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2013 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	19–23 November 2013
Teams	8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	185 (9.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dejan Stankovic (17 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Best goalkeeper	Andrey Bukhlitskiy
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The 2013 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the third edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 19 to 23 November 2013. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team	Confederation	Achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Host	3rd
Russia	UEFA	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners	3rd
Mexico	CONCACAF	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) third place	2nd
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place	3rd
Iran	AFC	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners	1st
Morocco	CAF	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) third place	1st
Switzerland	UEFA	2013 Euro Beach Soccer League third place	3rd
Italy	UEFA	2013 Euro Beach Soccer League sixth place	1st

Rule change

There was a new rule change made known during this tournament. It was made known that if a match goes to penalties after extra time, it is no longer sudden-death. It is now the best of three penalty kicks per side. It is only sudden death if each side is level after the three PK rounds.

This rule change was instituted after the completion of the 2013 Mundialito de Clubes tournament and will apparently be permanent for all BSWW-sanctioned tournaments.

Group stage

The draw to divide the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted on 10 October 2013. The subsequent schedule was released on 29 October 2013.

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	20	15	+5	8
United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	11	11	0	3
Morocco	3	0	0	3	11	17	–6	0

Switzerland	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
S. Spacarotella 8' D. Stankovic 16' S. Leu 18' (pen.), 34' P. Borer 22' N. Ott 38'	Report 1 Report 2	4', 20' E. Marin 6' A. Villa 7' (o.g.) S. Spaccarotella 9' F. Cati

United Arab Emirates	3 – 2	Morocco
H. Alhammadi 14', 24' Karim Albalooshi 28'	Report 1 Report 2	27' M. Boujad 34' A. Moufakir

Morocco	7 – 9	Switzerland
N. El Hadoui 7' B. Esaadi 8' 29' N. Boulakouaba 8', 26' A. El Hadoui 28' K. Mahboub 30'	Report 1 Report 2	2' P. Borer 3', 8', 14', 23', 27', 32' D. Stankovic 11' N. Ott 19' V. Jaeggy

Mexico	1 – 3	United Arab Emirates
R. Villalobos 10'	Report 1 Report 2	1' Karim Albalooshi 30' (pen.) H. A. Daryaei 30' Kamal Albalooshi

Morocco	2 – 5	Mexico
A. El Hamidy 22' A. Moukafir 30'	Report 1 Report 2	7', 17' A. Villa 21', 36' H. Lopez 26' M. Plata

United Arab Emirates	3 – 5	Switzerland
H. Alhammadi 1' A. Beshir 12' Kamal Albalooshi 25'	Report 1 Report 2	3', 11' D. Stankovic 4' S. Meier 5', 29' (pen.) N. Ott

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Iran	3	0	3	0	13	13	0	6
Russia	3	1	1	1	14	11	+3	5
Brazil	3	1	0	2	15	12	+3	3
Italy	3	0	0	3	12	18	–6	0

Russia	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Iran
E. Shaykov 5' Y. Krasheninnikov 39'	Report 1 Report 2	30' M. Mesigar 37' M. Ahmadzadeh
Penalties
I. Leonov Y. Krasheninnikov D. Shishin	2 – 3	A. Naderi M. Hassani M. Ahmadzadeh

Italy	2 – 5	Brazil
G. Gori 10', 15'	Report 1 Report 2	15', 16', 27', 36' B. Xavier 19' Cesinha

Iran	4 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
S. P. Hosseini 2' F. Boloukbashi 11', 18' M. Hassani 33'	Report 1 Report 2	2' Mauricinho 10' Eudin 26', 34' B. Xavier
Penalties
A. Naderi M. Hassani M. Ahmadzadeh	3 – 1	B. Xavier Eudin

Russia	6 – 3	Italy
A. Peremitin 5' A. Makarov 17', 20' E. Eremeev 18' Y. Krasheninnikov 22' D. Shishin 33'	Report 1 Report 2	28' (pen.) G. Gori 29' P. Palmacci 32' F. Corosiniti

