The 11th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer Confederations Cup will kick off next Tuesday at Kite Beach in Dubai from 1 to 6 November 2022. It is organized by the Dubai Sports Council and the FIFA Beach Soccer Committee. annually. The most important tournament for the national teams after the World Beach Championship.
8 teams participating in the tournament were divided into two groups; The first included the teams of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Spain, and the second – the teams of Japan, Iran, America and Paraguay.
Championship matches will be played on a single round league system, with the first and second place winners of each group advancing to the semi-final stage, which is played on a loser’s exit system so that the winners advance to the final match. , and the losers compete for bronze medals in a match to determine third and fourth places.
The tournament will start at 4:00 pm next Tuesday against America and Japan, followed by 5:15 am against the UAE and Spain. The Saudi team will start its first participation in the tournament against Brazil, the three-time winner of 2014, 2016 and 2017. , and the five-time world champion in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2017, when at 18:45 Paraguay will also play Iran, the three-time champion of the championship, at 20:00 in the last matches of the first day.
The competition will continue on the second day, Wednesday, where the Japanese team will play Paraguay at 16:00, then Brazil will play Spain at 17:15, followed by the meeting of the UAE and Saudi Arabia at 18:45. , and Iran will meet with its American counterpart at 20:00.
The group stage qualifiers leading to the semi-finals will conclude on the third day of the tournament, with Team USA playing Paraguay, Saudi Arabia playing their Spanish counterpart, UAE playing Brazil and Iran facing their Japanese team on Friday. ranked matches. From the fifth to the eighth, it will be followed by the organization of a star party; In honor of the best beach soccer teams, players and coaches in the world.
The semi-finals will take place next Saturday, and on Sunday the tournament will end with a match for third and fourth places, and then the final.
