How many goals were scored this year? Who scored them? How much beach soccer was on display?
With the curtain dropping on 2019, another beach soccer season came to an end. A new season in which the sport left us with some very impressive figures. Do you want to know some of them? Then keep on reading.
The different competitions all over the world brought on an overall total of 796 matches at the highest international level.
In those games, 6858 goals were scored, confirming that beach soccer is all about goals! Out of those, 5973 were scored by men, with Gori (120 goals), Leo Martins (69 goals) and Stankovic (66 goals) topping the top scorers chart.
In turn, 895 were scored by our women’s stars, with Sarah Kempson (20), Carol González (19) and Alba Mellado (18) standing as the top scorers of the whole year.
Once again, TV coverage has been a key player in the distribution of beach soccer all around the world, as 328,75 hours of Full HD action were broadcasted worldwide. But not only that, as the amount of matches broadcasted online adds 38326 minutes of streaming.