2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Coupe du monde de football de plage 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
City	Papeete
Dates	18–28 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	243 (7.59 per match)
Attendance	109,650 (3,427 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dmitry Shishin; (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Bruno Xavier
Best goalkeeper	Dona
Fair play award	Russia
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The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Overall, this was the 17th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place from 18–28 September 2013 at Tahua To'ata Stadium (Stade Tahua To'ata) in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia and was the fourth tournament to have taken place outside Brazil. This was the second tournament to take place since the establishment of a longer two-year cycle of tournaments.^[1] This was also the first FIFA tournament held in a Pacific country other than New Zealand, and the first senior FIFA tournament took place in the region.

The tournament was confirmed in March 2010.^[2] Russia successfully defended their title.

^ "Valcke: Beach soccer on the move". FIFA.com. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ "FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti". FIFA.com. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

[1] "Valcke: Beach soccer on the move". FIFA.com. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

[2] "FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti". FIFA.com. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

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