- 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 2007
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Brazil
dates =2 November –11 November
num_teams = 16
confederations = 6
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = BRA
count = 11
second = MEX
third = URU
fourth = FRA
matches = 32
goals = 261
attendance = 178900
top_scorer = flagicon|BRABuru (10 goals)
player = flagicon|BRABuru
updated =The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup supervised byFIFA . Previous editions were not organised by FIFA, and were held under the title "Beach Soccer World Championship". The World Cup took place fromNovember 2 toNovember 11 ,2007 in Copacabana beach,Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .Teams
16 teams from 6 continents qualified to the "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup":Asian zone:
*fb|IRN
*fb|JPN
*fb|UAE (first appearance)African zone:
*fb|NGR
*fb|SEN (first appearance)South-American zone:
*fb|ARG
*fb|URUOceanian zone:
*fb|SOLEuropean zone:
*fb|FRA
*fb|ITA
*fb|POR
*fb|RUS (first appearance)
*fb|ESPNorth, Central American and Caribbean zone:
*fb|USA
*fb|MEX (first appearance)Host nation:
*fb|BRAGroup stage
Group A
footballbox
date =November 3 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 3–2
(a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 =Ricaar goal|23, goal|23 Matias goal|37
goals2 =Roberto Pasquali goal|6Paolo Palamacci goal|16
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|ARGPedro Infantes
attendance = 6 000----
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date =November 3 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|JPN
score = 1–4
team2 = fb|SEN
goals1 =Shusei Yamauchi goal|34
goals2 =Malick Dieng goal|5Pape Koukpaki goal|6|pen, goal|22Gomis Mbengue goal|29
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|UAEWaleed Al Ali
attendance = 2 000----
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date =November 5 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 6 –3
team2 = fb|JPN
goals1 =Paolo Palmacci goal|5Damiano Maiorano goal|10Robert Pasquali goal|24, goal|25, goal|27Michele Leghissa goal|26
goals2 =Teruki Tabata goal|7Shusei Yamauchi goal|13, goal|22
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|ARGHernan Fernandez
attendance = 1 000----
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date =November 5 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|SEN
score = 5–2
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 =Mamadou Diallo goal|2Pape Koukpaki goal|8, goal|29, goal|31Ngalla Sylla goal|15
goals2 =Parrillo goal|6Ricar goal|8
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|CRCFranklin Quesada
attendance = 1 000----
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date =November 7 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|SEN
score = 6–5
(a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 =Gomis Kbengue goal|2, goal|19Pape Koukpaki goal|8, goal|39Badiane Mbengue goal|9Modou Thioune goal|35
goals2 =Paolo Palmacci goal|1Roberto Pasquali goal|8|pen, goal|9Damiano Maiorano goal|13
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|BRAAlberto Moreira
attendance = 4 500----
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date =November 7 ,2007
team1 = fb-rt|JPN
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 =Shusei Yamauchi goal|5Takashi Arakaki goal|17
goals2 =Parrillo goal|1Ricar goal|33 Pampero goal|35
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|NEDGeorge Postma
attendance = 1 000Group D
References
* [http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/standings/index.html Group and standing]
* [http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/index.html Teams]
* [http://fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/newsid=635851.html#brazil+sweep+board Special Awards]
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