samoun  12'
Libbra 23'
Basquaise  31', 31' | Report |  18' Hashempour
28' Ahmadzadeh
20' Dara

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil)

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7 November 2006

17:20

Spain| 0–4|  Canada

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| Report |  12', 34' Selaidopoulos
16' Sibiya
36' Yamada

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

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### Group C

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

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Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 9
Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3
Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 26 | –14 | 3
Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | –10 | 2

2 November 2006

17:00

Portugal| 5–4|  Uruguay

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Alan  2', 7'
Madjer 11', 34'
Hernâni  34' | Report |  5' Coco
9' Cabrera
10' Olivera
18' Pampero

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil)

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2 November 2006

13:40

Solomon Islands| 5–2|  Cameroon

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Naka 5', 18', 31', 35'
Omokirio 8' | Report |  32' Ngiladjoe
33' Eyoum

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

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4 November 2006

22:40

Uruguay| 10–5|  Solomon Islands

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Coco  4'
Aguirre  12', 22'
Fabian  13'
Pampero  14', 25'
Damian  21'
Matias  28'
Parrillo  30'
Seba  32' | Report |  16', 31' Koto
20' Rogy
29' Naka
36' Omokirio

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

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4 November 2006

12:20

Cameroon| 3–10|  Portugal

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Tamen 9', 26', 28' | Report |  2', 3', 3', 13', 18', 29' Madjer
17' Alan
19', 35' Marinho
34' Gustavo

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Juan Rodríguez (Argentina)

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6 November 2006

11:00

Cameroon| 3–3 (a.e.t.)|  Uruguay

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Ngiladjoe  9'
Bithe  18', 32' | Report |  15', 30' Pampero
27' Miguel
Penalties
Eyoum
Nyamsi  | 1–0 |  Pampero
Fabian

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Vincenzo Cascone (Italy)

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6 November 2006

13:40

Solomon Islands| 2–14|  Portugal

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Anisua  20'
Luwi  23' | Report |  2', 8', 13', 14' Madjer
4' Marinho
9', 18' Alan
17' Jorge
23', 35' Gustavo
25' Hernâni
27', 31' Belchior
36' Loja

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 800

Referee: Alberto Moreira (Brazil)

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### Group D

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

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Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5
Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3
Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | –5 | 0

2 November 2006

22:40

Argentina| 5–4|  Nigeria

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S. Hilaire  6', 27'
F. Hilaire  9'
Minici  15', 34' | Report |  3' Agu
10', 19' Onigbo
18' Usman

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

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2 November 2006

22:40

Italy| 2–4|  Bahrain

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Pasquali  23', 35' | Report |  5', 32' Salem
5' Hassan
28' Alnisuf

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)

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4 November 2006

11:40

Nigeria| 4–3|  Italy

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Ibenegbu  14'
Olawale 29', 35'
Onigbo  36' | Report |  11' El Hafez
16', 17' Pasquali

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil)

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4 November 2006

13:40

Bahrain| 1–2|  Argentina

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Ebrahim  7' | Report |  12' E. Hilaire
26' F. Hilaire

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)

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6 November 2006

22:40

Bahrain| 5–5 (a.e.t.)|  Nigeria

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Salem  16', 33'
Ebrahim  22'
Omar  30', 3' | Report |  2' Olawale
14' Ibenegbu
28' Okemmiri
36' Agu
36' Okpara
Penalties
Salem
Hassan
Ebrahim
Almughawi  | 4–3 |  Agu
Olawale
Onigbo
Usman

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 800

Referee: Michele Conti (Italy)

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6 November 2006

12:20

Italy| 1–3|  Argentina

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Palmacci  28' | Report |  1', 24' Andrade
26' S. Hilaire

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

## Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  France| 3

| 11 November 2006

|  Japan| 2 |

|  France | 2 (0)

| 9 November 2006

| |  Uruguay (pen.)| 2 (1) |

|  Argentina| 1

| | 12 November 2006

|  Uruguay| 2 |

|  Uruguay| 1

| 9 November 2006

| |  Brazil| 4

|  Brazil| 12

| 11 November 2006|

|  Canada| 1 |

|  Brazil| 7

| 9 November 2006

| |  Portugal| 4 | | Third place

|  Portugal| 6

| | 12 November 2006

|  Bahrain| 2 |

|  France| 6

|  Portugal| 4

### Quarter-finals

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9 November 2006

11:00

Brazil| 12–1|  Canada

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Júnior Negrão  4', 21', 36'
Benjamin  14', 25', 34'
Bueno  22', 23'
Bruno  24', 24'
Betinho  25', 28' | Report |  34' Sibiya

