According to International Tennis Federation press release, Brazil defeated Germany by 2-1 and Italy prevailed over Spain by an identical 2-1 margin in the semi-finals.
The team championship is a mixed competition in which nations compete against each other on a knock-out basis. Each team is comprised two men and two women, with ties consisting of a men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles rubber.
The team championship joins the individual ITF Beach Tennis World Championships as the flagship events on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour. Since the launch of the Tour in 2008, worldwide participation has continued to grow each year. The 2014 Tour will see around 200 events held in 37 countries, while 54 nations are currently represented in the ITF Beach Tennis World Rankings.
Results (Semi-finals):(1) BRAZIL bt (6) GERMANY 2-1 (Dorothee Berreth/Carina Blank (GER) d. Samantha Barijan/Joana Cortez (BRA) 6-4 6-4, Marcus Ferreira/Thales Santos (BRA) d. Alexander Bailer/Oliver Munz (GER) 6-1 6-1, Vinicus Font/Lorena Melo (BRA) d. Oliver Munz/Dorothee Berreth 3-6 7-5 6-2).
(2) ITALY bt (5) RUSSIA 2-1 (Federica Bacchetta/Eva D’Elia (ITA) d. Ekaterina Kirgizova/Gulnara Fattakhetdinova (RUS) 6-4 6-3, Alessandro Calbucci/Marco Garavini (ITA) d. Nikita Burmakin/Sergey Kupstov (RUS) 7-5 6-1, Nikita Burmakin/Daria Churakova (RUS) d. Luca Cramarossa/Sofia Cimatti (ITA) 5-3 4-0).
Quarterfinals: (1) BRAZIL bt (8) SPAIN 2-1 (Maria Pilar Escandel/Maria Rosa Sitja (ESP) d. Samantha Barijan/Joana Cortez (BRA) 6-3 4-6 6-4, Marcus Ferreira/Vinicius Font (BRA) d. Antomi Ramos-Viera/Saulo Tejada (ESP) 6-0 6-4, Vinicius Font/Joana Cortez (BRA) d. Antomi Ramos-Viera/Maria Rosa Sitja (ESP) 6-3 3-6 6-3).
(6) GERMANY bt (4) JAPAN 2-1 (Dorothee Berreth/Carina Blank (GER) d. Tomomi Takahashi/Kaori Yanase (JPN) 7-5 6-4, Hideki Iwasaka/Susumu Kawashima (JPN) d. Alexander Bailer/Oliver Munz (GER) 5-7 6-2 6-4, Alexander Bailer/Carina Blank (GER) d. Susumu Kawashima/Tomomi Takahashi (JPN) 5-7 7-5 6-2).
(5) RUSSIA bt (3) VENEZUELA 2-1 (Gulnara Fattakhedtinova//Ekaterina Kirgizova (RUS) d. Lady Correa/Patricia Diaz (VEN) 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4, Nikita Burmakin/Sergey Kupstov (RUS) d. Ramon Guedez/Jorge Penalver (VEN) 6-2 7-5, Ramon Guedez/Patricia Diaz (VEN) d. Vladislav Zaichenko/Daria Churakova (RUS) 1-4 4-1 5-3).
(2) ITALY bt (7) PORTUGAL 3-0 (Sofia Cimatti/Eva D’Elia (ITA) d. Ana Pereira/Susana Pereira (POR) 6-0 6-0, Alessandro Calbucci/Luca Cramarossa (ITA) d. Pedro Correia/Filipe Rebelo (POR) 6-0 6-1, Marco GaraviniFederica Bacchetta (ITA) d. Pedro Correia/Susana Pereira (POR) 4-1 4-0).
9th 12th place Play-offsSAN MARINO bt LITHUANIA 3-0 (Alice Grandi/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Evelina Abaraviciute/Gabriele Sinskaite (LTU) 6-4 6-3, Nicolo Bombini/Davide Pedini (SMR) d. Skirmantas Macinskas/Jurgis Rudgalvis (LTU) 6-3 5-7 [10-7], Davide Pedini/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Evelina Abaraviciute/Luidzi Pakula (LTU) 4-2 4-1).
