FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 – Qualifying match – Brasil v/s Uruguay
For beach soccer fanatics, November will be their dominative month when they cheer for their country at The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 which is being hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai. This is only the second time that FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup has taken place outside Brazil, the country that has won the most titles in this sport. The 2009 World Cup will take place from 16 November until 22 November 2009 and 16 teams from 6 confederations will contest amongst themselves for the coveted title.
United Arab Emirates as a host city for beach soccer competition may sound a little odd, but there are an equal number of crazy soccer aficionados that love the sport as much as horse and camel racing. In fact UAE team has proved to be Asia’s premium teams by winning the AFC titles successively in 2007 and 2008.
Something more about Beach Soccer: Beach Soccer or Beach Football or Beasal; call it by any other name is a game that is categorized under “association football” and is played on the beach or some form of sand. The game developed in a systematic manner when the Beach Soccer Worldwide adopted it on an International scale in 1992. The first championships were held between 8 teams where qualifying rounds weren’t compulsory. Brasil dominated the first Beach Soccer championship.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 – Qualifying match – Uruguay v/s Chile
How Beach Soccer is played: A goal keeper along with its 4 teammates make up a beach soccer team. The team is allowed to substitute unrestricted number of players. Techniques used such as throw-ins and kick-ins and unavailability of shoes during play toughen the level of the game compared to normal football. The game lasts for 36 minutes divided into three parts of 12 minutes each. Three minutes of extra time, penalty shootouts are some of the rules that the sport adheres to.
2009 Qualifiers:
Asian Zone: Yet to be announced
African Zone: Africa’s qualifying match will take place at the New Beach in Durban, South Africa from 1-5 July. Teams: Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritius, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South African. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire finished at the top and will represent Africa at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009.
European Zone: Portugal, Switzerland, Russia, Italy and Spain have put their name down for their places in the semi-finals for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009 after qualifying for their respective semi-finals at Castellon, Spain; held between 7th and 14th June. Italy joined the European team and jetted to Dubai to take part in the semi-finals after beating France 4-2 who were the 2005 winners.
North, Central American and Caribbean Zone: The qualifying matches for CONCACAF will be held between 17th and 21st June at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Group A: Mexico, El Salvador and Canada. Group B: USA, Costa Rica and Bahamas. Costa Rica and El Salvador have qualified for the semi-finals.
Oceania Zone: Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tahiti will battle for the semi-final berth at Moorea in Tahiti in matches held between 27 and 31 July.
South American Zone: Qualifying tournaments took place between 11 and 15 March 2009. Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are packing their bags for UAE.
UAE has qualified automatically as it is the host country.
Contact Details:
FIFA – Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Address: FIFA-Strasse 20,P.O. Box 8044 Zurich, Switzerland
Email: enquiries@2010fwctc.com
Telephone No:+41-(0)43 222 7777
Fax No: +41-(0)43 222 7878
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Hi everybody, any advise how to get tickets on this event? Coming to Dubai in Nov, don’t wanna miss it! Thanx in advance
hey everyone, any clue on where to get the tickets ??? thanks in advance.
yes, tickets again…when & where will tehy be sold?
Where in Dubai exactly? Which beach?
um…… i am definitely going, how much is it?? when do you pay??
Where they play in Dubai??? and where can i see the schedule?? And how much for the Ticket??
1. Where are the matches being played?
All FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009 matches will take place in the city of Dubai in
the United Arab Emirates from November 16 – 22, 2009.
The matches will be played in the purpose built beach soccer complex located on the
marvelous sandy beach of Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, located a stone’s throw away from the
iconic Burj Al Arab – the world’s first seven star hotel.
2. Where can you buy tickets?
You can buy tickets to FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009:
Online at http://www.fifa.com/dubai2009.
By email through BSTicketing@dubaisc.ae
was lucky enough to see Beach football world cup twice in Rio-Its brill loved it plus in Rio entrance was FREE. I saw the world cup final brazil v mexico on the copacabana beach absolutely free of charge -magic
Hey “located a stone’s throw away from the
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Where exactly is that stone thrown away?
I have tried to find it… but it looks like it s far far away of Burj Al Arab…
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