Beach Soccer
- September 1–11 – The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy.
- Russia puts an end to Brazil's dominance, defeating them in the final by the score of 12–8. Portugal claimed third place.
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Famous quotes containing the words beach and/or soccer:
“They will tell you tough stories of sharks all over the Cape, which I do not presume to doubt utterly,—how they will sometimes upset a boat, or tear it in pieces, to get at the man in it. I can easily believe in the undertow, but I have no doubt that one shark in a dozen years is enough to keep up the reputation of a beach a hundred miles long.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We want beans, not goals.”
—Mexican steelworkers’ banner at opening ceremony of 1986 World Cup soccer championship.