The 2017 Mundialito de Clubes was the fifth edition of the Mundialito de Clubes (Club World Cup in English), a biennial international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from across the world (existing clubs and teams specially assembled for the event). The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association football. However, participating teams are not regional champions, entering via invitation.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and other local entities in Brazil, the competition took place in Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo State, Brazil between December 14 and 17, featuring eight clubs.
Barcelona were the incumbent champions but did not enter a team this year. The tournament was won by Lokomotiv Moscow who became the first team to win two Mundialito de Clubes titles, beating Iranian club Pars Jonoubi 5–4 in the final.
Teams Eight invited clubs entered the competition, representing six different nations and three continents. Africa, North America and Oceania are unrepresented. ConfederationTeam(s)AFC (Asia) Pars JonoubiCONMEBOL (South America) Rosario Central Botafogo Corinthians FlamengoUEFA (Europe) Sporting CP Lokomotiv Moscow Levante
Squads 2017 Mundialito de Clubes squads Botafogo
Corinthians
Flamengo
Levante
Lokomotiv Moscow
Pars Jonoubi
Rosario Central
Sporting CP
Venue
One venue was used in the city of Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo. An arena with a capacity of 2,000 at Rua Serra da Mantiqueira (Rua da Feira) hosted the matches.
Draw The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted by BSWW and took place in the afternoon of November 30.
Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:
to Group A: as the São Paulo based host club, Corinthians to Group B: the other seeded club, Flamengo
The remaining six teams were split into three pots of two, shown in the below table.
The clubs were paired into pots based on similar geographical proximity. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.
Pot 1 (Seeds)Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage All times are local, BRST (UTC−2).
Group A
Group B
Play-offs Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Third place play-off
Final
Awards Top scorer Igor Rangel ( Botafogo)7 goalsBest player Nelito ( Lokomotiv Moscow) Best goalkeeper Maxim Chuzhkov ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
Top goalscorers Players with 3 or more goals 7 goals
Igor Rangel ( Botafogo)
6 goals
Benjamin Jr. ( Flamengo) Artur Paporotnyi ( Corinthians)
5 goals
Farid Boulokbashi ( Pars Jonoubi) Nelito ( Lokomotiv Moscow) Boris Nikonorov ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
4 goals
Pablo Perez ( Levante) Angelo Agustini ( Rosario Central) Mostafa Kiani ( Pars Jonoubi) Dejan Stankovic ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
3 goals
Thanger Nascimento ( Flamengo) Anderson Wesley ( Flamengo) Duarte Vivo ( Sporting CP) Mohammad Masoumizadeh ( Pars Jonoubi) Moslem Mesigar ( Pars Jonoubi) Ali Mirshekari ( Pars Jonoubi) Ozu Moreira ( Lokomotiv Moscow) Deiwerson Pureza Oureza ( Flamengo) Jordan Santos ( Sporting CP)
Source
Final standings RankTeamResult 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Champions (2nd title) 2 Pars Jonoubi Runners-up 3 Corinthians Third place 4 Flamengo 5 Levante 6 Botafogo 7 Rosario Central 8 Sporting CP
References
External links Mundialito de Clubes 2017 , at Beach Soccer Worldwide Club Mundialito 2017, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)