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Gabino RenalesBSWW Deputy Vice-presidentWe are ready, and we will stay ready
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Joan CuscóBSWW PresidentTime to play!
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Joan CuscóBSWW PresidentThe beach awaits… but for now our place is at home
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MadjerFPF Beach Soccer CoordinatorTransversal growth to stay on top of the game
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Joan CuscóBSWW President2020: Vision for a brighter beach soccer future
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Joan CuscóBSWW PresidentRussia, one step beyond in excellence
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Gabino RenalesBSWW Deputy Vice-presidentWorld Winners Cup: A new concept to maintain growth in the sport
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Joan CuscóBSWW President2019: Fasten your seatbelts for the busiest year in beach soccer history!
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Cosimo SibiliaPresident of Lega Nazionale DilettantiFifteen years of beach soccer in Italy
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Dick WhalenNASSC Tournament DirectorThe North American Sand Soccer Championships turn “Silver”

Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2013
Dubai gets ready for a new edition of the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. This yearly Beach Soccer thriller will take place between 19th and 23rd of November at the Dubai International Marine Club and will bring together, once again, the best national teams in the different FIFA confederations.
Sand powerhouses such as two-times World Champions Russia, 2009 World Cup runner-ups Switzerland, all-time beach kings Brazil, Asian rulers Iran, Italy, Mexico and Morocco, together with hosts UAE, will bring the finest Beach Soccer action to Emirati soil.
The official draw, held at the Dubai International Marine Club (Sailing Club beach front) revealed the pathway to the Intercontinental glory. The ceremony, conducted by HE Dr. Ahmed Al Sharif, General Secretary of the Dubai Sports Council, Joan Cuscó, vice-president of Beach Soccer Worldwide and FIFA Beach Soccer Committee Member, Ali Juma Bin Ghulaita, CEO of the Dubai International Club Marine, and Alex Soriano, BSWW Head of Communications, distributed the teams into two round-robin groups. UAE, Morocco, Switzerland and Mexico were drawn into group A, whereas Russia, Brazil, Iran and Italy fell into group B. Only the best two teams of each group will advance to semifinals.
Dr Ahmed Al Sharif, General Secretary Dubai Sports Council was the first to take the floor in the ceremony, and highlighted the commitment of the Dubai Sports Council to Beach Soccer: "We are very proud of hosting the third edition of such a prestigious competition as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which has come true again thanks to the shared efforts of the Dubai Sports Council and the FIFA Beach Soccer Committee. We secure for the third year that the attention of all Beach Soccer lovers in the World will be again directed to Dubai." Recalling on the past editions, Al Sharif added that "We have witnessed very successful editions of the Samsung Beach Soccer intercontinental Cup so far, with great emotion and large crowds packing the stadium, what proves the work done so far has been excellent. and we are sure that this new edition will also be unforgettable".
After that, Joan Cuscó, vice-president of Beach Soccer Worldwide and FIFA Board Member voiced that "we are so happy to be back in Dubai for the third edition of this Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It is worth stressing that this tournament is the second most important tournament in the world, only below the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. All teams love to come here, and there is a huge interest in all the National Football Associations to be involved. No one wants to miss it, and we will have again the world Champions, Russia, and Brazil, undoubtedly one of the most powerful and attracting teams worldwide, here again, together with the best teams of the different confederations".
Ali Juma Bin Ghulaita, CEO of the Dubai International Marine Club assured that "We are delighted to host this big Beach Soccer competition at the Dubai International Marine for the first time, as we affirm our support to the Dubai Sports Council to jointly build the success of the event" .
In addition, Marco Vocale, Head of Corporate Marketing, Samsung Gulf Electronics said “We are pleased to be title sponsors of the FIFA Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup for the third year running. Our partnership with this important sporting event demonstrates Samsung’s commitment to the development of youth and sports in the Gulf and allows us to give a little back to the communities in which we operate. Samsung appreciates the value of sports and how they have the power to bring people from all walks of life together. We continue to get involved with Beach Soccer in this region because we believe it is a good platform to engage with young people, creating new experiences and possibilities.”
