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2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	3–7 November 2015
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	145 (7.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamed Gamal (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Yury Krasheninnikov
Best goalkeeper	Humaid Albalooshi
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The 2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 3 to 7 November 2015. Eight teams participated in the competition.

Participating teams

Team	Confederation	Achievements	Participation
United Arab Emirates	AFC	Host	5th
Portugal	UEFA	2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup & 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League winners	2nd
Russia	UEFA	2015 Euro Beach Soccer League third place	5th
Mexico	CONCACAF	2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship winners	3rd
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship third place	1st
Iran	AFC	2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place	3rd
Egypt	CAF	2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place	1st
Tahiti	OFC	2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up	3rd

Group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	6
Egypt	3	2	0	1	12	13	–1	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	10	15	–5	0

United Arab Emirates	2–3	Egypt
Ali Karim 13' Walid 31'	Report	Aboserie 12' Gamal 35', 36'

Russia	5–1	Argentina
Makarov 1' Shishin 9' Krasheninnikov 24' Gorchinsky 35' Paporotnyi 36'	Report	Minici 25'

Argentina	3–3 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
	4–5

Egypt	2–5	Russia
	Report

Egypt	7–6	Argentina
	Report

United Arab Emirates	5–4	Russia
	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Tahiti	3	3	0	0	14	7	+7	9
Iran	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	6
Portugal	3	1	0	2	10	14	–4	3
Mexico	3	0	0	3	8	14	–6	0

Portugal	5–3	Mexico
Torres 8' Belchior 14', 27' Coimbra 16' Madjer 26'	Report	Gomez 21', 33' Rodriguez 33'

Tahiti	4–2	Iran
Tepa 7' Zaveroni 9' N. Bennett 20' Taiarui 26'	Report	Ahmadzadeh 25', 35'

Mexico	3–4	Tahiti
	Report

Iran	5–3	Portugal
	Report

Portugal	2–6	Tahiti
	Report

Mexico	2–5	Iran
	Report

Classification stage

	5–8 places				Fifth place
	6 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Portugal	6
					7 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Argentina	2
					Portugal	1
	6 November – Jumeirah Beach
					UAE	4
	UAE	3
	Mexico	2
					Seventh place
					7 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Argentina	2
					Mexico	6

5–8 places

Portugal	6–2	Argentina
	Report

UAE	3–2	Mexico
	Report

Seventh place match

Argentina	2–6	Mexico
	Report

Fifth place match

Portugal	1–4	UAE
	Report

Championship stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Tahiti	8
					7 November – Jumeirah Beach
	Egypt	5
					Tahiti	2
	6 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Russia	5
	Russia	4
	Iran	1
					Third place
					7 November – Jumeirah Beach
					Egypt	2 (2)
					Iran	2 (3)

Semi-finals

Tahiti	8–5	Egypt
	Report

Russia	4–1	Iran
	Report

Third place match

Egypt	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Iran
	Report
Penalties
	2–3

Final

Tahiti	2–5	Russia
	Report

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Yury Krasheninnikov
Top Scorer
Mohamed Gamal
Best Goalkeeper
Humaid Albalooshi

Top scorers

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Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Tahiti
3	Iran
4	Egypt
5	UAE
6	Portugal
7	Mexico
8	Argentina

References

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide
• (in French) Schedule & Results (PDF)

• Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
• 2015–16 in Emirati football
• International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
• 2015 in beach soccer
• November 2015 sports events in Asia