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)

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]

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. 1 2 3 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 (Spain)
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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