Footvolley World Cup - 1º Stage - How was the tournament in Brazil
How the Footvolley World Cup - 1º Stage, Etapa 1 stage in Cascavel went: 22 teams from 16 countries, from the group stage to the knockout, match by match.
Footvolley World Cup - 1º Stage ran over three days of competition, from 7 to 9 August 2026.
22 teams from 16 countries took to the sand: Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand.
It opened with a group stage, across 6 groups: every duo played the others in its group, and the best ones moved on to the knockout rounds.
The stage was played in Cascavel - PR.
Areia Score tracked the knockout rounds of this stage, from the quarterfinals on: the numbers below come from those matches.
Areia Score tracked 17 matches play by play, logging 1,370 actions. Below: the full podium, the individual standouts and the numbers behind the tournament.
Sunday: the Footvolley World Cup - 1º Stage knockout in Cascavel
On 9 August 2026, a Sunday, the stage was decided: eight teams went into the quarterfinals and only one finished the day with the title.
The quarterfinals
Brazil 1 2 x 0 Portugal 1
Brazil 1 started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 5. Brazil 1 backed it up in the second, 18 x 12, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Italy 1 0 x 2 Paraguay 2
Paraguay 2 started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 12. Paraguay 2 held on in the second, 19 x 17, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Brazil 2 2 x 0 Germany 2
Brazil 2 started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 9. Brazil 2 backed it up in the second, 18 x 8, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Denmark 2 x 0 Peru 2
Denmark started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 3. Denmark backed it up in the second, 18 x 7, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
The semifinals
Brazil 1 2 x 0 Paraguay 2
Brazil 1 started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 12. Brazil 1 held on in the second, 19 x 17, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Brazil 2 2 x 0 Denmark
The opener went point for point, and Brazil 2 edged it 22 x 20. Brazil 2 backed it up in the second, 18 x 14, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Third-place match
Paraguay 2 beat Denmark 18 x 14.
Follow this one point by point on Areia Score.
The final
Brazil 2 won both games against Brazil 1 to take the matchup 2 to 0. Brazil 2 controlled the opener, 18 x 15. Brazil 2 backed it up in the second, 18 x 14, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Brazil 2 are the stage champions.
Individual standouts
Top scorer: Felipe, 50 attack points for Felipe and Indio.
Best conversion: Indio, 65.0% conversion (39 points from 60 attacks).
Top defender: Indio, 42 defenses across 6 matches.
Foot points (shark): Indio, 32 points.
Head points: Ariel, 46 points.
The matches that mattered
Biggest comeback: Brazil 2 came back from 2 points down to beat Denmark 22 x 20, in the semifinals.
Longest match: Brazil 2 22 x 20 Denmark, 42 points played in total, in the semifinals.
Every team's stat line
Everything the scout logged per team: score, attack, defense, blocks and errors. Attack, defense, blocks and errors add up the whole squad and count only the matches that were scouted.
| Team | P | W | Points for | Points against | Attack points | Defenses | Blocks | Errors | Conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil 2 | 6 | 6 | 112 | 80 | 91 | 67 | 2 | 21 | 61.0% |
| Brazil 1 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 82 | 76 | 73 | 0 | 15 | 53.9% |
| Paraguay 2 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 92 | 79 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 46.4% |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 84 | 68 | 59 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 51.4% |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 42.2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 25.0% |
| Italy 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 51.1% |
| Germany 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% |
| Portugal 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 34.1% |
| Peru 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 15.6% |
P = matches played, W = wins. Conversion is the ratio of attacks that scored to attacks attempted.
The tournament in numbers
- 17 matches analyzed
- 1,370 actions recorded
- 749 attack points
- 367 defenses
- 127 unforced errors
- Head attack: 239 points from 561 attempts (43%)
- Foot attack: 117 points from 147 attempts (80%)
The tournament wrapped up
The broadcast of this tournament has already reached 202,246 views on YouTube, across 3 videos.
Every match of Footvolley World Cup - 1º Stage is available with full point-by-point statistics on the tournament page.
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