2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup thread

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this will be the 16th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It will take place at the Stadio del Mare (Stadium of the Sea)^[1], a temporary stadium at the Marina di Ravenna^[2] in Ravenna, Italy,^[3] the third tournament to take place outside Brazil, from 1 – 11 September 2011^[4] . However this will be the first tournament to take place under the new two year basis; now the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup takes place once every two years.^[5] The tournament was confirmed in March 2010.^[6]



Group A

Italy (hosts)
Iran
Senegal
Switzerland


Group B

Argentina
El Salvador
Oman
Portugal


Group C

Nigeria
Russia
Tahiti
Venezuela

Group D

Brazil
Japan
Mexico
Ukraine

I was almost going to make a thread asking if anyone was actually going to watch this.

Early results; (no draws allowed)

Switzerland 8 Senegal 8 (0-1 p)

Italy 6 Iran 6 (5-4p)

Argentina 3 Oman 1

El Salvador 2 Portugal 11

today's results

Nigeria 4 Russia 8
Tahiti 5 Venezuela 2
Japan 2 Mexico 3
Brazil 3 Ukraine 3 (2-1 p)

nice to see Nigeria made a game of it.. kinda.

watched til it was 6-1.

pretty entertaining to watch, if you have a handheld to fiddle with while doing so.

http://www.the-playmaker.com/t4063-beach-soccer

The quarterfinals are being played tomorrow (today in Europe) and they should be good. Here are the fixtures;

Italy v El Salvador

Russia v Mexico

Brazil v Nigeria

Portugal v Senegal

el salvador to win it all bitches

Semi-finals happening today;



Russia v El Salvador

Brazil v Portugal



It took extra time for Brazil to beat Nigeria

Promiscuous Flamingo wrote:el salvador to win it all bitches

Probably not the best time to make a statement like that and then Russia beat them quite comfortably. Very silly timing for you.



On another topic I see Tahiti are hosting the next Beach Soccer World Cup, so does that mean we will have two teams from Oceania in the final? That is very cool if true.

we did good though

i saw a report about the salvadorian players and most of them were just normal fishermens from the coast of el salvador most of them very poor

while the other teams take this serously they have leagues and more experience

Russia is leading the final against Brazil 4-2 in the 2nd period (beach soccer has three 12 minute periods)

Now 5-2!

You really need to stop double posting. Kinda obvious no ones interested.

Since when did Russia have beaches?

Brazil got one back 5-3.

Cam wrote:Since when did Russia have beaches?

Probably off the Kuril Islands in the extreme southeast of the country. Also off the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Baltic Sea, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, and the Caspian Sea.

9-3 and the Russian WAGs are going crazy in the stands.

10-4 in the 3rd this thing is over

Bicycle kick goal 11-5 Russia

Right after that they scored again 12-5 Russia.

Despite a late comeback Russia wins the World Cup 12-8!!