Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 was the 11th edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. This year's event occurred between 1 and 6 November 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).
The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup, eight nations took part.
The tournament starts with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.
The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards are also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.
Russia is defending champions but they were absent in this event.
Participating teams The following eight teams took part.
TeamConfederationRecent achievementsParticipationAFCHosts11thAFC9thAFC5thAFCdebutCONMEBOL3rdCONCACAF5thUEFA4thCONMEBOL8th
Group stage Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)
Group A
Group B
5th–8th place play-offs The teams finishing in third and fourth place are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
5th–8th place semi-finals
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards Winners trophy
Statistics Goalscorers
Final standings
References
External links Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2022, at Beach Soccer Worldwide