2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier – Europe – Baku 2023
Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan
CityBaku
Dates2–9 July
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored339 (7.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Olli Romrig
(10 goals)
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The 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup European Qualifiers was a beach soccer tournament contested by European beach soccer national teams who are members of UEFA. The tournament decided the four qualifiers that will go to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. This event took place from 2–9 July in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] The tournament was multi-stage, consisting of a pre-qualifier, final group stage round, and a knockout stage with placement matches.

Spain were the defending champions of the tournament after winning the 2021 edition, but were unable to defend their title as they lost in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup play-offs to Italy. There were no semifinals and finals, unlike in 2021; the tournament concluded after the quarterfinals, the winners of which earned UEFA's four bids to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. These bids were won by Italy, Belarus, Ukraine, and Portugal. Olli Romrig of Germany finished as the leading goalscorer with ten goals, ahead of Denmark's Axel Damm and Switzerland's Noël Ott, both of whom finished runners-up with seven goals.

Format[edit]

The competition will begin with a pre-qualifier stage[2] from July 2 – July 4.

The final stage will be held from July 5 – July 9.[3]

The 16 teams will be split into four groups of four. Teams will three points for a win in normal time, two points for a win in extra-time, and one point for a win on penalties. The top two finishers in each group will go through to the knockout phase. Thereafter, quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and final will unfold. [4]

Teams[edit]

The following countries are competing in the European qualifiers either by achieving a position in the Beach Soccer World Rankings or by qualifying from the preliminaries, held from 2 to 4 July.[5]

Notes:
1. Pre-qualifier teams

Pre-qualifier teams[edit]

In the Qualifiers for the remaining three places in the European Qualifiers will take part:[6]

Draw[edit]

The draw for both the pre-qualifier stage and final stage were held on 15 June 2023.[7]

First group stage[edit]

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.

All times are local, AZT (UTC+4).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 2 2 0 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Second group stage
2  Greece 2 1 0 0 1 7 4 +3 3
3  Norway 2 0 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
Source: BSWW
Norway 1–7 Denmark
  • Li 29'
 Report
  • Ryding 5', 17'
  • Madsen 16'
  • Damm 26', 27', 28'
  • Rædkjær 33'
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Greece 1–3 Denmark
  • Tsitsaris 18'
 Report
  • Madsen 21'
  • Dorph 22'
  • Frandsen 28'
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)
Norway 1–6 Greece
  • K. Badivuku 18'
 Report
  • Skourtas 4', 25'
  • Mikelatos 9', 12'
  • Katsoulis 29'
  • Koukovinis 36'
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 +6 9 Second group stage
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 0 3 4 12 −8 0
Source: BSWW
Czech Republic 3–1 Sweden
  • Radosta 16', 29'
  • Huráb 23'
 Report
  • Lavah 20'
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Malta 0–3 Lithuania
Report
  • Plytnikas 13'
  • Bartosevič 24'
  • Giedraitis 25'
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Czech Republic 4–2 Malta
  • Salak 3'
  • Radosta 5'
  • Pekárek 20'
  • Karpíšek 24'
 Report
  • Agius 3'
  • Radosta 8' (o.g.)
Referee: Murat Ergin Gozutok (Turkey)
Lithuania 5–3 Sweden
  • Plytnikas 2', 12', 13', 23'
  • Makutunovičius 8'
 Report
  • Malmström 2'
  • Gustafsson 8'
  • Hjerpebo 29'
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Sweden 5–2 Malta
  • Garcia 7', 33'
  • Gustafsson 11'
  • Palmén 25', 28'
 Report
  • D. Caruana 9'
  • Agius 13'
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)
Lithuania 3–2 Czech Republic
  • Makutunovičius 5', 23'
  • Navickas 11'
 Report
  • Trampota 34'
  • Trampota 36'
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Second group stage[edit]

As per the regulations of the second group stage draw, the statistically best qualifier from the first group stage was automatically allocated to position B3; this was Lithuania.

The other three qualifiers (Group A, Group B and the best runner-up) were placed into the groups via a draw, made after the conclusion of the first group stage. All four teams were placed in one pot. The first team drawn out was placed into Group A, second into B and so on; they were allocated to position 4 in their respective groups.

