Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games

Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
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 the competition.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
Zé Maria
Bruno Novo
Tiago Petrony
Bê Martins
Jordan Santos
Madjer
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
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[usurped]
(H) Host
Portugal 6–5  Switzerland
 Report
  • Stankovic 2', 7' (pen.)
  • M. Jaeggy 15'
  • Ott 17', 32'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Ukraine 3–1 Azerbaijan
  • Zborovskyi 9'
  • Korniichuk 17', 22'
 Report
  • Allahguliyev 14'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Portugal 5–4 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
 Report
  • I. Borsuk 14'
  • Pachev 15', 22'
  • Korniichuk 20'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)
Azerbaijan 4–7  Switzerland
  • Aliyev 15' (pen.)
  • Mammadov 20'
  • Z. Zeynalov 20'
  • Allahguliyev 28'
 Report
  • M. Jaeggy 3', 9'
  • Hodel 8'
  • Spaccarotella 13'
  • Ott 20', 36'
  • Lutz 33'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Switzerland 5–4 Ukraine
  • Lutz 21'
  • Stankovic 24' (pen.)
  • Ott 26'
  • M. Jaeggy 27'
  • Borer 30'
 Report
  • I. Borsuk 1', 15'
  • Budzko 2'
  • Zborovskyi 12'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Azerbaijan 4–6 Portugal
  • A. Zeynalov 3', 8'
  • Allahguliyev 4'
  • Aliyev 33'
 Report
  • Torres 14'
  • Madjer 23', 28', 36'
  • Fonseca 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[usurped]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Russia 4–6 Italy
Spain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
 Report
Penalties
 3–1
  • soccer ball with red X Ramacciotti
  • soccer ball with check mark Corosiniti
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Hungary 3–5 Russia
  • Badalik 26'
  • Ughy 33'
  • Ábel 33'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Spain 5–2 Hungary
 Report
  • Ábel 12'
  • Simonyi 13'
Beach Arena, Baku
Russia 4–6 Italy
Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
Italy 5–4 Hungary
  • Gori 1', 34'
  • Corosiniti 21'
  • Marrucci 22'
  • Zurlo 32'
 Report
  • Fekete 12', 18'
  • Sebestyén 17' (pen.), 29'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Russia 5–3 Spain
Report
  • Gómez 1', 19'
  • Mayor 8' (pen.)
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
  • Illichov 11', 27'
  • A. Borsuk 19', 35'
 Report
  • Ughy 1'
  • Berkes 10'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)
Spain 3–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
  • Allahguliyev 35'
Beach Arena, Baku

Seventh place match

Hungary 3–2 Azerbaijan
  • Fekete 4'
  • Simonyi 15', 23'
 Report
  • Guliyev 17' (pen.)
  • Allahguliyev 36'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)

Fifth place match

Ukraine 3–6 Spain
  • I. Borsuk 20'
  • Korniichuk 22'
  • A. Borsuk 27'
 Report
  • Pajón 4'
  • Carrera 12'
  • Gómez 14'
  • Ardil 22'
  • Alvarado 24'
  • Mayor 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
  • Marinai 3', 21'
  • Ramacciotti 5'
  • M. Jaeggy 16' (o.g.)
  • Gori 21', 32'
  • Zurlo 23'
 Report
  • Borer 11'
  • Stankovic 16' (pen.), 25', 35'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
Portugal 1–2 Russia
  • Fonseca 18'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)

Bronze medal match

Switzerland 5–6 Portugal
  • Borer 14', 28' (pen.)
  • Spaccarotella 22'
  • M. Jaeggy 28'
  • Ott 29'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Gold medal match

Italy 2–3 Russia
  • Gori 26'
  • Frainetti 30' (p)
 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 on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Qualification summary