2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
City	Luque
Dates	21 November – 1 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	286 (8.94 per match)
Attendance	34,997 (1,094 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriele Gori (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Ozu Moreira
Best goalkeeper	Elinton Andrade
Fair play award	Senegal
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The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 10th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 20th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. This was the fifth tournament to take place under the biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, having taken place annually until 2009.

The tournament was confirmed publicly on 3 November 2017, during the annual FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai as part of the recently renewed partnership between FIFA and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). ^[1] In October 2018, it was announced that the tournament would take place in Paraguay in the city of Luque, near the capital, Asunción, ^[2] between 21 November and 1 December 2019. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Fifteen teams advanced through preliminary continental qualification competitions, which started in September 2018 and ended in July 2019, to join the hosts in the final tournament which included Belarus as the sole team making their debut at the finals ^[6] and notably saw the third placed team of the previous edition, Iran, fail to qualify. ^[7] This was the first FIFA tournament to be hosted by Paraguay, the first edition of the World Cup held in South America since 2007, and the first time a landlocked country hosted beach soccer's principal event. ^[8]

Following two narrow loses, hosts Paraguay were eliminated at the group stage. ^[9] Brazil were the defending champions, but were defeated at the quarter-finals stage by Russia in what was a repeat of the scenario of 2015, ^[10] thereby condemning Brazil to their joint-worst ever result. Portugal won the tournament, besting Italy in the final to claim their second FIFA World Cup crown (following 2015) and third world title overall (including the 2001 World Championships); ^[11] Italy collected a second runners-up medal, following 2008. ^[12] For the first time, the podium teams were all European nations. ^[13] Japan finished fourth, matching their best ever placing previously achieved in 2005. ^[13] A joint-record tally of 286 goals were scored (with 2006). ^[13]

Madjer of Portugal made his last international beach soccer tournament appearance at this competition. The all-time top scorer of the competition, often heralded as the best player of all time, announced his retirement following the final, aged 42. ^[14]

Host selection

The bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows: ^[15]

• 14 June 2018 – FIFA opens bidding process.
• 29 June 2018 – Deadline for national associations to declare interest of hosting to FIFA.
• 6 July 2018 – FIFA send documents detailing the application campaign and conditions of participation for associations to analyse.
• 27 July 2018 – Deadline for associations to agree to terms of documents and submit an official bid.
• 14 September 2018 – Deadline for nations to prepare and submit their complete bidding packages to be evaluated by FIFA.
• 26 October 2018 – Hosts announced by FIFA.

Countries known to have declared interest in bidding to host the competition are inclusive of but not exclusive to:

•   Paraguay ^[16]
•   Australia ^[17]
•   Barbados ^[17]

On 1 October 2018, the FIFA Organising Committee recommended hosting be awarded to Paraguay as they were the only association to make an official bid after the initial declaration of interest stage. ^[18] Confirmation of the awarding of hosting rights to Paraguay was announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 October 2018. ^[19]

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Paraguay who qualified automatically as hosts, 15 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.

The slot allocation for each confederation was decided at the FIFA Council meeting on 26 October 2018. ^{[20] [21]}

Qualifying rounds

  Qualified for World Cup finals
  Entered qualifying rounds but failed to qualify for World Cup finals
  Initially entered qualifying rounds but withdrew
  Did not enter the World Cup
  Not an associate member of FIFA

The process of qualification to the World Cup finals began on 9 September 2018 and ended on 27 July 2019.

• AFC (3 slots): The qualifiers for Asian nations took place in Pattaya, Thailand between 7–17 March 2019. ^{[22] [23]}
• CAF (2 slots): The qualifiers for African nations took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt between 8–14 December 2018; ^[24] its preliminary qualifying round took place between 9–22 September 2018.
• CONCACAF (2 slots): The qualifiers for North American nations took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico between 13 and 19 May 2019. ^[25]
• CONMEBOL (2 slots + hosts): The qualifiers for South American nations took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 28 April – 5 May 2019. ^[26]
• OFC (1 slot): The qualifiers for Oceanian nations took place in Papeete, Tahiti between 17 and 22 June 2019. ^{[27] [28]}
• UEFA (5 slots): The qualifiers for European nations took place in Moscow, Russia between 19 and 27 July 2019. ^{[29] [30]}

