| Tourney Name: | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA) |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Other Titles: | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier - Europe - Jesolo 2016 |
| Size: | 220px |
| Country: | Italy |
| City: | Jesolo |
| Dates: | 2–11 September 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 28 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 79 |
| Goals: | 643 |
| Player: |  Bogusław Saganowski |
| Goalkeeper: | Szymon Gąsiński |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
A record 28 teams was planned to compete in this qualifier, one more than in the 2011 edition also held in Italy.[4]
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.[5]
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.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]
| width=300 | Most valuable player |
|---|---|
| Bogusław Saganowski | |
| Top scorer | |
| Dejan Stankovic (25 goals) | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Szymon Gąsiński |
Gabriele Gori
Baris Terzioglu
Ihar Bryshtel Bogusław Saganowski Cem Keskin
Asif Zeynalov
Anthony Barbotti
Artur Paporotnyi Ismail Kerem Sinc
David Csoszanszki
Chiky Llorenç Gomez Stephane Belhomme Boris Nikonorov Dmitry Shishin
Oleh Zborovskyi Sabir Allahguliyev
Michal Salák Jeremy Basquaise Richard Patocs Dario Ramacciotti Yuri Krasheninnikov Aleksey Makarov Oleksandr Korniichuk Ramil Aliyev Jaroslav Kovarik Baptiste Bizot Viktor Turos Michele di Palma
Leonid Podlesnov Witold Ziober Juanma Raul Merida Ilkin Hajiyev Didier Samoun Andrei Negara Karim Madani
Marian Maciuca Ivan Glutskyi Yurii Shcherytsia Orkhan Mammadov Dzmitry Shymanouski Martin Chalupa Filip Vyhnal
Priit Mäerog Ragnar Rump Victor Angeletti
Levan Nadar Leo Kacha Todadze Tamas Szentes-Biro Paolo Palmacci Nicolae Ignat Victor Iordachi Jakub Jesionowski Piotr Klepczarek Yuri Gorchinskiy
Ognjen Ćetković Jose Cintas Eduard Suarez Molina Ezequiel Tracisto Volkan Yesilirmak Ievgenii Riabchuk Amid Nazarov Renat Sultanov Vadzim Bokach Dzmitry Kamzolau Ivan Miranovich Dzianis Samsonov Aleh Slavutsin Rasmus Munskind Bryan Maison Vaja Ivaniadze Francesco Corosiniti Simone Marinai Emmanuele Zurlo
Abylay Yeraly Deonis Ciopa Sergiu Nicolaiciuc
Pak-ling Li Filip Gac Łukasz Stasiak Kirill Romanov Anton Shkarin Antonio Mayor Volodymyr Hladchenko Viktor Panteleichuk Vitalii Sydorenko Ivan Kanstantsinau Aliaksandr Kavaleu Ilia Savich Patrik Hulina Tomás Huráb Miroslav Klíma Petr Visek Sander Lepik Kristian Marmor Yannick Fischer Julien Soares Zurabi Shamiladze Rutai Balazs Laszlo Berkes Kornel Genczler Norbert Sebestyen Nurzhan Abdrassilov Birzhan Orazov Viktor Radionov Vitaliy Tyulpa
Victor Bartashevich Povilas Malakauskas Andrius Rebzdis Povilas Smolkovas Alexandru Eremia Grigorii Gojocari Jorgen Jalland Johann Kristoffersson Henrik Salveson Johan Elverum Salveson Kamil Kucharski Tomasz Lenart Ionut Florea Catalin Marian Pana Ionel Pousteca Pulhac Maxim Chuzhkov Aleksei Ilinskii Riduan Dris Fernando Guisado Martin Lima Marko Radisavljević Nemanja Vučićević Mehmet Aslamaci Yasin Bagci Semíh Tűrkmen Roman Pachev Maksym Voitok Amid Nazarov (playing against Hungary) Ervin Stüf (playing against Spain) Kornel Genczler (playing against Greece) Dmitriy Perevyortov (playing against Russia) Alexandr Arefiev (playing against Ukraine) Riduan Dris (playing against Azerbaijan)| Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
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The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[8] [9]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2006) | |||
| (2009, 2011, 2015) | |||
| (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) | |||
| (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.