2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Serbia
Dates 24 - 26 June
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (7th title)
Runners-up  Italy
Third place  Russia
Fourth place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 97 (8.08 per match)

The 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beach soccer championships, organised every two years by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). It was held in June 2016, in Belgrade, Serbia, the first time the country has hosted and played in a BSWW sanctioned event.[1]

Eight nations took part which were the best nations in Europe based on their finish in last years 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League, plus hosts Serbia. France, however, pulled out and were replaced by Hungary. The competition reverted to being a straight knock-out tournament instead of involving a group stage first as in the previous edition in 2014, with classifying matches to determine the final standings of those who didn't reach the final.

Spain were the defending champions, accepting the invite to play, but lost in the quarter finals, ultimately finishing seventh.

Portugal won the championship, claiming their seventh crown, their first in 10 years. Italy reached their first final, finishing as runners-up.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the tournament.[2]

Team 2015 EBSL finish Participation Previous1 Euro ranking[3]
 Serbia* – (n/a) 1st – (n/a) – (n/a)
 Spain Division A, 4th 15th (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) 5th
 Italy Division A, 5th 14th (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) 3rd
  Switzerland Division A, 6th 14th (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) 4th
 Russia Division A, 3rd 6th (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1st
 Portugal Division A, 1st (2015 EBSL Champions) 13th (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012) 2nd
 Hungary Division A, 12th (relegated) 5th (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014) 7th
 Ukraine Division A, 2nd 3rd (2005, 2007) 6th
Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
* = hosts of this year
1Note: 1998-2010 annual basis (excluding 2000), biennial basis post-2010.

Results

Main tournament bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
24 June 2016        
  Serbia  0
25 June 2016
  Hungary  6  
  Hungary  3
24 June 2016
    Italy  7  
  Italy  3
26 June 2016
   Switzerland  2  
  Italy  3
24 June 2016
    Portugal  6
  Russia  3
25 June 2016
  Ukraine  2  
  Russia  4 (0) Third place
24 June 2016
    Portugal  4 (2)  
  Portugal  4   Russia  8
  Spain  2     Hungary  0
26 June 2016

Classification matches

  Classifying semi-finals     Fifth place play-off
                 
  QF1   Serbia 1  
  QF2    Switzerland 6    
         Switzerland 5
        Ukraine 6
  QF3   Ukraine 7    
  QF4   Spain 3   Seventh place play-off
 
  Serbia 1
    Spain 11

Quarter-finals

The winners proceeded on in the main tournament into the semi-finals. The losers progressed into a series of classifiying matches to determine the standings of fifth down to eighth place.

24 June 2016
14:45
Italy  3–2   Switzerland

24 June 2016
16:00
Portugal  4–2  Spain

24 June 2016
17:15
Russia  3–2  Ukraine

24 June 2016
19:00
Serbia  0–6  Hungary

Semi-finals

Main tournament

25 June 2016
16:45
Hungary  2–7  Italy

25 June 2016
18:00
Russia  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
  Penalties  
0–2

Classification (5th to 8th place)

25 June 2016
14:15
Ukraine  7–3  Spain

25 June 2016
18:00
Serbia  1–6   Switzerland

Seventh place play-off

The losers of the classifying semi finals contested 7th place.

26 June 2016
16:45
Serbia  1–11  Spain

Fifth place play-off

The winners of the classifying semi finals contested 5th place.

26 June 2016
14:15
Ukraine  6–5   Switzerland

Third place play-off

The losers of the main tournament semi finals contested 3rd place.

26 June 2016
16:45
Russia  8–0  Hungary

Final

The winners of the main tournament semi finals contested the championship final.

26 June 2016
18:00
Portugal  6–3  Italy

Winners

 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Champions 

Portugal
Seventh title

Awards

Top scorer
Italy Gabriele Gori
6 goals
Best player
Portugal Elinton Andrade
Best goalkeeper
Portugal Elinton Andrade

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 14 9 +5 8 Champions
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 13 11 +2 6 Second place
3  Russia 3 2 0 1 15 6 +9 6 Third place
4  Hungary 3 1 0 2 9 15 −6 3 Fourth place
5  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 6 Fifth place
6   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 13 10 +3 3 Sixth place
7  Spain 3 1 0 2 16 12 +4 3 Seventh place
8  Serbia 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0 Eighth place

References

  1. ↑ "Euro Beach Soccer Cup lands in Serbia!". beachsoccer.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "OČEKUJE SE SPEKTAKL: U Srbiju stiže fudbal na pesku!" (in Serbian). srbijadanas.com. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "European Ranking". beachsoccer.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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