2011 Mundialito de Clubes
The inaugural Mundialito de Clubes is a beach soccer tournament that will take place at the Praia do Sol stadium at Represa de Guarapiranga, a reservoir located in São Paulo, Brazil from 19 – 26 March 2011. The stadium will have a seating capacity of 3,500 spectators.
Participating teams
It was determined that ten teams, divided into two groups of five, will take part in the tournament:| GROUP A | GROUP B |
 Draft procedureOn 21 February 2011, at two simultaneous cities, the Official Draft took place, with each team selecting nine players each.According to the draft procedure, the team representative of every Club is to attend that meeting in one of the two aforementioned venues, and he will be the responsible of picking the players for his squad. All Beach Soccer players can be potentially selected, and, just as it happens in great events for leagues such as the NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball, in order to set a balanced, competitive tournament, the Draft for the players’ election will follow some guidelines. PlayersThe 'Draft' followed the following criteria: three national players, three continental players, a player UEFA / CONMEBOL, a player from AFC / CAF / CONCACAF / OFC player and a 'national'.SquadsSeattle Sounders">Seattle Sounders FC (beach soccer)">Seattle SoundersGroup stageThe draw to divide the ten teams into the following two groups was conducted on 3 March 2011. The group stage commenced on 19 March 2011 and consisted of each team playing each other once in a single round-robin format.All kickoff times are listed as local time in São Paulo,. Group A-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stageA draw was held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.Quarter finals-------- ---- Semi finals----Goal scorers; 16 goals
; 8 goals
; 5 goals
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