2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates04–08 November 2014
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored134 (6.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Bruno Xavier
Russia Dmitry Shishin
Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Japan Takasuke Goto (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Mão
Best goalkeeperBrazil Mão

The 2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 04 to 8 November 2014. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team Confederation Achievements Participation
 United Arab Emirates AFC Host 4th
 Russia UEFA 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winners 4th
 United States CONCACAF 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CONCACAF) winners 2nd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place 4th
 Iran AFC 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) winners 2nd
 Morocco CAF 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (CAF) third place 2nd
 Japan AFC 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer WCQ (AFC) runners-up 2nd
 Portugal UEFA 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League runners-up 1st

Group stage

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

Legend
Teams that advanced to the semi finals

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 3300138+59
 Iran 320195+46
 Morocco 3102814-63
 United Arab Emirates 300369-30
United Arab Emirates 3-4 Morocco
A.Daryaei 25', 26'
H. Alhamadi 30'		 Report 1 7', 16', 33' El. Nassim
14' El.Azzeddine


Iran 2-4 Portugal
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Portugal 6-4 Morocco
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


United Arab Emirates 1-2 Iran
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Portugal 3-2 United Arab Emirates
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Morocco 0-5 Iran
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3300165+119
 Brazil 3201189+96
 Japan 31021017-73
 United States 3003518-130
United States 3-10 Brazil
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Russia 9-3 Japan
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Brazil 7-4 Japan
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Russia 5-1 United States
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Japan 3-1 United States
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Brazil 1-2 Russia
[ Report 1]
[ Report 2]


Classification stage

 
5–8 placesFifth place
 
      
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Russia4
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Iran3
 
 Iran0
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Portugal3
 
 Portugal3
 
 
 Brazil5
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Brazil3

5–8 places

Morocco 7 – 3 United States
Report 1
Report 2

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Championship stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Russia4
 
8 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Iran3
 
 Russia2
 
7 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)3
 
 Portugal3
 
 
 Brazil5
 
Third place
 
 
8 November – Jumeirah Beach
 
 
 Iran0
 
 
 Portugal3

Semi-finals

Russia 4 – 3 Iran
Report 1
Report 2
Portugal 3 – 5 Brazil
Report 1
Report 2

Third place

Iran 0 – 3 Portugal
Report 1
Report 2

Final

Russia 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report 1
Report 2

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Brazil Mao
Top Scorer
Russia Dimitry Shishin Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Japan Goto Brazil Bruno Xavier
Best Goalkeeper
Brazil Mao

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals
1Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh6
2Brazil Bruno Xavier6
3Russia Dmitry Shishin6
4Japan Takasuka Goto6

Final standings

Rank Team
1

 Brazil

2

 Russia

3

 Portugal

4

 Iran

5

 Morocco

6

 United Arab Emirates

7

 Japan

8 United States

References

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