The Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an international beach soccer tournament which is held in Dubai , the United Arab Emirates every November as the finale of the competitive international beach soccer season. The invitation-only tournament has been held annually since the inaugural edition in 2011.
16-535: (Redirected from Inter-Continental Cup ) Intercontinental Cup may refer to: Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup , in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates FIBA Intercontinental Cup , a basketball competition between select winners of continental competitions winners FIFA Intercontinental Cup , a planned association football competition between
32-873: A series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place however these matches have only occurred since 2013. Source: Points: W = 3 points / W E = 2 points / W P = 1 points / L = 0 points As of 2022 The following table shows the all-time top 20 goalscorers. List of football federations#FIFA Confederations This is a list of international football governing bodies. FIFA-member football associations are formed together into continental confederations, which organize continental national and club competitions. F = full members; A = associate members. The following confederations consist of FIFA member associations that cross continental boundaries. Affiliated to CAF Sub-Regions Affiliated to AFC Not affiliated to AFC Affiliated to CONCACAF RULES TO SOCCER Soccer has changed
48-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup The Intercontinental Cup is second only to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup as the largest and most prestigious event on the international beach soccer circuit, featuring an exclusive assembly of the world's very best national teams from each continent. Since
64-517: The FIFA Confederations Cup , would be best suited to achieve these goals. After a successful maiden event in 2011, BSWW and DSC decided to make the tournament an annual occurrence, signing a 5-year contract in 2012. In 2017, at the end of the 5-year deal, the two parties extended the existing contract to 2020. During this time, the championship's reputation has grown quickly because of the high level of elite competition only comparable to
80-860: The CSP South American Club Championship ICC Intercontinental Cup , a first-class cricket competition run by the International Cricket Council for 12 of its associate members Intercontinental Cup (baseball) , a former baseball competition sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation Intercontinental Cup (India) , the replacement for the Nehru Cup , a friendly association football tournament played in India Intercontinental Cup (skeleton) ,
96-496: The World Cup and, combined with the yearly presence of the championship, it has become beach soccer's most prestigious annual event (considering the fact that the World Cup is now a biannual event). Despite always taking place in Dubai to date, the tournament has been staged in multiple different parts of the city. The Intercontinental Cup is a 5-day event. The eight teams are split into two groups of four. The tournament starts with
112-527: The World Cup is a biannual competition, this event is now the most important annual international beach soccer tournament. The competition bares many similarities to the FIFA Confederations Cup in association football , with each of the six confederations of FIFA ( UEFA , CONMEBOL , CONCACAF , CAF , AFC , OFC ) represented by at least one nation, however is not so strict on entry requirements – those countries competing do not necessarily have to be regional champions, but nevertheless will still be one of
128-442: The best performing nations from their confederation's most recent regional championship. The tournament hosts and reigning World Cup champions also take part, taking the total number of participants to eight. Samsung was the lead sponsor and presenting partner of the tournament from its inception until 2016. Huawei became new lead sponsors for 2017–18. The Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) organise
144-467: The club winners of different continental zones Intercontinental Cup (football) , an association football competition organized jointly by UEFA and CONMEBOL from 1960–2004 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup , an association football youth competition organized jointly by UEFA and CONMEBOL FIRS Intercontinental Cup , a roller hockey competition between the winners of the CERH European League and
160-418: The competition. Russia and Iran are the most successful teams, having won four tournaments each. Iran is also the current champions. Dubai first hosted a beach soccer event in 2000 and since 2006, the city began holding annual events, culminating with the hosting of beach soccer's premier event in 2009, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup . During 2009, Emirates and FIFA struck an agreement to have
176-477: The former sponsor and fund football tournaments worldwide. In connection to this deal, Dubai was offered to host an event in either youth football, women's football or beach soccer. DSC decided on beach soccer following the success and popularity of the World Cup. BSWW were also keen on returning beach soccer to Dubai, with Vice-president Joan Cusco claiming Dubai as beach soccer's "second most important city in this sport" save for Rio de Janeiro . After using
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#1732852121994192-470: The group stage, played in a round robin format, taking place during days one through three. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then compete in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final on days four and five respectively. A third-place play-off is also contested by the losing semi-finalists on day five. The third and fourth placed nations from each group play in
208-524: The intermediate-level tour in skeleton racing sanctioned by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Intercontinental Futsal Cup , the international club championships for futsal Intercontinental Le Mans Cup , a sports car racing competition organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest See also [ edit ] Continental Cup (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
224-399: The rules for over 120 years now. These rules include, holding/picking up the ball, In the 1880 and 1904 the rule of picking up the ball has changed from being able to pick up the ball and running to only being able to kick the ball. When the ball goes out on your side by your team, the opposing team gets to have a corner kick. When the ball goes out on the side lines, the opposing team must make
240-437: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Intercontinental Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intercontinental_Cup&oldid=1191445723 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-517: The time in 2010 to consider how to take beach soccer forward in the city following the World Cup success, an agreement was made between BSWW and DSC in 2011 to host the new Intercontinental Cup. It was desired by BSWW to have the tournament respect the legacy and be a celebration of the 2009 Dubai World Cup . Therefore, it was believed the idea of the competition, featuring the world's very best teams from each continent, modelled notably similarly to association football 's secondary international event,
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