Qualified teams

Note: All appearance statistics below include only the FIFA era (since 2005); see: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for inclusion of the pre-FIFA era (1995–2004) stats.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	App	Last	Best performance
AFC (Asia)	2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Japan	10th	2017	Fourth place (2005)
		Oman	3rd	2015	Group stage (2011, 2015)
		United Arab Emirates	6th	2017	Group stage (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017)
CAF (Africa)	2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	Nigeria	6th	2017	Quarter-finals (2007, 2011)
		Senegal	7th	2017	Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2017)
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship	Mexico	6th	2017	Runners-up (2007)
		United States	5th	2013	Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013)
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Paraguay	4th	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
	2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)	Brazil	10th	2017	Champions (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017)
		Uruguay	6th	2009	Runners-up (2006)
OFC (Oceania)	2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup	Tahiti	5th	2017	Runners-up (2015, 2017)
UEFA (Europe)	2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)	Belarus	1st	n/a	Debut
		Italy	8th	2017	Runners-up (2008)
		Russia	7th	2015	Champions (2011, 2013)
		Switzerland	5th	2017	Runners-up (2009)
		Portugal	9th	2017	Champions (2015)

Venue

One venue was used in the city of Luque, part of the Greater Asunción area, on the grounds of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee headquarters. ^[31]

The stadium was purpose-built for the tournament, ^[31] having been constructed between January and August 2019. ^{[32] [33]} It was officially opened by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on 9 November 2019, ^[34] under the nickname of the Paraguay national team, Los Pynandi, meaning "barefoot" in Guarani. ^[31] The Paraguayan Football Association (APF) and FIFA funded the US$1.5 million cost of the concrete structure. ^[31] The main arena was complemented by three external, floodlit training pitches located adjacent. ^[35]

Luque (Greater Asunción area)	Luque 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Paraguay)
Los Pynandi Stadium
25°15′23.7″S57°31′54.11″W / 25.256583°S 57.5316972°W / -25.256583; -57.5316972
Capacity: 2,820 [31]

Organisation

The following were key milestones in the organisation of the tournament (not belonging of other sections):

The official poster of the World Cup

• A budget of US$8 million for the tournament was approved at the FIFA Council meeting in Bogota, Colombia on 16 March 2018. ^[36] In March 2021, the final cost was reported under-budget at US$6.1 million. ^[37]
• FIFA delegates visited the proposed World Cup complex, meeting with members of the Paraguayan Football Association (APF) for the first time on 15 November 2018. ^[38]
• The dates of the competition were confirmed at the FIFA Council meeting in Miami, United States on 15 March 2019. ^[39]
• The Local Organising Committee (LOC) and FIFA officials held their first meeting together, the latter also conducting a second inspection of the venue, on 16 July 2019. ^[40]
• The official emblem and official match ball, the former a design inspired by Ñandutí, a traditional form of Paraguayan embroidered lace, was unveiled at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Asuncion, on 18 July 2019. ^[41]
• The "coordination" meeting, attended by the LOC, FIFA delegates and representatives of the sixteen participating teams, was held at the Bourbon Asunción Convention Hotel on 13 September 2019. ^[42]
• Press accreditation ran during October 2019 with the deadline to register for approval through the FIFA Media Channel, 31 October. ^[43]
• Tickets were made available online to the public on 25 October 2019. ^[44]
• Tigo Paraguay, Visión Banco and Cerveza Pilsen were announced as National Supporters of the tournament on 14, 19 and 20 November 2019 respectively. ^{[45] [46] [47]}
• The official promotional poster, designed to be "thought-provoking" and instantly command attention, based upon Guaraní culture features of feathers and native Paraguayan patterns of triangles and diamonds, was unveiled on 19 November 2019. ^[48] Local marketing of the tournament, including only publishing the poster 48 hours before the tournament began, received criticism. ^[49]

Match officials

FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to referee matches at the World Cup, who were revealed on 29 October 2019. ^{[50] [51]} At least one referee was representing each of the six confederations: four from the AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC and eight from UEFA.

