2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 is the sixth edition of the World Cup tournament for men in beach soccer, which is organized by FIFA. For the first time, the Beach Soccer World Cup is being held in Italy and in total for the third time ever outside of Brazil. It took place from 1 to 11 September 2011 in Ravenna instead.

• 2.1 Group A
• 2.2 Group B
• 2.3 Group C
• 2.4 Group D

Qualification

Europe

The qualification was held in Bibione, Italy from 11 to 18 July 2010. It was attended by 27 teams that played off the final four places.

South America

Qualification for the three grid positions at the World Cup was held in Brazil in January 2011.

Africa

The qualification was held from June 14 to 19, 2011 in Casablanca, Morocco instead.

Asia

The qualification was held in January 2011.

CONCACAF

The qualification took place from 1 to 5 December 2010 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with eight teams instead.

Oceania

The qualification took place in February 2011 in Tahiti, the host country of the World Cup in 2013, instead.

Participant

For the final round ultimately qualified the following 16 national teams from the respective confederations:

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

1 win after extra time 2 victory after penalty shootout

Awards

• Adidas Golden Ball: Russia Ilya Leonov
• Adidas Golden Goal Scorer: Brazil André ( 14 goals)
• Adidas Golden Glove: Russia Andrey Bukhlitskiy
• FIFA Fair Play award: Nigeria Nigeria