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  Moldova 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3  Estonia 3 1 0 0 2 10 13 −3 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4  Azerbaijan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 8 13 −5 0 13th–16th place play-offs
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Italy 3–1 Estonia
  • Zurlo 14'
  • Casapieri 15'
  • Sciacca 31'
 Report
  • Munskind 14'
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Azerbaijan 2–3 Moldova
  • Elchin 8'
  • Kamran 33'
 Report
  • Turta 4'
  • Ignat 8'
  • Graur 28'
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Italy 3–1 Moldova
  • Fazzini 11'
  • Bertacca 22'
  • Genovali 36'
 Report
  • Schițenco 2'
Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
Azerbaijan 4–7 Estonia
  • F. Huseynov 4'
  • Orkhan 11'
  • Elshad 21', 31'
 Report
  • Rump 3', 15', 21'
  • Mäeorg 4'
  • Lepik 9'
  • Marmor 14'
  • Nõmmiko 27'
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
Estonia 2–6 Moldova
  • Lepik 6'
  • Marmor 23'
 Report
  • Sîrghi 6', 35'
  • Istrati 13'
  • Podlesnov 21'
  • Graur 23'
  • Turta 29'
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Azerbaijan 2–3 Italy
  • Ramil 11'
  • Miceli 17' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Miceli 4'
  • Remedi 9'
  • Zurlo 18'
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 0 11 6 +5 8 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 14 8 +6 6
3  Poland 3 1 0 0 2 7 8 −1 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4  Lithuania 3 0 0 0 3 4 14 −10 0 13th–16th place play-offs
Source: BSWW
Poland 3–1 Lithuania
  • Gac 14'
  • Gruszewski 21', 35'
 Report
  • Makutunovičius 15'
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Spain 3–4 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
  • David 5', 9'
  • Dona 11'
 Report
  • Guisado 2' (o.g.)
  • Nerush 4'
  • Voitok 18', 37'
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Ukraine 3–2 Poland
  • Levchenko 9'
  • A. Borsuk 21'
  • Zborovskyi 34'
 Report
  • Los 17'
  • Gac 25'
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Spain 7–2 Lithuania
  • Pedro 3'
  • Plytnikas 16' (o.g.)
  • David 17'
  • Antonio 18'
  • Arias 21'
  • Batis 29', 34'
 Report
  • Navickas 2'
  • Makutunovičius 20'
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 4–1 Lithuania
  • Pashko 1'
  • Zavorotnyi 4'
  • Zborovskyi 16'
  • A. Borsuk 18'
 Report
  • Giedraitis 6'
Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)
Spain 4–2 Poland
  • Chicky 12', 19', 23'
  • Pedro 21'
 Report
  • Oliver 5' (o.g.)
  • Brochocki 20'
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 0 20 10 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 0 1 13 13 0 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 17 15 +2 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4  Greece 3 0 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0 13th–16th place play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: BSWW
France 5–3 Greece
  • Bru 5'
  • Angeletti 8', 17', 23'
  • Varrel 32'
 Report
  • Skourtas 9'
  • Triantafyllidis 10'
  • Mikelatos 22'
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)
Portugal 8–6 Germany
  • Torres 12'
  • R. Brilhante 18', 19'
  • Léo Martins 27', 36'
  • Coimbra 28'
  • Jordan 34'
  • M. Pintado 34'
 Report
  • Olli 9', 36'
  • Lüth 14'
  • Peterson 23'
  • Biermann 24'
  • Petry 31'
Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)
Germany 8–2 Greece
  • Biermann 2', 7', 14', 26'
  • Olli 18', 25'
  • Engelhardt 20'
  • Peterson 35'
 Report
  • Biermann 14' (o.g.)
  • Karakasis 22'
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Portugal 7–3 France
  • Fayos 4' (o.g.)
  • Jordan 10'
  • Andrade 19'
  • Coimbra 22', 36'
  • M. Pintado 24'
  • Bernardo 25'
 Report
  • Bru 5', 17'
  • Barbotti 9'
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Germany 3–5 France
  • Biermann 4'
  • Lüth 12'
  • Olli 35'
 Report
  • Barbotti 10', 24'
  • Varrel 12', 28'
  • Segura 32'
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Portugal 5–1 Greece
  • B. Martins 17', 20'
  • Jordan 20'
  • R. Pinhal 27'
  • Bernardo 34'
 Report
  • Tsitsaris 30'
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 0 27 10 +17 9 Knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 2 0 0 1 12 14 −2 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 9 19 −10 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 0 3 10 15 −5 0 13th–16th place play-offs
Source: BSWW
Belarus 10–2 Turkey
  • Recep 5' (o.g.)
  • Hardzetski 9', 13'
  • Ustsinovich 17'
  • Bryshtsel 17', 23'
  • Hapon 22'
  • Bokach 33', 35'
  • Piatrouski 33'
 Report
  • Mehmet 25'
  • Efe Lorenzo 28'
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Denmark 3–2  Switzerland
  • Madsen 29', 31'
  • Frandsen 32'
 Report
  • Frandsen 5' (o.g.)
  • Stankovic 12'
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Belarus 8–2 Denmark
  • Hapon 2', 21', 33', 35'
  • Drozd 8'
  • Novikau 19'
  • Staskevich 21'
  • Piatrouski 23'
 Report
  • Frandsen 6'
  • Damm 8'
Referee: Nail Naghiyev (Azerbaijan)
Switzerland 2–3 Turkey
  • Hodel 10', 23'
 Report
  • Cem Keskin 6', 32'
  • Volkan 31'
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
Turkey 4–7 Denmark
  • Mehmet 2'
  • Cem Keskin 3', 6', 15'
 Report
  • Wegeberg 5'
  • Damm 7', 9'
  • Madsen 7'
  • Rædkjær 10'
  • Dorph 11'
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Switzerland 6–9 Belarus
  • Kessler 9'
  • Rüttimann 12'
  • Ott 14', 16'
  • Steinemann 23'
  • Bokach 23' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Mahaletski 15'
  • Bokach 19'
  • Ryabko 23', 23', 32'
  • Bryshtsel 25', 35'
  • Kanstantsinau 29'
  • Hardzetski 35'
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)

