2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final

2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final

Event	2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Spain Russia 1 5
Date	28 September 2013
Venue	Tahua To'ata Stadium, Papeete
Referee	Serdar Akçer (Turkey)
Attendance	4,200
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The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on September 28, 2013, at the Tahua To'ata Stadium, in the Tahitian capital, Papeete. The final was contested between Spain, who had never competed in the FIFA final before, and defending champions Russia. ^[1] Team Russia won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the second time.

Road to the final

Spain		Round	Russia
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
United States	5–4	Match 1	Japan	4–1
United Arab Emirates	5–2	Match 2	Ivory Coast	5–2
Tahiti	4–2	Match 3	Paraguay	4–3 ( a.e.t. )
Group A winner Team v t e Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts   Spain 3 3 0 0 14 8 +6 9   Tahiti 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 5   United States 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3   United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 8 14 −6 0 Source: Goalzz		Final standings	Group D winner Team v t e Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts   Russia 3 2 1 0 13 6 +7 8   Japan 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 5   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 14 13 +1 3   Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 11 19 −8 0 Source: Goalzz
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
El Salvador	2–1	Quarterfinals	Iran	6–5
Brazil	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Semifinals	Tahiti	5–3

Match details

28 September 2013

20:30

Spain	1–5	Russia
Llorenc 24'	Report	A. Shkarin 13' K. Romanov 16' Y. Krasheninnikov 18', 31' D. Shishin 36'

Tahua To'ata Stadium, Papeete

Referee: Serdar Akçer (Turkey)

Spain

Russia

GK 1 Dona P 3 Antonio DF 5 Juanma DF 6 Nico (c) P 9 Raul Mérida Substitutes: GK 12 Christian P 2 Cintas P 4 Fran Mejías W 7 Kuman DF 8 Pajón W 10 Llorenc P 11 Sidi Manager: Joaquín Alonso

GK 1 Andrey Bukhlitskiy W 4 Alexey Makarov DF 7 Anton Shkarin DF 8 Ilya Leonov (c) P 9 Egor Shaykov Substitutes: GK 12 Danila Ippolitov DF 3 Kirill Romanov DF 5 Yury Krasheninnikov W 6 Dmitry Shishin P 10 Anatoly Peremitin P 11 Egor Eremeev Manager: Mikhail Likhachev

Assistant referees: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland) Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands) Timekeeper: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan) Fifth official: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Match rules: 36 minutes; 3 periods of 12 minutes 3 minutes of extra time if scores level Sudden death penalty shoot-out if scores still level 7 substitutes named, of which all may be used

Overall Statistics

[2]	Spain	Russia
Goals scored	1	5
Total shots	28	27
Shots on target	9	14
Own goals	0	0
Overheads	4	2
Ball possession	49%	51%
Corner kicks	1	7
Free kicks	5	1
Fouls committed	3	5
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

References

1. "Sand kings against aspirants as tough finale looms". FIFA.com. 2013-09-28. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
2. "Spain – Russia Statistics". FIFA.com. 2013-09-29. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-29.