FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier – Europe – Baku 2023 | |
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Host country | Azerbaijan |
City | Baku |
Dates | 2–9 July |
Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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Champions | |
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Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 339 (7.53 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (10 goals) |
The 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup European Qualifiers was a beach soccer tournament contested by European beach soccer national teams who are members of UEFA. The tournament decided the four qualifiers that will go to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. This event took place from 2–9 July in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] The tournament was multi-stage, consisting of a pre-qualifier, final group stage round, and a knockout stage with placement matches.
Spain were the defending champions of the tournament after winning the 2021 edition, but were unable to defend their title as they lost in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup play-offs to Italy. There were no semifinals and finals, unlike in 2021; the tournament concluded after the quarterfinals, the winners of which earned UEFA's four bids to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. These bids were won by Italy, Belarus, Ukraine, and Portugal. Olli Romrig of Germany finished as the leading goalscorer with ten goals, ahead of Denmark's Axel Damm and Switzerland's Noël Ott, both of whom finished runners-up with seven goals.
Format
The competition will begin with a pre-qualifier stage[2] from July 2 – July 4.
The final stage will be held from July 5 – July 9.[3]
The 16 teams will be split into four groups of four. Teams will three points for a win in normal time, two points for a win in extra-time, and one point for a win on penalties. The top two finishers in each group will go through to the knockout phase. Thereafter, quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and final will unfold. [4]
Teams
The following countries are competing in the European qualifiers either by achieving a position in the Beach Soccer World Rankings or by qualifying from the preliminaries, held from 2 to 4 July.[5]
- 1. Pre-qualifier teams
Pre-qualifier teams
In the Qualifiers for the remaining three places in the European Qualifiers will take part:[6]
Draw
The draw for both the pre-qualifier stage and final stage were held on 15 June 2023.[7]
First group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.
All times are local, AZT (UTC+4).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Second group stage |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Norway ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Second group stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
Czech Republic ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Malta ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Czech Republic ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Lithuania ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Sweden ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Lithuania ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Second group stage
As per the regulations of the second group stage draw, the statistically best qualifier from the first group stage was automatically allocated to position B3; this was Lithuania.
The other three qualifiers (Group A, Group B and the best runner-up) were placed into the groups via a draw, made after the conclusion of the first group stage. All four teams were placed in one pot. The first team drawn out was placed into Group A, second into B and so on; they were allocated to position 4 in their respective groups.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 0 | 13th–16th place play-offs |
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Italy ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Italy ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 4–7 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | Knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | 13th–16th place play-offs |
Poland ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | 13th–16th place play-offs |
France ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Portugal ![]() | 8–6 | ![]() |
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Germany ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() |
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Portugal ![]() | 7–3 | ![]() |
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Germany ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 9 | Knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 0 | 13th–16th place play-offs |
Belarus ![]() | 10–2 | ![]() |
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Denmark ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Belarus ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 4–7 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 6–9 | ![]() |
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13th–16th place play-offs
The teams finishing in fourth place in the groups of the second group stage faced each other in consolation matches to determine 13th through 16th place in the final standings.
13th–16th place semi-finals | 13th place match | |||||
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Semi-finals
Switzerland ![]() | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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13th place match
Switzerland ![]() | 6–6 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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9th–12th place play-offs
The teams finishing in third place in the groups of the second group stage faced each other in consolation matches to determine 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
9th–12th place semi-finals | 9th place match | |||||
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9 July | ||||||
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Semi-finals
11th place match
9th place match
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup play-offs
Winners will qualify for 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Portugal ![]() | 8–3 | ![]() |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 339 goals scored in 45 matches, for an average of 7.53 goals per match.
