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(or Club World Cup) was a beach soccer tournament that took place at the Praia do Sol stadium at the Arena Guarapiranga sport complex, located near Represa de Guarapiranga, a reservoir located in

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from 12 – 19 May 2012. The stadium has a seating capacity of 3,500 spectators.

Participating teams

Twelve teams confirmed their participation in this year's tournament, an increase of two teams who participated last year:

Draft procedure

On 25 April 2012, at the Beach Soccer Worldwide headquarters in

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, the Official Draft took place, with each team selecting ten players each. Each team has until 2159 GMT on 27 April 2012 to complete any player transfers and also the confirmation of a possible former football star (to be approved by Beach Soccer Worldwide). According to the draft procedure, the team representative of every Club is to attend that meeting in the two aforementioned venue, and he will be the responsible of picking the players for his squad. All Beach Soccer players can be potentially selected, and, just as it happens in great events for leagues such as the

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, in order to set a balanced, competitive tournament, the Draft for the players’ election will follow some guidelines.

Players

The 'Draft' followed the following criteria: three national players (chosen beforehand), three continental players (up two from the same country), a player

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), a player from AFC / CAF /

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and the

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) player and a 'national'.

Squads

Group stage

The draw to divide the teams into three groups of four was conducted on 24 April 2012. All kickoff times are of local time in

, ( UTC-3).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

A draw was held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place playoff

Final

Winners

Awards

References

External links

Beach Soccer WorldwideBeach Soccer Brasil (Portuguese)I Mundialito de Clubes Beach Soccer Official Site (Portuguese)II Mundialito de Clubes Beach Soccer Official Site (Portuguese)Tournament page at Beachsoccer.ru (Russian)
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Sport in São Paulo 2012 in beach soccer

Participating teams

Draft procedure

Players

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Final

Winners

Awards

See also

References

External links