2001 Beach Soccer World Championships

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2001 Beach Soccer World Championships
VII Beach Soccer World Championships 2001
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates11–18 February
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of France.svg France
Third placeFile:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored144 (7.2 per match)
Top scorerPortugal Alan (10 goals)
Best playerPortugal Hernâni
Best goalkeeperFrance Pascal Olmeta
2000
2002

The 2001 Beach Soccer World Championships was the seventh 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 first time since its establishment in 1995, the tournament took place outside of the sport's native home of Rio de Janeiro and instead was hosted at the resort of Costa do Sauipe, in the state of Bahia, approximately 70km north of the major city of Salvador.[2]

It was also the first time that hosts and six-time defending champions Brazil did not win the championships, finishing in fourth, as Portugal beat France in the final to claim their first title.

Organisation

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Having increased the number of participating teams in 1999, these championships continued to consist of twelve nations who were split into four groups of three playing in a round robin format. The top two from each group advanced to the quarter-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 draw for the allocation of the twelve nations into the four groups was conducted on January 14 in Villa-Lobos State Park in São Paulo.[2]

A representative of FIFA, Alfredo Asfura, attended the finals to assess the sport's premier event to understand the suitability of potentially incorporating beach soccer into the FIFA family.[3] His post-competition analysis of the sport was that beach soccer was full of "prosperity" and that the "experience, professionalism and seriousness of the organization [of the event] will be fundamental for FIFA" in deciding where or not to adopt the sport in the future.[4] FIFA ultimately took over as governing body of beach soccer in late 2004.[5]

Rede Globo were responsible for broadcasting the games in Brazil, which caused controversy in Portuguese media when the network decided to show the third place play off involving the Brazil national team but subsequently not show the final.[6]

Teams

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Asia, Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.

Group stage

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Matches are listed as local time in Salvador, (BRST / UTC-2)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2 2 0 0 21 3 +18 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 1 0 1 4 13 –9 3
3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 0 0 2 5 14 –9 0


Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of France.svg France 2 2 0 0 11 6 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2 1 0 1 8 9 –1 3
3 File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela 2 0 0 2 7 11 –4 0


Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 2 0 0 2 1 8 –7 0


Group D

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Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2 1 0 1 2 4 –2 3
3 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 5 –4 0


Knockout stage

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February 16th was allocated as a rest day.

 
Quarter finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 February
 
 
File:Flag of France.svg France (a.e.t.)5
 
17 February
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy4
 
File:Flag of France.svg France6
 
15 February
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina5
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina5
 
18 February
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States1
 
File:Flag of France.svg France3
 
15 February
 
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal9
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil7
 
17 February
 
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru1
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil5
 
15 February
 
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (a.e.t.)6 Third place play-off
 
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal1
 
18 February
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain0
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina4
 
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil2
 

Quarter finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Daylight saving ended on the morning of the 18th. The time shown is UTC-3.

Final

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Notes:
1. Scorer not stated in report
2. Report is unclear, Oblitas may of scored this goal
3. Report is unclear, note the possibility this is not the scorer
4. Report is unclear, Garbagna, or another player, may of scored this goal

Winners

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 2001 Beach Soccer World Championships
champions 
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Portugal
First title

Awards

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Top scorer
Portugal Alan
10 goals
Best player
Portugal Hernâni
Best goalkeeper
France Pascal Olmeta

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 C File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 5 4 1 0 25 11 +14 14 Champions
2 B File:Flag of France.svg France 5 3 1 1 25 24 +1 11 Runners-up
3 D File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5 4 0 1 20 9 +11 12 Third place
4 A File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 5 3 0 2 35 14 +21 9 Fourth place
5 C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3 Eliminated in the
quarter finals
6 D File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
7 B File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3 1 0 2 9 16 −7 3
8 A File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 0 2 8 18 −10 3
9 B File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela 2 0 0 2 7 11 −4 0 Eliminated in the
group stage
10 D File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
11 C File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
12 A File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 0 0 2 5 14 −9 0
Source: [1]

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