FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Brazil (11th title)
venue	Brazil
Opening game	November 2, 2006
Endgame	November 11, 2006
Games	32
Gates	261  (⌀: 8.16 per game)
spectator	157,300  (⌀: 4,916 per game)
Top scorer	Buru (10 goals)
Best player	Buru
yellow cards	77  (⌀: 2.41 per game)
Yellow-red cards	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)
Red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007 is the third edition of the World Cup tournament for men in beach soccer organized by FIFA . The tournament took place from November 2nd to November 11th 2007 in Copacabana , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . All 32 games were played in one stadium.

Brazil became world champion for the eleventh time , ahead of Mexico .

Attendees

The following 16 national teams from the respective continental associations ultimately qualified for the final round:

5 from Europe	France	Russia	Portugal	Spain
	Italy
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil (GG)	Uruguay
2 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	United States	Mexico
2 from Africa	Nigeria	Senegal
3 from Asia	UA Emirates	Japan	Iran
1 from Oceania	Solomon Islands

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Brazil	19: 8	+ 11	8th
2	Mexico	12:11	+ 1	5
3	Russia	9: 6	+ 3	3
4th	Solomon Islands	7:22	- 15	0

Russia	-	Mexico	2: 2n.V., 1: 2 i. E.
Brazil	-	Solomon Islands	11: 2
Mexico	-	Brazil	4: 6
Solomon Islands	-	Russia	2: 5
Brazil	-	Russia	2: 2 n.v., 5: 4 i. E.
Solomon Islands	-	Mexico	3: 6

Group B

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Spain	16:11	+ 5	6th
2	Portugal	11:12	- 1	4th
3	Iran	14:14	0	3
4th	United States	16:20	- 4th	3

Portugal	-	Iran	3: 3 n.v., 1: 0 i. E.
United States	-	Spain	4: 8
Spain	-	Portugal	4: 2
Iran	-	United States	6: 7
Spain	-	Iran	4: 5
United States	-	Portugal	5: 6 a.d.

Group C

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Senegal	15: 8	+ 7	8th
2	Uruguay	8: 9	- 1	5
3	Italy	13:12	+ 1	3
4th	Japan	6:13	- 7th	0

Uruguay	-	Italy	3: 2 a.d.
Japan	-	Senegal	1: 4
Italy	-	Japan	6: 3
Senegal	-	Uruguay	5: 2
Senegal	-	Italy	6: 5 a.d.
Japan	-	Uruguay	2: 3

Group D

rank	country	Gates	difference	Points
1	Nigeria	14:12	+ 2	7th
2	France	11:10	+ 1	5
3	Argentina	9: 9	0	3
4th	UA Emirates	13:16	- 3	0

Nigeria	-	Argentina	5: 3
UA Emirates	-	France	5: 6
Argentina	-	UA Emirates	4: 2
France	-	Nigeria	3: 3 n.V., 2: 3 i. E.
France	-	Argentina	2: 2 n.v., 2: 1 i. E.
UA Emirates	-	Nigeria	6: 6 n.V., 0: 1 i. E.

Final round

Quarter finals

Spain	-	Mexico	4: 5
Nigeria	-	Uruguay	1: 3
Brazil	-	Portugal	10: 7
Senegal	-	France	3: 6

Semifinals

Mexico	-	Uruguay	5: 2
Brazil	-	France	6: 2

3rd place match.

Uruguay

-

France

2: 2 (1: 0 on perk)

final

Mexico

-

Brazil

2: 8

Awards

• adidas Golden Ball: Buru 
• adidas Golden Goalscorer: Buru (10 goals) 
• FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil