2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the seventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in December 2005, in Moscow, Russia. Switzerland won the championship for the first time, with hosts Russia finishing second. Portugal beat Ukraine in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively. This was the first time since the tournament's establishment that Portugal had failed to reach the final and the first time Spain had finished outside the top four.

2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates2 December - 4 December 2005
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored101 (8.42 per match)
2004
2006

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]

Participating nations

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Matches

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Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 December 2005
 
 
  Portugal (a.e.t.)4
 
3 December 2005
 
  Spain3
 
  Portugal3
 
2 December 2005
 
  Russia5
 
  Russia2
 
4 December 2005
 
  Belgium1
 
  Russia3
 
2 December 2005
 
   Switzerland4
 
   Switzerland6
 
3 December 2005
 
  France4
 
   Switzerland (pen.)4
 
2 December 2005
 
  Ukraine4 Third place
 
  Ukraine6
 
4 December 2005
 
  Italy4
 
  Portugal5
 
 
  Ukraine4
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

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The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.

Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place playoff
      
QF1   Spain 8
QF2   Belgium 3
  Spain 5
  Italy 4
QF3   France 5
QF4   Italy 7 Seventh place playoff
  France 4
  Belgium 3

Winners

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 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 
  
Switzerland
First title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1    Switzerland
2   Russia
3   Portugal
4   Ukraine
5   Spain
6   Italy
7   France
8   Belgium

References

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