1997 Beach Soccer World Championships
| III Beach Soccer World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | January 14–19 |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
| Third place | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 141 (8.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Brazil Júnior Uruguay Venancio Ramos (11 goals) |
| Best player | Brazil Júnior |
| Best goalkeeper | Brazil Paulo Sérgio |
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The 1997 Beach Soccer World Championships was the third edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide).
For the third consecutive time, the tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hosts Brazil won the tournament for the third time in a row by beating Uruguay 5–2 in what was a repeat of the final in the previous edition. It was also the first and only time in the history of the world cup that no European nations finished in the top four.
Future champions France and Portugal both competed for the first time at this edition, as did the first Asian nation, Japan.
Organisation
[edit | edit source]The organisation remained the same as the format established during the championship's inception in 1995; the eight participating nations competed in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams progressed straight to the semi-finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned with an additional match to determine third place.
The capacity of the arena used for this edition of the World Championships was scaled down from the 12,000 seats available in the two previous events, to 7,000 for this year's tournament.[2]
Teams
[edit | edit source]Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.
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Asian Zone (1): European Zone (3):
North American Zone (1): |
South American Zone (2): Hosts:
Notes:
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Group stage
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | –4 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | –16 | 0 |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of France.svg France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 3 |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2–1 | ||
Third place play-off
[edit | edit source]Final
[edit | edit source]| Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg | 5–2 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
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| Júnior File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 13' Magal File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', 15' Edinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' |
Report | File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 36' Ramos |
Winners
[edit | edit source]| 1997 Beach Soccer World Championships champions |
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| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Third title |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Top scorers | |
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| Brazil Júnior | Uruguay Venancio Ramos |
| 11 goals | |
| Best player | |
| Brazil Júnior | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Brazil Paulo Sérgio | |
Final standings
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | B | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | A | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | A | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 6 | B | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 3 | |
| 7 | A | File:Flag of France.svg France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | |
| 8 | B | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 0 |