The national beach football team will tell the competition of the continental championship held on the beaches of Kite Beach in Umm Suqeim area in Dubai, against Spain at 5:30 pm today in the opening of the ninth edition of the championship organized by the Dubai Sports Council, in cooperation with the Football Committee FIFA Beaches, with the participation of eight international teams.
The Dubai Sports Council has hosted the tournament in eight previous times to emphasize the status of Dubai as a global favorite for organizing beach football tournaments, because of the availability of beautiful beaches and moderate weather, supported by great interest in this sport through the organization and hosting various international tournaments, especially the Cup World Beach Soccer.
Dubai has previously won the Best Beach City Hosting Award in the world, as well as the popularity of the sport among neighborhood residents.
Dubai has contributed to the dissemination of beach football in the UAE and the region through local, Gulf and international tournaments organized and hosted in Dubai, especially as Dubai is home to large communities of more than 200 nationalities from around the world, thousands of them follow these tournaments, and take their passion for beach To increase the popularity of the game.
The national team is looking for a perfect blow to open the way to compete for the top of the group, and to reach the semi-finals, and correct the image of Al-Abyad, who was shaken in the last version when he finished the penultimate in one of the worst beach team participation in that tournament.
The match will not be easy for Al-Abyad, as it will face a world-class team, and is currently sixth in the FIFA World Ranking.
Spain have already made their debut in the tournament in the last edition and met the Whites, who have signed together in the group league, and the team was able to overcome by 5-4.
The match will be preceded at 4:15 this afternoon by another Asian-European match between Italy and Japan, who appear together for the second time in the Confederations Championship, where Japan had previously participated on two occasions in 2012 and 2014, and achieved seventh place on both occasions, while the appearance of Italy In the third version, she finished sixth.
Egypt are in a difficult test when defending champions Iran face a tricky showdown against the Arab team, who were denied a place in the eighth final after losing 3-1 to Iran in the semi-finals.
Egypt participated in the Confederations Championship in four previous editions, achieving fourth place on two occasions, then fifth and sixth places.
Iran have participated six times, and have not missed the Golden Square in the tournament, where he won the title twice, and third place in their ideals, and runners-up and fourth place.
Russia and Mexico face the tournament for the fourth time in their history, winning the title in 2011, 2012 and 2015, finishing second on three occasions, third at once and fourth at once.
Mexico have had the experience of participating in the tournament, having appeared on four occasions before, but have not reached any of them in the semi-finals, and only to achieve sixth place in the best participation in 2011.
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