Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Azerbaijan |
Dates | 24–28 June |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | Beach Arena, Baku |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 122 (7.63 per match) |
The beach soccer tournament at the Baku 2015 European Games will be held from 24 to 28 June. One of the most popular variations of the beautiful game in the world, beach soccer is played on a sand pitch roughly a quarter of the size of a traditional football pitch and the goals are also larger. The end result is a fast-paced clash with the emphasis on attack which means a shot on goal every 30 seconds and an average of nine goals per game. Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, will compete over five days of competition.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Russia | Italy | Portugal |
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.[1]
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 | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 8 | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Advance to classification matches |
4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | Advance to classification matches |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 |
Classification matches
Bracket
5th place playoff | 5th place match | ||||||
27 June | |||||||
Ukraine | 4 | ||||||
Hungary | 2 | ||||||
28 June | |||||||
Ukraine | 3 | ||||||
Spain | 6 | ||||||
7th place match | |||||||
27 June | 28 June | ||||||
Spain | 3 | Hungary | 3 | ||||
Azerbaijan | 1 | Azerbaijan | 2 |
Playoff matches
7th place match
5th place match
Knockout round
Bracket
Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||
27 June | |||||||
Italy | 7 | ||||||
Switzerland | 4 | ||||||
28 June | |||||||
Italy | 2 | ||||||
Russia | 3 | ||||||
Bronze medal match | |||||||
27 June | 28 June | ||||||
Portugal | 1 | Switzerland | 5 | ||||
Russia | 2 | Portugal | 6 |