With the third edition of the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai reaffirms its position as one of the leading Beach Soccer resorts in the World. The city has hosted over the past decade a number of top-notch Beach Soccer events, including a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2009 and several World Cup Continental Qualifiers.
Date | K.O Time | Heat | Match | Result |
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19/Nov/2013 |
16:45
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
6 - 5 (AET) |
19/Nov/2013 |
18:00
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
2 - 2 (2 - 3) (PSO) |
19/Nov/2013 |
19:15
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
2 - 5 |
19/Nov/2013 |
20:30
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
3 - 2 |
20/Nov/2013 |
16:45
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
7 - 9 |
20/Nov/2013 |
18:00
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
4 - 4 (3 - 1) (PSO) |
20/Nov/2013 |
19:15
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
6 - 3 |
20/Nov/2013 |
20:30
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
1 - 3 |
21/Nov/2013 |
16:45
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
7 - 7 (3 - 2) (PSO) |
21/Nov/2013 |
18:00
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
2 - 5 |
21/Nov/2013 |
19:15
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Group Stage - Group B | ![]() ![]() |
6 - 6 (2 - 3) (PSO) |
21/Nov/2013 |
20:30
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Group Stage - Group A | ![]() ![]() |
3 - 5 |
22/Nov/2013 |
16:45
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Play-off for 5th Place | ![]() ![]() |
5 - 3 |
22/Nov/2013 |
18:00
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Play-off for 5th Place | ![]() ![]() |
5 - 4 |
22/Nov/2013 |
19:15
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Semi-finals | ![]() ![]() |
2 - 1 |
22/Nov/2013 |
20:30
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Semi-finals | ![]() ![]() |
10 - 11 (AET) |
23/Nov/2013 |
16:45
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Play-off for 7th Place | ![]() ![]() |
2 - 3 |
23/Nov/2013 |
18:00
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Play-off for 5th Place | ![]() ![]() |
7 - 5 (AET) |
23/Nov/2013 |
19:15
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Play-off for 3rd place | ![]() ![]() |
8 - 7 |
23/Nov/2013 |
20:30
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Final | ![]() ![]() |
4 - 3 |
Country | TV |
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MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia | Al Jazeera |
USA, CENTRAL and NORTH AMERICA - USA, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Aruba, Curaçao, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean area, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay,… | FOX DEPORTES |
Brazil | Rede Globo |
Russia | Russia 2 |
England | BT Sports |
France | BeIn Sports |
Poland | Polsat |
Sweden | Viasat |
Group Stage - Group A
Group Stage - Group B
Play-off for 7th Place
Play-off for 5th Place
Semi-finals
Play-off for 3rd place
Final
Team | P | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 0 |
Team | P | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 0 |
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2 - 3 |
MEX
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7 - 5 (AET) |
ITA
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5 - 3 |
MAR
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5 - 4 |
MEX
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2 - 1 |
UAE
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10 - 11 (AET) |
RUS
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8 - 7 |
SUI
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4 - 3 |
RUS
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Final standings
1. Iran
2. Russia
3. UAE
4. Switzerland
5. Brazil
6. Italy
7. Mexico
8. Morocco
Individual Awards:
Best Goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy (Russia)
Top Goal Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (Switzerland)
MVP: M. Ahmadzadeh (Iran)
COACH: Angelo Schirinzi
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Moritz Jaeggy | MO | Defender | 8 | 01 Jan 1983 |
Dejan Stankovic | STANKOVIC | Forward | 25 Aug 1985 | |
Stephan Meier | MEIER | Forward | 10 | 10 Dec 1981 |
Angelo Schirinzi | SCHIRINZI | Forward | 11 | 05 Nov 1972 |
Dominik Ziegler | ZIEGLER | Defender | 18 Apr 1983 | |
Sandro Spaccarotella | SPACCA | Midfielder | 05 Aug 1982 | |
Michael Misev | MISEV | Forward | 15 Feb 1991 | |
Phillipp Borer | BORER | Forward | 15 Jun 1990 | |
Stephan Leu | LEU | Forward | 26 Mar 1982 | |
Philipp Marco Schwendener | SCHWENDENER | Goalkeeper | 02 Oct 1988 | |
Noel Ott | OTT | Forward | 15 Jan 1994 | |
Valentin Jäggy | VALENTIN | Defender | 19 Oct 1986 |
COACH: Mikhail Likhachev
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Andrey Bukhlitskiy | BUKHLISTIY | Goalkeeper | 07 Feb 1982 | |
Yury Gorchinskiy | GORCHINSKIY | Defender | 05 May 1977 | |
Aleksey Makarov | MAKAROV | Defender | 20 Aug 1987 | |
Yury Krasheninnikov | KRASHENINNIKOV | Defender | 19 Dec 1984 | |
Dmitry Shishin | SHISHIN | Forward | 14 Feb 1986 | |
Anton Shkarin | SHKARIN | Defender | 15 Nov 1982 | |
Ilya Leonov | LEONOV | Defender | 21 Dec 1979 | |
Danila Ippolitov | IPPOLITOV | Goalkeeper | 15 Aug 1990 | |
Egor Eremeev | EREMEEV | Forward | 08 Dec 1984 | |
Anatoliy Peremitin | PEREMITIN | Defender | 27 Oct 1986 | |
Egor Shaykov | SHAYKOV | Forward | 12 Jun 1980 | |
Kirill Romanov | ROMANOV | Forward | 20 Jan 1990 |
COACH: Emiliano Del Duca
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Stefano Spada | SPADA | Goalkeeper | 1 | 02 Aug 1972 |
Giuseppe Platania | PLATANIA | Defender | 3 | 27 Jan 1981 |
Francesco Corosiniti | COROSINITI | Defender | 06 Jul 1984 | |
Paolo Palmacci | PALMACCI | Forward | 11 | 17 May 1984 |
Dario Ramacciotti | RAMACCIOTTI | Defender | 04 Oct 1987 | |
Simone Marinai | MARINAI | Defender | 09 Jul 1988 | |
Alessio Frainetti | FRAINETTI | Midfielder | 22 Jun 1986 | |
Andrea Carpita | CARPITA | Goalkeeper | 12 | 27 May 1988 |
Michele Leghissa | LEGHISSA | Defender | 2 | 21 Oct 1975 |
Gabriele Gori | GORI | Forward | 10 Oct 1987 | |
Sacha di Tullio | SAVINO | Midfielder | 07 Jan 1988 | |
Pietro Angelo Palazzolo | PALAZZOLO | Forward | 01 Oct 1987 |
COACH: Gilberto Costa
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Cesar Tomaz C. Segismundo Esteves | CESINHA | Goalkeeper | 03 Oct 1983 | |
Diogo Catarino da Silva | CATARINO | Defender | 09 Jan 1990 | |
Rafael Amorim Silva | RAFINHA | Midfielder | 10 Nov 1988 | |
Jose Ueudison Marques da Silva | EUDIM | Midfielder | 10 May 1986 | |
Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira | MAURICINHO | Forward | 09 Dec 1989 | |
Bruno da Silva Xavier | BRUNO XAVIER | Defender | 15 Aug 1984 | |
Sidney Ribeiro Souto | SIDNEY | Forward | 19 Jun 1980 | |
