The 2002 Beach Soccer World Cup was the eight edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. The tournament continued to change its location, this time completely out of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 to Vitória, Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...

 and Guarujá

Guarujá

Guarujá is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. The population in 2006 was 305,171, the population density is 1,969.47/km² and the area is 143 km². This place name comes from the Tupi language, and mean "narrow path". The population is highly urbanized.-Geography:Guarujá is...

, São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

. 2002 also saw Brazil reclaim their title after losing it to Portugal in the previous competition.

Organization

The organization went back to how it was done from 1995-1997. This meant that there were no quarter finals as only 8 teams competed in 2 groups of 4 teams, with 2 teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 3 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil and 1 team from Asia.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

Asian Zone:

Hosts:

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	17	4	13
	6	3	2	0	1	9	13
	3	3	1	0	2	11	10	1
	0	3	0	0	2	9	19

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	20	11	9
	6	3	2	0	1	18	10	8
	3	3	1	0	2	14	16
	0	3	0	0	2	12	27

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Semi-Finals

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Third Place Play-off

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Final

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2002 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... Seventh Title

Final team standings

Position	Team
1	Brazil Brazil national beach soccer team The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil...
2	Portugal Portugal national beach soccer team The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it...
3	Uruguay Uruguay national beach soccer team Uruguay national beach soccer team represents Uruguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AUF, the governing body for football in Uruguay.-Current squad:Correct as of July 2008...
4	Thailand Thailand national beach soccer team Thailand national beach soccer team represents Thailand in international beach soccer.In 2002 Thailand achieved a 4th place finish in the Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil after losing their third place play off final against Uruguay. They were drawn into group A alongside Brazil and managed to beat...
5	Spain
6	Italy Italy national beach soccer team The Italy national beach soccer team represents Italy in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, the governing body for football in Italy.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011...
7	France France national beach soccer team The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011:...
8	Argentina Argentina national beach soccer team The Argentina national beach soccer team represents Argentina in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFA, the governing body for football of the country.-Current squad:Correct as of September 2011:...

Scoring Award

Position	Scorer	Goals
1=	Neném (Brazil Brazil national beach soccer team The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil... )	9
1=	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....  (Portugal Portugal national beach soccer team The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it... )	9
1=	Nico (Uruguay Uruguay national beach soccer team Uruguay national beach soccer team represents Uruguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AUF, the governing body for football in Uruguay.-Current squad:Correct as of July 2008... )	9

Best Player Award

  Neném (Brazil

Brazil national beach soccer team

The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil...

)

Player

Best Goalkeeper Award

  Normcharoen (Thailand

Thailand national beach soccer team

Thailand national beach soccer team represents Thailand in international beach soccer.In 2002 Thailand achieved a 4th place finish in the Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil after losing their third place play off final against Uruguay. They were drawn into group A alongside Brazil and managed to beat...

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Player

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