Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games – Qualification (UEFA)

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Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games qualification (UEFA)
2019 World Beach Games Qualifier – Europe
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Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates9–12 May
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
№ of events2 (1 men's; 1 women's)
Teams21 (from 16 countries)
Men's event
Teams16
Final positions
1 Champions  Russia
2 Runners-up  Spain
3 Third place  Italy
Matches played28
Goals scored236 (8.43 per match)
Women's event
Teams5
Final positions
1 Champions  England
2 Runners-up  Spain
3 Third place   Switzerland
Matches played10
Goals scored75 (7.5 per match)
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The UEFA qualifiers for the 2019 World Beach Games, known officially as the 2019 World Beach Games – Europe Qualifier Salou, was a beach soccer tournament contested by European national teams who are members of UEFA that took place to determine the nations from Europe that qualified to the beach soccer events at the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games.[1]

The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top five teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top three teams qualified.[2][3]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the competition took place in Salou, Spain from 9–12 May 2019.[1]

The men's crown was won by Russia whilst the women's champions were England.[4]

Venues[edit]

For both the men's and women's tournaments, the two new beach soccer pitches that comprise part of the Complex Esportiu Futbol Salou in the city of Salou, Spain were used as venues.[5]

Referred to as simply "Pitch 1" and "Pitch 2", the former, the main arena, had grandstands installed specially for the competition, with a capacity of 1,000.[5][6]

Men's tournament[edit]

Teams[edit]

The men's event was a 16-team tournament; entry was limited to the top 16 teams of the BSWW European Ranking issued for January 2019 – these nations received invitations to participate.[3]

Three of the top 16 declined the invitations. Therefore, the next best teams in the ranking were then summoned in turn until three teams had accepted the invitation to fill the vacant spots.[3]

The final entrants are listed below, ordered by the aforementioned European Ranking in parentheses (members of the ranking who could have entered but rejected invitations are struck-through):[7]

  1.  Portugal (1)
  2.  Russia (2)
  3.  Italy (3)
  4.   Switzerland (4)
  5.  Spain (5)
  1.  Poland (6)
  1.  Ukraine (7)
  2.  Belarus (8)
  1.  Hungary (9)
  1.  France (10)
  2.  England (11)
  3.  Germany (12)
  4.  Czech Republic (13)
  5.  Azerbaijan (14)
  6.  Turkey (15)
  1.  Estonia (16)
  1.  Greece (17)
  1.  Romania (18)
  2.  Moldova (19)
  3.  Serbia (20)
  1.  Norway (21)
  1.  Bulgaria (22)
  1.  Kazakhstan (23)

Draw[edit]

The draw for the opening round of the tournament, which also defined the arrangement of the teams in the bracket, took place at 12:00 CEST on April 15 at the headquarters of BSWW in Barcelona, Spain. The draw was assisted by Spanish forward Llorenç Gomez.[8][9]

For the purpose of the draw, the 16 teams were split into four pots of four according to their world ranking – the highest ranked teams (plus the hosts) were placed in Pot 1, next highest in Pot 2 and so on, down to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4.[8] For each tie, teams from Pot 1 were drawn against teams from Pot 4 and Pot 2 nations were drawn to face those from Pot 3. The drawing of ties alternated as such and in the order they were drawn, each pairing was placed in the bracket from top to bottom.[3]

The composition of the pots is shown below (World Ranking in parentheses):[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Results[edit]

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament; starting with the round of 16, the winners of each round advanced through to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and ultimately the final with the winner crowned champions of the event. Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation rounds and/or matches in order to determine all final placements. This meant all participants contested four matches.[9]

The four teams that reached the semi-finals and the winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.

Matches are listed as local time in Salou, (UTC+2).

Note:
  • England withdrew after the draw took place due to administrative issues, awarding all of their opponents walkovers (w/o).[10]
  • All matches took place at the main arena, other than those denoted by  2 , indicating that match took place on pitch 2.[6]
Ninth placeConsolation semifinalsConsolation quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
16:00; Report
 Portugal10
10 May; 11:00; Report
 2 
10 May; 13:30; Report
 Kazakhstan2
 Kazakhstan2 Portugal4
12:15; Report
 Germany4  Switzerland5
  Switzerland (p)7 (3)
11 May; 09:45; Report11 May; 11:00; Report
 Germany7 (2)
 Germany4  Switzerland3
14:45; Report
 Azerbaijan5 Russia4
 Russia7
10 May; 12:15; Report10 May; 16:00; Report
 Norway0
 Norway2 Russia7
12:15; Report  2 
 Azerbaijan3 Ukraine2
 Ukraine6
12 May; 11:00; Report12 May; 18:30; Report
 Azerbaijan4
 Azerbaijan5 Russia5
18:30; Report
 Greece3 Spain4
 Spain8
10 May; 11:00; Report10 May; 18:30; Report
 Turkey6
Eleventh place Turkey5 Spain5Third place
11:00; Report
12 May; 09:45; Report Czech Republic1 Belarus012 May; 16:00; Report
 Belarus (a.e.t.)6
 Germany311 May; 12:15; Report11 May; 18:30; Report  Switzerland4
 Czech Republic4
 Turkey6 Turkey1 Spain5 Italy6
13:30; Report
 Greece4 Italy1
 Italy7
10 May10 May; 14:45; Report
 Greece3
Thirteenth place13th–16th classification Greecew/o Italy105th–8th classificationFifth place
Report
11 May; 11:00; Report
 2 
 England France211 May; 16:00; Report
 Francew/o
 Kazakhstan5 Portugal3
12 May; 11:00; Report
 2 
 England12 May; 13:30; Report
 Norway1 Ukraine5
 Kazakhstan2 Ukraine5
11 May11 May; 13:30; Report
 Czech Republic4 Belarus2
 Czech Republicw/o Belarus5
 England France3
Fifteenth placeSeventh place
12 May12 May; 12:15; Report
 Norwayw/o Portugal6
 England France3

Awards[edit]

Winners trophy[edit]

 2019 World Beach Games – Europe Qualifier
champions 

Russia
First title

Individual awards[edit]

Top scorer
Italy Gabriele Gori
12 goals
Best player
Spain Llorenç Gomez
Best goalkeeper
Russia Maxim Chuzhkov
Source: BSWW

Top goalscorers[edit]

Players who scored at least 4 goals are listed.

There were 236 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 8.43 goals per match.

12 goals

  • Italy Gabriele Gori

8 goals

  • Turkey Cem Keskin

7 goals

  • Belarus Ihar Bryshtel
  • Spain Llorenç Gomez

6 goals

  • Spain Javi Torres
  • Turkey Baris Terzioglu
  • Italy Emmanuele Zurlo

5 goals

  • Switzerland Noel Ott
  • Russia Dmitry Shishin
  • Russia Artur Paporotnyi
  • Azerbaijan Sabir Allahguliyev
  • Ukraine Dmytro Voitenko

4 goals

  • France Anthony Barbotti
  • Switzerland Phillipp Borer
  • Portugal Leo Martins
  • Portugal Joao Gonçalves
  • Belarus Anatoliy Ryabko
  • Spain Eduard Suarez
  • Kazakhstan Igor Demeshko
  • Russia Fedor Zemskov
  • Switzerland Dejan Stankovic
  • Portugal Jordan Santos
  • Germany Sven Korner

Source: BSRussia (in Russian)

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 2019 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4   Switzerland
5  Ukraine[a]
6  Belarus
7  Portugal
8  France
9  Azerbaijan
10  Greece
11  Turkey
12  Germany
13  Czech Republic
14  Kazakhstan
15  Norway
16  England

Source: BSWW

  1. ^ Originally, UEFA were allocated four full berths at the Games; at the time this event occurred, only the top four teams qualified. However, the team that finished fifth in this event also had the possibility of qualifying – they were scheduled to contest a playoff match against the nation that claimed third in the CONMEBOL qualifiers with the winner of said match claiming an additional berth.[11] However, the allocation of berths was later redistributed with UEFA now receiving five full berths. This meant that the fifth placed team, Ukraine, were awarded with qualification straight to the Games, without having to play in the playoff match.[12]

Women's tournament[edit]

Teams[edit]

Five teams entered the women's event which are as follows;[3] their European Ranking is in parentheses:[13]

  1.   Switzerland (1)
  2.  Spain (2)
  3.  England (3)
  4.  Russia (4)
  5.  Czech Republic (6)

Results[edit]

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament;[3] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the three that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.[2]

Matches are listed as local time in Salou, (UTC+2).

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England[a] (C) 4 2 0 1 1 16 16 0 7 2019 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain (H) 4 2 0 0 2 19 13 +6 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland[b] 4 2 0 0 2 13 10 +3 6
4  Russia[b] 4 1 1 0 2 11 9 +2 5 2019 World Beach Games
5  Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 16 27 −11 3
Source: BSWW
(C) Champion; (H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ England has no independent National Olympic Committee and will instead be represented at the Games as  Great Britain.
  2. ^ a b Originally, UEFA were allocated two berths at the Games; at the time this event occurred, only the top two teams qualified. However, the allocation of berths was later redistributed with UEFA now receiving three berths. This meant, as the team finishing third in the event, Switzerland were awarded with qualification to the Games post factum.[12] However, Switzerland declined to take part.[14] The spot was therefore offered to the next best team, fourth placed Russia, who accepted the offer to participate as the third UEFA representative.[14]
9 May 2019 Switzerland  2–0  Russia Pitch 1
09:45 Report
9 May 2019 England  4–8  Czech Republic Pitch 2
09:45 Report
9 May 2019 Czech Republic  1–5  Russia Pitch 2
17:15 Report
9 May 2019 England  5–5 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 p)		  Spain Pitch 1
17:15 Report
10 May 2019 Switzerland  9–4  Czech Republic Pitch 1
09:45 Report
10 May 2019 Spain  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Russia Pitch 1
17:15 Report
11 May 2019 Switzerland  0–3  England Pitch 1
14:45 Report
11 May 2019 Spain  9–3  Czech Republic Pitch 1
17:15 Report
12 May 2019 England  4–3  Russia Pitch 1
14:45 Report
12 May 2019 Spain  3–2   Switzerland Pitch 1
17:15 Report

Awards[edit]

Winners trophy[edit]

2019 World Beach Games – Europe Qualifier
Champions
England
England
First title

Individual awards[edit]

Top scorer(s)
Czech Republic Veronika Pilousková
England Sarah Kempson
Spain Andrea Mirón
5 goals
Best player
Spain Carla Morera
Best goalkeeper
England Hannah Haughton
Source: BSWW

Top goalscorers[edit]

Players who scored at least 3 goals are listed.

There were 75 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Czech Republic Veronika Pilousková
  • England Sarah Kempson
  • Spain Andrea Mirón

4 goals

  • Russia Natalia Zaitseva
  • Switzerland Pascale Kuffer

3 goals

  • England Katie James
  • Switzerland Vanessa Meyer
  • Spain Natalia Gómez
  • Spain Lorena Asensio
  • England Molly Clark
  • England Gemma Hillier

Source: BSRussia (in Russian)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The race for the World Beach Games begins in Salou!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "List of the participants at World Beach Games, confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Грин-карта за две победы. Чем удивителен отборочный турнир Всемирных пляжных игр" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Russia victorious over hosts in Salou final!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Beach Soccer arrives at Complex Esportiu Futbol Salou". Futbol Salou. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "WBG Europe Qualifier Salou match schedule announced!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Overall World Ranking". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Llorenç assists draw for World Beach Games European Qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Объявлены потенциальные соперники сборной России по квалификации Всемирных пляжных игр" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Сборная Англии дисквалифицирована за неявку на матч с Францией в Салоу" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Salou awaits the first battles of Europe's top teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Украина, Иран, Япония, ОАЭ и Соломоновы острова вошли в состав участников Всемирных пляжных игр" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  13. ^ "European Ranking – Women". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Стал известен полный состав участников женского турнира на Всемирных пляжных играх" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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