FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006
Number of nations
16
World Champion
Brazil Brazil (10th title)
venue
Brazil 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
Portugal Madjer (21 goals)
Best player
Portugal 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 France
Poland Poland
Portugal Portugal
Spain Spain
Italy Italy
3 from South America
Argentina Argentina
Brazil Brazil (GG)
Uruguay Uruguay
2 from North, Central America and the Caribbean
Canada Canada
United States United States
2 from Africa
Cameroon Cameroon
Nigeria Nigeria
3 from Asia
Bahrain Bahrain
Japan Japan
Iran Iran
1 from Oceania
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Preliminary round
Group A
rank
country
Gates
difference
Points
1
Brazil Brazil
29:10
+ 19
9
2
Japan Japan
15:22
- 7th
3
3
Poland Poland
12:18
- 6
3
4th
United States 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 France
21: 8
+ 13
9
2
Canada Canada
11:14
- 3
5
3
Spain Spain
10:12
- 2nd
3
4th
Iran 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
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 Argentina
10: 6
+ 6
9
2
Bahrain Bahrain
10: 9
+ 1
5
3
Nigeria Nigeria
13:13
0
3
4th
Italy 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
Semifinals
3rd place match.
final
Awards
adidas Golden Ball: Madjer Portugal
adidas Golden Goalscorer: Madjer (21 goals)Portugal
FIFA Fair Play Award: FranceFrance
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