Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games – Women's tournament

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2019 Women's beach soccer tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates11–16 October 2019
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Great Britain
Third place 
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored127 (7.94 per match)
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The women's beach soccer tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, took place over six days from 11–16 October.[1] Along with the men's tournament, the two events comprised the beach soccer competition at this year's Games.[2]

Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIFA (beach soccer's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team into preliminary qualification routes[2] from which eight teams, representing four continental zones, advanced to the final competition;[1] the hosts Qatar did not enter a team.[3]

The tournament was a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match,[4] with all matches hosted on Katara Beach.[5]

The gold and silver medals were won by Spain and Great Britain respectively, with the former defeating the latter in the final 3–2. The bronze medal was claimed by Brazil who beat Russia in the deciding match.[6]

Competition schedule[]

The tournament began on 11 October, one day before the opening ceremony, and ended on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[7]

Matches deciding medal winners took place exclusively on 16 October.[7]

G Group stage SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final / Gold medal match
Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16
G G G SF B F

Qualified teams[]

See also: Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games § Qualification

With the exception of UEFA, the six continental zones of FIFA were each originally allocated one berth at the Games.[2] However, neither the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nor Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) ultimately entered any teams (China were due to enter a team as the AFC representative but withdrew[8]). Therefore, these two vacant berths were redistributed, with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF each receiving one extra berth.

The following teams qualified from their zones via regional preliminary tournaments or invitation (hosts Qatar were eligible to enter a team automatically however declined to enter):[1][3]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates Venue Berths Qualified
2019 UEFA Qualifying Tournament [9][1] 9–12 May 2019 Spain Salou 3  Great Britain[a]
 Russia
 Spain
[10][11] 19–23 June 2019 Cape Verde Sal 1  
2019 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament [12][1] 3–5 August 2019 El Salvador San Salvador 2  
 
Invitation (CONMEBOL teams) [1] 23 August 2019[b] – 2  
 
Total   8
a. Competed in qualification as England. England does not have an independent NOC and is instead represented by Great Britain at Olympic events.
b. The dates of teams who qualified via invitation refer to when they were publicly revealed by the qualification organisers.

Venues[]

Katara Beach, Doha

The matches were held on Katara Beach[5] at the Beach Soccer Arena which consisted of two venues: the larger-capacity main stadium that hosted the majority of games and located adjacent, a smaller-capacity secondary stadium known as "Pitch 1" for all other matches which was only used during the group stage.[13][14][15]

Squads[]

Main article:

Each team could enter a squad consisting of up to 10 players. A total of up to 80 athletes were expected to compete.[2][16]

Draw[]

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place at 10:00 AST (UTC+3) on 27 August 2019 at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar.[5][17] Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) vice-president Joan Cusco oversaw the draw.[18]

For the purpose of the draw, the eight teams were split into two pots of four.[17] Two teams from each pot were drawn into each group. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, except for UEFA nations for which one group was permitted to contain two.[17] At the start of the draw, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Spain (European ranking leaders), were assigned to position A1 and Great Britain, (European ranking deputy leaders (as England)), were assigned to position B1.[17][19]

The composition of the pots is shown below:

Pot 1 Pot 2
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Group stage[]

Four of the eight nations, the winners and runners-up of each group, advance to the knockout stage.[4]

