FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Brazil (10th title)
venue	Brazil
Opening game	November 2, 2006
Endgame	November 12, 2006
Games	32
Gates	286  (⌀: 8.94 per game)
spectator	179,800  (⌀: 5,619 per game)
Top scorer	Madjer (21 goals)
Best player	Madjer
yellow cards	60  (⌀: 1.88 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is the second edition of the World Cup tournament for men in beach soccer organized by FIFA . The tournament took place from November 2nd to November 12th, 2006 in Copacabana , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . All 32 games were played in one stadium.

Brazil became world champion for the tenth time , ahead of Uruguay .

Attendees

For the first time, 16 national teams from the respective continental associations qualified for the finals:

5 from Europe	France	Poland	Portugal	Spain
	Italy
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil (GG)	Uruguay
2 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	Canada	United States
2 from Africa	Cameroon	Nigeria
3 from Asia	Bahrain	Japan	Iran
1 from Oceania	Solomon Islands

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Brazil	29:10	+ 19	9
2	Japan	15:22	- 7th	3
3	Poland	12:18	- 6	3
4th	United States	14:20	- 6	3

United States	-	Japan	4: 8
Brazil	-	Poland	9: 2
Brazil	-	Japan	10: 2
Poland	-	United States	2: 4
Brazil	-	United States	10: 6
Poland	-	Japan	8: 5

Group B

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	France	21: 8	+ 13	9
2	Canada	11:14	- 3	5
3	Spain	10:12	- 2nd	3
4th	Iran	10:18	- 8th	0

Canada	-	Iran	6: 6 n.V., 1: 0 i. E.
Spain	-	France	4: 7
France	-	Canada	8: 1
Iran	-	Spain	1: 6
France	-	Iran	6: 3
Spain	-	Canada	0: 4

Group C

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Portugal	29: 9	+ 20	9
2	Uruguay	17:13	+ 4	3
3	Solomon Islands	12:26	- 14	3
4th	Cameroon	8:18	- 10	2

Portugal	-	Uruguay	5: 4
Solomon Islands	-	Cameroon	5: 2
Uruguay	-	Solomon Islands	10: 5
Cameroon	-	Portugal	3:10
Cameroon	-	Uruguay	3: 3 n.v., 1: 0 i. E.
Solomon Islands	-	Portugal	2:14

Group D

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Argentina	10: 6	+ 6	9
2	Bahrain	10: 9	+ 1	5
3	Nigeria	13:13	0	3
4th	Italy	6:11	- 5th	0

Argentina	-	Nigeria	5: 4
Italy	-	Bahrain	2: 4
Nigeria	-	Italy	4: 3
Bahrain	-	Argentina	1: 2
Bahrain	-	Nigeria	5: 5 n.V., 4: 3 i. E.
Italy	-	Argentina	1: 3

Final round

Quarter finals

Brazil	-	Canada	12: 1
Portugal	-	Bahrain	6: 2
Uruguay	-	Argentina	2: 1
France	-	Japan	3: 2

Semifinals

Brazil	-	Portugal	7: 4
Uruguay	-	France	2: 2 (1: 0 on perk)

3rd place match.

Portugal

-

France

4: 6

final

Brazil

-

Uruguay

4: 1

Awards

• adidas Golden Ball: Madjer 
• adidas Golden Goalscorer: Madjer (21 goals) 
• FIFA Fair Play Award: France