Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament

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]

Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	27 June – 1 July
Teams	8 (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 played	20
Goals scored	184 (9.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dejan Stankovic[1] (11 goals)
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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

27 June 2023

16:00

Portugal	7–5	Spain
Bê Martins 2', 4', 23' Léo Martins 13' Domingo 17' (o.g.) Jordan 23', 33' (pen.)	BSWW EG2023	Arias 15' Chiky 17' Kuman 18' David 22' Dona 31'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

27 June 2023

20:30

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)

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28 June 2023

16:00

Portugal	5–2	Azerbaijan
Brilhante 18' Bê Martins 24' Léo Martins 25', 36' Pintado 31'	BSWW EG2023	Mammadov 7', 31'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)

28 June 2023

20:30

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)

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29 June 2023

16:00

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)

29 June 2023

20:30

Poland	2–6	Portugal
Baran 1' Jesionowski 11'	BSWW EG2023	Bê Martins 4' Léo Martins 10', 14' (pen.) Pinhal 12' Pintado 16', 36'

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[a]	Semifinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	16	11	+5	6[a]
3	Ukraine	3	2	0	0	1	14	14	0	6[a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Moldova	3	0	0	0	3	13	21	−8	0

Source: EG2023
Notes:

1. Italy 3 Pts, +1 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Ukraine 3 Pts, –1 GD

27 June 2023

13:00

Italy	5–6	Ukraine
Sciacca 6' Sassari 15' Zurlo 26' Bertacca 27' Giordani 36'	BSWW EG2023	Shcherytsia 3' Zavorotnyi 5' Zborovskyi 12' Borsuk 28' (pen.) Pashko 29' Voitok 35'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

27 June 2023

17:00

Moldova	4–9	Switzerland
Graur 4' Podlesnov 18' Borovschi 21' Istrati 27'	BSWW EG2023	Stankovic 3', 3' (pen.), 9', 10', 18', 21', 35' Rüttimann 12' Ott 32'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Álvaro Cánovas (Spain)

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28 June 2023

13:00

Italy	6–4	Moldova
Fazzini 5' Remedi 5' Zurlo 9', 22', 36' Sciacca 26' (pen.)	BSWW EG2023	Cojocari 13', 23' Garanovschi 26' Turta 36'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Francisco da Costa (Portugal)

28 June 2023

17:30

Switzerland	4–2	Ukraine
Stankovic 18', 27' Kessler 19' Rüttimann 21'	BSWW EG2023	Glutskyi 4' Borsuk 27'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Eduards Borisevičs (Latvia)

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29 June 2023

13:00

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)

29 June 2023

17:30

Switzerland	3–5	Italy
Ott 16' Spacca 25' Stankovic 26'	BSWW EG2023	Fazzini 12' Genovali 13' Giordani 15', 22', 29'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Placement matches

Bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place match
	30 June
	Azerbaijan (a.e.t.)	7
					1 July
	Ukraine	6
					Azerbaijan	4
	30 June
					Moldova	2
	Poland	6
	Moldova	8
					Seventh place match
					1 July
					Poland	2
					Ukraine	3

5–8th place semifinals

30 June 2023

13:00

Poland	6–8	Moldova
Baran 4' (pen.) 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)

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30 June 2023

14:30

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

1 July 2023

12:30

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

1 July 2023

14:00

Azerbaijan	4–2	Moldova
Amid 8' Sabir 16' Ramil 20' Huseynov 23' (pen.)	BSWW EG2023	Graur 15' Cojocari 26'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Angelika Gębka (Poland)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 June
	Portugal	4 (3)
					1 July
	Switzerland (p)	4 (4)
					Switzerland	5
	30 June
					Italy	2
	Spain	5
	Italy (a.e.t.)	6
					Bronze medal match
					1 July
					Portugal	5 (0)
					Spain (p)	5 (2)

Semifinals

30 June 2023

17:30

Portugal	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Jordan 4' Pintado 18' Pinhal 19' Léo Martins 25'	BSWW EG2023	Spacca 12' Rodrigues 24' Steinemann 26' Eliott 30'
Penalties
Bê Martins Lourenço Coimbra Léo Martins Jordan	3–4	Ott Spacca Steinemann Rodrigues Stankovic

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)

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30 June 2023

20:30

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

1 July 2023

17:00

Portugal	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Léo Martins 11', 24' (pen.), 33' Pintado 18' Jordan 22'	BSWW EG2023	Rigaud 4' (pen.) David 14', 23' Arias 22' (pen.) Chicky 34'
Penalties
Jordan Lourenço Coimbra Algarvio	0–2	Mejías Pedro Arias

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Gold medal match

1 July 2023

20:00

Switzerland	5–2	Italy
Eliott 9', 27' Stankovic 12' Steinemann 26', 30'	BSWW EG2023	Zurlo 2' (pen.) Bertacca 36'

Tarnów Beach Arena

Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	B	Switzerland	5	3	0	1	1	25	17	+8	10
	B	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	24	23	+1	8
	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

• Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament