| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 17 |
| Venue(s) | (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Portugal (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Netherlands |
| Third place | Russia |
| Fourth place | Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Madjer (11 goals) |
| Best player | Madjer |
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The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal, deciding the competition winner.
There are 8 teams participating in each event that will face each other in a knock-out system. The three best placed teams out of each stage and the best fourth, join host and defending champion Portugal in the Superfinal that will be played in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal from August 22–24. The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal).
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Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 1 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy June 20–22
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 2 Tignes, France July 4–6
Euro Beach Soccer League – Superfinal Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal August 22–24
The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António(Portugal).
June 20 – Matches
15:15 Switzerland 11 x 2 Austria
16:30 Spain 9 x 2 Greece
17:45 Poland (4)5 x 5(3) Czech Republic
19:00 Italy 8 x 2 Andorra
June 21 – Matches
15:15 Greece 8 x 3 Austria
16:30 Czech Republic 5 x 4 Andorra
17:45 Spain 2 x 4 Switzerland
19:00 Poland 3 x 7 Italy
June 22 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:15 Austria 4 x 3 Andorra
3rd – 6th place: 15:30 Czech Republic 4 x 1 Spain
3rd – 6th place: 16:45 Greece 2 x 5 Poland
Final: 18:00 Switzerland (2)5 x 5(1) Italy
1. Switzerland*
2. Italy*
3. Poland*
4. Czech Republic*
5. Greece
6. Spain
7. Austria
8. Andorra
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
Best player: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy)
Best goalkeeper: Nico Jung ( Switzerland)
Top scorer: Stankovic ( Switzerland) – 10 goals
July 4 – Matches
14:45 Norway 4 x 3 Estonia
16:00 Turkey 7 x 3 England
17:15 Russia 10 x 0 Netherlands
18:30 France 12 x 4 Hungary
July 5 – Matches
14:45 Netherlands 5 x 3 Estonia
16:00 England 1 x 3 Hungary
17:15 Turkey 4 x 7 France
18:30 Norway 0 x 5 Russia
July 6 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:45 Estonia 3 x 2 England
3rd – 6th place: 16:00 Netherlands 5 x 3 Turkey
3rd – 6th place: 17:15 Hungary 3 x 2 Norway
Final: 18:30 Russia 8 x 3 France
1. Russia*
2. France*
3. Netherlands*
4. Hungary
5. Norway
6. Turkey
7. Estonia
8. England
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
Best player: Stéphane François ( France)
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy ( Russia)
Top goal scorer: Egor Shaykov ( Russia) – 7 goals
FIFA Fair play award: Adil ( Turkey)
EBSL Superfinal – Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal (GMT)
| August 22 – Matches | |||
| Russia | 7 x 3 | Poland | |
| Switzerland | (3)2 x 2(4) | Netherlands | |
| Italy | 3 x 2 | France | |
| Portugal | 5 x 2 | Czech Republic | |
| August 23 – Matches | |||
| Switzerland | 5 x 2 | Poland | |
| Czech Republic | 6 x 4 | France | |
| Netherlands | 3 x 1 | Russia | |
| Portugal | 12 x 4 | Italy | |
| August 24 – Matches | |||
| 7th & 8th place: | |||
| France | 7 x 5 | Poland | |
| 5th & 6th place: | |||
| Czech Republic | 5 x 7 | Switzerland | |
| 3rd & 4th place: | |||
| Italy | 1 x 6 | Russia | |
| Final: | |||
| Portugal | 5 x 1 | Netherlands |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | Russia | 7 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Poland | 3 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||
| A1 | Russia | 1 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Switzerland | (3)2 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Netherlands | (4)2 | |||||||||||
| SF2 | Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||
| SF1 | Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||
| C1 | France | 2 | |||||||||||
| D2 | Italy | 3 | |||||||||||
| D1 | Portugal | 12 | |||||||||||
| D2 | Italy | 4 | |||||||||||
| D1 | Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||
| C2 | Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3rd/4th Place match | |||
| Russia | 6 | ||
| Italy | 1 | ||
| 5th/6th Place match | |||
| Switzerland | 7 | ||
| Czech Republic | 5 | ||
| 7th/8th Place match | |||
| France | 7 | ||
| Poland | 5 | ||
| Rank | Team |
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| 1 | Portugal (EBSL Champion) |
| 2 | Netherlands (EBSL runner-up) |
| 3 | Russia |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Switzerland |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Poland |
| 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League Winners |
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Portugal Second (3rd overall) title |
| Best Player | ||
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| Madjer | ||
| Top Goal Scorer | ||
| Madjer | ||
| 11 goals | ||
| Best Goalkeeper | ||
| Ran Reijer |
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