title: Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
text: # Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
  
  The beach soccer tournament at the Baku 2015 European Games was held from 24 to 28 June. It was the first edition of beach soccer at the European Games.
  
  Eight men's teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of the competition.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Russia Andrey Bukhlitskiy Yury Gorchinskiy Yuri Krasheninnikov Ilya Leonov Aleksey Makarov Ivan Ostrovskii Artur Paporotnyi Anatoly Peremitin Kirill Romanov Egor Shaykov Dmitry Shishin Anton Shkarin | Italy Francesco Corosiniti Alessio Frainetti Gabriele Gori Simone Marinai Matteo Marrucci Simone Del Mestre Michele Di Palma Paolo Palmacci Giuseppe Platania Dario Ramacciotti Stefano Spada Emmanuele Zurlo | Portugal Elinton Andrade Tiago Batalha Nuno Belchior Alan Cavalcanti Rui Coimbra Zé Maria Bruno Novo Tiago Petrony Bê Martins Jordan Santos Madjer Bruno Torres |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  Azerbaijan is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal will qualify. The top team from the Promotional Final, excluding the 12th team from Division A, will also qualify.
  
  | Means of qualification | Date of competition | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host country | | | 1 | Azerbaijan |
  | 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal | 17 August 2014 | Torredembarra | 6 | Russia Spain Portugal Switzerland Italy Ukraine |
  | 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Promotional Final | 17 August 2014 | Torredembarra | 1 | Hungary |
  | Total | | | 8 | |
  
  ## Group round
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 8 | Semifinals |
  | 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
  | 4 | Azerbaijan (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
  | 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
  | 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
  
  * 1 2 Russia 4–6 Italy
  
  ## Classification matches
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 June | 27 June |
  | Ukraine | 4 |
  | Ukraine | 4 | 28 June | 28 June |
  | Hungary | 2 | 28 June | 28 June |
  | Hungary | 2 | Ukraine | 3 |
  | 27 June | 27 June | | Ukraine | 3 |
  | 27 June | 27 June | Spain | 6 |
  | Spain | 3 | Spain | 6 |
  | Azerbaijan | 1 | | |
  | Azerbaijan | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
  | | | 28 June | 28 June |
  | | | Hungary | 3 |
  | | | Azerbaijan | 2 |
  
  ## Knockout round
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 June | 27 June |
  | Italy | 7 |
  | Italy | 7 | 28 June | 28 June |
  | Switzerland | 4 | 28 June | 28 June |
  | Switzerland | 4 | Italy | 2 |
  | 27 June | 27 June | | Italy | 2 |
  | 27 June | 27 June | Russia | 3 |
  | Portugal | 1 | Russia | 3 |
  | Russia | 2 | | |
  | Russia | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | | | 28 June | 28 June |
  | | | Switzerland | 5 |
  | | | Portugal | 6 |
  