2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers is the qualifiers for third EDition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup supervised by FIFA. The qualifiers were held in 5 different places for 6 regions (The South American zone and the North, Central American and Caribbean zone were both played in Acapulco) from June 29 to August 26, 2007.
Qualified
16 teams qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Asian zone:
Iran
Japan
UAE
African zone:
Nigeria
Senegal
South-American zone:
Argentina
Uruguay
Oceanian zone:
Solomon Islands
European zone:
France
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
North, Central American and Caribbean zone:
USA
Mexico
Host nation:
Brazil
European zone
First round
12 of the European teams were drawn into 4 groups of 3. The winner of each group competed in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League alongside the 4 top European teams: France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Group 1
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switzerland |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
5 |
+16 |
Norway |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
14 |
-7 |
Turkey |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
15 |
-8 |
Group 2
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russia |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
13 |
+5 |
Israel |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
14 |
= |
Greece |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
Group 3
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Czech Republic |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
Ukraine |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
Germany |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
Group 4
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poland |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
+2 |
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
Hungary |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
Euro Beach Soccer league
8 Countries competed in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League: Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
The 8 countries competed in 4 events: San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (July 13-15), Portimão, Portugal (July 19-21), Tignes, France (July 27-29) and Mallorca, Spain (August 3-5).
Every event awarded points by the final standing:
1st |
10 pts. |
5th |
5 pts. |
2nd |
8 pts. |
6th |
4 pts. |
3rd |
7 pts. |
7th |
3 pts. |
4th |
6 pts. |
8th |
1 pts. |
The Top-6 countries after 4 events will continue to the Euro Beach Soccer League 2007 Final berth.
Team |
Event 1 |
Event 2 |
Event 3 |
Event 4 |
Overall points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russia |
10 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
31 |
France |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
30 |
Portugal |
8 |
10 |
4 |
7 |
29 |
Switzerland |
7 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
Italy |
6 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
20 |
Spain |
1 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
19 |
Poland |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
16 |
Czech Republic |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
Finals
The final berth
The 6 team who have qualified to the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer league Final berth was drawn into 2 groups of 3. The first two in each group advanced to the Semi finals and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Group 1
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spain |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
+5 |
Russia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
10 |
+5 |
Switzerland |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
-10 |
Group 2
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
+3 |
Portugal |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
Italy |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
-4 |
Finals
Last chance
In the last chance tournament, 12 teams competed for the last ticket for the World Cup: Bulgaria, Austria, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Turkey Germany, Norway, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and Italy (Switzerland and Italy joined the Last chance after being eliminated from the Final berth.
Asian zone
The 6 Asian team was drawn into 2 group of 3. The top 2 advanced to the Semi-finals. The winners advanced to the final and qualified for the 2007 Beach Soccer World Cup. The 2 losing team played a match for the third and last ticket to the World Cup.
Group Stage
Group 1
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UAE |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
+7 |
Japan |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
-2 |
India |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
Group 2
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iran |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
= |
Bahrain |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
= |
China |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
10 |
= |
Finals
South, North, Central American and Caribbean zone
7 teams from the South American and the North, Central American and Caribbean zone were divided to 2 groups by zone. The first 2 team in each group qualified to the World Cup. After the Group stage, each team played a Play-off match against a team from the second group, to determine the final rankings.
Group stage
South American zone
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uruguay |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
Argentina |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
Venezuela |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
-7 |
North, Central American and Caribbean zone
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USA |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
12 |
+7 |
Mexico |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
Costa Rica |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
-3 |
El Salvador |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
19 |
-7 |
Play-offs
Oceanian zone
4 Oceanian teams played a group stage. The first 2 played each other for the only ticket to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. 3rd and 4th place played each other for the 3rd place in the final standing.
Group stage
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanuatu |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
15 |
+8 |
Solomon Islands |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
+2 |
Tahiti |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
20 |
-6 |
New Zealand |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
23 |
-7 |
Finals
African zone
8 African team were drawn into 2 groups of 4. The top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The 2 finalists qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Group stage
Group 1
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Côte d'Ivoire |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
South Africa |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
15 |
+3 |
Cape Verde |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
16 |
-2 |
Mozambique |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
21 |
-13 |
Group 2
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
13 |
+11 |
Senegal |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
17 |
+2 |
Egypt |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
18 |
20 |
-2 |
Cameroon |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
16 |
-7 |
Finals
fr:Qualifications pour la Coupe du monde de football de plage de 2007