2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 2007
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Brazil
dates = 2 November – 11 November
num_teams = 16
confederations = 6
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = BRA
count = 11
second = MEX
third = URU
fourth = FRA
matches = 32
goals = 261
attendance = 178900
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Buru (10 goals)
player = flagicon|BRA Buru
updated =

The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup supervised by FIFA. Previous editions were not organised by FIFA, and were held under the title "Beach Soccer World Championship". The World Cup took place from November 2 to November 11, 2007 in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Teams

16 teams from 6 continents qualified to the "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup":Asian zone:
*fb|IRN
*fb|JPN
*fb|UAE (first appearance)African zone:
*fb|NGR
*fb|SEN (first appearance)South-American zone:
*fb|ARG
*fb|URU

Oceanian zone:
*fb|SOL

European zone:
*fb|FRA
*fb|ITA
*fb|POR
*fb|RUS (first appearance)
*fb|ESP

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:
*fb|USA
*fb|MEX (first appearance)Host nation:
*fb|BRA

Group stage

Group A

footballbox
date = November 3, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 3–2
(a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 = Ricaar goal|23, goal|23 Matias goal|37
goals2 = Roberto Pasquali goal|6 Paolo Palamacci goal|16
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|ARG Pedro Infantes
attendance = 6 000

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footballbox
date = November 3, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|JPN
score = 1–4
team2 = fb|SEN
goals1 = Shusei Yamauchi goal|34
goals2 = Malick Dieng goal|5 Pape Koukpaki goal|6|pen, goal|22 Gomis Mbengue goal|29
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|UAE Waleed Al Ali
attendance = 2 000

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footballbox
date = November 5, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 6 –3
team2 = fb|JPN
goals1 = Paolo Palmacci goal|5 Damiano Maiorano goal|10 Robert Pasquali goal|24, goal|25, goal|27 Michele Leghissa goal|26
goals2 = Teruki Tabata goal|7 Shusei Yamauchi goal|13, goal|22
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|ARG Hernan Fernandez
attendance = 1 000

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footballbox
date = November 5, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|SEN
score = 5–2
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = Mamadou Diallo goal|2 Pape Koukpaki goal|8, goal|29, goal|31 Ngalla Sylla goal|15
goals2 = Parrillo goal|6 Ricar goal|8
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|CRC Franklin Quesada
attendance = 1 000

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footballbox
date = November 7, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|SEN
score = 6–5
(a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 = Gomis Kbengue goal|2, goal|19 Pape Koukpaki goal|8, goal|39 Badiane Mbengue goal|9 Modou Thioune goal|35
goals2 = Paolo Palmacci goal|1 Roberto Pasquali goal|8|pen, goal|9 Damiano Maiorano goal|13
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|BRA Alberto Moreira
attendance = 4 500

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footballbox
date = November 7, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|JPN
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = Shusei Yamauchi goal|5 Takashi Arakaki goal|17
goals2 = Parrillo goal|1 Ricar goal|33 Pampero goal|35
stadium = Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena
referee = flagicon|NED George Postma
attendance = 1 000

Group D

References

* [http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/standings/index.html Group and standing]
* [http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/index.html Teams]
* [http://fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/newsid=635851.html#brazil+sweep+board Special Awards]