2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country| United Arab Emirates
City| Dubai
Dates| 6–10 November
Teams| 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Russia
Third place|  Brazil
Fourth place|  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 20
Goals scored| 186 (9.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Fedor Zemskov (9 goals)
Best player(s)|  Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper|  Hamid Behzadpour

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The 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.

Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurred between 6 and 10 November.[2] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[3]

After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar.[3] Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup,[4] eight nations will take part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.

The tournament started with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards were also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.[5]

Brazil were the defending champions but lost to Russia in the semi-finals, ultimately finishing third; the defeat ended a 66-game winning streak for Canarinhos,[6] their last loss dating back to the 2015 World Cup (also against Russia). Iran beat Russia in the final to claim their second Intercontinental Cup crown.[7]

## Participating teams

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The following eight teams took part[8] including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, CONMEBOL did not enter a regional performer this year, so UEFA entered two teams.

Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by two nations; Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, one nation each.

Map highlighting the participating teams of the 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Team  | Confederation  | Recent achievements  | Participation

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United Arab Emirates | AFC | Hosts1 | 8th
Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners  | 7th
Iran | AFC | 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners  | 6th
Egypt | CAF | 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations third place  | 4th
Russia | UEFA | 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place  | 8th
Spain | UEFA | 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up  | Debut
Tahiti | OFC | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up  | 5th
United States | CONCACAF | 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fifth place  | 4th

1\. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish

## Venue

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The tournament took place in a new part of Dubai for the second consecutive year; this edition is held at an arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3,[5] with a capacity of 3,500.[9]

Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president Joan Cusco was welcoming of the change of location back to a beach venue saying, "this is where we belong".[10] (The previous edition was held in an inland area of Dubai for the first time). On the change of venue, DSC General Secretary Saeed Hareb stated the Council was in the process of finding a permanent home for the Intercontinental Cup.[11]

## Sponsors

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The following were the official sponsors of the tournament:[12]

* Huawei (lead sponsors)
* Audi
* Emirates
* RAKBANK
* Continental

* Vitamin Well
* Mycujoo
* Aquafina
* Pocari Sweat

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## Draw

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The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 10 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4).[8]

For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into fours sets, Pots 1–4, shown in the table below. From each pot, the first team drawn out was placed into Group A; the other team was drawn into Group B. The teams were allocated to specific positions in their respective groups via the drawing of balls from a further two pots; for the teams entering Group A, Pot A, which contained the positions A1–A4 and for the teams entering Group B, Pot B, containing the positions B1–B4.[13]

The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.[13]

Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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* United Arab Emirates (11; hosts)[A]
* Iran (3)

* Russia (5)
* Spain (10)

* Brazil (1)
* Tahiti (6)

* Egypt (18)
* United States (24)

1. ^ Assigned to A1

Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw.[14]

## Group stage

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Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

### Group A

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

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1  |  Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 24  | 8  | +16  | 9  | Knockout stage
2  |  Egypt | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 15  | 17  | −2  | 6
3  |  United Arab Emirates (H) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 16  | −9  | 3  | 5th–8th place play-offs
4  |  Spain | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 12  | 17  | −5  | 0

Source: BSWW
(H) Host

6 November 2018

16:15

Brazil | 5–2|  Spain

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Bruno Xavier  14', 33'
Datinha  20', 28'
Rodrigo  23' | Report(ru) |  19' Suarez
22' Llorenç

Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

6 November 2018

17:30

United Arab Emirates | 1–3|  Egypt

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A. Mohammadi  13' | Report(ru) |  1' A. Elshahat
30' H. Ataf
32' Mohamed

Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

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7 November 2018

16:15

Egypt | 5–10|  Brazil

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A. Elshahat  10'
Samir  16'
Mohamed  19'
H. Atef  20'
Hassane  33' | Report(ru) |  3' Bruno Xavier
5', 11', 20' (p) Igor
10' Mauricinho
10' Bokinha
12', 33' Rodrigo
32' Filipe
34' Rafinha

Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

7 November 2018

17:30

Spain | 4–5|  United Arab Emirates

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Llorenç  1', 31', 31'
Antonio  26' | Report(ru) |  7', 21' Almuntaser
13', 13' A. Beshr
24' A. Mohammadi

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

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8 November 2018

17:30

Egypt | 7–6|  Spain

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M. Sasa  4', 14', 34' (p), 36'
Mohamed  6'
Hassane  21'
A. Elshahat  36' | Report(ru) |  6', 15' Javi Torres
14' Suarez
17' Chiky
21' Adril
21' Llorenç

Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

8 November 2018

18:45

United Arab Emirates | 1–9|  Brazil

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A. Ali  36' | Report(ru) |  8', 15' Filipe
29' Igor
31' Mao
31' Mauricinho
33' Antonio
34' Rafinha
34' (o.g.) A. Beshr
34' Bruno Xavier

Referee: Denis Smolyaninov (Russia)

### Group B

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

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1  |  Iran | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 5  | +10  | 9  | Knockout stage
2  |  Russia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 22  | 12  | +10  | 6
3  |  Tahiti | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 17  | −2  | 2  | 5th–8th place play-offs
4  |  United States | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 28  | −18  | 0

Source: BSWW

6 November 2018

18:45

Tahiti | 6–7|  Russia

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Taiarui  8'
Tavanae  24', 25'
Revel  26'
Lebaste  30'
Li Fung Kuee  34' | Report(ru) |  1' Chuzhkov
8', 19' Zemskov
8', 14' Paporotyni
10' Nikonorov
34' Shkarin

Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

6 November 2018

20:00

Iran | 8–1|  United States

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Moradi  3', 20'
Akbari  10'
Ahmedzadeh  10'
Kiani  13'
Mesigar  16'
Masoumizadeh  23' (p)
Mirshekari  24' | Report(ru) |  28' Silveira

Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)

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7 November 2018

18:45

Russia | 13–3|  United States

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Zemskov  1', 19', 24', 29', 32', 36'
Novikov  5'
Paporotyni  6'
Krasheninnikov  17', 35'
Shishin  20'
Romanov  21', 34' | Report(ru) |  2' Mondragon
11', 33' Albiston

Referee: Ibrahim Alraeesi (United Arab Emirates)

7 November 2018

20:00

Tahiti | 2–4|  Iran

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Lebaste  19'
Tavanae  36' | Report(ru) |  9' Akbari
11', 19' Masoumizadeh
12' Behzadpour

* * *

8 November 2018

16:15

Tahiti | 7–6 (a.e.t.)|  United States

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Taiarui  2', 38'
Labaste  3'
Li Fung Kuee  16' (p), 19', 32'
Tavanae  35' | Report(ru) |  2' Silveira
7', 8', 13' Canale
31' Perera
35' Toth

Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)

8 November 2018

20:00

Iran | 3–2|  Russia

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Akbari  11'
Piramoun  12'
Behzadpour  32' | Report(ru) |  28' Romanov
29' Zemskov

Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

## 5th–8th place play-offs

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The teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

| 5th–8th place semi-finals| | Fifth place play-off

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| 9 November| |

|  Tahiti | 1

| 10 November

|  Spain| 9 |

|  Spain | 3

| 9 November

| |  United States| 4

|  United Arab Emirates | 3

|  United States| 5 |

| Seventh place play-off

| 10 November

|  Tahiti | 6

|  United Arab Emirates| 7

### 5th to 8th place semi-finals

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9 November 2018

16:15

Tahiti | 1–9|  Spain

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Lebaste  6' | Report(ru) |  10' Cintas
10', 12' Javi Torres
13' Suarez
16', 28' Guisado
19' Domi
25' Frutos
32' Adril

Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

9 November 2018

17:30

United Arab Emirates | 3–5|  United States

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A. Beshr  2'
Ali Karim  11'
A. Mohammadi  33' | Report(ru) |  7' Albiston
12', 22', 32' (p) Perera
31' Silveira

Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

### Seventh place play-off

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10 November 2018

16:15

Tahiti | 6–7|  United Arab Emirates

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Taiarui  9'
Li Fung Kuee  16'
Tavanae  17', 26'
Labaste  21'
Salem  27' | Report(ru) |  12' Ali Karim
19', 32' Walid
29', 33' (p) A. Beshr
35', 36' W. Beshr

Referee: Denis Smolyaninov (Russia)

### Fifth place play-off

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10 November 2018

17:30

Spain | 3–4|  United States

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Suarez  1', 18' (p), 26' | Report(ru) |  4' Canale
15' Mondragon
30' Perera
31' Silveira

Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

## Knockout stage

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The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 9 November| |

|  Iran| 3

| 10 November

|  Egypt| 1 |

|  Iran| 4

| 9 November

| |  Russia| 2

|  Russia (p)| 5 (3)

|  Brazil| 5 (1) |

| Third place play-off

| 10 November

|  Egypt| 3

|  Brazil| 5

### Semi finals

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9 November 2018

18:45

Iran | 3–1|  Egypt

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Masoumizadeh  20'
Mirshekari  31'
Kiani  32' | Report(ru) |  32' (p) M. Samir

Referee: Ebrahim Almansory (United Arab Emirates)