Iran	7 – 7 (a.e.t.)	Italy
F. Boulokbashi 6', 8' M. Hassani 8' M. Mokhtari 21' M. Mesigar 29', 31' M. Ahmadzadeh 33'	Report 1 Report 2	5', 29' P. Palmacci 6', 27' S. di Tullio 7' (pen.), 34' A. Frainetti 30' M. Leghissa
Penalties
F. Boulokbashi A. Naderi M. Hassani	3 – 2	F. Corosiniti M. Leghissa P. Palmacci

Brazil	6 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Russia
B. Xavier 16', 26', 36' (pen.) Datinha 29', 37' Buru 30'	Report 1 Report 2	1' A. Shkarin 16', 22' D. Shishin 28', 39' A. Makarov 35' A. Peremitin
Penalties
D. Catarino Mauricinho	1 – 3	D. Shishin Y. Krasheninnikov A. Peremitin

Classification stage

	5–8 places				Fifth place
	22 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Brazil	5
					23 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Morocco	3
					Brazil (a.e.t.)	7
	22 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Italy	5
	Italy	5
	Mexico	4
					Seventh place
					23 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Morocco	2
					Mexico	3

5–8 places

Brazil	5 – 3	Morocco
Mauricinho 10', 16' Datinha 11' Sidney 17' D. Catarino 36'	Report 1 Report 2	29' N. Boulakouaba 31' A. El Hamidy 36' N. El Hadoui

Italy	5 – 4	Mexico
P. Palmacci 12', 18', 36' M. Leghissa 26', 34'	Report 1 Report 2	8', 36' (pen.) E. Marin 26', 30' M. Plata

Seventh place match

Morocco	2 – 3	Mexico
N. Boulakouaba 3' (pen.) A. El Hadaoui 18'	Report 1 Report 2	9', 18' A. Villa 30' F. Cati

Fifth place match

Brazil	7 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Italy
B. Xavier 1', 38' Eudin 9', 35' Mauricinho 23', 37' Sidney 35'	Report 1 Report 2	16', 25', 29' P. Palmacci 32' S. Marinai 34' A. Frainetti

Championship stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Iran	2
					23 November – Jumeirah Beach
	United Arab Emirates	1
					Iran	4
	22 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Russia	3
	Switzerland	10
	Russia (a.e.t.)	11
					Third place
					23 November – Jumeirah Beach
					United Arab Emirates	8
					Switzerland	7

Semi-finals

Iran	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates
M. Ahmadzadeh 30' M. Mokhtari 31'	Report 1 Report 2	30' A. Ranjbar

Switzerland	10 – 11 (a.e.t.)	Russia
D. Stankovic 8', 11', 24', 30', 30', 39' M. Jaeggy 16' (pen.), 21', 35' P. Borer 34'	Report 1 Report 2	5', 12', 17', 27', 39' A. Peremitin 6', 34' E. Shaykov 7' D. Shishin 18' E. Eremeev 31', 39' Y. Krasheninnikov

Third place

United Arab Emirates	8 – 7	Switzerland
Kamal Albalooshi 15' H. Alhammadi 26' (pen.), 27', 33', 33' R Al Mesaabi 27', 33' Karim Albalooshi 36'	Report 1 Report 2	6', 7', 16' (pen.) N. Ott 27', 28' D. Stankovic 28' M. Misev 30' P. Borer

Final

Iran	4 – 3	Russia
M. Ahmadzadeh 1', 25' M. Kiani 22' A. Naderi 25'	Report 1 Report 2	8' A. Peremitin 24' D. Shishin 30' (o.g.) M. Kiani

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Top Scorer
Dejan Stankovic
17 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Andrei Bukhlitskiy

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Dejan Stankovic	17
2	Bruno Xavier	11
3	Paolo Palmacci	9
4	Anatoly Peremitin	8
5	Noel Ott	7

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Iran
2	Russia
3	United Arab Emirates
4	Switzerland
5	Brazil
6	Italy
7	Mexico
8	Morocco

References

1. "News".
2. "Beach Soccer Worldwide". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide

• Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
• 2012–13 in Emirati football
• International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
• 2013 in beach soccer
• November 2013 sports events in Asia