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.
Organising body | BSWW |
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Founded | 1998 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Region | Europe (UEFA) |
Number of teams | 8 |
Last champions | Portugal (7th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Portugal (7 titles) |
History
editHistorically, 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
editResults
editSuccessful national teams
editTeam | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total Top four (from 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) | 10 |
Russia | 2 (2010, 2012) | 1 (2005) | 2 (2014, 2016) | - | 5 |
Switzerland | 1 (2005) | 3 (2008, 2009, 2014) | 1 (2012) | 2 (2006, 2007) | 7 |
Ukraine | 1 (2007) | - | - | 1 (2005) | 2 |
France | - | 3 (2003, 2006, 2007) | 2 (1999, 2002) | 1 (2004) | 6 |
Italy | - | 1 (2016) | 5 (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010) | 3 (1999, 2002, 2012) | 9 |
Azerbaijan | - | - | 1 (2008) | - | 1 |
Germany | - | - | - | 3 (1998, 2001, 2003) | 3 |
Hungary | - | - | - | 2 (2009, 2016) | 2 |
Greece | - | - | - | 1 (2014) | 1 |
Norway | - | - | - | 1 (2008) | 1 |
Overall standings
editAs 2016
Pos | Team | Part | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portugal | 13 | 42 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 237 | 146 | +91 | 100 |
2 | Spain | 15 | 44 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 243 | 160 | +83 | 85 |
3 | Switzerland | 14 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 203 | 198 | +5 | 56 |
4 | Italy | 14 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 217 | 210 | +7 | 48 |
5 | France | 12 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 181 | 197 | -16 | 48 |
6 | Russia | 6 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 42 |
7 | Ukraine | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 18 |
8 | Poland | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 57 | -16 | 16 |
9 | Hungary | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 76 | -28 | 13 |
10 | England | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 12 |
11 | Germany | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 66 | 92 | -26 | 10 |
12 | Belgium | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 9 |
13 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 6 |
14 | Norway | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 6 |
15 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 |
16 | Austria | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 47 | -24 | 3 |
17 | Greece | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 2 |
18 | Romania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 0 |
19 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 0 |
20 | Ireland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 0 |
21 | Serbia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 0 |
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
editThese 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
- – 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 | |
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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 | • | • | 12 |
Germany | 4th | • | 4th | 6th | 4th | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 2 |
Hungary | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | 4th | QF | • | 5th | 4th | 5 |
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
Women's tournaments
editResults
editYear | Location | Final | Third place play-off | Awards | |||||||||
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Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Top Scorer | Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | |||||
2016 Details |
Cascais, Portugal | Spain |
2–1 | Switzerland |
Portugal |
6–6 a.e.t. 2–0 pens. |
England |
Molly Clark | Andrea Mirón | Suzanne Stutz | |||
2017 Details |
Nazaré, Portugal | England |
4–3 | Switzerland |
Netherlands |
1–0 | Czechia |
Gemma Hillier | Grytsje Van den Berg | Lucy Quinn | |||
2018 Details |
Nazaré, Portugal | Russia |
2–0 | Spain |
Switzerland |
6–3 | England |
Anastasia Gorshkova | Marina Fedorova | Maria Jose Pons | |||
2019 Details |
Nazaré, Portugal | Russia |
3–2 | Spain |
Switzerland |
6–5 a.e.t. | England |
5 players | Marina Fedorova | Viktoriia Silina | |||
2020 | Nazaré, Portugal[1] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
Successful national teams
editTeam | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total top four (from 4) |
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Russia | 2 (2018, 2019) | - | - | - | 2 |
Spain | 1 (2016) | 2 (2018, 2019) | - | - | 3 |
England | 1 (2017) | - | - | 3 (2016, 2018, 2019) | 4 |
Switzerland | - | 2 (2016, 2017) | 2 (2018, 2019) | - | 4 |
Portugal | - | - | 1 (2016) | - | 1 |
Netherlands | - | - | 1 (2017) | - | 1 |
Czech Republic | - | - | - | 1 (2017) | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Nazaré to host the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal and Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2020. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 August 2020.
External links
edit- http://theroonba.com/beach98.htm Archived 2020-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.beachsoccer.com/