TEHRAN – Iran defeated
Japan 4-3 to advance to the semifinals round of the 2022 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup as the group winner.
Mehdi Shirmuhammadi, Muhammad Movahedpour and Hamid Behzadpour scored in regular time and Amirhussein Akbari scored the winner in the extra time.
The national Iranian beach soccer team had previously defeated Paraguay and the U.S. in Group B.
Iran’s national beach soccer team defeated United States 6-4 in the 2022 International Beach Soccer Cup to advance to the next stage.
Iran will play the UAE on Saturday in the semis.
Russia is the most successful team, having won four tournaments.
Iran has won the title three times.
Iran won the American team 6-4.
With that result, Iran has advanced from the group stage
Iran is pitted against Paraguay, US and Japan in Group B of the competition, which is held in Dubai, UAE.