Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament

The men's beach soccer tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 27 June to 1 July at the Tarnów Beach Arena.[2]

Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
Dates27 June – 1 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Tarnów Beach Arena
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored184 (9.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Switzerland Dejan Stankovic[1]
(11 goals)

Draw

The draw was held on 11 May 2023 in Barcelona, at the headquarters of Beach Soccer Worldwide.[3][4]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Poland (A1)
  Switzerland (B1)		  Italy
 Portugal		  Spain
 Ukraine		  Azerbaijan
 Moldova

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 0 18 9 +9 9 Semifinals
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 18 9 +9 6
3  Poland (H) 3 1 0 0 2 10 14 −4 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Azerbaijan 3 0 0 0 3 5 19 −14 0
Source: EG2023
(H) Host
Portugal 7–5 Spain
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Arias 15'
  • Chiky 17'
  • Kuman 18'
  • David 22'
  • Dona 31'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)
Azerbaijan 2–7 Poland
  • Elshad 4'
  • Huseynov 28'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Gac 6'
  • Jesionowski 8'
  • Witkowski 12', 23'
  • Bistuła 18'
  • Baran 33'
  • Ziober 36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Portugal 5–2 Azerbaijan
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Mammadov 7', 31'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Poland 1–6 Spain
  • Baran 19'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Oliver 2', 29'
  • Antonio 3'
  • Kuman 19'
  • David 24'
  • Arias 25'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
Spain 7–1 Azerbaijan
  • Mejías 3'
  • Chiky 13', 24', 35'
  • Arias 21'
  • Kuman 22'
  • Rigaud 26'
 BSWW
  • Elshad 10'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Poland 2–6 Portugal
  • Baran 1'
  • Jesionowski 11'
 BSWW
EG2023
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 16 13 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 16 11 +5 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Ukraine 3 2 0 0 1 14 14 0 6[lower-alpha 1] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Moldova 3 0 0 0 3 13 21 −8 0
Source: EG2023
Notes:
  1. Italy 3 Pts, +1 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Ukraine 3 Pts, –1 GD
Italy 5–6 Ukraine
  • Sciacca 6'
  • Sassari 15'
  • Zurlo 26'
  • Bertacca 27'
  • Giordani 36'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Shcherytsia 3'
  • Zavorotnyi 5'
  • Zborovskyi 12'
  • Borsuk 28' (p)
  • Pashko 29'
  • Voitok 35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Moldova 4–9  Switzerland
  • Graur 4'
  • Podlesnov 18'
  • Borovschi 21'
  • Istrati 27'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Stankovic 3', 3' (p), 9', 10', 18', 21', 35'
  • Rüttimann 12'
  • Ott 32'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Álvaro Cánovas (Spain)
Italy 6–4 Moldova
  • Fazzini 5'
  • Remedi 5'
  • Zurlo 9', 22', 36'
  • Sciacca 26' (p)
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Cojocari 13', 23'
  • Garanovschi 26'
  • Turta 36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Francisco da Costa (Portugal)
Switzerland 4–2 Ukraine
  • Stankovic 18', 27'
  • Kessler 19'
  • Rüttimann 21'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Glutskyi 4'
  • Borsuk 27'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)
Ukraine 6–5 Moldova
  • Zborovskyi 4'
  • Voitok 8', 11'
  • Voitenko 14'
  • Glutskyi 21'
  • Medvid 21'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Graur 7', 15'
  • Turta 30'
  • Podlesnov 34', 35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Switzerland 3–5 Italy
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Fazzini 12'
  • Genovali 13'
  • Giordani 15', 22', 29'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Placement matches

Bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
 Azerbaijan (a.e.t.)7
 
1 July
 
 Ukraine6
 
 Azerbaijan4
 
30 June
 
 Moldova2
 
 Poland6
 
 
 Moldova8
 
Seventh place match
 
 
1 July
 
 
 Poland2
 
 
 Ukraine3

5–8th place semifinals
Poland 6–8 Moldova
  • Baran 4' (p)
  • Jesionowski 5'
  • Kiklaisz 12'
  • Pietrasiak 13'
  • Gac 16'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Borovschi 3'
  • Cojocari 7'
  • Ceh 12'
  • Turta 15'
  • Podlesnov 20', 33'
  • Graur 26', 35'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Álvaro Cánovas ([Royal Spanish Football Federation
Azerbaijan 7–6 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
  • Amid 1', 34', 37'
  • Elshad 26', 36'
  • Zeynalli 29'
  • Mammadov 33'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Poslavskyi 10', 29'
  • Zborovskyi 10'
  • Pashko 13'
  • Voitenko 13', 33'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)

Seventh place match
Poland 2–3 Ukraine
  • Kiklaisz 26'
  • Ziober 30'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Glutskyi 30'
  • Voitok 35', 36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Fifth place match
Azerbaijan 4–2 Moldova
  • Amid 8'
  • Sabir 16'
  • Ramil 20'
  • Huseynov 23' (p)
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Graur 15'
  • Cojocari 26'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Angelika Gębka (Poland)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
 Portugal4 (3)
 
1 July
 
  Switzerland (p)4 (4)
 
  Switzerland5
 
30 June
 
 Italy2
 
 Spain5
 
 
 Italy (a.e.t.)6
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
1 July
 
 
 Portugal5 (0)
 
 
 Spain (p)5 (2)

Semifinals
Portugal 4–4 (a.e.t.)  Switzerland
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Spacca 12'
  • Rodrigues 24'
  • Steinemann 26'
  • Eliott 30'
Penalties
 3–4
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Spain 5–6 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • Chicky 2', 13'
  • Oliver 8', 12'
  • Domingo 18'
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Giordani 1'
  • Sciacca 5', 18'
  • Remedi 30'
  • Domingo 31' (o.g.)
  • Casapieri 38'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

Bronze medal match
Portugal 5–5 (a.e.t.) Spain
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Rigaud 4' (p)
  • David 14', 23'
  • Arias 22' (p)
  • Chicky 34'
Penalties
  • Jordan soccer ball with red X
  • Lourenço soccer ball with red X
  • Coimbra soccer ball with red X
  • Algarvio soccer ball with red X
 0–2
  • soccer ball with red X Mejías
  • soccer ball with check mark Pedro
  • soccer ball with check mark Arias
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Gold medal match
Switzerland 5–2 Italy
 BSWW
EG2023
  • Zurlo 2' (p)
  • Bertacca 36'
Tarnów Beach Arena
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) B   Switzerland 5 3 0 1 1 25 17 +8 10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) B  Italy 5 2 1 0 2 24 23 +1 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) A  Spain 5 2 0 1 2 28 20 +8 7
4 A  Portugal 5 3 0 0 2 27 18 +9 9
5 A  Azerbaijan 5 1 1 0 3 16 27 −11 5
6 B  Moldova 5 1 0 0 4 23 31 −8 3
7 B  Ukraine 5 3 0 0 2 23 23 0 9
8 A  Poland (H) 5 1 0 0 4 18 25 −7 3
Source: EG2023
(H) Host

See also

References
  1. "Beach Soccer – Men's – Individual Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. "Beach Soccer – Men's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. "European Games draw to take place this Thursday". beachsoccer.com. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. "Big clash in Tarnow. Beach soccer groups drawn". european-games.org. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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