Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

Summary

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

Beach soccer at the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates2–6 September
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Italy
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Libya
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored195 (6.5 per match)
2019

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

Hosts Italy won the gold medal.[2]

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Italy
Francesco Corosiniti
Simone Del Mestre
Michele Di Palma
Gabriele Gori
Simone Marinai
Matteo Marrucci
Raffaele Ortolini
Pietro Palazzolo
Paolo Palmacci
Dario Ramacciotti
Stefano Spada
Emanuele Zurlo
  Egypt
Moustafa Abdelmoneim
Ahmed Ahmed
Mohamed Attia
Aly Elbarbary
Ahmed Fayed
Mohamed Hassan
Hassane Hussein
Mohamed Issa
Eslam Salama
Moustafa Shaaban
Eslam Taha
  Libya
Abdulkader Aledresi
Abdulmohaimen Almaddukh
Adel Alshareef
Abdulrouf Bdiri
Sand Masaud
Munir Masoud
Abdissalam Msallem
Hany Mushata
Tariq Qutayt
Emadeddin Shawesh
Esam Shrif

Participating teams edit

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 edit

Key

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

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

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

9th–12th place play-offs edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

9th place match edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

5th place match edit

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

Knockout stage edit

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

Semi-finals edit

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 edit

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

Final – Gold medal match edit

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 edit

Pos Team
    Italy
    Egypt
    Libya
4   Morocco
5   France
6   Lebanon
7   Turkey
8   Tunisia
9   Greece
10   Albania
11   Malta
12   Algeria

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Daily Report – 4th September 2015" (PDF). pescara2015.it. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. ^ "The Mediterranean Beach Games offficial draw completed". beachsoccer.com. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links edit

  • Beach soccer Pescara 2015, at Pescara 2015 Official website (archived, in Italian)
  • Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  • Mediterranean Beach Games 2015, at beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian)