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.
The event was organised in cooperation with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[1]
Hosts Italy won the gold medal.[2]
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  ItalyFrancesco 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 |
 EgyptMoustafa Abdelmoneim Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Attia Aly Elbarbary Ahmed Fayed Mohamed Hassan Hassane Hussein Mohamed Issa Eslam Salama Moustafa Shaaban Eslam Taha |
 LibyaAbdulkader Aledresi Abdulmohaimen Almaddukh Adel Alshareef Abdulrouf Bdiri Sand Masaud Munir Masoud Abdissalam Msallem Hany Mushata Tariq Qutayt Emadeddin Shawesh Esam Shrif |
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
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 7 |
| 2 |  Morocco
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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.
| Semifinals | 9th place match | |||||
| Albania | 5 | |||||
| Malta | 2 | |||||
| Albania | 3 (1) | |||||
| Greece (p) | 3 (3) | |||||
| Algeria | 1 | |||||
| Greece | 9 | |||||
| 11th place match | ||||||
| Malta | 7 | |||||
| Algeria | 6 | |||||
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.
| Semifinals | 5th place match | |||||
| Lebanon (a.e.t.) | 5 | |||||
| Tunisia | 4 | |||||
| Lebanon | 2 | |||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| Turkey | 2 | |||||
| France | 5 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| Tunisia | 3 | |||||
| Turkey | 4 | |||||
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
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| Egypt | 6 | |||||
| Libya | 5 | |||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||
| Morocco | 0 | |||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| Libya | 4 | |||||
| Morocco | 3 | |||||
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 |
|---|---|
 |
Italy
|
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Egypt
|
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Libya
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| 4 | Morocco
|
| 5 | France
|
| 6 | Lebanon
|
| 7 | Turkey
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| 8 | Tunisia
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| 9 | Greece
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| 10 | Albania
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| 11 | Malta
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| 12 | Algeria
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Italy claim Gold in front of home crowd". beachsoccer.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Squadre" (in Italian). pescara2015.it. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "The Mediterranean Beach Games offficial draw completed". beachsoccer.com. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
External links
- 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)
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