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Iran beach footballers win Asian Continental Cup title

Saturday, 27 August 2016 11:54 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 27 August 2016 2:15 PM ]

The Iranian men’s national beach soccer team (file photo)

The Iranian men’s national beach soccer team has won the trophy at the first edition of the Continental Tournament in China following an emphatic and well-served victory over Oman.

On Thursday, the Iranian outfit trounced the Omani contingent 6-3 in Ordos city in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to stand on the top of the table at the end of its campaign in the three-day-long continental tournament

The Iranian team exerted a spell of pressure on Omanis’ goal from the beginning of the game, and defender Amir Hossein Akbari was on target four times to put the ball at the back of the opponent’s net and score a double brace, also known as a haul.

Seyyed Ali Nazem and Payman Hosseini added a goal each for the Iranian team against Oman.

Iranian sportsmen had defeated Japan 5-1 in the semi-finals in the march to the final clash.

The first edition of the Continental Tournament started in Ordos on August 23, and wrapped up on August 25.

The tournament served as a warm-up event for the participating teams prior to the 5th edition of Asian Beach Games, which will open in the south-central Vietnamese city of Da Nang on September 24, and will run until October 3.

The competing countries in the first edition of the Continental Tournament also had an eye on the Asian qualification tournament for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whose date and venue are yet to be announced.

The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which will mark the ninth edition of the international sports event, will be played from April 27 to May 7 in the Bahamian capital city of Nassau.

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