2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
# 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played in Jesolo, Italy, from 2 to 11 September 2016, which determined the four teams that qualify to the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.

Despite having five allocated spots for European nations at the World Cup, this was reduced to four for the 2017 edition as the World Cup hosts, the Bahamas, automatically claimed one of the two spots allocated to CONCACAF. And so as the confederation with the most slots, one UEFA spot was transferred over to CONCACAF to ensure that two nations would still have the opportunity to qualify from North America.

The format of the tournament was a round-robin group stage followed by the top ranking nations competing in a second round-robin group stage. The four top ranking nations from the second group stage, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy, qualified for the World Cup and moved on to the knockout stage to ultimately crown a champion of the event.

## Teams and draw

A record 28 teams was planned to compete in this qualifier, one more than in the 2011 edition also held in Italy.

In the draw, held on 3 August 2016, teams were split into four pots according to their European ranking, and drawn into seven groups so that each group included a team from each pot.

### Pot 1

* Portugal
* Russia
* Italy (hosts)
* Switzerland
* Spain
* Ukraine
* Hungary

### Pot 2

* France
* Belarus
* Germany
* England
* Poland
* Greece
* Czech Republic

### Pot 3

* Romania
* Azerbaijan
* Turkey
* Estonia
* Austria
* Netherlands
* Norway

### Pot 4

* Moldova
* Serbia
* Bulgaria
* Kazakhstan
* Denmark
* Georgia
* Lithuania

## First group stage

The top-two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams progressed to the second group stage. All times are local time CEST (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 3 | Advance to second group stage |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Moldova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | +32 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

^ Austria withdrew before the start of the tournament due to "administrative reasons" preventing them from travelling to Jesolo. All of the scheduled matches involving them were subsequently cancelled.

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 1 | Advance to second group stage |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | G | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 0 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | F | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 | |
| 4 | E | Estonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |
| 5 | C | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |
| 6 | B | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
| 7 | D | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | |

Note: Due to Austria's withdrawal, only results against the each groups' first- and second-placed teams were counted. Results against the teams that finished fourth in their group were discounted.

## Second group stage

The group winners advance to the semi-finals and secure qualification for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | Qualified for the World Cup finals and advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 | Play-offs for 5th to 8th place |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | Play-offs for 9th to 12th place |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | Play-offs for 13th to 16th place |

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 | Qualified for the World Cup finals and advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 4 | Play-offs for 5th to 8th place |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 3 | Play-offs for 9th to 12th place |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 0 | Play-offs for 13th to 16th place |

### Group III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | Qualified for the World Cup finals and advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 5 | Play-offs for 5th to 8th place |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 3 | Play-offs for 9th to 12th place |
| 4 | Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | Play-offs for 13th to 16th place |

### Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 8 | Qualified for the World Cup finals and advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | Play-offs for 5th to 8th place |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | Play-offs for 9th to 12th place |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 | Play-offs for 13th to 16th place |

## Final stage

The top team from each group in the second stage advance to the semi-finals to play for the title. The other teams eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions.

### Play-offs for 13th to 16th place

| 13–16 places | 13–16 places | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Hungary | 0 |
| Hungary | 0 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Greece | 6 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Greece | 6 | Greece | 5 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Greece | 5 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Turkey | 7 |
| Turkey | 7 | Turkey | 7 |
| Moldova | 1 | | |
| Moldova | 1 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Hungary (p) | 4 (4) |
| | | Moldova | 4 (3) |

### Play-offs for 9th to 12th place

| 9–12 places | 9–12 places | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Ukraine (p) | 2 (3) |
| Ukraine (p) | 2 (3) | 11 September | 11 September |
| Germany | 2 (2) | 11 September | 11 September |
| Germany | 2 (2) | Ukraine | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Ukraine | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Spain | 3 |
| Belarus | 2 | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| Spain | 4 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | Belarus | 2 |

### Play-offs for 5th to 8th place

| 5–8 places | 5–8 places | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Azerbaijan | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Czech Republic | 4 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Czech Republic | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Russia | 5 |
| Russia | 9 | Russia | 5 |
| France | 3 | | |
| France | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| | | France | 4 |

### Play-offs for 1st to 4th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Italy | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | Poland | 6 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Poland | 6 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Switzerland | 3 |
| Portugal | 1 | Switzerland | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Italy | 3 |
| | | Portugal | 8 |

## Awards

### Winners

* 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) champions
* Poland First title

### Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

* Most valuable player
* Bogusław Saganowski
* Top scorer
* Dejan Stankovic (25 goals)
* Best goalkeeper
* Szymon Gąsiński

## Goalscorers

### 25 goals

* Dejan Stankovic

### 19 goals

* Gabriele Gori

### 15 goals

* Baris Terzioglu

### 14 goals

* Noel Ott

### 13 goals

* Ihar Bryshtel
* Jordan Santos

### 12 goals

* Bogusław Saganowski

### 10 goals

* Madjer
* Glenn Hodel
* Cem Keskin

### 9 goals

* Asif Zeynalov
* Anthony Barbotti
* Artur Paporotnyi
* Ismail Kerem Sinc

### 8 goals

* David Csoszanszki
* Rui Coimbra

### 7 goals

* Chiky
* Llorenç Gomez
* Christian Biermann
* Stephane Belhomme
* Boris Nikonorov
* Dmitry Shishin
* Oleh Zborovskyi

### 6 goals

* Sabir Allahguliyev
* Michal Salák
* Jeremy Basquaise
* Oliver Romrig
* Richard Patocs
* Dario Ramacciotti
* Be Martins
* Leo Martins
* Yuri Krasheninnikov
* Aleksey Makarov
* Oleksandr Korniichuk

### 5 goals

* Ramil Aliyev
* Jaroslav Kovarik
* Baptiste Bizot
* Michail Kafantaris
* Stylianos Lignos
* Viktor Turos
* Michele di Palma
* Leonid Podlesnov
* Witold Ziober
* Bruno Novo
* Juanma
* Raul Merida

### 4 goals

* Ilkin Hajiyev
* Georgi Tuzakov
* Didier Samoun
* Thomas Aristeidis
* Theofilos Triantafyllidis
* Andrei Negara
* Karim Madani
* Alan Cavalcanti
* Nuno Miguel Belchior
* Marian Maciuca
* Sandro Spaccarotella
* Ivan Glutskyi
* Yurii Shcherytsia

### 3 goals

* Orkhan Mammadov
* Dzmitry Shymanouski
* Martin Chalupa
* Filip Vyhnal
* Priit Mäerog
* Ragnar Rump
* Victor Angeletti
* Valon Beqiri
* Anton Kniller
* Sascha Weirauch
* Levan Nadar Leo
* Kacha Todadze
* Keppinho
* Stavros Komiotis
* Stratis Papaefstratiou
* Tamas Szentes-Biro
* Paolo Palmacci
* Nicolae Ignat
* Victor Iordachi
* Jakub Jesionowski
* Piotr Klepczarek
* José Maria Fonseca
* Yuri Gorchinskiy
* Ognjen Ćetković
* Jose Cintas
* Eduard Suarez Molina
* Ezequiel Tracisto
* Volkan Yesilirmak
* Ievgenii Riabchuk

### 2 goals

* Amid Nazarov
* Renat Sultanov
* Vadzim Bokach
* Dzmitry Kamzolau
* Ivan Miranovich
* Dzianis Samsonov
* Aleh Slavutsin
* Pavel Adamov
* Soren Madsen
* Mitchell Day
* James Temple
* Rasmus Munskind
* Bryan Maison
* Georgi Lovchev
* Vaja Ivaniadze
* Francesco Corosiniti
* Simone Marinai
* Emmanuele Zurlo
* Abylay Yeraly
* Deonis Ciopa
* Sergiu Nicolaiciuc
* Pak-ling Li
* Filip Gac
* Łukasz Stasiak
* Bruno Torres
* Kirill Romanov
* Anton Shkarin
* Antonio Mayor
* Mo Jäggy
* Michael Misev
* Remo Wittlin
* Volodymyr Hladchenko
* Viktor Panteleichuk
* Vitalii Sydorenko

### 1 goal

* Ivan Kanstantsinau
* Aliaksandr Kavaleu
* Ilia Savich
* Tseno Lozanov
* Kaloyan Tsvetkov
* Patrik Hulina
* Tomás Huráb
* Miroslav Klíma
* Petr Visek
* Lasse Bond
* Tobias Oster
* Scott Lawson
* Tom O'Neill
* Jaime O'Rourke
* Sander Lepik
* Kristian Marmor
* Yannick Fischer
* Julien Soares
* Zurabi Shamiladze
* Georgios Karakasis
* Konstantinos Papastathopoulos
* Rutai Balazs
* Laszlo Berkes
* Kornel Genczler
* Norbert Sebestyen
* Nurzhan Abdrassilov
* Birzhan Orazov
* Viktor Radionov
* Vitaliy Tyulpa
* Victor Bartashevich
* Povilas Malakauskas
* Andrius Rebzdis
* Povilas Smolkovas
* Alexandru Eremia
* Grigorii Gojocari
* Rick Donker
* Maurice Kampman
* Tom Rengers
* Tim Steenks
* Jorgen Jalland
* Johann Kristoffersson
* Henrik Salveson
* Johan Elverum Salveson
* Kamil Kucharski
* Tomasz Lenart
* Ionut Florea
* Catalin Marian Pana
* Ionel Pousteca Pulhac
* Maxim Chuzhkov
* Aleksei Ilinskii
* Riduan Dris
* Fernando Guisado
* Martin Lima
* Marko Radisavljević
* Nemanja Vučićević
* Valentin Jäggy
* Mehmet Aslamaci
* Yasin Bagci
* Semíh Tűrkmen
* Roman Pachev
* Maksym Voitok

### Own goals

* Amid Nazarov (playing against Hungary)
* Ervin Stüf (playing against Spain)
* Manuel Mönch (playing against Czech Republic)
* Kornel Genczler (playing against Greece)
* Dmitriy Perevyortov (playing against Russia)
* Alexandr Arefiev (playing against Ukraine)
* Riduan Dris (playing against Azerbaijan)

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Poland |
| | Switzerland |
| | Portugal |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Azerbaijan |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Ukraine |
| 11 | Belarus |
| 12 | Germany |
| 13 | Turkey |
| 14 | Greece |
| 15 | Hungary |
| 16 | Moldova |
| 17–27 | Bulgaria |
| 17–27 | Denmark |
| 17–27 | England |
| 17–27 | Estonia |
| 17–27 | Georgia |
| 17–27 | Kazakhstan |
| 17–27 | Lithuania |
| 17–27 | Netherlands |
| 17–27 | Norway |
| 17–27 | Romania |
| 17–27 | Serbia |

### Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005) |
| - | - | - |
| Poland | 8 September 2016 | 1 (2006) |
| Switzerland | 9 September 2016 | 3 (2009, 2011, 2015) |
| Portugal | 9 September 2016 | 7 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| Italy | 9 September 2016 | 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