The most matches any one referee officiated in was seven (Domínguez, Ostrowski, Benchabane, González, Ángeles, Namazov, Mammadov); however it was Ivo Moraes who officiated the most matches as lead referee (three), including the final. ^{[52] [53]} Only Hugo Pado and Sergio Soares were not appointed as first referee of any match, the latter also officiating in the fewest total matches (one). ^[52]

Confederation Referee Age Qualified [54] AFC Ebrahim Al-Mansory [lower-roman 1] 46 2009 Suhaimi Mat Hassan 43 2010 Bakhtiyor Namazov 45 2009 Shao Liang 40 2013 CAF Hany Farouk 32 2015 Said Hachim 40 2010 Adil Ouchker 36 2013 CONCACAF Juan Ángeles 40 2012 Gumercindo Batista 39 2012 Gonzalo Carballo 37 2014 CONMEBOL Gustavo Domínguez 41 2012 Aecio Fernández [lower-roman 2] 36 2018 Ivo Moraes [lower-roman 3] 42 2005 Mariano Romo 38 2013 Alex Valdiviezo 40 2012

Confederation Referee Age Qualified [54] OFC Hugo Pado 39 2010 UEFA Sofien Benchabane 35 2011 Roman Borisov 38 2014 Sergio Gomes Soares 40 2014 Vitalij Gomolko [lower-roman 4] 30 2015 Raúl González 31 2016 Ingilab Mammadov 36 2012 Gionni Matticoli 44 2012 Łukasz Ostrowski 33 2012 Oldest referee Referee shortest qualified Referee longest qualified Youngest referee

Draw

The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place on 13 September 2019 at 19:30 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Asunción, Paraguay. ^{[55] [56]} The draw was assisted by Roberto Acuna of Paraguay and Júnior of Brazil who both formerly represented their respective national teams at World Cups in both association football and beach soccer. ^[55] CONMEBOL president, Alejandro Domínguez and Paraguayan Football Association (APF) president, Robert Harrison, also took part in the presentation. ^[57]

For the purpose of the draw, the teams were divided into four pots each containing four teams. The teams were allocated into the respective pots based on their previous performances at recent World Cups, ^[58] and their respective qualification tournaments. Initially, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Paraguay, as the hosts, were assigned to position A1 and Brazil, as the defending champions, were assigned to position D1. ^[55] Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, except for UEFA for which one group was permitted to contain two, since UEFA are represented by five teams. ^[55]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Paraguay (Hosts; assigned to A1)   Brazil (Holders; assigned to D1)   Russia   Tahiti	Italy   Portugal   Japan   Senegal	Switzerland   Mexico   Nigeria   United Arab Emirates	Oman   United States   Uruguay   Belarus

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 12 and 18 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match. ^[59]

The squads included a number of high-profile players who, at this tournament, made their final international beach soccer appearances, announcing their retirements following the conclusion of the competition. This included Portuguese captain and three-time world champion Madjer (1998 debut, 583 caps), 2009 runners-up, Swiss captain Moritz "Mo" Jaeggy (2003 debut, 355 caps) and his brother, Valentin Jaeggy (2005 debut, 321 caps). ^[14]

Group stage

Each team earned three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, PYST (UTC−3). ^[60]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: ^[59]

1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	14	10	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	18	17	+1	5
3	Paraguay (H)	3	1	0	0	2	15	13	+2	3
4	United States	3	0	0	0	3	10	17	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)

17:50

Switzerland	8–6	United States
Stankovic 1', 14' Hodel 6' Ott 10', 32', 33' Mounoud 21' Borer 27'	Report	Leopoldo 2' (pen.) Perera 15', 32' Reyes 27', 27' (pen.) Santos 30'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 578 ^[61]

Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)

21:00

Paraguay	4–5	Japan
Carballo 22', 34' Morán 28' Barreto 32'	Report	Okuyama 13' Ozu 16', 27' Akaguma 24', 36'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 2,483 ^[62]

Referee: Raúl González (Spain)

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23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

17:50

United States	3–4	Japan
Canale 9', 33' Toth 20'	Report	Ozu 9', 33' Matsuo 13' Tabata 30'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 642 ^[63]

Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

21:00

Paraguay	6–7 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Y. Rolón 8' J. Rolón 28', 29' (pen.), 38' Ojeda 32' Morán 34'	Report	Ostgen 2' Ott 12' Hodel 19' Stankovic 22', 37', 39' (pen.) M. Jaeggy 32'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 2,847 ^[64]

