In the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players comes in the form of red and yellow cards.
Any player picking up a red card is expelled from the pitch and automatically banned for his country's next match, whether via a straight red or second yellow.
Disciplinary statistics edit
- Total number of yellow cards: 48
- Average yellow cards per match: 1.71
- Total number of red cards: 1
- Average red cards per match: 0.04
- Total number of red cards via second yellow card: 2
- Average red cards via second yellow card per match: 0.07
- First yellow card: Abdullah Al Qsami – Oman against Argentina
- First red card: Hassan Abdollahi – Iran against Switzerland
- Fastest yellow card from kick off: 0:25 minutes – Tomas Hernandez – El Salvador against Portugal
- Most yellow cards (team): 5 – Senegal
- Most red cards (team): 1 – Iran
- Fewest yellow cards (team): 0 – Argentina
- Most yellow cards (player): 3 – Hamid Ghorbanpour, Pape Koukpaki
- Most red cards (player): 1 – Hassan Abdollahi
- Most yellow cards (match): 6 – Iran against Italy
- Most red cards (match): 1 – Iran against Switzerland
- Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 – Oman against El Salvador, Nigeria against Russia
- Most cards in one match: 6 yellow cards and 1 red card – Italy v Iran
Sanctions edit
By match edit
Note: In this table the "Yellow" column counts only the first yellow card given to a player in a match. If a player receives a second yellow in the same match this is counted under "Second yellow"
| Day | Match | Round | Referee | Total cards |  Yellow
|
 Second yellow
|
Straight red
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 |  Switzerland v Senegal  |
Group A |  Juan Rodriguez |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 1 |  Italy v Iran  |
Group A |  Javier Bentancor |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Day 1 | Argentina v Oman  |
Group B |  Ruben Eiriz |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 1 |  El Salvador v Portugal  |
Group B |  Tasuku Onodera |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 |  Tahiti v Venezuela  |
Group C |  Istvan Meszaros |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | Japan v Mexico  |
Group D |  Tomasz Winiarczyk |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | Iran v Switzerland |
Group A | Ruben Eiriz |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 3 | Senegal v Italy |
Group A |  Jelili Ogunmuyiwa |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | Portugal v Argentina |
Group B |  Alexander Berezkin |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | Venezuela v Nigeria |
Group C |  Oscar Arosemena |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | Mexico v Brazil  |
Group D | Alexander Berezkin |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | Iran v Senegal |
Group A |  Miguel Lopez |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | Portugal v Oman |
Group B |  Jose Cortez |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Day 6 | Venezuela v Russia |
Group C |  Ebrahim Almansory |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 |  Ukraine v Mexico |
Group D | Tomasz Winiarczyk |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | Russia v Mexico |
Quarterfinals | Istvan Meszaros |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | Portugal v Senegal |
Quarterfinals | Tasuku Onodera |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | Italy v El Salvador |
Quarterfinals | Jose Cortez |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | Brazil v Nigeria |
Quarterfinals | Alexander Berezkin |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 51 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
By referee edit
| Referee | Matches | Yellow
|
Second yellow
|
Red
|
PKs awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebrahim Almansory |
2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oscar Arosemena |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Javier Bentancor |
1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Alexander Berezkin |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Cortez |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivo De Moraes |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ruben Eiriz |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Said Hachim |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Lopez |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Istvan Meszaros |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelili Ogunmuyiwa |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tasuku Onodera |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Juan Rodriguez |
1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomasz Winiarczyk |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Suwat Wongsuwan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By team edit
| Team | Yellow |
Second yellow |
Red |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| El Salvador |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Iran |
6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Italy |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Japan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oman |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Portugal |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Senegal |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tahiti |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
By individual edit
| Name | Team | Yellow
|
Second yellow
|
Red
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamed Ghorbanpour | Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Pape Koukpaki | Senegal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rui Coimbra | Portugal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Seyni Ndiaye | Senegal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Giuseppe Soria | Italy |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hassan Abdollahi | Iran |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Khalid Al Rajhi | Oman |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yahya Al Araimi | Oman |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasser Al Mukhaini | Oman |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abdullah Al Qasmi | Oman |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilber Alvarado | El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marama Amau | Tahiti |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anderson | Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ibrahima Bakhoum | Senegal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nuno Belchior | Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Igor Borsuk | Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Farid Boulokbashi | Iran |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gian Luca Cardone | Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Cati | Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francesco Corosiniti | Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Libasse Diagne | Senegal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Estrada | Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomoya Ginoza | Japan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriele Gori | Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paulo Graça | Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomas Hernandez | El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bartholomew Ibenegbu | Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaspar Jaeggy | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mo Jaeggy | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Jung | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Landaeta | Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ilya Leonov | Russia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aleksey Makarov | Russia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcos Monsalve | Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Benjamin Mosco | Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Naderi | Iran |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Okwuosa | Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Musa Najare | Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruno Novo | Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Okwuosa | Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paolo Palmacci | Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elias Ramirez | El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Agustin Ruiz | El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walter Torres | El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |