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The Beach Socce
The latest edition of the Beach Soccer Stars re Ozu as the world’s best players
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he Beach Soccer Stars returned to the UAE to name a new generation of the best in beach soccer, on Saturday 6 November in Dubai, a city that has shown over the last decade that is truly a beach soccer hub. Another momentous night saw the 2021 season’s very best receive the awards for being at
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the very pinnacle of the sport, with an eager audience dressed in their very best to see who would win the titles this year. Excitement levels were especially high considering that the 2020 edition of the event had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The previous edition took place back in 2019, where Portugal’s Jordan Santos and Spain’s Carol Gonzalez
won the Best Player awards. As is tradition, the gala took place just after the final of the Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup, and the players from the competing nations, including the winners Russia, were present, along with many special guests from across the world and the beach soccer spectrum.