2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Campionato mondiale di beach soccer 2011
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
CityRavenna
Dates1–11 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Portugal
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored269 (8.41 per match)
Attendance119,370 (3,730 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil André
(14 goals)
Best player(s)Russia Ilya Leonov
Best goalkeeperRussia Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Fair play award Nigeria
2009
2013

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 16th 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 at the Stadio del Mare (Stadium of the Sea),[1] a temporary stadium at the Marina di Ravenna[2] in Ravenna, Italy,[3] the third tournament to take place outside Brazil, which started on September 1 and ended on September 11, 2011.[4] However this was the first tournament to take place under the new two year basis; now the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup takes place once every two years.[5] The tournament was confirmed in March 2010.[6]

Brazil were the defending champions, after winning their fourth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title in 2009. The tournament was won by Russia, winning their first title in their first final after beating Brazil.

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