2021 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The Tecnotree Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2021 was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. After not being held in 2020 because of the Covid-19 Pandemic it returned to be once again held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that host the tournament since its inception. This year's event occurred between 2 and 6 November.[1] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (TSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[2] The sponsor was Tecnotree.

2021 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Dates2–6 November
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored166 (10.38 per match)

The Intercontinental Cup was typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,[3] eight nations took part.

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 are 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.[4]

Iran were the two-time defending champions, but they were deafeated in the final.

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part.

Team Confederation Recent achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Hosts 10th
 Iran AFC 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup winners 8th
 Japan AFC 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners 4th
 Senegal CAF 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations winners debut
 Paraguay CONMEBOL 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) third-place 2nd
 Russia UEFA 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 10th
 Spain UEFA 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) winners 3rd
 Portugal UEFA 2021 Euro Beach Soccer League winners 4th

Group stage

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 0 0 1 17 13 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 16 14 +2 6
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 1 1 12 12 0 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Spain 3 0 0 0 3 14 20 −6 0
Source: BSWW
Portugal 4–7 Senegal
  • Pintado  1'
  • L. Martins  24'
  • Torres  17'
  • Pinhal  24'
  • Mendy  3', 35' (pen.)
  • Sylla  4', 22'
  • Diatta  14', 26'
  • Mam. Diagne  22'
United Arab Emirates 6–4 Spain
  • Walid  6'
  • Waleed Beshr  7', 34'
  • Malahi  20'
  • Ahmed Beshr  21'
  • Abbas  24'
  • Joselito  6', 24', 27'
  • Suárez  34'
Spain 6–7 Senegal
  • Chiky  3', 12', 32'
  • Cassano  12'
  • José Arias  14'
  • Cintas  26'
  • Diatta  2', 8'
  • Samb  11', 12', 29'
  • Mam. Diagne  31'
  • Boye  36'
United Arab Emirates 3–5 Portugal
  • Walid  16'
  • Abbas  17', 23'
Portugal 7–4 Spain
  • Von  6'
  • B. Martins  10'
  • Brilhante  12'
  • Pintado  21'
  • L. Martins  21'
  • Lourenço  28'
  • Pinhal  29'
  • Cintas  23'
  • Chiky  29' (pen.), 34', 34'
Senegal 3–3 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
  • Samb  1'
  • Seydina  1' (pen.)
  • Diatta  34'
  • Waleed  11' (pen.)
  • Ahmed  17', 20'
Penalties
  • Sylla
  • Mam. Diagne
  • Seydina
  • Man. Diagne
  • Diatta
4–5
  • Abbas
  • Hasan
  • Kamal
  • Malahi
  • Waleed

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 0 19 16 +3 8 Knockout stage
2  Iran 3 2 0 0 1 17 11 +6 6
3  Paraguay 3 0 1 0 2 19 20 −1 2 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 11 19 −8 0
Source: BSWW
Russia 7–6 (a.e.t.) Japan
  • Nikonorov  2', 4' (pen.), 22', 32'
  • Paporotnyi  3'
  • Novikov  34'
  • Kotenev  37'
  • Okuyama  4' (pen.), 22'
  • Yamauchi  16', 23'
  • Ozu  26', 34'
Iran 8–6 Paraguay
  • Shir  20', 32'
  • Kiani  20'
  • Moradi  22', 28'
  • Mokhtari  24', 24'
  • Akbari  36'
  • M. Medina  3', 24', 32'
  • V. Benítez  4' (pen.)
  • N. Medina  12'
  • Carballo  35'
Paraguay 7–8 Russia
  • Escobar  7'
  • Ojeda  10', 18', 34'
  • V. Benitez  17'
  • Cantero  26'
  • M. Medina  30'
  • Zemskov  1', 13', 25'
  • Krash  2'
  • Parkhomenko  3'
  • Kotenev  3'
  • Paporotnyi  9'
  • Nikonorov  20'
Iran 6–1 Japan
  • Mokhtari  14'
  • Shir  23'
  • Kiani  27'
  • Movahed  32'
  • Mirshekari  35'
  • Abdollahi  36'
  • Okuyama  33'
Japan 4–6 (a.e.t.) Paraguay
  • Akaguma  3'
  • Ozu  6'
  • Yamauchi  12'
  • Oba  33'
  • V. Benitez  4'
  • Rolon  7'
  • N. Medina  12', 13', 35'
  • Escobar  34'
Russia 4–3 Iran
  • Korsharnyi  10'
  • Shkarin  14'
  • Kotenev  24'
  • Krasheninnikov  24'
  • Akbari  3'
  • Moradi  32'
  • Ahmadzadeh  35'