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

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25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)

17:50

Japan	5–3	Switzerland
Akaguma 2', 8' Oba 21' Ozu 21' Komaki 29'	Report	Ott 10' Stankovic 33' (pen.), 35'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 361 ^[65]

Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)

21:00

United States	1–5	Paraguay
Leopoldo 30'	Report	Morán 9' J. Rolón 11' Barreto 23' Carballo 24' (pen.) Ovelar 30'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 2,847 ^[66]

Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	21	10	+11	6	Knockout stage
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	0	1	9	9	0	6
3	Tahiti	3	2	0	0	1	16	17	−1	6
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)

16:15

Italy	12–4	Tahiti
Gori 2', 6', 13', 32' (pen.), 36' Corosiniti 9', 10' Zurlo 18', 18', 29', 33' Montani 30'	Report	Teriitau 4' Chan-Kat 12' Li Fung Kuee 13', 26'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 537 ^[67]

Referee: Ivo Moraes (Brazil)

21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)

19:25

Uruguay	1–0	Mexico
Laduche 36'	Report

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 997 ^[68]

Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

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23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

16:15

Tahiti	6–1	Mexico
Chan-Kat 12', 22' Teriitau 21' (pen.) Labaste 27' Taiarui 29' Tepa 35'	Report	Vizcarra 25'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 326 ^[69]

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

19:25

Uruguay	4–3	Italy
Laens 7' Costa 17' Laduche 20' Miranda 27'	Report	Gori 4', 7', 36'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,069 ^[70]

Referee: Hany Farouk (Egypt)

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25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)

16:15

Mexico	2–6	Italy
Sámano 26' Maldonado 29'	Report	Gori 3', 9', 13', 14', 22' Zurlo 23'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 216 ^[71]

Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)

19:25

Tahiti	6–4	Uruguay
Teriitau 3' Tepa 10', 30' Tehau 14' Labaste 22' Taiarui 26'	Report	Bella 5', 34' Laduche 27' Capurro 30'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,318 ^[72]

Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	0	0	1	17	11	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	14	14	0	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	10	13	−3	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	0	2	6	9	−3	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)

16:15

Senegal	7–8	Russia
Diassy 5', 17' Fall 15', 33' Mendy 26' Diagne 29', 34' (pen.)	Report	Thioune 1' (o.g.) Nikonorov 4', 34' Zemskov 8', 31', 32' Paporotnyi 23', 34'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 277 ^[73]

Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)

22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)

19:25

Belarus	5–1	United Arab Emirates
Savich 4' Makarevich 19' Samsonov 29' Bryshtsel 31', 32'	Report	A. Beshr 26'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 538 ^[74]

Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

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24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

16:15

Russia	1–4	United Arab Emirates
Paporotnyi 19'	Report	Al-Jasmi 2' A. Mohammad 23' Muntaser 32' (pen.) W. Beshr 33'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 368 ^[75]

Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

19:25

Belarus	2–7	Senegal
Hapon 15' Bryshtsel 30'	Report	Mendy 6', 25' Diatta 7' Diagne 27', 29', 29', 32'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 736 ^[76]

Referee: Ivo Moraes (Brazil)

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26 November 2019 (2019-11-26)

16:15

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Senegal
Karim 32'	Report	Sylla 27' Diatta 28' Mendy 30'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 308 ^[77]

Referee: Raúl González (Spain)

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26)

19:25

Russia	5–3	Belarus
Nikonorov 6', 16', 34' Zemskov 14' Shishin 36'	Report	Hapon 5' Bryshtsel 7' Kanstantsinau 10'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,163 ^[78]

Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	0	29	11	+18	9	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	0	0	1	20	11	+9	6
3	Oman	3	1	0	0	2	9	16	−7	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	0	3	8	28	−20	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)

17:50

Portugal	10–1	Nigeria
Belchior 13', 25' Jordan 14' Torres 15', 32' (pen.), 33' Coimbra 24', 34' L. Martins 24' Madjer 36'	Report	Abu 12'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 302 ^[79]

Referee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama)

22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)

21:00

Brazil	8–2	Oman
Bokinha 4' (pen.), 11' Mauricinho 6', 19', 29' Filipe 12', 32' Catarino 35'	Report	Al-Zadjali 8' Sa. Al-Bulushi 33'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 928 ^[80]

Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

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24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

17:50

Nigeria	5–6	Oman
Ogbonna 11', 15', 26' Taiwo 27' Igudia 31'	Report	Al-Farsi 5', 20' Al-Sinani 8' Mu. Al-Araimi 20' Sa. Al-Bulushi 24' Al-Oraimi 28'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 445 ^[81]

Referee: Roman Borisov (Russia)

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)

21:00

Brazil	9–7	Portugal
Mauricinho 1' Xavier 13' Catarino 13' Bokinha 17', 18' Coimbra 19' (o.g.) Rodrigo 20' Filipe 30' (pen.) Datinha 36'	Report	Jordan 9', 28' Coimbra 12', 28' L. Martins 16', 22' Belchior 23' (pen.)

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,521 ^[82]

Referee: Shao Liang (China)

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26 November 2019 (2019-11-26)

17:50

Oman	1–3	Portugal
Al-Sinani 9'	Report	Coimbra 5' B. Martins 21' L. Martins 28'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 537 ^[83]

Referee: Adil Ouchker (Morocco)

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26)

21:00

Nigeria	2–12	Brazil
Ekujumi 9' Abu 17'	Report	Mauricinho 4' Lucão 6', 19' Rodrigo 16', 25', 27' Rafinha 29' Bokinha 29' (pen.), 35' Xavier 32' Catarino 33' Filipe 34'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,719 ^[84]

Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Italy v Russia – pre-match scene of the teams lining up for the national anthems before the semi-final.

Source: FIFA

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 November
	Italy	5
					30 November
	Switzerland	4
					Italy (a.e.t.)	8
	28 November
					Russia	7
	Brazil	3
									1 December
	Russia	4
									Italy	4
	28 November
									Portugal	6
	Japan	3
					30 November
	Uruguay	2
					Japan	3 (1)
	28 November
					Portugal (p)	3 (2)			Third place match
	Senegal	2
									1 December
	Portugal	4
									Russia	5
									Japan	4

Quarter-finals

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)

16:15

Brazil	3–4	Russia
Rodrigo 1', 13' Mão 5'	Report	Zemskov 2' Shishin 20' Romanov 24', 31'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,401 ^[85]

Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

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28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)

17:50

Senegal	2–4	Portugal
Sylla 3' Mendy 36'	Report	Jordan 8' Diassy 20' (o.g.) L. Martins 22' B. Martins 32'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,193 ^[86]

Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

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28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)

19:25

Italy	5–4	Switzerland
Gentilin 8' Zurlo 24', 31', 36' Ramacciotti 25'	Report	Ott 5', 10' M. Jaeggy 20' Borer 31'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,396 ^[87]

Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

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28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)

21:00

Japan	3–2	Uruguay
Oba 8' Okuyama 11' Tabata 16'	Report	Laduche 20' (pen.) Capurro 36'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 1,072 ^[88]

Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Semi-finals

Heavy rain and strong winds threatened the postponement of the semi-finals and deterred fans from attending the matches. ^[89]

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)

16:15

Italy	8–7 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Corosiniti 9' Ramacciotti 10', 15', 27' Gori 25', 25', 31' Zurlo 37' (pen.)	Report	Novikov 4' Makarov 14', 35' Zemskov 22', 24' Romanov 25', 31'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 579 ^[90]

Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansory (United Arab Emirates)

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30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)

18:00

Japan	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Ozu 11' Yamauchi 13' Akaguma 36'	Report	L. Martins 2' B. Martins 29', 31'
Penalties
Ozu Yamauchi Tabata	1–2	Madjer Coimbra

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 707 ^[91]

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Third place match

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

16:15

Russia	5–4	Japan
Zemskov 8', 23', 29' Novikov 8' Makarov 26'	Report	Akaguma 4', 8' Ozu 12' Oba 23'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 2,739 ^[92]

Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

Final

Main article: 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

18:00

Italy	4–6	Portugal
Zurlo 6' Ramacciotti 31', 36' Gentilin 31'	Report	L. Martins 8', 28' Jordan 18', 26', 35' Lourenço 18'

Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque

Attendance: 2,847 ^[93]

Referee: Ivo Moraes (Brazil)

Awards

After the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, three top goalscorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking. ^[94] Following this, the winners' trophy was awarded to Portugal.

