2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates30 October – 3 November 2012
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored150 (9.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Fernando DDI (10 goals)
Best player(s)Russia Egor Shaykov
Best goalkeeperRussia 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

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 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

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

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

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi finals

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 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
Russia 9 - 1 United States
E. Shaykov 1'
E. Eremeev 9', 19', 26'
D. Ippolitov 11'
D. Shishin 21'. 30'
Y. Krasheninnikov 30', 36'		 Report 5' O. Gil


United Arab Emirates 3 - 2 Tahiti
Ali Karim 8'
R. al Mesaabi 29'
A. Ali Rahi 35'		 Report 1' T. Zaveroni
20' R. L. F. Kuee


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


United States 3 - 5 United Arab Emirates
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


Tahiti 4 - 3 United States
N. Bennett 11', 34'
R. L. F. Kuee 17'
T. Zaveroni 28'		 Report 14', 20' (pen.) A. Feld
34' (pen.) O. Reyes


United Arab Emirates 2 - 3 Russia
Hassan Ali 17'
K. Ali Sulaiman 19'		 Report 6' Y. Gorchinskiy
19' (o.g.) K. Ali Sulaiman
34' E. Eremeev


Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 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
Japan 4 - 7  Switzerland
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


Brazil 6 - 3 Nigeria
Datinha 10'
Mao 12'
Benjamin 20'
Fernando DDI 28', 28', 29'		 Report 10' O. Okemmiri
19' V. Tale
25' B. Ibenegbu


Nigeria 7 - 6  Switzerland
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


Brazil 6 - 5 Japan
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


Nigeria 6 - 5 Japan
B. Ibenegbu 2', 3', 4', 17'
A. Abu 17', 26'		 Report 2', 2', 17' A.Kazumasa
26' H. Oda
33' M. Komaki


Switzerland 3 - 4 Brazil
V. Jaeggy 4'
S Meier 23'
D. Stankovic 32'		 Report 21', 36' Fernando DDI
34' Bruno Malias
35' Benjamin

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 
 Russia9
 
3 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 Nigeria4
 
 Russia7
 
2 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 Brazil 4
 
 Brazil5
 
 
 United Arab Emirates3
 
Third place
 
 
3 November - Dubai Festival City
 
 
 Nigeria7
 
 
 United Arab Emirates (a.e.t)8

Semi-finals

Russia 9 - 4 Nigeria
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
Brazil 5 - 3 United Arab Emirates
Gil 1'
Fernando DDI 10', 21', 34'
Bruno Malias 14'		 Report 23' (o.g.) Sidney
26' (pen.) R. Ahmad
34' (pen.) Ali Karim

Third place play off

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

Final

Russia 7 - 4 Brazil
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

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Russia Egor Shaykov
Top Scorer
Brazil Fernando DDI
10 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Russia Andrei Buklitskiy

Final standings

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

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