Beach soccer at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games

The beach soccer tournament at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games was held from 9 to 12 September at the Karteros Beach Center, Heraklion.[2][3]

Beach soccer at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates9–12 September
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Karteros Beach Center, Heraklion
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored82 (6.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Marco Giordani
(5 goals)[1]
2019
2027

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[4]   Spain
Francisco Donaire
Antonio Rigaud
José Sánchez
José Arias
David Ardil
Soleiman Batis
Domingo Cabrera
Pedro García
Miguel Santiso
Antonio Mayor
Chiky Ardil
Francisco Camacho
  Portugal
Rui Coimbra
André Lourenço
Bruno Torres
Jordan Santos
Rodrigo Pinhal
Rubén Brilhante
Bê Martins
Léo Martins
Elinton Andrade
Miguel Pintado
Bernardo Lopes
Ruben Regufe
  Morocco
Yassir Abada
Adnane Hakkar
Mohamed Ghailani
Mustapha Tais
Adnan Oubahri
Badr El Kraichly
Souhail Bessak
Amine El Bidouri
Reda Zahraoui
Ibrahim Abagli
Anouar Elabbassi
M'Hamed Manar

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Gold medal match
2   Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 15 10 +5 6 Bronze medal match
3   France 3 1 0 0 2 9 5 +4 3 Fifth place match
4   Greece (H) 3 0 0 0 3 5 24 −19 0
Source: Heraklion 23
(H) Host
Morocco  2–7  Spain
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
France  8–1  Greece
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)

Spain  2–1  France
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Greece  3–11  Morocco
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)

Morocco  2–0  France
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)
Greece  1–5  Spain
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Hany El-Eraky (Egypt)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 2 0 1 1 0 9 7 +2 3[a] Gold medal match
2   Egypt 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 −1 3[a] Bronze medal match
3   Italy 2 0 0 0 2 6 7 −1 0 Fifth place match
Source: Heraklion 23
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Portugal 5–3 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Egypt  3–2  Italy
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Patricia Gómez (Spain)

Portugal  5–3 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)

Portugal  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Report
Penalties
5–4
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)

Final round edit

Fifth place match edit

France  3–4  Italy
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Hany El-Eraky (Egypt)

Bronze medal match edit

Morocco  5–3  Egypt
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

Gold medal match edit

Spain  3–0  Portugal
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Spain
    Portugal
    Morocco
4   Egypt
5   Italy
6   France
7   Greece

References edit

  1. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics" (PDF). microplus.it. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer – Competition Schedule" (PDF). microplus.it. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "3rd Mediterranean Beach Games "Heraklion 2023"". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). microplus.it. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links edit