10 goals
Olli Romrig
7 goals
Axel Damm
Noël Ott
6 goals
Ihar Bryshtsel
Christian Biermann
Mantas Makutunovičius
5 goals
Aleh Hapon
Gustav Madsen
Audrius Plytnikas
Rui Coimbra
Léo Martins
Cem Keskin
4 goals
Elshad Manafov
Ramil Aliyev
Lukas Frandsen
Sander Lepik
Jérémy Bru
Dimitrios Alexandros Mikelatos
Elvinas Navickas
Jordan Santos
Salvador Chicky
David Ardil Navarro
Tobias Steinemann
3 goals
Orkhan Mammadov
Vadzim Bokach
Yahor Hardzetski
Anatoliy Ryabko
David Radosta
Henrik Rædkjær
Kristian Marmor
Ragnar Rump
Victor Angeletti
Anthony Barbotti
Kylian Varrel
Cristoph Lüth
Ioannis Skourtas
Konstantinos Tsitsaris
Alessandro Remedi
Emmanuele Zurlo
Dumitru Graur
Filip Gac
Jakub Jesionowski
Michal Witkowski
Bernardo Santos Martins
Oleg Zborovskyi
2 goals
Yauheni Novikau
Yuri Piatrouski
Casper Dorph
Ryding Klaus Bradt Dewaegenaere
Kristian Marmor
Tim Engelhardt
Jannes Peterson
Felix Widmann
Georgios Karakasis
Andreas Katsoulis
Konstantinos Koukovinis
Theofilos Triantafyllidis
Luca Bertacca
Paulius Giedraitis
Matthew Agius
Leonid Podlesnov
Artiom Turta
Jakub Bistuła
Mateusz Gruszewski
Bernardo Lopes
Rúben Brilhante
Rodrigo Pinhal
Miguel Pintado
Pedro Garcia Paredes
Soleiman Batis El Asri
William Garcia
Erik Gustafsson
William Palmén
Glenn Hodel
Mehmet Aşlamacı
Serkan Banazlı
Andrii Borsuk
Andrii Nerush
Andrii Pashko
Maksym Voitok
1 goal
Elchin Gasimov
Fuad Huseynov
Jomard Bakhshaliyev
Kamran Gurbatov
Artsemi Drozd
Ivan Kanstantsinau
Kanstantsin Mahaletski
Pavel Staskevich
Uladzimir Ustsinovich
Tomáš Huráb
Lukáš Karpíšek
Jakub Pekárek
Michal Salak
Carl Oscar Wegeberg
Priit Mäeorg
Rasmus Munskind
Rauno Nõmmiko
Lucas Segura
Peer Petry
Michail Lympousis
Dimitrios Paloumpis
Ioannis Tsiakalos
Leandro Casapieri
Tommaso Fazzini
Francesco Fabio Sciacca
Gianmarco Genovali
Alessandro Miceli
Viktor Bartosevič
Dylan Caruana
Nicolae Ignat
Ruslan Istrati
Serghei Schițenco
Alexandru Sîrghi
Krenar Badivuku
Pak Ling Li
Grzegorz Brochocki
Arkadiusz Kłopeć
Mateusz Lisowski
Lukasz Stanislaw Los
Artur Popławski
Ziober Witold
Elinton Andrade
Bruno Torres
Antonio José Mayor Hernández
Jose Manuel Arias
Fransisco Dona
Fernando Guisado Pérez
Sebastian Hjerpebo
Nils Lavah
Filip Malmström
Gabriel Caldas
Silvano Kessler
Eliott Mounoud
Patrick Rüttimann
Sandro Spaccarotella
Dejan Stankovic
Efe Lorenzo Deniz
Emrah Ekmekçi
İsmail Turhan
Yasin Bağcı
Volkan Yeşilırmak
Ihor Levchenko
Oleksandr Poslavskyi
Dmytro Voitenko
Yaroslav Zavorotnyi
1 own goal
Vadzim Bokach (against Switzerland)
David Radosta (against Malta)
Lukas Frandsen (against Switzerland)
Rauno Nõmmiko (against Turkey)
Anthony Fayos (against Portugal)
Christian Biermann (against Greece)
Alessandro Miceli (against Azerbaijan)
Audrius Plytnikas (against Spain)
Fernando Guisado Pérez (against Ukraine)
Oliver Santiago (against Poland)
Recep Demir (against Belarus)
Qualified teams to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following four teams from UEFA qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005) |
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![]() | 9 July 2023 | 2 (2019, 2021) |
![]() | 9 July 2023 | 10 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
![]() | 9 July 2023 | 3 (2005, 2011, 2013) |
![]() | 9 July 2023 | 8 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 qualification schedule". FIFA. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "European Pre-Qualifier – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023". Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 – Qualifier Europe 2023". Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ↑ "beachsoccer.com". Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ↑ "FBSWC European Qualifier draw held". 15 June 2023.