The 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the ''

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'', an annual international

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tournament contested by men's national teams, held in

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. After the

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, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar. Similar to the

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, eight nations took part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations (except for the OFC) as well as the current World Cup champions,

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, and the hosts, the

. The tournament started with a group stage, played in a

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format. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then competed in

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matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match was also contested by the losing semi-finalists. The third and fourth placed nations from each group played in a series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place. This tournament was the last in a deal signed between

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(BSWW) and the

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(DSC) in 2012 in which it was agreed the two parties would organise the tournament until 2017. This year's event occurred between October 31 and November 4.

were the defending champions and successfully retained their title by beating

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in the final to claim their third Intercontinental Cup crown.

Participating teams

Eight teams took part including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of

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. However, the OFC did not enter a team this year, so

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entered two teams. As incumbent continental champions,

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were originally invited to play as the African representatives but were unable to compete due to financial issues. Overall, Europe, Asia and South America were represented by two nations, Africa and North America one nation and Oceania, none. 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup map of nations

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1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a

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runners-up finish

Venue

This edition of the Intercontinental Cup took place in a new venue, in Dubai's

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on the banks of the

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, having taken place on

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and the Dubai International Marine Club in previous years. The new stadium had a capacity of 3,000. Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president thanked the Dubai International Marine Club for hosting the previous events but explained that due to "external reasons" the competition would be hosted in a new part of the city in 2017. He added the new venue would be easier to access by prospective spectators and that tickets would remain free for fans as in previous years.

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted at 11:00

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on October 3 at the headquarters of the DSC in the

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. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group. The draw was conducted by Aml Wael and Nora Al Mazrouie, members of the UAE's women's national association football team. For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two sets, Pot 1 and Pot 2, shown in the table below. The allocation of teams into each Pot was based on previous performances in the championship. The first pot contained the three former champions of the Intercontinental Cup and, additionally, the hosts. The second pot contained the other four remaining participants who have not won the tournament before. Two teams from each pot were drawn into Group A and two teams from each pot were drawn into Group B, with the hosts, the

, automatically allocated to position A1. Prior to the draw, the eight teams were described as the strongest contingent the championship had ever seen. :Note: The numbers in parentheses show the

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of the teams at the time of the draw.

Group stage

The match schedule was announced on October 11. ''Matches are listed as local time in

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Group A

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Group B

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Consolation matches

The teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

5th to 8th place semi-finals

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Winners trophy

Individual awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

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;7 goals * Rodrigo * Bruno Xavier ;6 goals * Lucas * Carlo Carballo ;5 goals * Mohammad Ahmadzadeh * Bokinha ;4 goals * Mostafa Kiani * Datinha * Haitham Mohamed * Hasham Almuntaser * Mohamed Gamal Hassan * Boris Nikonorov * Ramón Maldonado * Elhusseini Taha Rashed Aly ;3 goals * Ahmed Beshr *

Aleksey Makarov Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Макаров; born 20 August 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as a forward. Career Makarov began his professional beach soccer team in the FC S ...

Madjer João Victor Saraiva (born 22 January 1977), better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese retired beach soccer player. He played in the forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities ...

* Hassane Mohamed Hassane Hussein * Moustafa Ahmed Shaaban ;2 goals * Abdelrahman Hassan Ahmed Hassan * José Vizcarra * Lugiani Gallardo * Lucao * Filipe * Fernando DDI * Moslem Mesigar * Seyed Ali Nazem * Mohamed Abdelnaby * Amir Akbari * Ali Karim * Edgar Barreto * Mauricinho * Ali Mohammad *

Artur Paporotnyi Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russia national beach soccer team, Russian national beach soccer team i ...

* Jesus Rolon * Kirill Romanov ;1 goal * Duarte Vivo * Haitham Atef * Alexey Pavlenko *

Elinton Andrade Elinton Sanchotene Andrade (born 30 March 1979, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian born Portuguese goalkeeper who currently plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team. Personal Elinton has a ...

* Nikolai Kryshanov * Be Martins * Ali Mirshekari * Mohammad Moradi * Mohammad Mokhtari * Bonifacio Roa * Abbas Ali * Mohamed Abdelnaby Aly Aly Hassan * Waleed Bashr * Hamid Behzadpour *

Yuri Krasheninnikov Yuri Yuryevich "Krash" Krasheninnikov (russian: Юрий Юрьевич Крашенинников; born 19 December 1984) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as defender. He is Merited Master of Sports of Russia. Career Kras ...

* Leo Martins * Bruno Novo * Luis Ojeda * Rafael Padilha * Angel Rodriguez * Erick Samano Aleman * Ulises Torres Pineda *

Peyman Hosseini Seyed Peyman Hosseini (born 16 February 1984) is an Iranian beach soccer player who plays for Shahriar Sari in the Iran Premier Beach Soccer League. He plays in the goalkeeper position. Hosseini has represented Iran at three FIFA Beach Soccer Wo ...

Maxim Chuzhkov Maxim Aleksandrovich Chuzhkov (russian: Максим Александрович Чужков; born 11 April 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player serving as goalkeeper. He is a five-time national champion for Rotor Volgograd (1), Lokomotiv Mosco ...

;Own goals * Amir Akbari (vs. Mexico) * Hassan Abdollahi (vs. Russia)
Source

Final standings

References

External links

Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2017
Beach Soccer Worldwide
Intercontinental Cup 2017
, beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian) {{Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates Intercontinental Cup