# 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The 2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament. It was hosted at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1 to 5 November 2016. Eight teams participated in the competition, ending with Brazil winning their second title.
For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016.

## Participating teams

| Team | Confederation | Achievements | Participation |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | Host | 6th |
| Poland | UEFA | 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification winners | 1st |
| United States | CONCACAF | 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship fourth place | 3rd |
| Russia | UEFA | 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup third place | 6th |
| Iran | AFC | 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship third place | 4th |
| Egypt | CAF | 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship sixth place | 2nd |
| Tahiti | OFC | 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runners-up | 4th |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship winners | 5th |

## Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4).
* Legend
* Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 9 |
| Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | –14 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 | –5 | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | –12 | 0 |

## Classification stage

| 5–8 places | 5–8 places | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| Poland | 6 |
| Poland | 6 | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| United States | 3 | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| United States | 3 | Poland (p) | 3 (2) |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | | Poland (p) | 3 (2) |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | Egypt | 3 (0) |
| Egypt | 7 | Egypt | 3 (0) |
| UAE | 3 | | |
| UAE | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| | | United States | 3 |
| | | UAE | 4 |

### Fifth place match
## Championship stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| Brazil | 7 |
| Brazil | 7 | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| Russia | 0 | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| Russia | 0 | Brazil | 6 |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | | Brazil | 6 |
| 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | 4 November – Jumeirah Beach | Iran | 2 |
| Iran | 8 | Iran | 2 |
| Tahiti | 6 | | |
| Tahiti | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach | 5 November – Jumeirah Beach |
| | | Russia | 4 |
| | | Tahiti | 3 |

### Final
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Brazil |
| 2 | Iran |
| 3 | Russia |
| 4 | Tahiti |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Egypt |
| 7 | UAE |
| 8 | United States |

## Goalscorers
### 8 goals

* Bruno Xavier

### 7 goals

* Mauricinho
* Mesigar

### 6 goals

* Bokinha
* Ahmadzadeh
* Makarov
* Nikonorov
* Perera

### 5 goals

* Catarino da Silva
* N. Bennett
* Tepa
* Zaveroni
* A. Alblooshi

### 4 goals

* R. da Costa
* Paporotnyi
* Peremitin
* Taiarui
* Saganowski
* Hassan
* Shaaban
* Canale

### 3 goals

* Datinha
* Lima
* Akbari
* Boloukbashi
* Kubiak
* Ziober
* M. Abdelnaby
* Mostafa

### 2 goals

* Lucão
* Kiani
* Krasheninnikov
* Leonov
* Shishin
* Madani
* M. Ali
* E. Elsayed
* M. Al Zaabi
* Khalaf
* W. Salem

### 1 goal

* Valença
* Mokhtari
* Nazem
* Mesh
* Li Fung kuee
* Tavanae
* Torokhov
* R. Bennett
* Dept
* Esinovski
* Gak
* Klepczarek
* Abdelsamie
* Fawzi
* K. Elsayed
* A. Salem
* Sulaiman
* Feld
* Futagaki
* Gil
* Valentine

### own goals

* Paporotnyi (against Tahiti)
* A. Salem (against Poland)
* Sulaiman (against Egypt)

## Broadcasting

* Dubai Sports TV