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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 02 November 2006 to 12 November 2006
  • Final: 12 November 2006
  • Matches: 32
  • Goals Scored: 286 (average 8.9 per match)
  • Attendance: 179800 (average 5618)
      • Winner: Brazil
      • Runners-Up: Uruguay
      • Third: France
      • Fourth: Portugal
      • adidas Golden Ball: MADJER (POR)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: MADJER (POR)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: France

Overview

A year to remember
Back on top of the world, Brazil will probably put their performance in last year's competition down to an aberration; the kind of wild upset that happens from time to time. Having surrendered their global crown to Portugal in 2001 and France in 2005, the Auriverde set the record straight this time around to claim their tenth title in the discipline.

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