2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year:2012
Size:175px
Country:United Arab Emirates
Dates:30 October – 3 November 2012
Num Teams:8
Confederations:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:16
Goals:150
Player: Egor Shaykov
Goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the new tournament, following the success of the initial Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at a temporary stadium at Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 October to 3 November 2012. Eight teams participated in the competition. The stadium had a capacity of 2,500 spectators.[1]

Participating teams

TeamConfederationAchievementsParticipation
AFCHost2nd
UEFA2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners2nd
AFC2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners1st
CONMEBOL2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONMEBOL) winners2nd
CONCACAF2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) third place1st
CAF2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) runners-up2nd
UEFA2012 Euro Beach Soccer League winners2nd
OFC2011 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (OFC) winners2nd

Draw and schedule

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted on 9 October 2012.[2] The subsequent schedule was determined on 11 October 2012.[3]

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Group A

Team
3300165+119
3201108+26
3102810-23
3003718-110


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Group B

Team
33001611+59
32011617-16
31021615+13
30031419-50


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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

width=33% colspan="4"Best Player (MVP)
Egor Shaykov
Top Scorer
Fernando DDI
10 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Andrei Buklitskiy

Final standings

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News.
  2. Web site: News.
  3. Web site: News.