2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
# 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final

The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on September 28, 2013 at the Tahua To'ata Stadium, in the Tahitian capital, Papeete. The final was contested between Spain, who had never competed in the FIFA final before, and defending champions Russia. Team Russia won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the second time.

## Road to the final

| Spain | Spain | Round | Russia | Russia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| United States | 5–4 | Match 1 | Japan | 4–1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5–2 | Match 2 | Ivory Coast | 5–2 |
| Tahiti | 4–2 | Match 3 | Paraguay | 4–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Group A winner Teamvte Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 3 3 0 0 14 8 +6 9  Tahiti 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 5  United States 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 8 14 −6 0 Source: Goalzz | Group A winner Teamvte Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 3 3 0 0 14 8 +6 9  Tahiti 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 5  United States 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 8 14 −6 0 Source: Goalzz | Final standings | Group D winner Teamvte Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 3 3 0 0 13 6 +7 9  Japan 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 14 13 +1 3  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 11 19 −8 0 Source: Goalzz | Group D winner Teamvte Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 3 3 0 0 13 6 +7 9  Japan 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 14 13 +1 3  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 11 19 −8 0 Source: Goalzz |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| El Salvador | 2–1 | Quarterfinals | Iran | 6–5 |
| Brazil | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Semifinals | Tahiti | 5–3 |

## Match details

| Spain | Russia |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Dona |
| P | 3 | Antonio |
| DF | 5 | Juanma |
| DF | 6 | Nico (c) |
| P | 9 | Raul Merida |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Christian |
| P | 2 | Cintas |
| P | 4 | Fran Mejias |
| W | 7 | Kuman |
| DF | 8 | Pajon |
| W | 10 | Llorenc |
| P | 11 | Sidi |
| Manager: ||
| Joaquín Alonso ||
| GK | 1 | Andrey Bukhlitskiy |
| W | 4 | Alexey Makarov |
| DF | 7 | Anton Shkarin |
| DF | 8 | Ilya Leonov (c) |
| P | 9 | Egor Shaykov |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Danila Ippolitov |
| DF | 3 | Kirill Romanov |
| DF | 5 | Yury Krasheninnikov |
| W | 6 | Dmitry Shishin |
| P | 10 | Anatoly Peremitin |
| P | 11 | Egor Eremeev |
| Manager: ||
| Mikhail Likhachev ||
| Assistant referees: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerlannd) Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands) Timekeeper: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan) Fifth official: Mariano Romo (Argentina) | Match rules: 36 minutes; 3 periods of 12 minutes 3 minutes of extra time if scores level Sudden death penalty shoot-out if scores still level 7 substitutes named, of which all may be used |

## Overall Statistics

| | Spain | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Goals scored | 1 | 5 |
| Total shots | 28 | 27 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 14 |
| Own goals | 0 | 0 |
| Overheads | 4 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 49% | 51% |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 7 |
| Free kicks | 5 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 3 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
