The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the

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, governed by

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. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the ''

Beach Soccer World Championships The Beach Soccer World Championships was the premier international beach soccer competition contested by men's national teams between 1995 and 2004. It was replaced by the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place annually in Brazi ...

'' which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in

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, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007. The winners of the tournament were hosts

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, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.

Qualifying rounds

African zone

The qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in

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for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw

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claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian zone

The Asian qualifiers took place in

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, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the

qualified for the first time after beating

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in the final of the championship, 4–3.

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beat

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.

European zone

For the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being

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and

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. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was

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who beat

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in the final.

North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone

Due to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following

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. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in

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. The tournament saw the

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claim victory, after beating

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4–3 in the final.

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beat

in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.

Oceanian zone

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in

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, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite

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dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the

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, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.

Hosts

qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup: Asian zone: * * * (first appearance) African zone: * * (first appearance) European zone: * * * * * North, Central American and Caribbean zone: * (first appearance) * Oceanian zone: * South American zone: * * Hosts: *

Players

Venue

As with the two previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.

Group stage

The 16 teams were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament. All matches are listed as local time in

, ( UTC-3)

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

Top scorers

;10 goals * Buru ;9 goals * Morgan Plata ;8 goals *

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* Madjer ;7 goals * Ricardo Villalobos * Jeremy Basquaise * Pape Koukpaki * Ricar ;6 goals *

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* Andre * Roberto Pasquali ;5 goals * Sidney ;4 goals * Amarelle * Didier Samoun * Júnior Negrão * Stéphane François ;4 goals (cont.) * James Naka * Haidar Bashir * Javi Alvarez * Mario Chimienti * Shusei Yamauchi * Gomis Mbengue * Daniel ;3 goals * Oscar Gonzales * Bakhit Alabadla * Hamed Ghorbanpour *

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* Nico * Joshua Nolz *

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* Betinho *

Dmitry Shishin Dmitry Vladimirovich Shishin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Шишин; born 14 March 1986) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as forward, playing for the Russia national beach soccer team and BSC Kristall. S ...

* Benyam Astorga *

Ilya Leonov Ilya Yuryevich Leonov (russian: Илья Юрьевич Леонов; born 21 December 1979 in Moscow) is a retired Russian beach soccer and former futsal player. From 2010 to 2018, he played for Lokomotiv Moscow, where for a time he served bo ...

* Paolo Palmacci * Moslem Mesigar * Bilro * Ogbonnaya Okemmiri * Uga Okpara ;3 goals (cont.) * Javier Torres * Pampero * Parrillo ;2 goals * Sebastien Perez *

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thi ...

* Damiano Maiorano * Zak Ibsen * Idoko Ibrahim * Federico Hilaire * Ali Aligoli * Facundo Minici * Gustavo Casado * Jevin Albuquerque * Qambar Sadeqi * Cristian Torres * Malick Dieng * Suleiman Usman * Miguel Beiro * Gustavo Rosales * Matias ;40 others scored 1 goal each

Final standings

References

External links

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2007
, FIFA.com {{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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