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26-837: Intercontinental Cup may refer to: Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup , in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates FIBA Intercontinental Cup , a basketball competition between select winners of continental competitions winners FIFA Intercontinental Cup , a planned association football competition between the club winners of different continental zones Intercontinental Cup (football) , an association football competition organized jointly by UEFA and CONMEBOL from 1960–2004 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup , an association football youth competition organized jointly by UEFA and CONMEBOL FIRS Intercontinental Cup ,

52-813: A roller hockey competition between the winners of the CERH European League and the CSP South American Club Championship ICC Intercontinental Cup , a first-class cricket competition run by the International Cricket Council for 12 of its associate members Intercontinental Cup (baseball) , a former baseball competition sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation Intercontinental Cup (India) ,

78-508: A series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place however these matches have only occurred since 2013. Source: Points: W = 3 points / W E = 2 points / W P = 1 points / L = 0 points As of 2022 The following table shows the all-time top 20 goalscorers. CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation ( Spanish : Con federación Suda me ricana de Fút bol ; Portuguese : Con federação Sul-A me ricana de Fute bol ), known by

104-764: Is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana (previously the winners of the Supercopa Libertadores) and came into being in 1989. The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners. Last updated: 9 January 2022 Last updated on: 12 March 2019 – [1] Men's update: 31 January 2022. For each tournament,

130-486: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup The Intercontinental Cup is second only to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup as the largest and most prestigious event on the international beach soccer circuit, featuring an exclusive assembly of the world's very best national teams from each continent. Since

156-707: Is the Copa América , which started in 1916. The Copa America is the only continental competition in which teams from a totally different continent and confederation can be invited to participate. CONMEBOL usually selects and invites a couple of teams from the AFC or CONCACAF to participate in the Copa America. Japan and Qatar were invited to participate in the 2019 edition of the Copa America. CONMEBOL also runs national competitions at Under-20 , Under-17 and Under-15 levels. For women's national teams, CONMEBOL operates

182-602: The Copa América Femenina for senior national sides, as well as Under-20 and Under-17 championships. In futsal , there is the Copa América de Futsal and Campeonato Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-20 . The Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino de Futsal is the women's equivalent to the men's tournament. CONMEBOL also runs the two main club competitions in South America: the Copa Libertadores

208-527: The FIFA Confederations Cup , would be best suited to achieve these goals. After a successful maiden event in 2011, BSWW and DSC decided to make the tournament an annual occurrence, signing a 5-year contract in 2012. In 2017, at the end of the 5-year deal, the two parties extended the existing contract to 2020. During this time, the championship's reputation has grown quickly because of the high level of elite competition only comparable to

234-555: The "Caribbean" rimlands. With ten member nations, CONMEBOL is the smallest and the only fully continental land-based FIFA confederation (no insular countries or associates from different continents). As of 14 September 2021 There are sovereign states or dependencies in South America which are not affiliated with CONMEBOL but are members of other confederations or do not have affiliation with any other confederations at all. The main competition for men's national teams

260-628: The Automobile Club de l'Ouest See also [ edit ] Continental Cup (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Intercontinental Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intercontinental_Cup&oldid=1191445723 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

286-501: The World Cup and, combined with the yearly presence of the championship, it has become beach soccer's most prestigious annual event (considering the fact that the World Cup is now a biannual event). Despite always taking place in Dubai to date, the tournament has been staged in multiple different parts of the city. The Intercontinental Cup is a 5-day event. The eight teams are split into two groups of four. The tournament starts with

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312-527: The World Cup is a biannual competition, this event is now the most important annual international beach soccer tournament. The competition bares many similarities to the FIFA Confederations Cup in association football , with each of the six confederations of FIFA ( UEFA , CONMEBOL , CONCACAF , CAF , AFC , OFC ) represented by at least one nation, however is not so strict on entry requirements – those countries competing do not necessarily have to be regional champions, but nevertheless will still be one of

338-595: The acronym CONMEBOL ( / ˈ k ɒ n m ɪ b ɒ l / KON -mib-ol ) or CSF , is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA 's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque , Paraguay. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has

364-442: The best performing nations from their confederation's most recent regional championship. The tournament hosts and reigning World Cup champions also take part, taking the total number of participants to eight. Samsung was the lead sponsor and presenting partner of the tournament from its inception until 2016. Huawei became new lead sponsors for 2017–18. The Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) organise

390-734: The centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence . The four participating associations of that tournament gathered in Buenos Aires in order to officially create a governing body to facilitate the organization of the tournament. Thus, CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez , but approved by the football associations of Argentina , Brazil , Chile and Uruguay . The first Constitutional Congress on 15 December of that same year, which took place in Montevideo , ratified

416-418: The competition. Russia and Iran are the most successful teams, having won four tournaments each. Iran is also the current champions. Dubai first hosted a beach soccer event in 2000 and since 2006, the city began holding annual events, culminating with the hosting of beach soccer's premier event in 2009, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup . During 2009, Emirates and FIFA struck an agreement to have

442-660: The decision. Over the years, the other football associations in South America joined, with the last being Venezuela in 1952. Guyana , Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana , while geographically in South America, are not part of CONMEBOL. Consisting of a former British territory, a former Dutch territory and a French territory, they are part of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) , mainly due to historical, cultural, and sporting reasons as members of

468-460: The fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA. CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups . Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each. The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in

494-576: The flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. On 27 May 2015, several CONMEBOL leaders were arrested in Zürich, Switzerland by Swiss police and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of corruption, money laundering, and racketeering. Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz and several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue . On 3 December 2015,

520-477: The former sponsor and fund football tournaments worldwide. In connection to this deal, Dubai was offered to host an event in either youth football, women's football or beach soccer. DSC decided on beach soccer following the success and popularity of the World Cup. BSWW were also keen on returning beach soccer to Dubai, with Vice-president Joan Cusco claiming Dubai as beach soccer's "second most important city in this sport" save for Rio de Janeiro . After using

546-470: The group stage, played in a round robin format, taking place during days one through three. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then compete in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final on days four and five respectively. A third-place play-off is also contested by the losing semi-finalists on day five. The third and fourth placed nations from each group play in

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572-620: The replacement for the Nehru Cup , a friendly association football tournament played in India Intercontinental Cup (skeleton) , the intermediate-level tour in skeleton racing sanctioned by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Intercontinental Futsal Cup , the international club championships for futsal Intercontinental Le Mans Cup , a sports car racing competition organized by

598-517: The time in 2010 to consider how to take beach soccer forward in the city following the World Cup success, an agreement was made between BSWW and DSC in 2011 to host the new Intercontinental Cup. It was desired by BSWW to have the tournament respect the legacy and be a celebration of the 2009 Dubai World Cup . Therefore, it was believed the idea of the competition, featuring the world's very best teams from each continent, modelled notably similarly to association football 's secondary international event,

624-518: The world" for their simple round-robin system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams, climate and geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters. Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) was the president of CONMEBOL until 3 December 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's bribery case involving FIFA . Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay)

650-684: Was first held in 1960 and the Copa Sudamericana was launched by CONMEBOL in 2002 as an indirect successor to the Supercopa Libertadores (begun in 1988). A third competition, the Copa CONMEBOL , started in 1992 and was abolished in 1999. In women's football, CONMEBOL also conducts the Copa Libertadores Femenina for club teams. The competition was first held in 2009. The Recopa Sudamericana

676-464: Was interim president until 26 January 2016 when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The Vice presidents are Ramón Jesurún (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela) and Arturo Salah (Chile). In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the " Copa América ", was contested in Argentina to commemorate

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