Beach soccer world championship 1996

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Beach soccer world championship 1996
Number of nations 8th
World Champion BrazilBrazil Brazil (2nd title)
venue BrazilBrazil Brazil
Games 16
Gates 131  (⌀: 8.19 per game)
Top scorer ItalyItaly Alessandro Altobelli (14 goals)
Best player BrazilBrazil Edinho

The beach soccer world championship 1996 was the second edition of the world championship tournament for men in beach soccer . The tournament took place in Copacabana , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil in January 1996 for the second time in a row.

Attendees

The following 8 national teams from the respective continental associations ultimately qualified for the final round:

3 from Europe DenmarkDenmark Denmark ItalyItaly Italy RussiaRussia Russia
3 from South America ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BrazilBrazil Brazil (GG) UruguayUruguay Uruguay
2 from North, Central America and the Caribbean CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States
0 from Asia
0 from Africa
0 from Oceania

Preliminary round

Group A

rank country Gates difference Points
1 BrazilBrazil Brazil 24: 5 + 19 9
2 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 12:13 - 1 3
3 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 10:16 - 6 3
4th CanadaCanada Canada 12:24 - 12 3
Uruguay - Canada 5: 6
Brazil - Denmark 7: 1
Uruguay - Denmark 5: 3
Brazil - Canada 13: 2
Denmark - Canada 6: 4
Brazil - Uruguay 4: 2

Group B

rank country Gates difference Points
1 United StatesUnited States United States 14: 9 + 5 9
2 ItalyItaly Italy 14: 9 + 5 6th
3 RussiaRussia Russia 7:10 - 3 3
4th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 5:12 - 7th 0
United States - Argentina 4: 2
Italy - Russia 5: 1
Russia - Argentina 3: 1
United States - Italy 6: 4
Italy - Argentina 5: 2
United States - Russia 4: 3

Final round

Semifinals

UruguayUruguay Uruguay - United StatesUnited States United States 7-0
BrazilBrazil Brazil - ItalyItaly Italy 12: 4

3rd place match.

ItalyItaly Italy - United StatesUnited States United States 4: 3

final

BrazilBrazil Brazil - UruguayUruguay Uruguay 3-0

Awards