Venícius Fiambre Ribeiro | BURU | Defender | 14 Apr 1976 | |
Luiz Alberto Braga | DATINHA | Forward | 12 Apr 1988 | |
José Wesley Da Silva | WESLEY | Goalkeeper | 12 Sep 1992 |
COACH: Ramón Raya
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Gonzalo Pichardo | PICHARDO | Defender | 05 Aug 1985 | |
Víctor Hugo López | H. LóPEZ | Forward | 19 Aug 1980 | |
Ricardo Villalobos | R. VILLALOBOS | Forward | 02 Feb 1981 | |
Ángel David Rodríguez | A. RODRíGUEZ | Defender | 21 Feb 1985 | |
Francisco Cati Balderrama | F. CATI | Defender | 18 Dec 1981 | |
Morgan Plata | M. PLATA | Midfielder | 11 Dec 1981 | |
Miguel Ángel Estrada | M. ESTRADA | Goalkeeper | 11 Jul 1983 | |
Benjamín Jesús Mosco | B. MOSCO | Defender | 02 Sep 1985 | |
Elias Lomeli | E. LOMELI | Goalkeeper | 15 Jan 1988 | |
Jorge Zamogilny | J. ZAMOGILNY | Defender | 05 Jan 1980 | |
Abdiel Villa | A. VILLA | Defender | 16 Mar 1983 | |
Erick Marin | E. MARIN | Midfielder | 27 Mar 1977 |
COACH: Mohamed Zaiti
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Nabil Boulakouaba | BOULAKOUABA | Defender | 11 May 1984 | |
Anas El Hadaoui | EL HADAOUI | Midfielder | 22 Jun 1990 | |
Abdelkabir Moufakir | BRIGEL | Midfielder | 21 Nov 1979 | |
Yacine Benmamma | BENMAMMA | Defender | 14 Jul 1986 | |
Faycel El Karkouri | EL KARKOURI | Defender | 12 May 1985 | |
Azzeddine El Hamidy | EL HAMIDY | Forward | 05 Jan 1985 | |
Khalil Benali | BENALI | Goalkeeper | 07 Jun 1988 | |
Nassim El Hadoui | NASSIM | Forward | 13 Dec 1987 | |
Bilal Esaadi | ESAADI | Defender | 17 Jun 1987 | |
Khalil Mahboub | MAHBOUB | Forward | 01 Jan 1991 | |
Kamal El Mahrouk | EL MAHROUK | Forward | 03 Aug 1985 | |
Mohamed Boujad | BOUJAD | Goalkeeper | 25 Feb 1988 |
COACH: Mohamed Abbas
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Kamal Ali Sulaiman | KAMAL | Defender | 07 May 1989 | |
Ali Hassan Karim Dad Mubarak Albalooshi | ALI KARIM | Midfielder | 25 Apr 1980 | |
Adel Ali Rahu Ranjbar | ADEL | Forward | 18 Sep 1988 | |
Mohamed Abdulla Al Jasmi | AL JASMI | Goalkeeper | 07 Sep 1988 | |
Haitham Mohamed Sabah Ali Alkaabi | ALKAABI | Defender | 21 Jun 1980 | |
Hasan Ali Saeed Helal Alhammadi | ALHAMMADI | Forward | 28 Mar 1982 | |
Buti Abdulhusain Ahmed Yousuf Kadhem | KADHEM | Forward | 22 Apr 1992 | |
Humaid J. S. Albalooshi | HUMAID | Goalkeeper | 15 Aug 1989 | |
Ahmad Mohammed Shukri Albalooshi | A. ALSHIBA | Defender | 24 Jul 1990 | |
Ahmed Salem Hassan Alblooshi | A. SALEM | Defender | 14 Apr 1985 | |
Mohamed Muftah Al Zaabi | M. AL ZAABI | Forward | 30 Mar 1982 |
COACH: Marco Octavio
Name | Shirt Name | Position | Nº | Birth Date |
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Seyedpeyman Hosseinilargani | P. HOSSEINII | Goalkeeper | 15 Feb 1984 | |
Amir Hosein Akbari Fartkhouni | A. AKBARI | Defender | 25 Jan 1995 | |
Hassan Abdollahi Mobarhan | H. ABDOLLAHI | Defender | 11 Sep 1984 | |
Mehdi Hassaninozari | M. HASSANI | Defender | 29 Apr 1983 | |
Ali Naderi Hosseinabadi | A. NADERI | Defender | 30 Apr 1980 | |
Mostafa Kiani Harchegani | M. KIANI | Defender | 23 Aug 1985 | |
Farid Boulokbashi | F. BOULOKBASHI | Forward | 08 Jun 1983 | |
Mohammadali Mokhtari Hassanabad | M. MOKHTARI | Forward | 04 Jul 1990 | |
Moslem Mesigar | M. MESIGAR | Forward | 17 Sep 1984 | |
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh | M. AHMADZADEH | Forward | 25 Nov 1986 | |
Mohammad Reza Hajipourhajidavalou | M. HAJIPOUR | Goalkeeper | 01 Jan 1985 | |
Shahriar Mohzdeh | S. MOHZDEH | Forward | 21 Mar 1987 |