Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament

The men's beach soccer tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 27 June to 1 July at the Tarnów Beach Arena.[2]

Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
Dates27 June – 1 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Tarnów Beach Arena
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored184 (9.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Switzerland Dejan Stankovic[1]
(11 goals)
2019
2027

Draw

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The draw was held on 11 May 2023 in Barcelona, at the headquarters of Beach Soccer Worldwide.[3][4]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Poland (A1)
   Switzerland (B1)
  Italy
  Portugal
  Spain
  Ukraine
  Azerbaijan
  Moldova

Group stage

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 0 18 9 +9 9 Semifinals
2   Spain 3 2 0 0 1 18 9 +9 6
3   Poland (H) 3 1 0 0 2 10 14 −4 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Azerbaijan 3 0 0 0 3 5 19 −14 0
Source: EG2023
(H) Host
Portugal  7–5  Spain
BSWW
EG2023
  • Arias   15'
  • Chiky   17'
  • Kuman   18'
  • David   22'
  • Dona   31'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)
Azerbaijan  2–7  Poland
  • Elshad   4'
  • Huseynov   28'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Gac   6'
  • Jesionowski   8'
  • Witkowski   12', 23'
  • Bistuła   18'
  • Baran   33'
  • Ziober   36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)

Portugal  5–2  Azerbaijan
BSWW
EG2023
  • Mammadov   7', 31'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Poland  1–6  Spain
  • Baran   19'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Oliver   2', 29'
  • Antonio   3'
  • Kuman   19'
  • David   24'
  • Arias   25'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Spain  7–1  Azerbaijan
  • Mejías   3'
  • Chiky   13', 24', 35'
  • Arias   21'
  • Kuman   22'
  • Rigaud   26'
BSWW
  • Elshad   10'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Poland  2–6  Portugal
  • Baran   1'
  • Jesionowski   11'
BSWW
EG2023
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 0 0 1 16 13 +3 6[a] Semifinals
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 16 11 +5 6[a]
3   Ukraine 3 2 0 0 1 14 14 0 6[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4   Moldova 3 0 0 0 3 13 21 −8 0
Source: EG2023
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Italy 3 Pts, +1 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Ukraine 3 Pts, –1 GD
Italy  5–6  Ukraine
  • Sciacca   6'
  • Sassari   15'
  • Zurlo   26'
  • Bertacca   27'
  • Giordani   36'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Shcherytsia   3'
  • Zavorotnyi   5'
  • Zborovskyi   12'
  • Borsuk   28' (p)
  • Pashko   29'
  • Voitok   35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Moldova  4–9   Switzerland
  • Graur   4'
  • Podlesnov   18'
  • Borovschi   21'
  • Istrati   27'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Stankovic   3', 3' (p), 9', 10', 18', 21', 35'
  • Rüttimann   12'
  • Ott   32'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Álvaro Cánovas (Spain)

Italy  6–4  Moldova
  • Fazzini   5'
  • Remedi   5'
  • Zurlo   9', 22', 36'
  • Sciacca   26' (p)
BSWW
EG2023
  • Cojocari   13', 23'
  • Garanovschi   26'
  • Turta   36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Francisco da Costa (Portugal)
Switzerland  4–2  Ukraine
  • Stankovic   18', 27'
  • Kessler   19'
  • Rüttimann   21'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Glutskyi   4'
  • Borsuk   27'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Ukraine  6–5  Moldova
  • Zborovskyi   4'
  • Voitok   8', 11'
  • Voitenko   14'
  • Glutskyi   21'
  • Medvid   21'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Graur   7', 15'
  • Turta   30'
  • Podlesnov   34', 35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Switzerland  3–5  Italy
BSWW
EG2023
  • Fazzini   12'
  • Genovali   13'
  • Giordani   15', 22', 29'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Placement matches

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Bracket

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5–8th place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
  Azerbaijan (a.e.t.)7
 
1 July
 
  Ukraine6
 
  Azerbaijan4
 
30 June
 
  Moldova2
 
  Poland6
 
 
  Moldova8
 
Seventh place match
 
 
1 July
 
 
  Poland2
 
 
  Ukraine3

5–8th place semifinals

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Poland  6–8  Moldova
  • Baran   4' (p)
  • Jesionowski   5'
  • Kiklaisz   12'
  • Pietrasiak   13'
  • Gac   16'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Borovschi   3'
  • Cojocari   7'
  • Ceh   12'
  • Turta   15'
  • Podlesnov   20', 33'
  • Graur   26', 35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Álvaro Cánovas (Spain)

Azerbaijan  7–6 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine
  • Amid   1', 34', 37'
  • Elshad   26', 36'
  • Zeynalli   29'
  • Mammadov   33'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Poslavskyi   10', 29'
  • Zborovskyi   10'
  • Pashko   13'
  • Voitenko   13', 33'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)

Seventh place match

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Poland  2–3  Ukraine
  • Kiklaisz   26'
  • Ziober   30'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Glutskyi   30'
  • Voitok   35', 36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Fifth place match

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Azerbaijan  4–2  Moldova
  • Amid   8'
  • Sabir   16'
  • Ramil   20'
  • Huseynov   23' (p)
BSWW
EG2023
  • Graur   15'
  • Cojocari   26'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Angelika Gębka (Poland)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
  Portugal4 (3)
 
1 July
 
   Switzerland (p)4 (4)
 
   Switzerland5
 
30 June
 
  Italy2
 
  Spain5
 
 
  Italy (a.e.t.)6
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
1 July
 
 
  Portugal5 (0)
 
 
  Spain (p)5 (2)

Semifinals

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Portugal  4–4 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland
BSWW
EG2023
  • Spacca   12'
  • Rodrigues   24'
  • Steinemann   26'
  • Eliott   30'
Penalties
3–4
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)

Spain  5–6 (a.e.t.)  Italy
  • Chicky   2', 13'
  • Oliver   8', 12'
  • Domingo   18'
BSWW
EG2023
  • Giordani   1'
  • Sciacca   5', 18'
  • Remedi   30'
  • Domingo   31' (o.g.)
  • Casapieri   38'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Bronze medal match

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Portugal  5–5 (a.e.t.)  Spain
BSWW
EG2023
  • Rigaud   4' (p)
  • David   14', 23'
  • Arias   22' (p)
  • Chicky   34'
Penalties
  • Jordan  
  • Lourenço  
  • Coimbra  
  • Algarvio  
0–2
  •   Mejías
  •   Pedro
  •   Arias
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Gold medal match

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Switzerland  5–2  Italy
BSWW
EG2023
  • Zurlo   2' (p)
  • Bertacca   36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
  B    Switzerland 5 3 0 1 1 25 17 +8 10
  B   Italy 5 2 1 0 2 24 23 +1 8
  A   Spain 5 2 0 1 2 28 20 +8 7
4 A   Portugal 5 3 0 0 2 27 18 +9 9
5 A   Azerbaijan 5 1 1 0 3 16 27 −11 5
6 B   Moldova 5 1 0 0 4 23 31 −8 3
7 B   Ukraine 5 3 0 0 2 23 23 0 9
8 A   Poland (H) 5 1 0 0 4 18 25 −7 3
Source: EG2023
(H) Host

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men's – Individual Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. ^ "European Games draw to take place this Thursday". beachsoccer.com. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Big clash in Tarnow. Beach soccer groups drawn". european-games.org. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.