2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental CupTournament details

Host country| United Arab Emirates
Dates| 30 October – 3 November 2012
Teams| 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Brazil
Third place|  United Arab Emirates
Fourth place|  Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 150 (9.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Fernando DDI (10 goals)
Best player(s)|  Egor Shaykov
Best goalkeeper|  Andrey Bukhlitskiy

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The 2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the new tournament, following the success of the initial Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at a temporary stadium at Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 October to 3 November 2012. Eight teams participated in the competition. The stadium had a capacity of 2,500 spectators.[1]

## Participating teams[edit]

Team  | Confederation  | Achievements  | Participation

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United Arab Emirates | AFC | Host  | 2nd
Russia | UEFA | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners  | 2nd
Japan | AFC | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners  | 1st
Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONMEBOL) winners  | 2nd
United States | CONCACAF | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) third place  | 1st
Nigeria | CAF | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) runners-up  | 2nd
Switzerland | UEFA | 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League winners  | 2nd
Tahiti | OFC | 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (OFC) winners  | 2nd

## Draw and schedule[edit]

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted on 9 October 2012.[2] The subsequent schedule was determined on 11 October 2012.[3]

## Group stage[edit]

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Legend

Teams that advanced to the semi finals

### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts

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Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6
Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 3
United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 0

30 October 2012

18:00

Russia | 9 - 1|  United States

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E. Shaykov 1'
E. Eremeev  9',  19',  26'
D. Ippolitov  11'
D. Shishin  21'.  30'
Y. Krasheninnikov  30',  36' | Report |  5' O. Gil

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

30 October 2012

20:30

United Arab Emirates | 3 - 2|  Tahiti

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Ali Karim  8'
R. al Mesaabi  29'
A. Ali Rahi  35' | Report |  1' T. Zaveroni
20' R. L. F. Kuee

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

31 October 2012

18:00

Russia | 4 - 2|  Tahiti

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I. Leonov  2'
D. Shishin  3',  6'
D. Ippolitov  4' | Report |  2' N. Bennett
14' H. Taiarui

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

31 October 2012

20:30

United States | 3 - 5|  United Arab Emirates

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N. Pereira  4',  34'
E. Meister  10' | Report |  6' A. Ali Rahi
11' (pen.) M. Abbas
30' Ali Karim
31' R. Ahmad
34' Hassan Ali

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

1 November 2012

18:00

Tahiti | 4 - 3|  United States

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N. Bennett  11',  34'
R. L. F. Kuee  17'
T. Zaveroni  28' | Report |  14',  20' (pen.) A. Feld
34' (pen.) O. Reyes

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

1 November 2012

20:30

United Arab Emirates | 2 - 3|  Russia

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Hassan Ali  17'
K. Ali Sulaiman  19' | Report |  6' Y. Gorchinskiy
19' (o.g.) K. Ali Sulaiman
34' E. Eremeev

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts

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Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 9
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 6
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 3
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 0

30 October 2012

16:45

Japan | 4 - 7|  Switzerland

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S. Yamauchi  2'
M. Komaki  5'
A. Kazumasa  12'
S. Makino  24' | Report |  5' P. Borer
8',  14',  21',  36' D. Stankovic
32', 33' M. Jaeggy

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

30 October 2012

19:15

Brazil | 6 - 3|  Nigeria

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Datinha  10'
Mao  12'
Benjamin  20'
Fernando DDI  28',  28',  29' | Report |  10' O. Okemmiri
19' V. Tale
25' B. Ibenegbu

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

31 October 2012

16:45

Nigeria | 7 - 6|  Switzerland

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B. Ibenegbu  1',  31'
V. Tale  4',  8',  33'
O. Okemmiri  10'
A. Abu  36' | Report |  7' S. Lutz
8' S. Spaccarotella
14' S. Meier
26',  28',  32' D. Stankovic

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

31 October 2012

19:15

Brazil | 6 - 5|  Japan

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André  8',  9'
Jorginho  17'
Mao  17'
Anderson  20'
Gil  25' | Report |  6' M. Komaki
10' A. Kazumasa
16',  20' S. Yamauchi
34' S. Suzuki

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

1 November 2012

16:45

Nigeria | 6 - 5|  Japan

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B. Ibenegbu  2',  3',  4',  17'
A. Abu  17',  26' | Report |  2',  2',  17' A.Kazumasa
26' H. Oda
33' M. Komaki

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

1 November 2012

19:15

Switzerland | 3 - 4|  Brazil

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V. Jaeggy  4'
S Meier  23'
D. Stankovic  32' | Report |  21',  36' Fernando DDI
34' Bruno Malias
35' Benjamin

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 November - Dubai Festival City| |

|  Russia| 9

| 3 November - Dubai Festival City

|  Nigeria| 4 |

|  Russia| 7

| 2 November - Dubai Festival City

| |  Brazil|  4

|  Brazil| 5

|  United Arab Emirates| 3 |

| Third place

| 3 November - Dubai Festival City

|  Nigeria| 7

|  United Arab Emirates (a.e.t)| 8

### Semi-finals[edit]

2 November 2012

19:15

Russia | 9 - 4|  Nigeria

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D. Ippolitov  1'
E. Shaykov 3',  21',  25',  32'
D. Shishin  5'
E. Eremeev  11',  29'
I. Leonov  16' | Report |  7',  33' B. Ibenegbu
22' A. Abu
36' V. Tale

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

* * *

2 November 2012

20:30

Brazil | 5 - 3|  United Arab Emirates

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Gil  1'
Fernando DDI  10',  21',  34'
Bruno Malias  14' | Report |  23' (o.g.) Sidney
26' (pen.) R. Ahmad
34' (pen.) Ali Karim

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

### Third place play off[edit]

3 November 2012

19:15

Nigeria | 7 - 8 (a.e.t.)|  United Arab Emirates

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I. Olawale  5',  17',  18',  22'
S. Maijama'a  21'
R. Al Mesaabi  25' (o.g.)
A. Abu  35' | Report |  2',  14',  19' R. Ahmad
24' Hassan Ali
26' Ali Karim
29',  37' R. Al Mesaabi
31' A. Al Rahi

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

### Final[edit]

3 November 2012

20:30

Russia | 7 - 4|  Brazil

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A. Makarov 5',  28'
E. Shaykov 9',  12',  15',  21' (pen.)
D. Shishin  23' | Report |  22',  28' Fernando DDI
31' Bruno Malias
36' (pen.) André

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

## Awards[edit]

Best Player (MVP)

Egor Shaykov
Top Scorer
Fernando DDI
10 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Andrei Buklitskiy

## Final standings[edit]

Rank  | Team

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1 |  Russia
2 |  Brazil
3 |  United Arab Emirates
4 |  Nigeria
5 |  Switzerland
6 |  Tahiti
7 |  Japan
8 |  United States

## References[edit]

1. ^ "News".
2. ^ "News".
3. ^ "News".

## External links[edit]

* Beach Soccer Worldwide
* 2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Review

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