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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 (11 goals)
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The men's beach soccer tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 27 June to 1 July at the Tarnów Beach Arena.

Draw

The draw was held on 11 May 2023 in Barcelona, at the headquarters of Beach Soccer Worldwide.

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

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'

Azerbaijan	2–7	Poland
Elshad 4' Huseynov 28'	BSWW EG2023	Gac 6' Jesionowski 8' Witkowski 12', 23' Bistuła 18' Baran 33' Ziober 36'

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

Poland	1–6	Spain
Baran 19'	BSWW EG2023	Oliver 2', 29' Antonio 3' Kuman 19' David 24' Arias 25'

Spain	7–1	Azerbaijan
Mejías 3' Chiky 13', 24', 35' Arias 21' Kuman 22' Rigaud 26'	BSWW	Elshad 10'

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

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

1. ^ 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' (pen.) Pashko 29' Voitok 35'

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'

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

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

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'

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

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

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'

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'

Seventh place match

Poland	2–3	Ukraine
Kiklaisz 26' Ziober 30'	BSWW EG2023	Glutskyi 30' Voitok 35', 36'

Fifth place match

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

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

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

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'

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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

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

See also

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

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.

• Beach soccer at the 2023 European Games