Beach Soccer World Cup 1998

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Beach Soccer World Cup
year = 1998
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Brazil
dates = January 17 – January 25
num_teams = 10
confederations = 3
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = BRA
count = 4
second = FRA
third = URU
fourth = PER
matches = 24
goals = 219
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Júnior (14 goals)
player = flagicon|BRA Júnior
updated = The 1998 Beach Soccer World Cup was the forth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. This year was the first time that 10 teams would compete for the cup. The tournament continued to take place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Organisation

This year the organisation had to be changed due to 10 teams taking part in the tournament. The teams were split into 2 groups of 5 teams, with 2 teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 10 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 5 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from North America.

European Zone:
*beachsoccer|FRA
*beachsoccer|POR
*beachsoccer|ESP (Newcomers)
*beachsoccer|ITA

South American Zone:
*beachsoccer|URU
*beachsoccer|PER (Newcomers)
*beachsoccer|ARG
*beachsoccer|CHI (Newcomers)

North American Zone:
*beachsoccer|USA

Hosts:
*beachsoccer|BRA (South America)

Group Stage

Group A

Final team standings

Best Goalkeeper Award

ources

*http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/beachwk98.html