The beach soccer tournament at the 2023 European Games will be held; the discipline was confirmed to be part of the Games on 30 August 2021.[1] It will be the third edition of beach soccer at the European Games following 2015 and 2019.
| Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Tarnów Beach Arena |
| Location | Tarnów, Poland |
| Dates | 27 June – 1 July |
| Competitors | 167 from 9 nations |
| Teams | 14 |
Two events will take place: the men's tournament the women's tournament. The former will take place for the third time at the Games, and the latter for the first time. A total of 14 teams will participate (eight in the men's competition and six in the women's).[2]
Portugal are the defending gold medallists of the men's tournament.
Competition schedule edit
| G | Group stage | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event |
Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Sat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | G | G | G | C | ½ | C | B | F |
| Women | G | G | G | C | ½ | B | F | |
Qualification edit
Men's tournament edit
Poland qualify automatically as the host country. The remaining teams qualified through the 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top six teams of the Superfinal qualified along with the winners of the Promotion Final.[2]
| Means of qualification | Date of competition | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | — | 1 |  Poland
| |
| 2022 EBSL Superfinal | 10–11 September 2022 |  Alghero |
6 |  Azerbaijan Italy Portugal Spain Switzerland Ukraine
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| 2022 EBSL Promotion Final | 27–31 July 2022 |  Chișinău |
1 | Moldova
|
| Total | 8 | [3][4] | ||
Women's tournament edit
Poland qualify automatically as the host country. The remaining teams qualified through the 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL). The top five teams of the Superfinal qualified.[2]
| Means of qualification | Date of competition | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | — | 1 | Poland
| |
| 2022 WEBSL Superfinal | 10–11 September 2022 | Alghero |
5 |  Czech Republic[a] Italy Portugal Spain Ukraine
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| Total | 6 | [4] | ||
Participating NOCs edit
The following National Olympic Committees (NOCs), as per the outcome of qualification events, will participate (the number of participating athletes of each NOC are shown in parentheses).
Azerbaijan (12)
Czech Republic (12)
Italy (24)
Moldova (12)
Poland (24)
Portugal (24)
Spain (23)
Switzerland (12)
Ukraine (24)
Medal summary edit
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament[6] |
 SwitzerlandSilvano Kessler Angelo Wüest Michael Rodrigues Tobias Steinemann Sandro Spaccarotella Dejan Stankovic Noël Ott Glenn Hodel Patrick Rüttimann Eliott Mounoud Ariel Schranz Gabriel Pereira |
 ItalySebastiano Paterniti Alessandro Miceli Gianmarco Genovali Fabio Sciacca Tommaso Fazzini Emmanuele Zurlo Marco Giordani Luca Bertacca Samuele Sassari Alessandro Remedi Ovidio Alla Leandro Casapieri |
 SpainFrancisco Donaire Antonio Riguard Jose Oliver Jose Arias David Ardil Francisco Mejías Domingo Cabrera Pedro Garcia Miguel Santiso Antonio Mayor Chiky Ardil Jose Caballero |
| Women's tournament[7] |
Spain Jennifer Pedro de Blas Andrea Mirón Andrea Alcaide Martín María Corbacho Lorena Asensio Ruiz Adriana Manau Sara González Rodríguez Carolina González Portela Jessica Higueras Cristina González Chaves Laura Gallego Silvente |
 UkraineAnastasiia Klipachenko Mariia Tykhonova Yuliia Dekhtiar Yuliia Kostiuk Myroslava Vypasniak Viktoriia Kyslova Iryna Dubytska Taisiia Babenko Iryna Vasylyuk Alona Kyrylchuk Anna Shulha Anastasiia Terekh |
 PortugalJamila Marreiros Ema Toscano Joana Flores Inês Branco Cruz Cristiana Costa Mélissa Gomes Érica Ferreira Petra Reis Andreia Silva Catarina Clara Mesquita Sofia Vicente Marta Simões |
Medal table edit
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "20 sports now confirmed for European Games 2023 with addition of beach soccer and kickboxing". Around the Rings. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Euro Beach Soccer League: 2022 structure announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Moldova win 2022 EBSL Division B!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b Houston, Michael (14 September 2022). "Beach soccer field confirmed for 2023 European Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Who will play in the women's beach soccer tournament at the European Games". European Games 2023. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Beach Soccer – Men's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Beach Soccer – Women's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.