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Pedro Infantes (Venezuela)

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9 November 2006

12:20

Portugal| 6 – 2|  Bahrain

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Alan  6'
Madjer 13', 27', 28'
Gustavo  22'
Belchior  31' | Report |  18' Omar
29' Salem

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

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9 November 2006

13:40

Uruguay| 2–1|  Argentina

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Ricar  36'
Miguel  36' | Report |  28' S. Hilaire

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Joao Alberto Duarte (Brazil)

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9 November 2006

22:40

France| 3–2|  Japan

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Samoun  14'
Basquaise  16'
Edouard  31' | Report |  36' Toma
36' Kuroki

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Carlos Ferreira (Portugal)

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### Semi-finals

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11 November 2006

11:00

Brazil| 7–4|  Portugal

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Sidney  6', 19', 29'
Bueno  9'
Bruno  13', 27'
Betinho  18' | Report |  1', 6', 10' Madjer
7' Alan

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)

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11 November 2006

21:30

Uruguay| 2–2 (a.e.t.)|  France

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Fabian  3', 34' | Report |  20' Pérez
35' Samoun
Penalties
Ricar  | 1–0 |  Edouard

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Pendro Infantes (Venezuela)

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### Third place play off

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12 November 2006

11:00

Portugal| 4–6|  France

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Alan  1'
Madjer 11', 14', 30' | Report |  1', 19' Cardoso
7' Ottavy
25' Samoun
28' Castro
30' François

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

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### Final

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12 November 2006

21:30

Brazil| 4–1|  Uruguay

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Buru  11'
Benjamin  17'
Duda  26'
Sidney  34' | Report |  14' Ricar

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)

## Winners

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2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Champions

Brazil
First title
10th world title

## Awards

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Golden Ball  | Silver Ball  | Bronze Ball

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Madjer |  Benjamin |  Bruno
Golden Shoe  | Silver Shoe  | Bronze Shoe
Madjer |  Benjamin |  Bruno
21 goals | 12 goals  | 10 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
France

## Top scorers

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21 goals

* Madjer

12 goals

* Benjamin

10 goals

* Bruno

9 goals

* Júnior Negão

8 goals

* Alan

7 goals

* Boguslaw Saganowski
* Didier Samoun
* Jeremy Basquaise

6 goals

* Sipho Sibiya
* Betinho

5 goals

* Amarelle
* James Naka
* Rashed Salem
* Takeshi Kawaharazuka
* Pampero

4 goals

* Raphael Xexeo
* Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
* Roberto Pasquali

4 goals (cont.)

* Santiago Hilaire
* Bueno
* Miguel
* Sidney
* Buru
* Gustavo

3 goals

* Abdulla Omar
* Benyam Astorga
* Ifeanyi Onigbo
* Isiaka Olawale
* Medrano Tamen
* Mario Chimienti
* Katsuhiro Yoshii
* Masahito Toma
* Naoyuki Kuroki
* Belchior
* Fabian
* Laurent Castro
* Marinho
* Sebastien Perez
* Stéphane François

2 goals

* Marek Zuk
* Alfonso
* Bartholomew Ibenegbu
* Brendon Taguinod
* Etienne Ngiladjoe

2 goals (cont.)

* Faroogh Dara
* Gabriel Agu
* Henry Koto
* Omo
* Valery Bithe
* Nico
* Facundo Minici
* Federico Andrade
* Federico Hilaire
* Kyle Yamada
* Kyriakos Selaidopoulos
* Adnan Ebrahim
* Andre
* Coco
* Hernani
* Jairzinho Cardoso
* Jean-Marc Edouard
* Marc Libbra
* Matias
* Noel Sciortino
* Ricar

35 others scored 1 goal each

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## Final standings

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Position  | Team

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1 |  Brazil
2 |  Uruguay
3 |  France
4 |  Portugal
5 |  Argentina
6 |  Bahrain
7 |  Canada
8 |  Japan
9 |  Nigeria
10 |  Spain
11 |  Poland
12 |  United States
13 |  Solomon Islands
14 |  Cameroon
15 |  Italy
16 |  Iran

## External links

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* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006 Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com

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