Winners

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Champions
Portugal Second title 3rd world title

Individual awards

Along with the eventual winners of the gold, silver and bronze ball awards, Takuya Akaguma (Japan), Rui Coimbra (Portugal), Gabriele Gori (Italy), Boris Nikonorov (Russia), Artur Paporotnyi (Russia), Fedor Zemskov (Russia) and Emmanuele Zurlo (Italy) were also announced as the candidates for the award in the initial ten-man shortlist. ^[35]

The individual awards were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award. ^[94]

The goal of the tournament was decided via an online public vote from which there were ten options to choose from. The vote closed at 14:00 GMT on 9 December. ^[95]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Ozu Moreira	Jordan Santos	Bê Martins
Golden Scorer	Silver Scorer	Bronze Scorer
Gabriele Gori (16 goals, 0 assists) [96]	Emmanuele Zurlo (10 goals, 1 assist) [96]	Fedor Zemskov (10 goals, 0 assists) [96]
Golden Glove
Elinton Andrade
FIFA Fair Play Award
Senegal
Goal of the tournament
Emmanuele Zurlo; goal 1 vs. Switzerland [97]

Statistics

Goalscorers

With 16 goals, Italian forward Gabriele Gori finished as top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, a feat achieved only once previously during the FIFA era of World Cups, by Madjer in 2005 and 2006. ^[13] Having failed to score at the last edition, ^[98] Madjer scored one goal at this edition (what would be his last ever at a World Cup following his subsequent retirement) to extend his record tally of goals at FIFA World Cups to 88 (and 140 at all global championships). ^{[13] [99]}

There were 286 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 8.94 goals per match.

104 different players scored goals at this year's World Cup. ^[13]

16 goals

• Gabriele Gori

10 goals

• Emmanuele Zurlo
• Fedor Zemskov

8 goals

• Léo Martins

7 goals

• Takuya Akaguma
• Ozu Moreira
• Jordan Santos
• Noël Ott
• Dejan Stankovic

6 goals

• Bokinha
• Rodrigo
• Dario Ramacciotti
• Mamour Diagne

5 goals

• Mauricinho
• Rui Coimbra
• Boris Nikonorov
• Raoul Mendy

4 goals

• Ihar Bryshtsel
• Filipe
• Jesús Rolón
• Bê Martins
• Kirill Romanov
• Gastón Laduche

3 goals

• Diogo Catarino
• Francesco Corosiniti
• Takaaki Oba
• Emeka Ogbonna
• Carlos Carballo
• Pedro Morán
• Belchior
• Bruno Torres
• Aleksey Makarov
• Artur Paporotnyi
• Gervais Chan-Kat
• Patrick Tepa
• Ariihau Teriitau

2 goals

• Aleh Hapon
• Lucão
• Bruno Xavier
• Josep Junior Gentilin
• Masanori Okuyama
• Teruki Tabata
• Azeez Abu
• Sami Al-Bulushi
• Eid Al-Farsi
• Jalal Al-Sinani
• Édgar Barreto
• Andrei Novikov
• Dmitry Shishin
• Lansana Diassy
• Ninou Diatta
• Babacar Fall
• Mamadou Sylla
• Philipp Borer
• Glenn Hodel
• Mo Jaeggy
• Tearii Labaste
• Raimana Li Fung Kuee
• Heimanu Taiarui
• Alessandro Canale
• Jason Leopoldo
• Nick Perera
• Oscar Reyes
• Nicolás Bella
• Marcelo Capurro

1 goal

• Ivan Kanstantsinau
• Valery Makarevich
• Dzianis Samsonov
• Illia Savich
• Datinha
• Mão
• Rafinha
• Marcello Percia Montani
• Masayuki Komaki
• Naoya Matsuo
• Shusei Yamauchi
• Ramón Maldonado
• Érick Sámano
• José Vizcarra
• Egan-Osi Ekujumi
• Godspower Igudia
• Adams Taiwo
• Mushel Al-Araimi
• Khalid Al-Oraimi
• Nooh Al-Zadjali
• Luis Ojeda
• Carlos Ovelar
• Yoao Rolón
• André Lourenço
• Madjer
• Eliott Mounoud
• Jan Ostgen
• Alvin Tehau
• Mohamed Al-Jasmi
• Ahmed Beshr
• Waleed Beshr
• Ali Karim
• Ali Mohammad
• Hesham Muntaser
• Jason Santos
• Christopher Toth
• Guillermo Costa
• Andrés Laens
• Santiago Miranda