13th–16th place play-offs[edit]

The teams finishing in fourth place in the groups of the second group stage faced each other in consolation matches to determine 13th through 16th place in the final standings.

 
13th–16th place semi-finals13th place match
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
  Switzerland (a.e.t.)6
 
9 July
 
 Greece 5
 
  Switzerland 6 (4)
 
8 July
 
 Azerbaijan (p)6 (5)
 
 Azerbaijan 3
 
 
 Lithuania 2
 
15th place match
 
 
9 July
 
 
 Lithuania (p)4 (6)
 
 
 Greece 4 (5)

Semi-finals[edit]

Switzerland 6–5 (a.e.t.) Greece
 Report
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Azerbaijan 3–2 Lithuania
 Report
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

15th place match[edit]

Lithuania 4–4 (a.e.t.) Greece
  • Navickas 4', 20', 24'
  • Makutunovičius 32'
 Report
  • Mikelatos 3'
  • Tsiakalos 6'
  • Koukovinis 27'
  • Paloumpis 29'
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)

13th place match[edit]

Switzerland 6–6 (a.e.t.) Azerbaijan
  • Ott 4', 21', 22', 30', 36'
  • Steinemann 10'
 Report
  • Elshad 1', 19'
  • Jomard 8'
  • Ramil 17', 27'
  • Orkhan 32'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

9th–12th place play-offs[edit]

The teams finishing in third place in the groups of the second group stage faced each other in consolation matches to determine 9th through 12th place in the final standings.

 
9th–12th place semi-finals9th place match
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 Germany 4 (4)
 
9 July
 
 Turkey (p)4 (5)
 
 Turkey (p)3 (4)
 
8 July
 
 Estonia 3 (3)
 
 Estonia (a.e.t.)5
 
 
 Poland 4
 
11th place match
 
 
9 July
 
 
 Poland 8
 
 
 Germany 6

Semi-finals[edit]

Germany 4–4 (a.e.t.) Turkey
  • Olli 18', 30'
  • Widmann 21', 34'
 Report
  • Yasin 6'
  • Emrah 16', 32'
  • İsmail 28'
Penalties
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 4–5
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Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)
Estonia 5–4 (a.e.t.) Poland
  • Er. Stüf 2'
  • Lepik 7'
  • Rump 11'
  • Anissimov 29'
  • Marmor 39'
 Report
  • Popławski 2'
  • Lisowski 4'
  • Jesionowski 33', 35'
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)

11th place match[edit]

Poland 8–6 Germany
  • Jesionowski 10'
  • Witkowski 15', 23', 32'
  • Gac 18'
  • Bistuła 19'
  • Ziober 20'
  • Kłopeć 25'
 Report
  • Olli 4', 7', 8'
  • Widmann 17'
  • Engelhardt 26'
  • Lüth 34'
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)

9th place match[edit]

Turkey 3–3 (a.e.t.) Estonia
  • Nõmmiko 3' (o.g.)
  • Serkan 14', 14'
 Report
  • Marmor 3'
  • Lepik 11', 34'
Penalties
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 4–3
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Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup play-offs[edit]

