Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
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.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 24–28 June |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 152 (7.6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nuno Belchior[1] (8 goals) |
Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men[2] | Russia Andrey Bukhlitskiy Yury Gorchinskiy Yuri Krasheninnikov Ilya Leonov Aleksey Makarov Ivan Ostrovskii Artur Paporotnyi Anatoly Peremitin Kirill Romanov Egor Shaykov Dmitry Shishin Anton Shkarin |
Italy Francesco Corosiniti Alessio Frainetti Gabriele Gori Simone Marinai Matteo Marrucci Simone Del Mestre Michele Di Palma Paolo Palmacci Giuseppe Platania Dario Ramacciotti Stefano Spada Emmanuele Zurlo |
Portugal Elinton Andrade Tiago Batalha Nuno Belchior Alan Cavalcanti Rui Coimbra José Maria Fonseca Bruno Novo Tiago Petrony Bernardo Santos Jordan Santos João Victor Saraiva Bruno Torres |
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 |
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| Host country | 1 |  Azerbaijan | ||
| 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal | 17 August 2014 |  Torredembarra | 6 | Russia Spain Portugal Switzerland Italy Ukraine |
| 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Promotional Final | 17 August 2014 | Torredembarra | 1 |  Hungary |
| Total | 8 | |||
Group round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Ukraine | 3–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 4–7 | Switzerland |
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| Switzerland | 5–4 | Ukraine |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 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:
Notes:
- Russia 4–6 Italy
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
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| Penalties | ||
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3–1 |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
| Hungary | 3–5 | Russia |
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| Spain | 5–2 | Hungary |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Yeliz Topaloğlu (Turkey)
| Russia | 4–6 | Italy |
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Classification matches
Bracket
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | |||||
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| Ukraine | 4 | |||||
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| Hungary | 2 | |||||
| Ukraine | 3 | |||||
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| Spain | 6 | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 1 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
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| Hungary | 3 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 2 | |||||
5–8th place semifinals
| Spain | 3–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Yeliz Topaloğlu (Turkey)
Seventh place match
| Hungary | 3–2 | Azerbaijan |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)
Knockout round
Bracket
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 27 June | ||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||
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| Switzerland | 4 | |||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||
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| Russia | 3 | |||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
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| Switzerland | 5 | |||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||
Bronze medal match
References
- "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.
- "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Qualification summary
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