Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games

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Beach soccer
at the 2019 World Beach Games
Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games pictogram.png
VenueBeach Soccer Arena, Katara Beach
Location Doha, Qatar
Dates11–16 October
Competitors272 from 19 nations
Teams24
Champions
MenFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
WomenFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
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The beach soccer tournaments at the 2019 World Beach Games , the inaugural edition of the Games, were held from 11 to 16 October 2019 [1] in Doha, Qatar and organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). [2] [3] The matches were hosted on the Katara Beach [4] at two venues which comprised the Beach Soccer Arena. [5]

Contents

Two events took place: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. A total of 24 teams participated (16 in the men's competition and eight in the women's). The men's squads could consist of up to 12 players and the women's squads, 10 players, meaning a total of 272 athletes were expected to take part. [2]

Brazil claimed the men's title whilst Spain were the winners of the women's category. [6]

Competition schedule

The tournament began one day before the opening ceremony with medal-deciding matches taking place exclusively on 16 October. [7] [8]

GGroup stageSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal / Gold medal match
Date
Event
Fri 11Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15Wed 16
Men GGGSFBF
Women GGGSFBF

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter one men's team and one women's team into the competition. In order to play at the Games, these teams needed to qualify. [2]

The six continental confederations of FIFA were each allocated a certain amount of berths at the Games; [2] qualification events were organised for teams to compete against other members of their own confederation to try and earn one of their continent's spots at the Games. ANOC delegated the responsibility of organising qualification to Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). [9] Originally, qualification tournaments were planned for all confederations, [10] however, for some, these qualification events were ultimately not realised – instead, their teams which occupied the highest positions in the BSWW World Ranking were granted qualification. [11]

The host country qualifies automatically. [2] When San Diego relinquished the hosting rights to Doha, the United States was stripped of its entitlement to automatic qualification for its men's and women's teams. [12] New hosts, Qatar, declined to enter any teams, leaving the berths reserved for the host nations unfilled; consequently, these vacant berths were redistributed accordingly. [11]

Men's qualification

Means of qualificationRef.DatesVenueBerthsQualified
2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [9] [11] 9–12 May 2019 Flag of Spain.svg Salou 5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2019 African Beach Games [13] [14] 19–23 June 2019 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Sal 2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked AFC teams) [12] 10 July 2019 [i] –3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked OFC team) [12] 10 July 2019 [i] –1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands [a]
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [15] [16] 3–5 August 2019 Flag of El Salvador.svg San Salvador 2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
BSWW World Ranking (Top ranked CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019 [i] –3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Total 16
a. Tahiti are the highest ranked team from the OFC. However, they are ineligible to enter since French Polynesia is not a member of ANOC. Therefore, the berth has been given to the OFC's next highest ranked team that is a member. [11]

Women's qualification

Means of qualificationRef.DatesVenueBerths [b] Qualified
2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [9] [1] 9–12 May 2019 Flag of Spain.svg Salou 3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [c]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2019 African Beach Games [13] [17] 19–23 June 2019 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Sal 1Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [15] [1] 3–5 August 2019 Flag of El Salvador.svg San Salvador 2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Invitation (CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019 [i] –2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Total 8
b. With the exception of UEFA, all confederations were originally allocated one berth each. [2] However, neither the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nor Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) ultimately entered any teams (China were due to enter a team as the AFC representative but withdrew [18] ). Therefore, these two vacant berths were redistributed, with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF each receiving one extra berth.
c. Competed in qualification as England. England does not have an independent NOC and is instead represented by Great Britain at Olympic events.

Participating NOCs

A total of 19 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), as per the outcome of qualification events, participated (the number of participating athletes of each NOC are shown in parentheses).

Men's competition

Women's competition

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1012
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1001
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0101
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament [19]
details 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Mão
Rafinha
Antônio
Catarino
Filipe Silva
Lucão
Bokinha
Rodrigo Souto
Rodrigo
Datinha
Mauricinho
Rafael Padilha 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Ivan Ostrovskii
Andrey Novikov
Aleksey Makarov
Yuri Krasheninnikov
Dmitry Shishin
Anton Shkarin
Aleksei Pavlenko
Artur Paporotnyi
Kirill Romanov
Pavel Bazhenov
Boris Nikonorov
Fedor Zemskov 		Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Peyman Hosseini
Amir Akbari
Hassan Abdollahi
Mostafa Kiani
Mehdi Shirmohammadi
Ali Mirshekari
Mohammad Mokhtari
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Hamid Behzadpour
Saeid Piramoun
Hadi Farahmand
Mohammad Masoumizadeh
Women's tournament [20]
details 		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Laura Gallego
Andrea Mirón
Carmen Fresneda
Lorena Asensio
Alba Mellado
Sara Gozález
Carolina Gozález
Jessica Higueras
Carla Morera
Laia García 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Hannah Haughton
Katie James
Nadine Bazan
Hannah Short
Wendy Martin
Sarah Kempson
Rebecca Barron
Gemma Hillier
Molly Clark
Charlotte Haynes 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Natalie Wippel
Adriele Rocha
Jasna Nagel
Nayara Couto
Bárbara Colodetti
Noele Bastos
Lorena Medeiros
Letícia Villar
Dani Barboza
Letícia Lopes

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The dates of teams who qualified via their world ranking or invitation refer to when they were publicly revealed by the qualification organisers.

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