Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games

Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
Dates25–29 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Olympic Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored171 (8.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Gabriele Gori[1]
(11 goals)
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The beach soccer tournament at the 2019 European Games was held from 25 to 29 June. It was the second edition of beach soccer at the European Games.

Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.[2][3]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[4]  Portugal
Elinton Andrade
Nuno Belchior
Ruben Brilhante
Rui Coimbra
João Gonçalves
André Lourenço
Tiago Petrony
Bê Martins
Jordan Santos
Léo Martins
Madjer
Pedro Silva 		 Spain
David Ardil
Salvador Ardil
Domingo Cabrera
José Cintas
Francisco Donaire
Adrián Frutos
Llorenç Gómez
Pablo López
Antonio Mayor
Mario Soria
Eduard Suárez
Javier Torres 		 Switzerland
Philipp Borer
Silvan Conrad
Glenn Hodel
Valentin Jaeggy
Jan Ostgen
Noël Ott
Sandro Spaccarotella
Nico Stalder
Dejan Stankovic
Tobias Steinemann
Nicholas Stucki
Angelo Wüest

Qualification

Belarus is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top six teams in the Superfinal will qualify with the top team from the Promotional Final.[5]

Means of qualification Date of competition Venue Berths Qualified
Host country    1  Belarus
2018 EBSL Superfinal 6–9 September 2018 Italy Alghero 6  Italy
 Spain
 Portugal
 Russia
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
2018 EBSL Promotion Final 1  Romania
Total   8

Draw

The draw was held on 4 April 2019 in the conference hall of the National Olympic Stadium Dynamo in Minsk, Belarus.[6][7]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Belarus (A1)
 Italy (B1) 		 Spain
 Portugal 		 Russia
  Switzerland 		 Ukraine
 Romania

Group round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 16 8 +8 6 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 1 1 0 1 18 6 +12 5
3  Belarus (H) 3 1 0 1 1 14 13 +1 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Romania 3 0 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0
Source: Minsk 2019
(H) Host
Portugal 1–3 (a.e.t.)  Switzerland
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Romania 1–6 Belarus
  • Răvoiu 18'
 Report
  • Bryshtsel 13'
  • Samsonov 18', 36'
  • Hapon 24'
  • Makarevich 31', 34'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Portugal 8–2 Romania
 Report
  • Florea 4'
  • Răvoiu 35'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Belarus 5–5 (a.e.t.)  Switzerland
  • Bryshtsel 2' (pen.)
  • Miranovich 5'
  • Bokach 7'
  • Ryabko 12'
  • Savich 36' (pen.)
 Report
  • Wüest 12', 17', 33'
  • Stankovic 23'
  • Ott 27'
Penalties
  • Savich soccer ball with check mark
  • Bokach soccer ball with check mark
  • Kanstantsinaiu soccer ball with red X
  • Samsonov soccer ball with check mark
 3–2
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)
Switzerland 10–0 Romania
  • Wüest 4', 30'
  • Stankovic 11', 17', 25', 27'
  • Steinemann 11', 28'
  • Ostgen 18'
  • Ott 32'
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Belarus 3–7 Portugal
  • Bokach 3'
  • Samsonov 4', 14' (pen.)
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 1 1 0 1 15 15 0 5 Semifinals
2  Ukraine 3 1 0 1 1 11 13 −2 4
3  Italy 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 11 10 +1 3[a]
Source: Minsk 2019
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 4–2 Russia
Spain 5–4 (a.e.t.) Russia
  • Suárez 13', 22', 39'
  • Llorenç 29'
  • Cintas 30'
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
Ukraine 4–4 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • Pachev 18', 33'
  • Nerush 23'
  • Medvid 29'
 Report
  • Corosiniti 11' (pen.)
  • Gentilin 18'
  • Gori 21'
  • Zurlo 30'
Penalties
  • Pachev soccer ball with check mark
  • A. Borsuk soccer ball with check mark
  • Korniichuk soccer ball with check mark
  • Medvid soccer ball with check mark
 4–3
  • soccer ball with check mark Chiavaro
  • soccer ball with check mark Gori
  • soccer ball with check mark Zurlo
  • soccer ball with red X Marinai
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)
Italy 4–2 Russia
  • Corosiniti 7'
  • Gori 20', 34'
  • Carpita 29'
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Spain 4–6 Ukraine
 Report
  • Korniichuk 2'
  • Zborovskyi 13'
  • I. Borsuk 20'
  • Pachev 26', 30'
  • A. Borsuk 36'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)
Russia 5–1 Ukraine
 Report
  • Sydorenko 27'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)
Italy 5–6 Spain
  • Frainetti 9'
  • Marinai 21'
  • Zurlo 24'
  • Palazzolo 28'
  • Gori 35' (pen.)
 Report
  • Mayor 21', 35', 36'
  • Frutos 24'
  • Llorenç 25'
  • Suárez 34'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Classification matches

Bracket

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
 Italy10
 
29 June
 
 Romania3
 
 Italy4
 
28 June
 
 Russia3
 
 Belarus5 (2)
 
 
 Russia (p)5 (3)
 
7th place match
 
 
29 June
 
 
 Romania2
 
 
 Belarus5

5–8th place semifinals

Italy 10–3 Romania
  • Marinai 2'
  • Gori 2', 3', 8' (pen.), 29', 34'
  • Palmacci 31', 32'
  • Zurlo 33', 33'
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)
Belarus 5–5 (a.e.t.) Russia
  • Ryabko 1'
  • Kanstantsinau 2'
  • Piatrouski 11'
  • Hapon 30'
  • Savich 32'
 Report
  • N. Kryshanov 11'
  • Paporotnyi 15', 15' (pen.), 18'
  • Zemskov 34'
Penalties
  • Savich soccer ball with check mark
  • Bokach soccer ball with red X
  • Chaikouski soccer ball with check mark
 2–3
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Seventh place match

Romania 2–5 Belarus
 Report
  • Hapon 2', 18'
  • Samsonov 6'
  • Miranovich 21'
  • Kanstantsinau 36'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Fifth place match

Italy 4–3 Russia
  • Palmacci 17'
  • Gori 25', 34'
  • Corosiniti 30'
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Knockout round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
 Spain5
 
29 June
 
  Switzerland3
 
 Spain3
 
28 June
 
 Portugal8
 
 Portugal (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Ukraine2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Switzerland5
 
 
 Ukraine4

Semifinals

Spain 5–3  Switzerland
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)
Portugal 3–2 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
 Report
  • Korniichuk 8'
  • Zavorotnyi 16' (p)
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Bronze medal match

Switzerland 5–4 Ukraine
  • Ott 8'
  • Jaeggy 23'
  • Stankovic 30', 35'
  • Spaccarotella 33'
 Report
  • A. Borsuk 5', 22'
  • Makeiev 24'
  • I. Borsuk 33'
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

Gold medal match

Spain 3–8 Portugal
 Report
Olympic Sports Complex, Minsk
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) A  Portugal 5 3 1 0 1 27 13 +14 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) B  Spain 5 2 1 0 2 23 26 −3 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) A   Switzerland 5 2 1 0 2 26 15 +11 8
4 B  Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 17 21 −4 4
5 B  Italy 5 3 0 0 2 27 18 +9 9
6 B  Russia 5 1 0 1 3 19 19 0 4
7 A  Belarus (H) 5 2 0 1 2 24 20 +4 7
8 A  Romania 5 0 0 0 5 8 39 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host

References

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