Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games

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Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
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Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan
Dates24–28 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Beach Arena, Baku
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Portugal
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored152 (7.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Nuno Belchior[1]
(8 goals)
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The beach soccer tournament at the Baku 2015 European Games was held from 24 to 28 June. It was the first edition of beach soccer at the European Games.

Eight men's teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[2]  Russia
Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Yuri Krasheninnikov
Ilya Leonov
Aleksey Makarov

Artur Paporotnyi

Kirill Romanov
Egor Shaykov
Dmitry Shishin
Anton Shkarin 		 Italy


Gabriele Gori




Paolo Palmacci



  Portugal
Elinton Andrade

Nuno Belchior
Alan Cavalcanti





Jordan Santos
João Victor Saraiva

Qualification[]

Azerbaijan is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal will qualify. The top team from the Promotional Final, excluding the 12th team from Division A, will also qualify.[3]

Means of qualification Date of competition Venue Berths Qualified
Host country    1  Azerbaijan
2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal 17 August 2014 Spain Torredembarra 6  Russia
 Spain
 Portugal
  Switzerland
 Italy
 Ukraine
2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Promotional Final 17 August 2014 Spain Torredembarra 1  Hungary
Total   8

Group round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 0 17 13 +4 8 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 11 11 0 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Azerbaijan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 9 16 −7 0
Source: Baku2015
(H) Host
Portugal 6–5  Switzerland
  • Madjer 8'
  • Belchior 14', 26', 32'
  • 22', 31'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Ukraine 3–1 Azerbaijan
  • 9'
  • 17', 22'
 Report
  • 14'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Portugal 5–4 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
 Report
  • 14'
  • 15', 22'
  • 20'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)
Azerbaijan 4–7  Switzerland
 Report
  • 3', 9'
  • 8'
  • 13'
  • Ott 20', 36'
  • 33'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Switzerland  5–4 Ukraine
 Report
  • 1', 15'
  • 2'
  • 12'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Azerbaijan 4–6 Portugal
  • 3', 8'
  • 4'
  • Aliyev 33'
 Report
  • 14'
  • Madjer 23', 28', 36'
  • 29', 35'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 12 9 +3 6[a] Semifinals
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6[a]
3  Spain 3 1 0 1 1 9 8 +1 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 9 15 −6 0
Source: Baku2015
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Russia 4–6 Italy
Spain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
 Report
  • 10'
Penalties
 3–1
  • soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with check mark
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Hungary 3–5 Russia
  • 26'
  • 33'
  • 33'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Spain 5–2 Hungary
  • Ardil 17'
  • Gómez 25'
  • 26'
  • 29'
  • 34'
 Report
  • 12'
  • 13'
Beach Arena, Baku
Russia 4–6 Italy
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
Italy 5–4 Hungary
  • Gori 1', 34'
  • 21'
  • 22'
  • 32'
 Report
  • 12', 18'
  • 17' (pen.), 29'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Russia 5–3 Spain
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Classification matches[]

Bracket[]

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 Ukraine4
 
28 June
 
 Hungary2
 
 Ukraine3
 
27 June
 
 Spain6
 
 Spain3
 
 
 Azerbaijan1
 
7th place match
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Hungary3
 
 
 Azerbaijan2

5–8th place semifinals[]

Ukraine 4–2 Hungary
  • 11', 27'
  • 19', 35'
 Report
  • 1'
  • 10'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)
Spain 3–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
  • 35'
Beach Arena, Baku

Seventh place match[]

Hungary 3–2 Azerbaijan
  • 4'
  • 15', 23'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)

Fifth place match[]

Ukraine 3–6 Spain
  • 20'
  • 22'
  • 27'
 Report
  • 4'
  • 12'
  • Gómez 14'
  • Ardil 22'
  • 24'
  • 26'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)

Knockout round[]

Bracket[]

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 Italy7
 
28 June
 
  Switzerland4
 
 Italy2
 
27 June
 
 Russia3
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 Russia2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
28 June
 
 
  Switzerland5
 
 
 Portugal6

Semifinals[]

Italy 7–4  Switzerland
  • 3', 21'
  • 5'
  • 16' (o.g.)
  • Gori 21', 32'
  • 23'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
Portugal 1–2 Russia
  • 18'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)

Bronze medal match[]

Switzerland  5–6 Portugal
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Gold medal match[]

Italy 2–3 Russia
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

References[]

  1. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics – Goalscorers" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ Qualification summary
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