Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara took place from 2 to 6 September 2015 at the Arena del Mare. One event took place, the men's tournament.

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates2–6 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Italy
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Libya
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored195 (6.5 per match)

The event was organised in cooperation with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[1]

Hosts Italy won the gold medal.[2]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Italy
Francesco Corosiniti
Simone Del Mestre
Michele Di Palma
Gabriele Gori
Simone Marinai
Matteo Marrucci
Raffaele Ortolini
Pietro Palazzolo
Paolo Palmacci
Dario Ramacciotti
Stefano Spada
Emanuele Zurlo
 Egypt
Moustafa Abdelmoneim
Ahmed Ahmed
Mohamed Attia
Aly Elbarbary
Ahmed Fayed
Mohamed Hassan
Hassane Hussein
Mohamed Issa
Eslam Salama
Moustafa Shaaban
Eslam Taha
 Libya
Abdulkader Aledresi
Abdulmohaimen Almaddukh
Adel Alshareef
Abdulrouf Bdiri
Sand Masaud
Munir Masoud
Abdissalam Msallem
Hany Mushata
Tariq Qutayt
Emadeddin Shawesh
Esam Shrif

Participating teams

Twelve teams took part in the first edition of beach soccer at the Mediterranean Beach Games.[3]

The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 18 July.[4]

Group stage

Key

     Advanced to the knockout stage (group winners and best runners-up)
Placement matches

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 32 8 +24 9
2  Lebanon 3 2 0 0 1 14 11 +3 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 0 2 10 15 –5 3
4  Algeria 3 0 0 0 3 11 33 –8 0
2 September 2015, at 11:30
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Lebanon 10–4 AlgeriaReport
2 September 2015, at 15:15
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Tunisia 1–11 ItalyReport
3 September 2015, at 17:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Lebanon 3–2 TunisiaReport
3 September 2015, at 21:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Italy 16–6 AlgeriaReport
4 September 2015, at 17:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Algeria 1–7 TunisiaReport
4 September 2015, at 21:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Italy 5–1 LebanonReport

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Egypt1 3 3 0 0 0 18 6 +12 7
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 18 6 +12 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 0 3 4 32 –28 0

1. Egypt were found to have breached BSWW regulations in their match against Turkey, and were therefore deducted 2 points[1]
2 September 2015, at 10:15
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Egypt 3–2 TurkeyReport
2 September 2015, at 14:00
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Malta 2–7 MoroccoReport
3 September 2015, at 16:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Egypt 11–2 MaltaReport
3 September 2015, at 20:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Morocco 3–2 TurkeyReport
4 September 2015, at 16:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Turkey 14–0 MaltaReport
4 September 2015, at 20:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Morocco 2–4 EgyptReport

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Libya 3 2 0 0 1 19 6 +13 6
2  France 3 1 0 1 1 10 7 +3 4
3  Albania 3 1 0 0 2 12 25 –13 3
4  Greece 3 0 1 0 2 9 12 –3 2
2 September 2015, at 9:00
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Greece 1–3 LibyaReport
2 September 2015, at 12:45
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara
Albania 2–6 FranceReport
3 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Greece 5–7 AlbaniaReport
3 September 2015, at 18:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
France 2–2 (a.e.t.)
2–0 (p)
 LibyaReport
4 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Libya 14–3 AlbaniaReport
4 September 2015, at 18:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
France 2–3 (a.e.t.) GreeceReport

Placement matches

9th–12th place play-offs

All fourth placed teams plus the worst ranked third place team contested 9th through 12th place.

 
Semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Albania5
 
 
 
 Malta2
 
 Albania3 (1)
 
 
 
 Greece (p)3 (3)
 
 Algeria1
 
 
 Greece9
 
11th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Malta7
 
 
 Algeria6

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 14:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Albania 5–2 MaltaReport
5 September 2015, at 15:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Greece 9–1 AlgeriaReport

11th place match

6 September 2015, at 10:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Malta 7–6 AlgeriaReport

9th place match

6 September 2015, at 11:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Albania 3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–3 (p)
 GreeceReport

5th–8th place play-offs

Worst and second best runners-up plus the best and second best third place teams contested 5th through 8th place.

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Lebanon (a.e.t.)5
 
 
 
 Tunisia4
 
 Lebanon2
 
 
 
 France3
 
 Turkey2
 
 
 France5
 
7th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Tunisia3
 
 
 Turkey4

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 19:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Lebanon 5–4 (a.e.t.) TunisiaReport
5 September 2015, at 21:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
France 5–2 TurkeyReport

7th place match

6 September 2015, at 12:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Tunisia 3–4 TurkeyReport

5th place match

6 September 2015, at 13:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Lebanon 2–3 FranceReport

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Egypt6
 
 
 
 Libya5
 
 Egypt1
 
 
 
 Italy5
 
 Morocco0
 
 
 Italy5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
 
 
 
 Libya4
 
 
 Morocco3

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 17:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Egypt 6–5 LibyaReport
5 September 2015, at 18:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Italy 5–0 MoroccoReport

Bronze medal match

6 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Libya 4–3 MoroccoReport

Final – Gold medal match

6 September 2015, at 16:50
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara
Egypt 1–5 ItalyReport
 Mediterranean Beach Games
beach soccer gold medallists 

Italy
First title

Final standings

Pos Team
 Italy
 Egypt
 Libya
4 Morocco
5 France
6 Lebanon
7 Turkey
8 Tunisia
9 Greece
10 Albania
11 Malta
12 Algeria

References

  1. "Daily Report – 4th September 2015" (PDF). pescara2015.it. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. "Italy claim Gold in front of home crowd". beachsoccer.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. "Squadre" (in Italian). pescara2015.it. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. "The Mediterranean Beach Games offficial draw completed". beachsoccer.com. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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