Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games
# Beach soccer at the 2019 European Games

The beach soccer tournament at the 2019 European Games was held from 25 to 29 June. It was the second edition of beach soccer at the European Games.

Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men | Portugal Elinton Andrade Nuno Belchior Ruben Brilhante Rui Coimbra João Gonçalves André Lourenço Tiago Petrony Bê Martins Jordan Santos Léo Martins Madjer Pedro Silva | Spain David Ardil Salvador Ardil Domingo Cabrera José Cintas Francisco Donaire Adrián Frutos Llorenç Gómez Pablo López Antonio Mayor Mario Soria Eduard Suárez Javier Torres | Switzerland Philipp Borer Silvan Conrad Glenn Hodel Valentin Jaeggy Jan Ostgen Noël Ott Sandro Spaccarotella Nico Stalder Dejan Stankovic Tobias Steinemann Nicholas Stucki Angelo Wüest |

## Qualification

Belarus is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top six teams in the Superfinal will qualify with the top team from the Promotional Final.

| Means of qualification | Date of competition | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Host country | | | 1 | Belarus |
| 2018 EBSL Superfinal | 6–9 September 2018 | Alghero | 6 | Italy Spain Portugal Russia Switzerland Ukraine |
| 2018 EBSL Promotion Final | 6–9 September 2018 | Alghero | 1 | Romania |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Draw

The draw was held on 4 April 2019 in the conference hall of the National Olympic Stadium Dynamo in Minsk, Belarus.

### Seedings

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belarus (A1) Italy (B1) | Spain Portugal | Russia Switzerland | Ukraine Romania |

## Group round

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Belarus (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |

* 1 2 Italy 4–2 Russia

## Classification matches

### Bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 June | 28 June |
| Italy | 10 |
| Italy | 10 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Romania | 3 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Romania | 3 | Italy | 4 |
| 28 June | 28 June | | Italy | 4 |
| 28 June | 28 June | Russia | 3 |
| Belarus | 5 (2) | Russia | 3 |
| Russia (p) | 5 (3) | | |
| Russia (p) | 5 (3) | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 29 June | 29 June |
| | | Romania | 2 |
| | | Belarus | 5 |

## Knockout round

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 June | 28 June |
| Spain | 5 |
| Spain | 5 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Switzerland | 3 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Switzerland | 3 | Spain | 3 |
| 28 June | 28 June | | Spain | 3 |
| 28 June | 28 June | Portugal | 8 |
| Portugal (a.e.t.) | 3 | Portugal | 8 |
| Ukraine | 2 | | |
| Ukraine | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 29 June | 29 June |
| | | Switzerland | 5 |
| | | Ukraine | 4 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | A | Portugal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 11 |
| | B | Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 8 |
| | A | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 8 |
| 4 | B | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 4 |
| 5 | B | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 9 |
| 6 | B | Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | A | Belarus (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | A | Romania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 39 | −31 | 0 |
