2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Intercontinental Futsal Cup
Year:2016
City:Doha
Dates:24 – 29 June 2016
Num Teams:8
Associations:6
Venues:2
Cities:1
Champion Other: Magnus Futsal
Count:1
Second Other: Carlos Barbosa
Third Other: FC Barcelona
Fourth Other: Al-Rayyan SC
Matches:12
Goals:56
Top Scorer: Wilde (5 goals)
Player: Marlon
Goalkeeper: Tiago
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2018

The 2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup is the 17th edition of the world's premier club futsal tournament, and the 11th edition under FIFA recognition. It is organized by the Qatar Football Association in association with the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala.

Atlântico are the defending champions, but were not invited for this edition.

Format

In the group stage, teams were drawn into groups of four teams. In each group, teams play against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament.

In the knockout stage, the four qualified teams (two from each group) play the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals qualify for the final match, to be played on 29 June 2016. The remaining teams play in a series of placement matches to determine the final standings.

Teams

The following 8 teams were invited for the tournament.

TeamTournament appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
1st Debut
2nd Second place (1997)
4th Third place (2011)
9thChampions (2004, 2012)
3rd Champions (2013)
8th Champions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
1st Debut
1st Debut

Venues

The games of the tournament were played in Doha.

Doha
Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya ArenaAspire Ladies Sports Hall
Capacity: 7,700Capacity: 2,500

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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