2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Eight teams took part including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, the OFC did not enter a team this year, so UEFA entered two teams. As incumbent continental champions, Senegal were originally invited to play as the African representatives but were unable to compete due to financial issues. Overall, Europe, Asia and South America were represented by two nations, Africa and North America one nation and Oceania, none. :1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship runners-up finish ==Venue==

This edition of the Intercontinental Cup took place in a new venue, in Dubai's Business Bay on the banks of the Dubai Water Canal, having taken place on Jumeirah Beach, Dubai Festival City and the Dubai International Marine Club in previous years. Speaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president thanked the Dubai International Marine Club for hosting the previous events but explained that due to "external reasons" the competition would be hosted in a new part of the city in 2017. ==Sponsors==

The following were the official sponsors of the tournament: • Huawei (lead sponsors) • Audi • Al Nabooda Automobiles • Havaianas • Pepsi • Aquafina • Dubai Stars Sportsplex • Pocari Sweat • Havoline • Desert Stallion ==Draw==

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted at 11:00 GST on October 3 at the headquarters of the DSC in the Dubai Design District. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group. The draw was conducted by Aml Wael and Nora Al Mazrouie, members of the UAE's women's national association football team. For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two sets, Pot 1 and Pot 2, shown in the table below. The allocation of teams into each Pot was based on previous performances in the championship. The first pot contained the three former champions of the Intercontinental Cup and, additionally, the hosts. The second pot contained the other four remaining participants who have not won the tournament before. Two teams from each pot were drawn into Group A and two teams from each pot were drawn into Group B, with the hosts, the United Arab Emirates, automatically allocated to position A1. :Note: The numbers in parentheses show the world ranking of the teams at the time of the draw. ==Group stage==

The match schedule was announced on October 11. Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4) Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Consolation matches==

The teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings. 5th to 8th place semi-finals Seventh place play-off Fifth place play-off ==Knockout stage==

The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title. Semi-finals Third place play-off Final ==Awards==

Winners trophy Individual awards ==Statistics==

Goalscorers ;8 goals • Jordan Santos ;7 goals • Rodrigo • Bruno Xavier ;6 goals • Lucas • Carlo Carballo ;5 goals • Mohammad Ahmadzadeh • Bokinha ;4 goals • Mostafa Kiani • Datinha • Haitham Mohamed • Hasham Almuntaser • Mohamed Gamal Hassan • Boris Nikonorov • Ramón Maldonado • Elhusseini Taha Rashed Aly ;3 goals • Ahmed Beshr • Aleksey Makarov • Madjer • Hassane Mohamed Hassane Hussein • Moustafa Ahmed Shaaban ;2 goals • Abdelrahman Hassan Ahmed Hassan • José Vizcarra • Lugiani Gallardo • Lucao • Filipe • Fernando DDI • Moslem Mesigar • Seyed Ali Nazem • Mohamed Abdelnaby • Amir Akbari • Ali Karim • Edgar Barreto • Mauricinho • Ali Mohammad • Artur Paporotnyi • Jesus Rolon • Kirill Romanov ;1 goal • Duarte Vivo • Haitham Atef • Alexey Pavlenko • Elinton Andrade • Nikolai Kryshanov • Be Martins • Ali Mirshekari • Mohammad Moradi • Mohammad Mokhtari • Bonifacio Roa • Abbas Ali • Mohamed Abdelnaby Aly Aly Hassan • Waleed Bashr • Hamid Behzadpour • Yuri Krasheninnikov • Leo Martins • Bruno Novo • Luis Ojeda • Rafael Padilha • Angel Rodriguez • Erick Samano Aleman • Ulises Torres Pineda • Peyman Hosseini • Maxim Chuzhkov ;Own goals • Amir Akbari (vs. Mexico) • Hassan Abdollahi (vs. Russia) Source Final standings ==References==