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2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played in Jesolo, Italy, from 2 to 11 September 2016, which determined the four teams that qualify to the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier - Europe - Jesolo 2016 |
|---|
| Italy |
| Jesolo |
| 2–11 September 2016 |
| 28 (from 1 confederation) |
| 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Poland (1st title) |
| Switzerland |
| Portugal |
| Italy |
| 79 |
| 643 (8.14 per match) |
| Dejan Stankovic (25 goals) |
| Bogusław Saganowski |
| Szymon Gąsiński |
| ← 2015 2019 → |
The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played in Jesolo, Italy, from 2 to 11 September 2016, which determined the four teams that qualify to the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.
Despite having five allocated spots for European nations at the World Cup, this was reduced to four for the 2017 edition as the World Cup hosts, the Bahamas, automatically claimed one of the two spots allocated to CONCACAF. And so as the confederation with the most slots, one UEFA spot was transferred over to CONCACAF to ensure that two nations would still have the opportunity to qualify from North America.
The format of the tournament was a round-robin group stage followed by the top ranking nations competing in a second round-robin group stage. The four top ranking nations from the second group stage, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy, qualified for the World Cup and moved on to the knockout stage to ultimately crown a champion of the event.
A record 28 teams was planned to compete in this qualifier, one more than in the 2011 edition also held in Italy.
In the draw, held on 3 August 2016, teams were split into four pots according to their European ranking, and drawn into seven groups so that each group included a team from each pot.
The top-two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams progressed to the second group stage. All times are local time CEST (UTC+2).
Note: Due to Austria's withdrawal, only results against the each groups' first- and second-placed teams were counted. Results against the teams that finished fourth in their group were discounted.
The group winners advance to the semi-finals and secure qualification for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The top team from each group in the second stage advance to the semi-finals to play for the title. The other teams eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–16 places | 13th place match | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Greece | 6 | |||||
| Greece | 5 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Turkey | 7 | |||||
| Turkey | 7 | |||||
| Moldova | 1 | |||||
| 15th place match | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Hungary (p) | 4 (4) | |||||
| Moldova | 4 (3) |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 places | 9th place match | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Ukraine (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Germany | 2 (2) | |||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| Belarus | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| 11th place match | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Belarus | 2 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 places | 5th place match | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 3 | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 3 | |||||
| France | 4 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 6 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| Portugal | 8 |
| 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cupqualification (UEFA) champions |
|---|
| PolandFirst title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Most valuable player |
|---|
| Bogusław Saganowski |
| Dejan Stankovic (25 goals) |
| Szymon Gąsiński |
25 goals
19 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
| Column 1 |
|---|
| Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Poland | |
| Switzerland | |
| Portugal | |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Azerbaijan |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Ukraine |
| 11 | Belarus |
| 12 | Germany |
| 13 | Turkey |
| 14 | Greece |
| 15 | Hungary |
| 16 | Moldova |
| 17–27 | Bulgaria |
| Denmark | |
| England | |
| Estonia | |
| Georgia | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Lithuania | |
| Netherlands | |
| Norway | |
| Romania | |
| Serbia |
The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005) |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 8 September 2016 | 1 (2006) |
| Switzerland | 9 September 2016 | 3 (2009, 2011, 2015) |
| Portugal | 9 September 2016 | 7 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| Italy | 9 September 2016 | 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017 – Europe Qualifier Jesolo Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Beachsoccer.com
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017 – Europe Qualifier Jesolo at Beachsoccerrussia.ru
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