Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara took place from 2 to 6 September 2015 at the Arena del Mare. One event took place, the men's tournament.

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	2–6 September
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Italy
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	195 (6.5 per match)
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The event was organised in cooperation with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[1]

Hosts Italy won the gold medal.^[2]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Italy Francesco Corosiniti Simone Del Mestre Michele Di Palma Gabriele Gori Simone Marinai Matteo Marrucci Raffaele Ortolini Pietro Palazzolo Paolo Palmacci Dario Ramacciotti Stefano Spada Emanuele Zurlo	Egypt Moustafa Abdelmoneim Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Attia Aly Elbarbary Ahmed Fayed Mohamed Hassan Hassane Hussein Mohamed Issa Eslam Salama Moustafa Shaaban Eslam Taha	Libya Abdulkader Aledresi Abdulmohaimen Almaddukh Adel Alshareef Abdulrouf Bdiri Sand Masaud Munir Masoud Abdissalam Msallem Hany Mushata Tariq Qutayt Emadeddin Shawesh Esam Shrif

Participating teams

Twelve teams took part in the first edition of beach soccer at the Mediterranean Beach Games.^[3]

The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 18 July.^[4]

•  Albania
•  Algeria
•  Egypt
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Lebanon
•  Malta
•  Morocco
•  Libya
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey

Group stage

Key

	Advanced to the knockout stage (group winners and best runners-up)
	Placement matches

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	32	8	+24	9
2	Lebanon	3	2	0	0	1	14	11	+3	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	0	2	10	15	–5	3
4	Algeria	3	0	0	0	3	11	33	–8	0

2 September 2015, at 11:30 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Lebanon	10–4	Algeria		Report
2 September 2015, at 15:15 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Tunisia	1–11	Italy		Report
3 September 2015, at 17:30 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Lebanon	3–2	Tunisia		Report
3 September 2015, at 21:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Italy	16–6	Algeria		Report
4 September 2015, at 17:30 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Algeria	1–7	Tunisia		Report
4 September 2015, at 21:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Italy	5–1	Lebanon		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt1	3	3	0	0	0	18	6	+12	7
2	Morocco	3	2	0	0	1	12	8	+4	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	0	2	18	6	+12	3
4	Malta	3	0	0	0	3	4	32	–28	0

1. Egypt were found to have breached BSWW regulations in their match against Turkey, and were therefore deducted 2 points^[1]

2 September 2015, at 10:15 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Egypt	3–2	Turkey		Report
2 September 2015, at 14:00 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Malta	2–7	Morocco		Report
3 September 2015, at 16:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Egypt	11–2	Malta		Report
3 September 2015, at 20:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Morocco	3–2	Turkey		Report
4 September 2015, at 16:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Turkey	14–0	Malta		Report
4 September 2015, at 20:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Morocco	2–4	Egypt		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Libya	3	2	0	0	1	19	6	+13	6
2	France	3	1	0	1	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Albania	3	1	0	0	2	12	25	–13	3
4	Greece	3	0	1	0	2	9	12	–3	2

2 September 2015, at 9:00 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Greece	1–3	Libya		Report
2 September 2015, at 12:45 Arena del Mare #2, Pescara	Albania	2–6	France		Report
3 September 2015, at 15:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Greece	5–7	Albania		Report
3 September 2015, at 18:45 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	France	2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (p)	Libya		Report
4 September 2015, at 15:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Libya	14–3	Albania		Report
4 September 2015, at 18:45 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	France	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Greece		Report

Placement matches

9th–12th place play-offs

All fourth placed teams plus the worst ranked third place team contested 9th through 12th place.

	Semifinals				9th place match
	Albania	5
	Malta	2
					Albania	3 (1)
					Greece (p)	3 (3)
	Algeria	1
	Greece	9
					11th place match
					Malta	7
					Algeria	6

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 14:30 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Albania	5–2	Malta		Report
5 September 2015, at 15:45 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Greece	9–1	Algeria		Report

11th place match

6 September 2015, at 10:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Malta	7–6	Algeria		Report

9th place match

6 September 2015, at 11:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Albania	3–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3 (p)	Greece		Report

5th–8th place play-offs

Worst and second best runners-up plus the best and second best third place teams contested 5th through 8th place.

	Semifinals				5th place match
	Lebanon (a.e.t.)	5
	Tunisia	4
					Lebanon	2
					France	3
	Turkey	2
	France	5
					7th place match
					Tunisia	3
					Turkey	4

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 19:45 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Lebanon	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia		Report
5 September 2015, at 21:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	France	5–2	Turkey		Report

7th place match

6 September 2015, at 12:30 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Tunisia	3–4	Turkey		Report

5th place match

6 September 2015, at 13:45 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Lebanon	2–3	France		Report

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Egypt	6
	Libya	5
					Egypt	1
					Italy	5
	Morocco	0
	Italy	5
					Bronze medal match
					Libya	4
					Morocco	3

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 17:15 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Egypt	6–5	Libya		Report
5 September 2015, at 18:30 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Italy	5–0	Morocco		Report

Bronze medal match

6 September 2015, at 15:00 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Libya	4–3	Morocco		Report

Final – Gold medal match

6 September 2015, at 16:50 Arena del Mare #1, Pescara	Egypt	1–5	Italy		Report

Mediterranean Beach Games beach soccer gold medallists
Italy First title

Final standings

Pos	Team
	Italy
	Egypt
	Libya
4	Morocco
5	France
6	Lebanon
7	Turkey
8	Tunisia
9	Greece
10	Albania
11	Malta
12	Algeria