FRANCE bt ESTONIA 3-0 (Marie-Eve Hoarau/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) 6-1 4-6 [10-8], Raphael Jannel/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Ott Ahonen/Ainar Laube (EST) 6-3 6-4, Mathilde Hoarau/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Ainar Laube/Anelle Luik (EST) 4-1 4-1).
9th -16th Place Play-offsSAN MARINO bt CYPRUS 2-1 (Alice Grandi/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Marianna Tsakkistou/Antria Tsangaridou (CYP) 6-2 6-2, Petros Baghdatis/Christopher Koutrouzas (СYP) d. Nicolo Bombini/Davide Pedini (SMR) 2-6 6-2 [10-8], Nicolo Bombini/Alice Grandi (SMR) d. Petros Baghdatis/Antria Tsangaridou (CYP) 6-3 6-1).
LITHUANIA bt BELGIUM 3-0 (Evelina Abaraviciute/Gabriele Sinskaite (LTU) d. Annouck Meys/Linde Mues (BEL) 6-4 6-7(5) [10-8], Skirmantas Macinskas/Jurgis Rudgalvis (LTU) d. Tom Beke/Joris Mees (BEL) 6-3 7-6(2), Luidzi Pakula/Evelina Abaraviciute (LTU) d. Joris Mees/Annouck Meys (BEL) 4-2 4-0).
ESTONIA bt HUNGARY 2-1 (Monika Erdelyi/Zsuzsanna Kovacs (HUN) d. Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) 6-7(2) 7-5 [11-9], Ott Ahonen/Ainar Laube (EST) d. Mate Endrody/Benedek Molnar (HUN) 6-2 6-2, Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) d. Mate Endrody/Zsuzsanna Kovacs (HUN) 6-2 6-3).
FRANCE bt BELARUS 2-0 (Marie-Eve Hoarau/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Olga Barabanschikova/Natalia Zvereva (BLR) 6-0 6-3, Raphael Jannel/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Pavel Kotliarov/Ihar Lakhvich (BLR) 6-0 6-1. Mixed doubles not played).
17th -20th Place Play-offs GREECE bt THAILAND 3-0 (Varvara Katakalidou/Aspasia Sotiriadou (GRE) d. Bongkoch Bortisa/Rada Manataweewat (THA) 7-5 4-6 [10-5], Giorgos Martinis//Vasilis Mavraganis (GRE) d. Khunpol Issara/Chin Kampanatsanyakorn (THA) 6-2 6-1, Giorgos Martinis/Aspasia Sotiriadou (GRE) d. Khunpol Issara/Bongkoch Bortisa (THA) 5-3 4-0).
SWITZERLAND bt ISRAEL 2-0 (Eveline Egger/Laura Galli (SUI) d. Alona Pushkarevsky/Maayan Sela (ISR) 6-3 7-5, Kevin Fischer/Yves Fornasier (SUI) d. Lior Brik/Danila Kourkoulin (ISR) 7-5 4-6 [10-8]. Mixed doubles not played).
21st -24th Place Play-offsBULGARIA bt GREAT BRITAIN 2-1 (Suzy Madge/Gemma Sgariglia (GBR) d. Katerina Guenova/Diyana Miteva (BUL) 3-6 7-5 [10-8], Emil Argirov/Rosen Nentchev (BUL) d. James McCabe/Richard Wheeler (GBR) 6-1 6-4, Emil Argirov/Katerina Guenova (BUL) d. Richard Wheeler/Gemma Sgariglia (GBR) 6-3 6-3).
LATVIA bt CHINA, P.R. 3-0 (Inga Audrina/Ilona Gilberte (LAT) d. Fang Chunxue/CiLi YongZong (CHN) 6-4 6-3, Andris Antonovos/Oskars Vaskis (LAT) d. Zhu Dingqiang/Sun Hong (CHN) 6-0 6-2, Oskars Vaskis/Inga Audrina (LAT) d. Zhu Dingqiang/Fang Chunxhue (CHN) 4-1 4-2).