Day 1: Portugal, Spain, Russia and Switzerland set the beat

Day 1 of this FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier has finished having accomplished one of its most important goals: letting nobody down. This first day in Bibione (Italy) has offered a complete and sunny day in which up to 13 matches were played, and sliding also the first impression that big teams are not to miss their opportunity to get their way to World Cup.

Everyone of the fans that have packed the Stadium have fully enjoyed the spectacle of beach soccer, with its unbelievable goals, impossible saves, invisible tricks, dynamic playing, sparkles in every crash… And they have also witnessed how favourites Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Russia or Italy, among many others, have placed themselves on top of their respective tables, some of them by means of frightening heavy wins.

But this has just begun! Tomorrow, we will have 13 new games which will throw light to the evolution of the group, with big teams clashing in exciting fixtures. Don’t miss it!

Day 1 – July 11^th (Sunday) stats

Group A

Match results

17:45 Italy  2 x  1 Turkey

Group table

Italy – 3 points (+1)

Germany – 0 points

Turkey – 0 points (-1)

Group B

Match results

09:00 Greece 6 x 5 Netherlands

19:00 Spain 7 x 0  Bulgaria

Group table

Spain – 3 points (+7)

Greece – 3 points (+1)

Netherlands – 0 points (-1)

Bulgaria – 0 points (-7)

Group C

Match results

09:00 Romania 8 x 2 Andorra

19:00 Russia 11 x 1 Slovakia

Group table

Russia – 3 points (+10)

Romania – 3 points (+6)

Andorra – 0 points (-6)

Slovakia – 0 points (-10)

Group D

Match results

09: 00 England 1 x 0 Estonia

16:30 Portugal 7 x 3 Israel

Group table

Portugal – 3 points (+4)

England – 3 points (+1)

Estonia – 0 points (-1)

Israel – 0 points (-4)

Group E

Match results

11:30 Hungary 7 x 6 Ukraine

15:15 Switzerland 7 x 3 Belarus

Group table

Switzerland – 3 points (+4)

Hungary – 3 points (+1)

Ukraine – 0 points (-1)

Belarus – 0 points (-4)

Group F

Match results

10:15 Czech Republic 4 x 5 Azerbaijan

12:45 Kazakhstan 1 x 5 France

Group table

France – 3 points (+4)

Azerbaijan – 3 points (+1)

Czech Republic – 0 points (-1)

Kazakhstan – 0 points (-4)

Group G

Match results

10:15 Poland  1 (0) x (1) 1 Moldova

11:30 Norway 2 x 3 Austria

Group table

Austria – 3 points (+1)

Moldova – 2 points (0)

Poland – 0 points (0)

Norway – 0 points (-1)