2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	1–6 November
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	140 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Carballo (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Amir Hossein Akbari
Best goalkeeper	Hamid Behzadpour
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Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 was the 11th edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.^[1] This year's event occurred between 1 and 6 November 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[2] The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[3]

The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[3] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,^[4] eight nations took part.

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

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

Russia is defending champions but they were absent in this event.

The following eight teams took part.

Team	Confederation	Recent achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Hosts	11th
Iran	AFC		9th
Japan	AFC		5th
Saudi Arabia	AFC		debut
Paraguay	CONMEBOL		3rd
United States	CONCACAF		5th
Spain	UEFA		4th
Brazil	CONMEBOL		8th

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	0	17	3	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	2	0	0	1	10	6	+4	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	0	2	9	12	−3	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	0	16	9	+7	8	Knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	0	1	14	14	0	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	11	13	−2	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	United States	3	0	0	0	3	8	13	−5	0

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The teams finishing in third and fourth place are 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
	5 November
	Spain	3
					6 November
	United States	4
					United States	0
	5 November
					Japan	4
	Japan	10
	Saudi Arabia	3
					Seventh place play-off
					6 November
					Spain	5
					Saudi Arabia	0

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 November
	Brazil	6
					6 November
	Paraguay	5
					Brazil	1
	5 November
					Iran	2
	Iran	5
	United Arab Emirates	2
					Third place play-off
					6 November
					Paraguay	4
					United Arab Emirates	1

2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champions
Iran 4th title

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Iran	5	4	1	0	0	23	12	+11	14	Champions
2	A	Brazil	5	4	0	0	1	24	10	+14	12	Runners-up
3	B	Paraguay	5	3	0	0	2	23	21	+2	9	Third place
4	A	United Arab Emirates	5	2	0	0	3	13	15	−2	6
5	B	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	25	16	+9	9	Eliminated in Group stage
6	B	United States	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3
7	A	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	17	16	+1	6
8	A	Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	0	5	3	30	−27	0

• Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2022, at Beach Soccer Worldwide