9 November 2018

20:00

Russia | 5–5 (a.e.t.)|  Brazil

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Makarov  7'
Nikonorov  13', 39'
Paporotnyi  19', 25' | Report(ru) |  25', 31' Bruno Xavier
35' Datinha
36', 37' Rodrigo
Penalties
Krash
Shishin
Makarov  | 3–1 |  Igor
Filipe

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

### Third place play-off

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10 November 2018

18:45

Egypt | 3–5|  Brazil

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Mohamed  5', 10'
M. Sasa  33' | Report(ru) |  3' Filipe
7', 20', 33' Rodrigo
27' Mauricinho

### Final

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10 November 2018

20:00

Iran | 4–2|  Russia

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Kiani  4'
Masoumizadeh  7', 24'
Behzadpour  11' | Report(ru) |  13', 31' Paporotnyi

Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

## Awards

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### Winners trophy

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2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
champions

Iran
Second title

### Individual awards

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Top scorer

Fedor Zemskov
9 goals
Best player
Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Hamid Behzadpour

Source

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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9 goals

* Fedor Zemskov

8 goals

* Rodrigo

7 goals

* Artur Paporotnyi

6 goals

* Moustafa Aly Mohamed
* Bruno Xavier
* Mohammad Masoumizadeh
* Eduard Suarez

5 goals

* Llorenç Gomez
* Heiarii Tavanae
* Ahmed Beshr
* Tearii Labaste
* Raimana Li Fung Kuee
* Nick Perera

4 goals

* Mohamed Abdelnaby
* Igor Melo
* Filipe Silva
* Tomas Canale
* Gabriel Silveira
* Javi Torres

3 goals

* Boris Nikonorov
* Amirhosein Akbari
* Christopher Albiston
* Hamid Behzadpour
* Ahmed Elshahat
* Mauricinho
* Datinha
* Mostafa Kiani
* Ali Mohammadi
* Kirill Romanov
* Taiarui Heimanu

2 goals

* David Adril
* Moustafa Samir
* Ali Karim
* Hasham Almuntaser
* Rafinha
* Haitham Atef
* Waleed Beshr
* Adrian Frutos
* Fernando Guisado
* Yury Krasheninnikov
* Ali Mirshekari
* David Mondragon
* Mohammad Moradi
* Walid Mohammadi
* Mohamed Hassane

1 goal

* Mohammed Ahmadzadeh
* Franck Revel
* Domingo Cabrera
* Andrei Novikov
* Ariihau Teriitau
* Abbas Ali
* Salvador "Chiky" Ardil
* Mao
* Bokinha
* Teva Zaveroni
* Aleksey Makarov
* Moslem Mesigar
* Saeid Piramoun
* Christopher Toth
* Antonio Farias
* Salem Heirauarii
* Jose Cintas
* Maxim Chuzhkov
* Dmitry Shishin
* Anton Shkarin

Own goals

* Ahmed Beshr (vs. Brazil)

Source

### Final standings

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

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1  | B |  Iran | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 22  | 8  | +14  | 15  | Champions
2  | B |  Russia | 5  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 29  | 21  | +8  | 7  | Runners-up
3  | A |  Brazil | 5  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 34  | 16  | +18  | 12  | Third place
4  | A |  Egypt | 5  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 19  | 25  | −6  | 6  |
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5  | B |  United States | 5  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 19  | 34  | −15  | 6  | Eliminated in
Group stage
6  | A |  Spain | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 24  | 22  | +2  | 3
7  | A |  United Arab Emirates | 5  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 17  | 27  | −10  | 6
8  | B |  Tahiti | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 22  | 33  | −11  | 2

Source: BSWW

## References

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1. ^ "UAE, Brazil, Spain and Egypt in same group of Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup". Khaleej Times. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. ^ "BSWW представила проект календаря соревнований на 2018 год" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
3. ^ a b "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
4. ^ "У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
5. ^ a b "Beach Soccer Stars Gala in Dubai confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
6. ^ "Brazil's 66-game winning streak ends as Russia join Iran in final". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
7. ^ "Iran repeat 2013 success to lift Huawei Intercontinental Cup". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
8. ^ a b "Teams confirmed for Intercontinental Cup in Dubai". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
9. ^ "The beach soccer stadium in Kite Beach is ready". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
10. ^ "Draw confirms groups for the Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
11. ^ "Beach soccer: UAE in same group as defending champions Brazil". Gulf News. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
12. ^ "Looking forward to the #HuaweiIntercontinentalCup #beachsoccer #Dubai 2018!! Check out the official poster!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide Twitter. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
13. ^ a b "OFFICIAL DRAW - Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
14. ^ "Overall World Ranking". beachsoccer.com. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

## External links

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* Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018 Archived 2018-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
* Intercontinental Cup 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)

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