Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Founded	1998
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Portugal (7th title)
Most successful team(s)	Portugal (7 titles)
Website	EBSC
2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (Euro BS Cup or EBSC) is a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Having started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer Championships, the tournament's prestige is held in being one of the very oldest and longest running beach soccer competitions in Europe and the world.

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.

Results

Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off				Awards
			Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Top Scorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper
1998 Details	Siracusa, Italy		Portugal	3–2	Spain		Italy	11–4	Germany		Alan	Alan	Gruter
1999 Details	Alicante, Spain		Spain	6–2	Portugal		France	8–7	Italy		—
2001 Details	Maspalomas, Spain		Portugal	4–3	Spain		Italy	5–4	Germany		Bruschini	Madjer	Roberto Valeiro
2002 Details	Barcelona, Spain		Portugal	2–1	Spain		France	9–6	Italy		Amarelle	Madjer	Rollmann
2003 Details	Liège, Belgium		Portugal	6–3	France		Spain	6–3	Germany		Massimo Agostini	Hernani Madruga	Claude Barrabe
2004 Details	Lisbon, Portugal		Portugal	8–3	Spain		Italy	9–9 a.e.t. (4–3) pen.	France		Madjer	Madjer	João Carlos
2005 Details	Moscow, Russia		Switzerland	4–3	Russia		Portugal	5–4	Ukraine		Pasquale Carotenuto	Andrey Bukhlitskiy	Nico Jung
2006 Details	Naples, Italy		Portugal	9–8	France		Italy	6–4	Switzerland		Pasquale Carotenuto	Pasquale Carotenuto	Christophe Eggimann
2007 Details	Tarragona, Spain		Ukraine	3–0	France		Portugal	2–1	Switzerland		Dejan Stankovic	Jérémy Basquaise	Volodymyr Hladchenko
2008 Details	Baku, Azerbaijan		Spain	2–0	Switzerland		Azerbaijan	4–3	Norway		Dejan Stankovic	Nico	Roberto Valeiro
2009 Details	Rome, Italy		Spain	6–4	Switzerland		Portugal	7–5	Hungary		Madjer	Nico	Nico Jung
2010 Details	Rome, Italy		Russia	6–4	Portugal		Italy	5–4	Spain		Madjer	Ilya Leonov	Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2012 Details	Moscow, Russia		Russia	4–2	Portugal		Switzerland	5–4	Italy		Madjer Dejan Stankovic Giuseppe Soria	Alexey Makarov	Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2014 Details	Baku, Azerbaijan		Spain	8–6	Switzerland		Russia	7–4	Greece		Noel Ott	Juanma	Dávid Ficsór
2016 Details	Belgrade, Serbia		Portugal	6–3	Italy		Russia	8–0	Hungary		Gabriele Gori	Elinton Andrade	Elinton Andrade

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Appearances /15
Portugal	7 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016)	3 (1999, 2010, 2012)	3 (2005, 2007, 2009)	-	13
Spain	4 (1999, 2008, 2009, 2014)	4 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004)	1 (2003)	1 (2010)	15
Russia	2 (2010, 2012)	1 (2005)	2 (2014, 2016)	-	6
Switzerland	1 (2005)	3 (2008, 2009, 2014)	1 (2012)	2 (2006, 2007)	14
Ukraine	1 (2007)	-	-	1 (2005)	3
France	-	3 (2003, 2006, 2007)	2 (1999, 2002)	1 (2004)	12
Italy	-	1 (2016)	5 (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010)	3 (1999, 2002, 2012)	14
Azerbaijan	-	-	1 (2008)	-	2
Germany	-	-	-	3 (1998, 2001, 2003)	5
Hungary	-	-	-	2 (2009, 2016)	5
Greece	-	-	-	1 (2014)	5
Norway	-	-	-	1 (2008)	2

Appearances

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

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• 5th − Fifth place
• 6th − Sixth place
• 7th − Seventh place
• 8th − Eighth place
• QF – Quarterfinals or seventh/eighth place
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• • – Did not play
• •• – Qualified but withdrew
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    – Hosts

	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
Azerbaijan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	6th	•	2
Austria	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Belgium	•	•	•	•	5th	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
England	•	•	•	5th	•	5th	•	•	•	6th	•	•	•	•	•	3
France	R1	4th	QF	3rd	2nd	4th	QF	2nd	2nd	•	6th	QF	QF	•	•	13
Germany	4th	•	4th	6th	4th	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	•	2
Hungary	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	•	4th	QF	•	5th	4th	4
Ireland	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Italy	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	6th	3rd	6th	3rd	QF	5th	QF	3rd	4th	•	2nd	14
Netherlands	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	2
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5th	•	QF	6th	5th	•	•	4
Portugal	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	•	3rd	2nd	2nd	•	1st	13
Romania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	1
Russia	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	5th	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	6
Serbia ^1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	2
Spain	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	5th	6th	1st	1st	4th	6th	1st	7th	15
Switzerland	R1	•	QF	QF	QF	QF	1st	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	6th	14
Turkey	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Ukraine	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	5th	3

¹ Includes one appearance as Yugoslavia

See also

• Beach soccer