The Belarus national beach soccer team won the Friendship Cup in Vitebsk for the third time

In the final match, the Belarusians defeated the Azerbaijan team with a score of 4:3. The captain of the Belarusian team scored his second hat-trick in this tournament and, with 6 goals, became the top scorer of the competition. Prior to this, the Belarusian team, led for the first time by Spanish specialist Nicolas Alvarado, crushed the Lithuanian "beach players" - 11:2 and narrowly defeated their opponents from Turkey - 2:1. In another match today, the Turkish national team won against the Lithuanians - 7:4. Final standings: Belarus - 9 points (goal difference - 17-6), Turkey - 5 (10-7), Azerbaijan - 3 (11-9), Lithuania - 0 (9-25).

The best player of the 7th Friendship Cup was recognized as the leader of the Turkish national team, Baris Terzioglu, while the Azerbaijani goalkeeper Elchin Gasimov was awarded among the goalkeepers. For the Belarus national team, this is their third triumph in the Friendship Cup draw; the Iranian team has also taken first place three times, and the Ukrainians have won once.

Now, the players of the Belarusian national team will return to their clubs and prepare for the playoff matches of the national championship. In the quarterfinals on July 8 and 9 in Kirovsk, the following teams will play: BATE (Borisov) - Kirovsk-DYuSSh, Vitoblsport (Vitebsk) - M-City (Mozyr), Grodnooblsport - Forsazh (Slonim), Laguna-Kickers (Brest) - AK Dzerzhinsky.

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