Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates 2–6 September
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1
Final positions
Champions  Italy
Runners-up  Egypt
Third place  Libya
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 195 (6.5 per match)

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara took place from 2nd to 6th September 2015 at the Arena del Mare. One event took place, the men's tournament.

The event was organised in cooperation with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[1]

Hosts Italy won the gold medal.[2]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Italy  Egypt  Libya

Participating teams

Twelve teams took part in the first edition of beach soccer at the Mediterranean Beach Games.[3]

The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 18 July.[4]

Group stage

Key

     Advanced to the knockout stage (group winners and best runners-up)
Placement matches

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 32 8 +24 9
2  Lebanon 3 2 0 0 1 14 11 +3 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 0 2 10 15 –5 3
4  Algeria 3 0 0 0 3 11 33 –8 0
2 September 2015, at 11:30
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Lebanon  10–4 Algeria Report
2 September 2015, at 15:15
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Tunisia  1–11 Italy Report
3 September 2015, at 17:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Lebanon  3–2 Tunisia Report
3 September 2015, at 21:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Italy  16–6 Algeria Report
4 September 2015, at 17:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Algeria  1–7 Tunisia Report
4 September 2015, at 21:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Italy  5–1 Lebanon Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Egypt1 3 3 0 0 0 18 6 +12 7
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 18 6 +12 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 0 3 4 32 –28 0

1. Egypt were found to have breached BSWW regulations in their match against Turkey, and were therefore deducted 2 points[1]
2 September 2015, at 10:15
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Egypt  3–2 Turkey Report
2 September 2015, at 14:00
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Malta  2–7 Morocco Report
3 September 2015, at 16:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Egypt  11–2 Malta Report
3 September 2015, at 20:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Morocco  3–2 Turkey Report
4 September 2015, at 16:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Turkey  14–0 Malta Report
4 September 2015, at 20:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Morocco  2–4 Egypt Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Libya 3 2 0 0 1 19 6 +13 6
2  France 3 1 0 1 1 10 7 +3 4
3  Albania 3 1 0 0 2 12 25 –13 3
4  Greece 3 0 1 0 2 9 12 –3 2
2 September 2015, at 9:00
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Greece  1–3 Libya Report
2 September 2015, at 12:45
Arena del Mare #2, Pescara		Albania  2–6 France Report
3 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Greece  5–7 Albania Report
3 September 2015, at 18:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 France  2–2 (a.e.t.)
2–0 (p)		 Libya Report
4 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Libya  14–3 Albania Report
4 September 2015, at 18:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 France  2–3 (a.e.t.) Greece Report

Placement matches

9th–12th place play-offs

All fourth placed teams plus the worst ranked third place team contested 9th through 12th place.

 
Semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Albania5
 
 
 
 Malta2
 
 Albania3 (1)
 
 
 
 Greece (p)3 (3)
 
 Algeria1
 
 
 Greece9
 
11th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Malta7
 
 
 Algeria6

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 14:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Albania  5–2 Malta Report
5 September 2015, at 15:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Greece  9–1 Algeria Report

11th place match

6 September 2015, at 10:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Malta  7–6 Algeria Report

9th place match

6 September 2015, at 11:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Albania  3–3 (a.e.t.)
1–3 (p)		  Greece Report

5th–8th place play-offs

Worst and second best runners-up plus the best and second best third place teams contested 5th through 8th place.

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Lebanon (a.e.t.)5
 
 
 
 Tunisia4
 
 Lebanon2
 
 
 
 France3
 
 Turkey2
 
 
 France5
 
7th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Tunisia3
 
 
 Turkey4

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 19:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Lebanon  5–4 (a.e.t.) Tunisia Report
5 September 2015, at 21:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		France  5–2 Turkey Report

7th place match

6 September 2015, at 12:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Tunisia  3–4 Turkey Report

5th place match

6 September 2015, at 13:45
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Lebanon  2–3 France Report

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Egypt6
 
 
 
 Libya5
 
 Egypt1
 
 
 
 Italy5
 
 Morocco0
 
 
 Italy5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
 
 
 
 Libya4
 
 
 Morocco3

Semi-finals

5 September 2015, at 17:15
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		 Egypt  6–5 Libya Report
5 September 2015, at 18:30
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Italy  5–0 Morocco Report

Bronze medal match

6 September 2015, at 15:00
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Libya  4–3 Morocco Report

Final – Gold medal match

6 September 2015, at 16:50
Arena del Mare #1, Pescara		Egypt  1–5 Italy Report
 Mediterranean Beach Games
beach soccer gold medallists 

Italy
First title

Final standings

Pos Team
1st, gold medalist(s) Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Egypt
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Libya
4 Morocco
5 France
6 Lebanon
7 Turkey
8 Tunisia
9 Greece
10 Albania
11 Malta
12 Algeria

References

  1. 1 2 "Daily Report – 4th September 2015" (PDF). pescara2015.it. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Italy claim Gold in front of home crowd". beachsoccer.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Squadre" (in Italian). pescara2015.it. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Mediterranean Beach Games offficial draw completed". beachsoccer.com. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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