Winners will qualify for 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Belarus 3–1 France
  • Bryshtsel 14', 18'
  • Novikau 35'
 Report
  • Bru 2'
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Portugal 8–3 Denmark
  • Jordan 3'
  • Coimbra 4', 24'
  • Léo Martins 13', 23', 27'
  • Pinhal 19'
  • Martins 28'
 Report
  • Frandsen 3'
  • Damm 14'
  • Rædkjær 17'
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Ukraine 5–2 Moldova
  • Zborovskyi 2'
  • Poslavskyi 22'
  • Pashko 25'
  • Voitenko 27'
  • Nerush 29'
 Report
  • Podlesnov 5'
  • Graur 23'
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Italy 4–3 (a.e.t.) Spain
  • Bertacca 1'
  • Remedi 11', 16'
  • Zurlo 39'
 Report
  • David 18'
  • Chicky 28'
  • Guisado 32'
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 339 goals scored in 45 matches, for an average of 7.53 goals per match.

10 goals

  • Germany Olli Romrig

7 goals

6 goals

  • Belarus Ihar Bryshtsel
  • Germany Christian Biermann
  • Lithuania Mantas Makutunovičius

5 goals

  • Belarus Aleh Hapon
  • Denmark Gustav Madsen
  • Lithuania Audrius Plytnikas
  • Portugal Rui Coimbra
  • Portugal Léo Martins
  • Turkey Cem Keskin

4 goals

  • Azerbaijan Elshad Manafov
  • Azerbaijan Ramil Aliyev
  • Denmark Lukas Frandsen
  • Estonia Sander Lepik
  • France Jérémy Bru
  • Greece Dimitrios Alexandros Mikelatos
  • Lithuania Elvinas Navickas
  • Portugal Jordan Santos
  • Spain Salvador Chicky
  • Spain David Ardil Navarro
  • Switzerland Tobias Steinemann

3 goals

  • Azerbaijan Orkhan Mammadov
  • Belarus Vadzim Bokach
  • Belarus Yahor Hardzetski
  • Belarus Anatoliy Ryabko
  • Czech Republic David Radosta
  • Denmark Henrik Rædkjær
  • Estonia Kristian Marmor
  • Estonia Ragnar Rump
  • France Victor Angeletti
  • France Anthony Barbotti
  • France Kylian Varrel
  • Germany Cristoph Lüth
  • Greece Ioannis Skourtas
  • Greece Konstantinos Tsitsaris
  • Italy Alessandro Remedi
  • Italy Emmanuele Zurlo
  • Moldova Dumitru Graur
  • Poland Filip Gac
  • Poland Jakub Jesionowski
  • Poland Michal Witkowski
  • Portugal Bernardo Santos Martins
  • Ukraine Oleg Zborovskyi

2 goals

  • Belarus Yauheni Novikau
  • Belarus Yuri Piatrouski
  • Denmark Casper Dorph
  • Denmark Ryding Klaus Bradt Dewaegenaere
  • Estonia Kristian Marmor
  • Germany Tim Engelhardt
  • Germany Jannes Peterson
  • Germany Felix Widmann
  • Greece Georgios Karakasis
  • Greece Andreas Katsoulis
  • Greece Konstantinos Koukovinis
  • Greece Theofilos Triantafyllidis
  • Italy Luca Bertacca
  • Lithuania Paulius Giedraitis
  • Malta Matthew Agius
  • Moldova Leonid Podlesnov
  • Moldova Artiom Turta
  • Poland Jakub Bistuła
  • Poland Mateusz Gruszewski
  • Portugal Bernardo Lopes
  • Portugal Rúben Brilhante
  • Portugal Rodrigo Pinhal
  • Portugal Miguel Pintado
  • Spain Pedro Garcia Paredes
  • Spain Soleiman Batis El Asri
  • Sweden William Garcia
  • Sweden Erik Gustafsson
  • Sweden William Palmén
  • Switzerland Glenn Hodel
  • Turkey Mehmet Aşlamacı
  • Turkey Serkan Banazlı
  • Ukraine Andrii Borsuk
  • Ukraine Andrii Nerush
  • Ukraine Andrii Pashko
  • Ukraine Maksym Voitok