1 own goal

• Rui Coimbra (against Brazil)
• Lansana Diassy (against Portugal)
• Ibra Thioune (against Russia)

Source: FIFA

Assists

Only players who recorded multiple assists are listed. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

7 assists

• Bê Martins
• Dario Ramacciotti

6 assists

• Simone Del Mestre
• Anton Shkarin

4 assists

• Yury Krasheninnikov
• Jordan Santos
• Ozu Moreira
• Al Seyni Ndiaye
• Sandro Spaccarotella

3 assists

• Teruki Tabata
• Takaaki Oba
• Azeez Abu
• Bruno Xavier
• Philipp Borer
• Aleksey Makarov
• Andrei Novikov
• Paolo Palmacci
• Shusei Yamauchi

2 assists

• Maksim Chuzhkov
• Jonathan Torohia
• Josep Junior Gentilin
• Younis Al Owaisi
• Noël Ott
• Andrés Laens
• Dmitry Shishin
• Belchior
• Heiarii Tavanae
• Illia Savich
• Jesús Rolón
• Luis Quinta
• Raimana Li Fung Kuee
• Christopher Toth
• Artur Paporotnyi
• Rafinha
• Antonio
• Bokinha
• Rodrigo
• Babacar Fall
• Francesco Corosiniti
• Emmanuele Zurlo
• Léo Martins

1 assist

• 44 players

Source: BSRussia

Discipline

Team & match statistics

Total number of yellow cards issued: 83 Average yellow cards per match: 2.59 Total number of red cards issued: 7 Average red cards per match: 0.22 First yellow card of the tournament: Heimanu Taiarui of Tahiti against Italy First red card of the tournament: Heiarii Tavanae of Tahiti against Italy Most cards issued (match): 7 (6 yellow, 1 red) Paraguay v Switzerland Fewest cards issued (match): 0 Japan v Switzerland, Belarus v United Arab Emirates, Nigeria v Oman, Brazil v Russia Most yellow cards (team): 12   Italy Most red cards (team): 2   Tahiti Fewest yellow cards (team): 1   United Arab Emirates

Total number of fouls committed: 389 Average fouls committed per match: 12.16 Most fouls committed (team, avg. per match): 10   Tahiti Most fouls suffered (team, avg. per match): 10   Paraguay Fewest fouls committed (team, avg. per match): 1   United Arab Emirates Fewest fouls suffered (team, avg. per match): 2   Oman Total number of penalties awarded: 24 (17 converted, 71% rate) Average penalties awarded per match: 0.75 Most penalties awarded (team): 4   Brazil   Italy Fewest penalties awarded (team): 0   Belarus   Japan   Nigeria   Oman   Russia

Player statistics

Red cards received : 1 Artur Paporotnyi Heiarii Tavanae Jonathan Torohia Victor Tale Yoao Rolón Ihar Bryshtel

Most yellow cards received : 3 Aleksey Makarov Alfioluca Chiavaro Guillermo Costa Second yellow cards received  : 1 Angelo Tchen

Sources: FIFA (team), FIFA (player), Penalties

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	D	Portugal	6	4	0	1	1	33	20	+13	13	Champions
2	B	Italy	6	3	1	0	2	38	27	+11	11	Runners-up
3	C	Russia	6	4	0	0	2	30	29	+1	12	Third place
4	A	Japan	6	4	0	0	2	24	20	+4	12	Fourth place
5	D	Brazil	4	3	0	0	1	32	15	+17	9	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	C	Senegal	4	2	0	0	2	19	15	+4	6
7	B	Uruguay	4	2	0	0	2	11	12	−1	6
8	A	Switzerland	4	1	1	0	2	22	22	0	5
9	B	Tahiti	3	2	0	0	1	16	17	−1	6	Eliminated in Group stage
10	A	Paraguay (H)	3	1	0	0	2	15	13	+2	3
11	C	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	10	13	−3	3
12	C	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	0	2	6	9	−3	3
13	D	Oman	3	1	0	0	2	9	16	−7	3
14	A	United States	3	0	0	0	3	10	17	−7	0
15	B	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0
16	D	Nigeria	3	0	0	0	3	8	28	−20	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Host

Media

Broadcasting rights

180 territories broadcast matches of the tournament. ^[35]

The following tables are a summary of some notable and participating territories' broadcasting licensee holders.

Individual territories listed that are also part of regional deals show the additional broadcasting licenses in those territories.

Territory Broadcaster licensees Ref   Afghanistan ATN [100]   Albania RTSH [100]   Argentina RTE SE [100]   Armenia ARMTV [100]   Australia Optus [100]   Austria ORF [100]   Azerbaijan İTV [100]   Belarus BTRC [100]   Belgium VRT, RTBF [100]   Brazil Band [100]   Bulgaria BNT [100]   Canada CTV, TSN, RDS [100]   Caribbean [n 1] DirecTV Latin America [100]   China CCTV [100]   Colombia RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión [100]   Croatia HRT [100]   Cyprus CyBC [100]   Czech Republic ČT [100]   Estonia ERR [100]   France (& Overseas France) Canal+ [100]   French Polynesia TNTV Tahiti [100]   Greece ERT [100]   Hungary MTVA [100]   Iceland RÚV [100]   Indian Subcontinent [n 2] Sony Pictures Networks India [100]   Ireland RTÉ [100]   Israel IPBC [100]   Italy Sky Sport [100]   Japan Fuji Television, J Sports [100]

Territory Broadcaster licensees Ref Korea, North & Korea, South MBC, KBS [100]   Kosovo RTK [100]   Latvia LTV [100]   Lithuania LRT [100]   North Macedonia RTV [100]   Malaysia &   Brunei Astro [100]   Malta PBS [100]   Mexico Televisa [100]   Middle East and North Africa [n 3] BeIN Sports [100]   Netherlands NOS [100]   New Zealand Sky Sports [100]   Panama TVN, RPC TV Canal 4 [100]   Paraguay TIGO Sports [100]   Poland Telewizja Polska [100]   Portugal RTP [100]   Romania TVR [100]   Russia 2Sport2 [100]   Senegal RTS [100]   Serbia РТС [100]   Slovakia RTVS [100]   Slovenia RTVSLO [100]   South America [n 1] DirecTV Latin America [100]   Spain Mediapro [100]   Sub-Saharan Africa [n 4] SuperSport International [100]   Switzerland SRG SSR [100]   Turkey TRT [100]   Uruguay Canal 10, Teledoce, Monte Carlo TV, ANTEL [100]   United States Fox Sports, Telemundo, Fútbol de Primera [100]   Venezuela Galaxy Entertainment [100]

1. The FIFA/DirecTV deal covers the rights in 20 territories of the Caribbean and 10 territories of South America
2. The FIFA/Sony deal covers the rights in 7 territories on the Indian Subcontinent
3. The FIFA/beIN Sports deal covers the rights in 23 territories of the Arab League
4. The FIFA/SuperSport deal covers the rights in 43 territories of Sub-Saharan Africa

Closing report

Social media

At the closing press conference on 30 November, head of FIFA Tournaments, Jaime Yarza reported that social media posts had generated over 46 million impressions, 1.7 million user interactions and 14 million video views, setting a new record for social media engagement of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Yarza claimed showed the continued growth of the sport. ^[35]

Economic impact

Prior to the tournament, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF) estimated the competition would generate US$5 million for the local economy. ^[101] The actual economic impact was reported at three times this amount of US$15 million at the closing press conference. ^[102]

Attendance figures

Despite struggling attendance figures, ^[103] APF General Secretary Luis Kanonnikoff declared "we are happy with the attendance numbers of both locals and foreigners." ^[35]

Notes

1. FIFA does not publish a complete list of assists. Assists are only partially published – as part of its list of goalscorers and so players who assisted but did not score are not documented. The source of this complete list of assists is from a third-party. Note that there are discrepancies between the information available from FIFA and this source.

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External links

• Official website , at FIFA.com
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Beach Soccer World Cup 2019 – Final stage, at Beach Soccer Russia
• FIFA Technical Report (published 25 March 2020)