2001 Beach Soccer World Championships
| VII Beach Soccer World Championships 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 11–18 February |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| Third place | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 144 (7.2 per match) |
| Top scorer | Portugal Alan (10 goals) |
| Best player | Portugal Hernâni |
| Best goalkeeper | France Pascal Olmeta |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Asia, Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.
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European Zone (6):
North American Zone (1): |
South American Zone (4):
Hosts:
Notes:
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Group stage
[edit | edit source]Matches are listed as local time in Salvador, (BRST / UTC-2)
Group A
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
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| Chris File:Soccerball shade.svg Adrian File:Soccerball shade.svg Beto File:Soccerball shade.svg |
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Group D
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey |
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| David File:Soccerball shade.svg ?1 File:Soccerball shade.svg |
Report | File:Soccerball shade.svg ?1 |
| Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey |
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| Carlos Russo File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Maty File:Soccerball shade.svg |
Report |
| Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
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| Fede File:Soccerball shade.svg Maty File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg |
Report |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]February 16th was allocated as a rest day.
Quarter finals
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| Portugal File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
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| Barraca File:Soccerball shade.svg | Report |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]Third place play-off
[edit | edit source]Daylight saving ended on the morning of the 18th. The time shown is UTC-3.
Final
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]| 2001 Beach Soccer World Championships champions |
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| File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal First title |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Top scorer |
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| Portugal Alan |
| 10 goals |
| Best player |
| Portugal Hernâni |
| Best goalkeeper |
| France Pascal Olmeta |
Final standings
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 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 |
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