The
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or sand soccer, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand between two teams of five players each.
Association football has long been played informally on ...
tournament at the Baku 2015
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committ ...
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
Qualification
Azerbaijan is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the
2014 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a Superfinal, deciding t ...
(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.
Qualification summary
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Group round
Group A
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Group B
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Classification matches
Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
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Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Knockout round
Bracket
Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
References
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Sports at the 2015 European Games
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
2015 in beach soccer
International association football competitions hosted by Azerbaijan