1 goal

  • Azerbaijan Elchin Gasimov
  • Azerbaijan Fuad Huseynov
  • Azerbaijan Jomard Bakhshaliyev
  • Azerbaijan Kamran Gurbatov
  • Belarus Artsemi Drozd
  • Belarus Ivan Kanstantsinau
  • Belarus Kanstantsin Mahaletski
  • Belarus Pavel Staskevich
  • Belarus Uladzimir Ustsinovich
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Huráb
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Karpíšek
  • Czech Republic Jakub Pekárek
  • Czech Republic Michal Salak
  • Denmark Carl Oscar Wegeberg
  • Estonia Priit Mäeorg
  • Estonia Rasmus Munskind
  • Estonia Rauno Nõmmiko
  • France Lucas Segura
  • Germany Peer Petry
  • Greece Michail Lympousis
  • Greece Dimitrios Paloumpis
  • Greece Ioannis Tsiakalos
  • Italy Leandro Casapieri
  • Italy Tommaso Fazzini
  • Italy Francesco Fabio Sciacca
  • Italy Gianmarco Genovali
  • Italy Alessandro Miceli
  • Lithuania Viktor Bartosevič
  • Malta Dylan Caruana
  • Moldova Nicolae Ignat
  • Moldova Ruslan Istrati
  • Moldova Serghei Schițenco
  • Moldova Alexandru Sîrghi
  • Norway Krenar Badivuku
  • Norway Pak Ling Li
  • Poland Grzegorz Brochocki
  • Poland Arkadiusz Kłopeć
  • Poland Mateusz Lisowski
  • Poland Lukasz Stanislaw Los
  • Poland Artur Popławski
  • Poland Ziober Witold
  • Portugal Elinton Andrade
  • Portugal Bruno Torres
  • Spain Antonio José Mayor Hernández
  • Spain Jose Manuel Arias
  • Spain Fransisco Dona
  • Spain Fernando Guisado Pérez
  • Sweden Sebastian Hjerpebo
  • Sweden Nils Lavah
  • Sweden Filip Malmström
  • Switzerland Gabriel Caldas
  • Switzerland Silvano Kessler
  • Switzerland Eliott Mounoud
  • Switzerland Patrick Rüttimann
  • Switzerland Sandro Spaccarotella
  • Switzerland Dejan Stankovic
  • Turkey Efe Lorenzo Deniz
  • Turkey Emrah Ekmekçi
  • Turkey İsmail Turhan
  • Turkey Yasin Bağcı
  • Turkey Volkan Yeşilırmak
  • Ukraine Ihor Levchenko
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Poslavskyi
  • Ukraine Dmytro Voitenko
  • Ukraine Yaroslav Zavorotnyi

1 own goal

  • Belarus Vadzim Bokach (against Switzerland)
  • Czech Republic David Radosta (against Malta)
  • Denmark Lukas Frandsen (against Switzerland)
  • Estonia Rauno Nõmmiko (against Turkey)
  • France Anthony Fayos (against Portugal)
  • Germany Christian Biermann (against Greece)
  • Italy Alessandro Miceli (against Azerbaijan)
  • Lithuania Audrius Plytnikas (against Spain)
  • Spain Fernando Guisado Pérez (against Ukraine)
  • Spain Oliver Santiago (against Poland)
  • Turkey Recep Demir (against Belarus)

Qualified teams to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[edit]

The following four teams from UEFA qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
 Belarus 9 July 2023 2 (2019, 2021)
 Portugal 9 July 2023 10 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
 Ukraine2 9 July 2023 3 (2005, 2011, 2013)
 Italy 9 July 2023 8 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Spain2 27 September 2023 8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2021)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2 Ukraine originally qualified. However, on 27 September 2023, it was announced that the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine had refused to sanction the Ukrainian national team's participation in the tournament, in protest at the Belarus national team being allowed to compete, whom it believes should be barred from entering due the country's role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] Ukraine previously qualified for, but also boycotted the 2021 World Cup due to its venue being in Russia.[9][10] They were replaced by Spain, who statistically finished in fifth place in the UEFA qualifiers[11] and therefore enter as lucky losers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 qualification schedule". FIFA. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ "European Pre-Qualifier – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023". Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023 – Qualifier Europe 2023". Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ^ "beachsoccer.com". Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ "FBSWC European Qualifier draw held". 15 June 2023.
  8. ^ "The men's beach soccer team of Ukraine will not play at the 2024 World Cup in the UAE". Ukrainian Association of Football. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Switzerland to replace Ukraine at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ^ ""Грати, щоб звучав наш гімн": відомий український тренер виступив проти бойкоту пляжного ЧС у Москві". TSN.ua (in Ukrainian). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2024 - Baku European Qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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