2021 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year:2021
Country:United Arab Emirates
City:Dubai
Dates:2–6 November
Num Teams:8
Confederations:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:4
Matches:20
Goals:211
Player: Boris Nikonorov
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2022

The Tecnotree Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2021 was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. After not being held in 2020 because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it returned once again being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that host the tournament since its inception. This year's event occurred between 2 and 6 November.[1] The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (TSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The sponsor was Tecnotree.

The Intercontinental Cup was typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2] Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup,[3] eight nations took part.

The tournament started with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.

The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards were also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.[4]

Iran were the two-time defending champions, but they were defeated in the final.

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part.

TeamConfederationRecent achievementsParticipation
AFCHosts10th
AFC2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup winners8th
AFC2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners4th
CAF2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations winnersdebut
CONMEBOL2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) third-place2nd
UEFA2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners10th
UEFA2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) winners3rd
UEFA2021 Euro Beach Soccer League winners4th

Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

Group A

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Group B

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5th–8th place play-offs

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

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

Final

Awards

Winners trophy

Statistics

Final standings

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2021 . Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 November 2019 . 5 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Intercontinental Cup Dubai agreement extended . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 2 November 2017 . 2 October 2018.
  3. Web site: У стен Башни Халифа. Россия хочет покорить сердце Дубая . Beach Soccer Russia . 30 October 2017 . 2 October 2018 . Russian . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003061846/http://bsrussia.com/info/item/7983?type=2 . 3 October 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: Dubai, ready to sublimate beach soccer once again . Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 October 2019 . 5 November 2019.