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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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 the competition.
Medal summary edit
Qualification edit
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 edit
Group A edit
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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Azerbaijan | 4–6 | Portugal |
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Group B edit
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[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 |
Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
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3–1 |
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Hungary | 3–5 | Russia |
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Russia | 4–6 | Italy |
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Classification matches edit
Bracket edit
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 edit
Spain | 3–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Yeliz Topaloğlu (Turkey)
Seventh place match edit
Hungary | 3–2 | Azerbaijan |
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Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)
Fifth place match edit
Knockout round edit
Bracket edit
Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
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Italy | 7 | |||||
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Switzerland | 4 | |||||
Italy | 2 | |||||
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Russia | 3 | |||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||
Russia | 2 | |||||
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28 June | ||||||
Switzerland | 5 | |||||
Portugal | 6 |
Semifinals edit
Italy | 7–4 | Switzerland |
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Portugal | 1–2 | Russia |
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Bronze medal match edit
Switzerland | 5–6 | Portugal |
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Gold medal match edit
References edit
- ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics – Goalscorers" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Qualification summary