The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on September 28, 2013, at the Tahua To'ata Stadium, in the Tahitian capital, Papeete. The final was contested between Spain, who had never competed in the FIFA final before, and defending champions Russia. Team Russia won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the second time.
Road to the final SpainRound RussiaOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult5–4Match 14–15–2Match 25–24–2Match 34–3 Group A winnerFinal standingsGroup D winnerOpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult2–1Quarterfinals6–52–1 Semifinals5–3
Match details
GK 1 DonaP 3 AntonioDF 5 JuanmaDF 6 Nico (c)P 9 Raul MéridaSubstitutes:GK 12 ChristianP 2 CintasP 4 Fran MejíasW 7 KumanDF 8 PajónW 10 LlorencP 11 SidiManager: Joaquín Alonso GK 1 Andrey BukhlitskiyW 4 Alexey MakarovDF 7 Anton ShkarinDF 8 Ilya Leonov (c)P 9 Egor ShaykovSubstitutes:GK 12 Danila IppolitovDF 3 Kirill RomanovDF 5 Yury KrasheninnikovW 6 Dmitry ShishinP 10 Anatoly PeremitinP 11 Egor EremeevManager: Mikhail Likhachev Assistant referees: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland) Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands) Timekeeper: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan) Fifth official: Mariano Romo (Argentina)Match rules: 36 minutes; 3 periods of 12 minutes 3 minutes of extra time if scores level Sudden death penalty shoot-out if scores still level 7 substitutes named, of which all may be used
Overall Statistics Goals scored 15Total shots 2827Shots on target 914Own goals 00Overheads 42Ball possession 49%51%Corner kicks 17Free kicks 51Fouls committed 35Yellow cards 00Red cards 00
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