5th–8th place play-offs

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-finalsFifth place play-off
 
      
 
5 November
 
 
 United Arab Emirates 4
 
6 November
 
 Japan 6
 
 Japan 5
 
5 November
 
 Spain 4
 
 Paraguay 4
 
 
 Spain 5
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
6 November
 
 
 United Arab Emirates 3
 
 
 Paraguay 8

5th–8th place semi-finals
Paraguay 4–5 Spain
  • Carballo  1'
  • M. Medina  1', 12'
  • N. Medina  35'
  • Chiky  9', 11', 2'
  • Cassano  18'
  • Domingo  32'
United Arab Emirates 4–6 Japan
  • Abbas  13'
  • Waleed  16'
  • Ali  33'
  • Hasan  33'
  • Okuyama  2'
  • Oba  12', 35'
  • Matsuoka  26'
  • Akaguma  30'
  • Tanaka  35'

Seventh place play-off
United Arab Emirates 3–8 Paraguay
  • Ahmed  23'
  • Walid  20'
  • Malahi  18'
 Report
  • V. Benitez  3', 9', 17'
  • G. Benitez  8', 20'
  • Escobar  19', 29'
  • Medina  26'

Fifth place play-off
Japan 5–4 Spain
  • Ozu  10', 13', 34'
  • Okuyama  11'
  • Matsuo  32'
 Report
  • Joselito  3', 35'
  • Eduard  32', 34'

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 November
 
 
 Russia 7
 
6 November
 
 Portugal 3
 
 Russia 3
 
5 November
 
 Iran 2
 
 Senegal 5
 
 
 Iran 7
 
Third place play-off
 
 
6 November
 
 
 Portugal 4
 
 
 Senegal 7

Semi finals
Russia 7–3 Portugal
  • Kotenev  2'
  • Zemskov  7', 20', 35'
  • Paporotniy  15'
  • Kosharniy  19', 28'
Senegal 5–7 Iran
  • Diagne  7', 7', 9'
  • Raoul  14'
  • Madione  30'
  • Mokthari  6', 11', 25'
  • Moradi  18'
  • Akbari  23'
  • Mirshekari  29'
  • Ahmadzadeh  36'

Third place play-off
Portugal 4–7 Senegal
  • Lourenço  6'
  • Pintado  13'
  • Andrade  23'
  • Bernardo  28'
 Report
  • Sylla  6', 16'
  • Seyni  8'
  • Madione  15', 24', 26'
  • Diatta  19'

Final
Russia 3–2 Iran
  • Nikonorov  3', 12', 18'
  • Mokthari  24', 36'

Awards

Winners trophy
 2021 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Champions 

Russia
4th title

Statistics

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Russia 5 4 1 0 0 29 21 +8 14 Champions
2 B  Iran 5 3 0 0 2 26 19 +7 9 Runners-up
3 A  Senegal 5 3 0 0 2 29 24 +5 9 Third place
4 A  Portugal 5 2 0 0 3 23 28 −5 6
5 B  Japan 5 2 0 0 3 22 27 −5 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 A  Spain 5 1 0 0 4 23 29 −6 3
7 B  Paraguay 5 1 1 0 3 31 28 +3 5
8 A  United Arab Emirates 5 1 0 1 3 19 26 −7 4
Source:

References
  1. "The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2021". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. "Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "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.
  4. "Dubai, ready to sublimate beach soccer once again". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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