2010 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2010 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the twelfth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2010 beach soccer season, held in June 2010, in Rome, Italy, for the second year in a row. Russia won the championship for the first time, with six time champions Portugal finishing second. Italy beat last year's champions Spain in the third place playoff, ending their run of two consecutive titles, to finish third and fourth respectively.

2010 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates4 June - 6 June 2010
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Italy
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored126 (10.5 per match)
2009
2012

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
 
          
 
4 June 2010
 
 
  Italy8
 
5 June 2010
 
  Hungary3
 
  Italy7
 
4 June 2010
 
  Portugal10
 
  Portugal2
 
6 June 2010
 
   Switzerland1
 
  Portugal4
 
4 June 2010
 
  Russia6
 
  Russia8
 
5 June 2010
 
  France2
 
  Russia7
 
4 June 2010
 
  Spain5 Third place
 
  Spain8
 
6 June 2010
 
  Poland3
 
  Italy5
 
 
  Spain4
 

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   Hungary 1
QF2    Switzerland 7
   Switzerland 6
  Poland 5
QF3   France 5
QF4   Poland 7 Seventh place playoff
  France 7
  Hungary 5

Winners

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 2010 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 
 
Russia
First title

Final standings

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

References

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