The Belarusian national beach soccer team took third place at the international tournament in Vitebsk

July 17, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The Belarusian national beach soccer team won third place at the international tournament "Friendship Cup" which concluded today in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports.

In the bronze medal match, the Belarusian team defeated the Moldovan team with a score of 3:1.

The tournament was won by the Ukrainian team, which snatched victory from the Polish team with a score of 4:2 in a hard-fought battle.

Belarusian defender Vitaly Krupitsa was recognized as the best player of the tournament in his role. The best goalkeeper was Marek Goretzki of Poland, and the best forward was Oleg Zborovsky of Ukraine, who scored 6 goals. The referee from Lithuania, Romualdas Cviklinskis, was awarded a commemorative prize for the best referee of the "Friendship Cup-2011".

The international beach soccer tournament "Friendship Cup" was held in Vitebsk from July 15 to 17 with the participation of eight teams from Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Russia.

The tournament was organized by the "Belarusian Football Federation" association, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, and the Vitebsk City Executive Committee.-0-