Euro Beach Soccer Cup Explained

Organiser:BSWW
Founded:1998
Abolished:2016
Region:Europe (UEFA)
Number Of Teams:8
Current Champions:
(7th title)
Most Successful Team: (7 titles)

The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer Championships until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Having started in 1998, the tournament's prestige has held in being one of the oldest and longest running beach soccer competitions in Europe and the world. It is currently merged with Euro Beach Soccer League.

History

Historically, the top eight ranking teams from the previous Euro Beach Soccer League qualified to contest the cup, hence the similar naming, with the first edition in 1998 starting off the back of the first EBSL season earlier in the year, making it one of beach soccer's main prestigious tournaments. However, due to saturation in the calendar in recent years, the once major championship has been somewhat back-benched. The participating teams are not always the best ranked as in the past (notably in 2008 and 2014), with entry requirements being more lax/down to invitation, and the tournament has been moved to every two years, the last annual edition coming in 2010.

Portugal are the most successful team and the current champions, having won the tournament for the seventh time in 2016 having failed to win since 2006.

The cup is played as a straight knock-out tournament, other than in the 1998, 2008 and 2014 editions when a group stage was used first before a set of knock-out rounds.

In 2016, BSWW began a women's edition of the event, to be hosted annually.

Men's tournaments

Results

YearLocationFinalThird place play-offAwards
WinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTop ScorerBest PlayerBest Goalkeeper
1998
Details		 Siracusa, Italy3–211–4 Alan Alan Thomas Gruetter
1999
Details		 Alicante, Spain6–28–7—
2001
Details		 Maspalomas, Spain 4–35–4 Marco Bruschini Madjer Roberto Valeiro
2002
Details		 Barcelona, Spain 2–19–6 Ramiro Amarelle Madjer Jürgen Rollmann
2003
Details		 Liège, Belgium 6–36–3 Massimo Agostini Hernâni Claude Barrabe
2004
Details		 Lisbon, Portugal 8–39–9 a.e.t.
(4–3) pen.		 Madjer Madjer João Carlos
2005
Details		 Moscow, Russia 4–35–4 Pasquale Carotenuto Andrey Bukhlitskiy Nico Jung
2006
Details		 Naples, Italy 9–86–4 Pasquale Carotenuto Pasquale Carotenuto Christophe Eggimann
2007
Details		 Tarragona, Spain 3–02–1 Dejan Stankovic Jérémy Basquaise Volodymyr Hladchenko
2008
Details		 Baku, Azerbaijan2–0 4–3 Dejan Stankovic Nico Roberto Valeiro
2009
Details		 Rome, Italy 6–47–5 Madjer Nico Nico Jung
2010
Details		 Rome, Italy 6–45–4 Madjer Ilya Leonov Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2012
Details		 Moscow, Russia 4–25–4 Madjer
Dejan Stankovic
Giuseppe Soria		 Aleksey Makarov Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2014
Details		 Baku, Azerbaijan 8–67–4 Noel Ott Juanma Dávid Ficsór
2016
Details		 Belgrade, Serbia6–38–0 Gabriele Gori Elinton Andrade Elinton Andrade

Successful national teams

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal Top four (from 15)
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold7 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016)3 (1999, 2010, 2012)3 (2005, 2007, 2009)-13
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold4 (1999, 2008, 2009, 2014)4 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004)1 (2003)1 (2010)10
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold2 (2010, 2012)1 (2005)2 (2014, 2016)-5
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold1 (2005)3 (2008, 2009, 2014)1 (2012)2 (2006, 2007)7
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold1 (2007)--1 (2005)2
-3 (2003, 2006, 2007)2 (1999, 2002)1 (2004)6
-1 (2016)5 (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010)3 (1999, 2002, 2012)9
--1 (2008)-1
---3 (1998, 2001, 2003)3
---2 (2009, 2016)2
---1 (2014)1
---1 (2008)1

Overall standings

As 2016

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1134231236237146+91100
21544280115243160+8385
31442180222203198+556
41440151123217210+748
51235151118181197-1648
6618140048848+4042
73960034131+1018
841250164157-1616
9515401104876-2813
103940053137-612
11516301126692-2610
123930064551-69
132620042125-46
142620042444-206
15131002913-43
162610052347-243
172601051833-152
18130003615-90
191300031025-150
20130003932-230
21250005633-270
Note:Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

Team appearances

These are the nations who have appeared in the Euro Beach Soccer Cup since 1998.

Legend
1998

(7)		1999

(4)		2001

(8)		2002

(8)		2003

(8)		2004

(8)		2005

(8)		2006

(8)		2007

(8)		2008

(6)		2009

(8)		2010

(8)		2012

(8)		2014

(6)		2016

(8)		Total Appearances
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1 Includes one appearance as Yugoslavia

Women's tournaments

Results

YearLocationFinalThird place play-offAwards
WinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTop ScorerBest PlayerBest Goalkeeper
2016
Details		 Cascais, Portugal2–16–6 a.e.t.
2–0 pens.		 Molly Clark Andrea Mirón Suzanne Stutz
2017
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal4–31–0 Gemma Hillier Grytsje Van den Berg Lucy Quinn
2018
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal2–06–3 Anastasia Gorshkova Marina Fedorova Maria Jose Pons
2019
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal3–26–5 a.e.t.5 players Marina Fedorova Viktoriia Silina
2020 Nazaré, Portugal[1] Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Successful national teams

width=150Teamwidth=140Titleswidth=140Runners-upwidth=140Third placewidth=140Fourth placeTotal top
four (from 4)
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold2 (2018, 2019)---2
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold1 (2016)2 (2018, 2019)--3
bgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold1 (2017)--3 (2016, 2018, 2019)4
-2 (2016, 2017)2 (2018, 2019)-4
--1 (2016)-1
--1 (2017)-1
---1 (2017)1

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://beachsoccer.com/news/nazare-to-host-the-euro-beach-soccer-league-superfinal-and-women-s-euro-beach-soccer-cup-2020 Nazaré to host the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal and Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2020

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