Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games

The beach soccer tournament at the 2019 European Games was held from 25 to 29 June. It was the second edition of beach soccer at the European Games.

Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
Dates25–29 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Olympic Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored171 (8.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Gabriele Gori[1]
(11 goals)
2015
2023

Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.[2][3]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[4]   Portugal
Elinton Andrade
Nuno Belchior
Ruben Brilhante
Rui Coimbra
João Gonçalves
André Lourenço
Tiago Petrony
Bê Martins
Jordan Santos
Léo Martins
Madjer
Pedro Silva
  Spain
David Ardil
Salvador Ardil
Domingo Cabrera
José Cintas
Francisco Donaire
Adrián Frutos
Llorenç Gómez
Pablo López
Antonio Mayor
Mario Soria
Eduard Suárez
Javier Torres
  Switzerland
Philipp Borer
Silvan Conrad
Glenn Hodel
Valentin Jaeggy
Jan Ostgen
Noël Ott
Sandro Spaccarotella
Nico Stalder
Dejan Stankovic
Tobias Steinemann
Nicholas Stucki
Angelo Wüest

Qualification

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Belarus is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top six teams in the Superfinal will qualify with the top team from the Promotional Final.[5]

Means of qualification Date of competition Venue Berths Qualified
Host country    1   Belarus
2018 EBSL Superfinal 6–9 September 2018   Alghero 6   Italy
  Spain
  Portugal
  Russia
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
2018 EBSL Promotion Final 1   Romania
Total   8

Draw

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The draw was held on 4 April 2019 in the conference hall of the National Olympic Stadium Dynamo in Minsk, Belarus.[6][7]

Seedings

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Belarus (A1)
  Italy (B1)
  Spain
  Portugal
  Russia
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
  Romania

Group round

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All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 16 8 +8 6 Semifinals
2    Switzerland 3 1 1 0 1 18 6 +12 5
3   Belarus (H) 3 1 0 1 1 14 13 +1 4 5–8th place semifinals
4   Romania 3 0 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0
Source: Minsk 2019
(H) Host
Portugal  1–3 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland
  • Borer   2' (o.g.)
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Romania  1–6  Belarus
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

Portugal  8–2  Romania
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Belarus  5–5 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland
Report
Penalties
3–2
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

Switzerland  10–0  Romania
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Belarus  3–7  Portugal
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 1 1 0 1 15 15 0 5 Semifinals
2   Ukraine 3 1 0 1 1 11 13 −2 4
3   Italy 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4   Russia 3 1 0 0 2 11 10 +1 3[a]
Source: Minsk 2019
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 4–2 Russia
Spain  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Russia
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
Ukraine  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Report
Penalties
4–3
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Italy  4–2  Russia
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Spain  4–6  Ukraine
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)

Russia  5–1  Ukraine
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)
Italy  5–6  Spain
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Classification matches

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Bracket

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5–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
  Italy10
 
29 June
 
  Romania3
 
  Italy4
 
28 June
 
  Russia3
 
  Belarus5 (2)
 
 
  Russia (p)5 (3)
 
7th place match
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Romania2
 
 
  Belarus5

5–8th place semifinals

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Italy  10–3  Romania
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)

Belarus  5–5 (a.e.t.)  Russia
Report
Penalties
2–3
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Seventh place match

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Romania  2–5  Belarus
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Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Fifth place match

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Italy  4–3  Russia
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Knockout round

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
  Spain5
 
29 June
 
   Switzerland3
 
  Spain3
 
28 June
 
  Portugal8
 
  Portugal (a.e.t.)3
 
 
  Ukraine2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
29 June
 
 
   Switzerland5
 
 
  Ukraine4

Semifinals

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Spain  5–3   Switzerland
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Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Portugal  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Bronze medal match

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Switzerland  5–4  Ukraine
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

Gold medal match

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Spain  3–8  Portugal
Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
  A   Portugal 5 3 1 0 1 27 13 +14 11
  B   Spain 5 2 1 0 2 23 26 −3 8
  A    Switzerland 5 2 1 0 2 26 15 +11 8
4 B   Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 17 21 −4 4
5 B   Italy 5 3 0 0 2 27 18 +9 9
6 B   Russia 5 1 0 1 3 19 19 0 4
7 A   Belarus (H) 5 2 0 1 2 24 20 +4 7
8 A   Romania 5 0 0 0 5 8 39 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host

References

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  1. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics – Goalscorers" (PDF). MEGOC. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer". minsk2019.by. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Competition schedule for beach soccer approved". minsk2019.by. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). MEGOC. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ The EBSL 2018, revealed!
  6. ^ "Draw for Minsk 2019 beach soccer events to be held on 4 April 2019". minsk2019.by. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Results of the beach soccer draw". minsk2019.by. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.