Beach soccer at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games

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Beach soccer at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates9–12 September
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Karteros Beach Center, Heraklion
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored82 (6.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Marco Giordani
(5 goals)[1]
2019
2027

The beach soccer tournament at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games was held from 9 to 12 September at the Karteros Beach Center, Heraklion.[2][3]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[4]  Spain
Francisco Donaire
Antonio Rigaud
José Sánchez
José Arias
David Ardil
Soleiman Batis
Domingo Cabrera
Pedro García
Miguel Santiso
Antonio Mayor
Chiky Ardil
Francisco Camacho
 Portugal
Rui Coimbra
André Lourenço
Bruno Torres
Jordan Santos
Rodrigo Pinhal
Rubén Brilhante
Bê Martins
Léo Martins
Elinton Andrade
Miguel Pintado
Bernardo Lopes
Ruben Regufe
 Morocco
Yassir Abada
Adnane Hakkar
Mohamed Ghailani
Mustapha Tais
Adnan Oubahri
Badr El Kraichly
Souhail Bessak
Amine El Bidouri
Reda Zahraoui
Ibrahim Abagli
Anouar Elabbassi
M'Hamed Manar

Group stage[edit]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Gold medal match
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 15 10 +5 6 Bronze medal match
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 9 5 +4 3 Fifth place match
4  Greece (H) 3 0 0 0 3 5 24 −19 0
Source: Heraklion 23
(H) Host
Morocco 2–7 Spain
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
France 8–1 Greece
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)

Spain 2–1 France
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
Greece 3–11 Morocco
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)

Morocco 2–0 France
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)
Greece 1–5 Spain
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Hany El-Eraky (Egypt)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 2 0 1 1 0 9 7 +2 3[a] Gold medal match
2  Egypt 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 −1 3[a] Bronze medal match
3  Italy 2 0 0 0 2 6 7 −1 0 Fifth place match
Source: Heraklion 23
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Portugal 5–3 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Egypt 3–2 Italy
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Patricia Gómez (Spain)

Portugal 5–3 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)

Portugal 4–4 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report
Penalties
5–4
Karteros Beach Center – Court 2
Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)

Final round[edit]

Fifth place match[edit]

France 3–4 Italy
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Hany El-Eraky (Egypt)

Bronze medal match[edit]

Morocco 5–3 Egypt
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

Gold medal match[edit]

Spain 3–0 Portugal
Report
Karteros Beach Center – Court 1
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
4  Egypt
5  Italy
6  France
7  Greece

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics" (PDF). microplus.it. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer – Competition Schedule" (PDF). microplus.it. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "3rd Mediterranean Beach Games "Heraklion 2023"". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). microplus.it. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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