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 +19 9 Knockout stage
2   3 1 0 1 1 14 12 +2 4
3   3 0 1 0 2 12 19 −7 2
4   3 0 0 0 3 10 24 −14 0
Source: ANOC
 1–9 Spain
  • Leyva Goal 35'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 2' C. Gonzalez
  • Goal 4' S. Gonzalez
  • Goal 5', 29' Mellado
  • Goal 13' Gallego
  • Goal 19', 32' Fresneda
  • Goal 21' Miras
  • Goal 33' Morera
Stadium, Katara beach
 7–2 
  • Jasna Goal 3', 10'
  • Colodetti Goal 13'
  • Nayara Goal 16', 33'
  • Villar Goal 22'
  • Adri Goal 31'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 2' (o.g.) Lele Lopes
  • Goal 16' Rosangela
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Spain 10–2 
  • Miras Goal 3', 11'
  • S. Gonzalez Goal 18'
  • Miron Goal 20', 26'
  • Mellado Goal 25', 28'
  • Fresneda Goal 30'
  • C. Gonzalez Goal 32', 33'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 5' Ruth
  • Goal 33' Djoyce
Stadium, Katara beach
 4–4 (a.e.t.) 
  • Nayara Goal 9'
  • Adri Goal 27'
  • Barboza Goal 29', 32'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 1', 3' Luna
  • Goal 16' Paulin
  • Goal 26' Sanchez
Penalties
Barboza Penalty scored
Villar Penalty missed
Colodetti Penalty scored
Bastos Penalty scored
Jasna Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty missed Gallegos
Penalty scored Leyva
Penalty scored Perez
Penalty scored Ramos
Penalty missed Saucedo
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Spain 6–3 
  • Miron Goal 6'
  • Mellado Goal 24', 34'
  • Fresneda Goal 28', 35'
  • C. Gonzalez Goal 31'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 14' Barboza
  • Goal 15' Colodetti
  • Goal 23' Medeiros
Stadium, Katara beach
 6–7 (a.e.t.) 
  • Vanda Goal 13', 15', 18'
  • Fortes Goal 21'
  • Perez Goal 23' (o.g.)
  • Djoyce Goal 27'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 1' Saucedo
  • Goal 20', 29' Luna
  • Goal 21', 25' Ramos
  • Goal 34', 37' Sanchez
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3   3 1 0 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4   3 0 0 0 3 9 13 −4 0
Source: ANOC
Russia 3–1 
Komarova Goal 16'
Petrova Goal 18'
Zaitseva Goal 18'		 Report(ru) Goal 22' Quigley
Stadium, Katara beach
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
 4–5 Great Britain
Godoy Goal 20', 29', 29'
Mora Goal 33'		 Report(ru) Goal 16' Hillier
Goal 24' Kempson
Goal 25', 28' Clark
Goal 36' Haughton
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Referee: José Cortez (Mexico)
Great Britain 5–2 
  • Kempson Goal 1', 21'
  • Short Goal 17', 19'
  • Hillier Goal 29'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 18' Sunseri-Warp
  • Goal 26' Quigley
Stadium, Katara beach
Russia 5–3 
  • Cherniakova Goal 1', 31', 35' (pen.)
  • Komarova Goal 17'
  • Zaitseva Goal 18'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 21' (pen.) Godoy
  • Goal 22' Mora
  • Goal 31' Caceres
Pitch 1, Katara beach
Great Britain 4–1 Russia
  • Bazan Goal 8'
  • Kempson Goal 8'
  • Hillier Goal 9'
  • Martin Goal 16'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 14' Petrova
Stadium, Katara beach
 3–2 
  • Leslie Goal 2'
  • Witteman Goal 3', 20'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 5' Alonso
  • Goal 7' Mora
Pitch 1, Katara beach

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 October
 
 
 Spain3
 
16 October
 
 Russia2
 
 Spain3
 
15 October
 
 Great Britain2
 
 Great Britain6
 
 
 5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 October
 
 
 Russia3
 
 
 4

Semi-finals[]

Great Britain 6–5 
  • Kempson Goal 9', 35'
  • Martin Goal 10', 29', 35' (pen.)
  • Hillier Goal 28'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 3', 26' Nayara
  • Goal 3' Adri
  • Goal 10' Barboza
  • Goal 12' (pen.) Lorena
Stadium, Katara beach
Spain 3–2 Russia
  • Fresneda Goal 10'
  • C. Gonzalez Goal 23' (pen.)
  • Morera Goal 32'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 2' (o.g.) Gallego
  • Goal 4' Zaitseva
Stadium, Katara beach

Bronze medal match[]

 4–3 Russia
  • Adri Goal 15'
  • Lorena Goal 19', 23' (pen.)
  • Barboza Goal 24'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 2' Cherniakova
  • Goal 18', 32' Gorshkova
Stadium, Katara beach

Gold medal match[]

Great Britain 2–3 Spain
  • Clark Goal 6'
  • Barron Goal 28'
 Report(ru)
  • Goal 6', 7' Asensio
  • Goal 9' Fresneda
Stadium, Katara beach

Top goalscorers[]

Players with at least three goals are listed

7 goals
  • Spain Carmen Fresneda
6 goals
  • United Kingdom Sarah Kempson
  • Spain Alba Mellado
5 goals
  • Brazil Nayara Couto
  • Brazil Natalie Barboza
  • Spain Carolina Gonzalez
4 goals
  • Mexico Marisol Luna
  • United Kingdom Gemma Hillier
  • Paraguay Fanny Godoy
  • Russia Anna Cherniakova
  • United Kingdom Wendy Martin
  • Brazil Lorena Medeiros
3 goals
  • Paraguay Jennifer Mora
  • Mexico Esli Sanchez
  • Cape Verde Vanda Delgado Graça
  • Brazil Jasna Continentino
  • Russia Natalia Zaitseva
  • United Kingdom Molly Clark
  • Brazil Adriele Rocha
  • Spain Andrea Miron
  • Spain Jessica Miras

Source: BSRussia

Final standings[]

Rank Team Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Bronze Medal
4  Russia Fourth place
5   Eliminated in the
group stage
6  
7  
8  

See also[]

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