# 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2022 was the 11th edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams. This year's event occurred between 1 and 6 November 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).
The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Similar in nature to that of the FIFA Confederations Cup, eight nations took part.
The tournament starts with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine other final rankings.
The season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards are also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.
Russia is defending champions but they were absent in this event.

## Participating teams

The following eight teams took part.
| Team | Confederation | Recent achievements | Participation |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | Hosts | 11th |
| Iran | AFC | | 9th |
| Japan | AFC | | 5th |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | | debut |
| Paraguay | CONMEBOL | | 3rd |
| United States | CONCACAF | | 5th |
| Spain | UEFA | | 4th |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | | 8th |

## Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 5th–8th place play-offs |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 3 | 5th–8th place play-offs |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 0 | 5th–8th place play-offs |

## 5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
| 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place play-off | Fifth place play-off |
| 5 November | 5 November |
| Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 6 November | 6 November |
| United States | 4 | 6 November | 6 November |
| United States | 4 | United States | 0 |
| 5 November | 5 November | | United States | 0 |
| 5 November | 5 November | Japan | 4 |
| Japan | 10 | Japan | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | Seventh place play-off | Seventh place play-off |
| | | 6 November | 6 November |
| | | Spain | 5 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |

### Fifth place play-off
## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 November | 5 November |
| Brazil | 6 |
| Brazil | 6 | 6 November | 6 November |
| Paraguay | 5 | 6 November | 6 November |
| Paraguay | 5 | Brazil | 1 |
| 5 November | 5 November | | Brazil | 1 |
| 5 November | 5 November | Iran | 2 |
| Iran | 5 | Iran | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 6 November | 6 November |
| | | Paraguay | 4 |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 1 |

### Final
## Awards
### Winners trophy

* 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champions
* Iran 4th title

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | OL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | Iran | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 14 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Paraguay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | A | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | B | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 9 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | B | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | A | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 8 | A | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |