2010 Euro Beach Soccer League

2010 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Teams 19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (4th title)
Runners-up  Italy
Third place  Russia
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 53
Goals scored 506 (9.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dejan Stankovic
(8 goals)
Best player Madjer
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The 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was 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 were seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage that faced each other in a round-robin system, with the exception of Stage 4. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Portugal played in the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal) from August 26–29. The individual Stage winners in Division B plus the worst team in Division A played in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A.[5]

Contents

Stage 1 Moscow, Russia – May 28–30[1]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 20 8 +12 9
 Italy 3 1 1 1 18 17 +1 5
 Romania 3 1 0 2 18 23 −5 3
 Poland 3 0 0 3 14 22 −8 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 0 15 8 +7 6
 Germany 2 1 0 1 10 11 −1 3
 Greece 2 0 0 2 10 16 −6 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results

28 May 2010
14:00
 Greece  5 – 9  Israel
28 May 2010
15:15
 Italy  7 – 6 (a.e.t.)  Poland
28 May 2010
16:30
 Romania  3 – 9  Russia
29 May 2010
14:15
 Germany  3 – 6  Israel
29 May 2010
15:30
 Italy  8 – 7  Romania
29 May 2010
16:45
 Russia  7 – 2  Poland
30 May 2010
14:00
 Greece  5 – 7  Germany
30 May 2010
15:15
 Poland  6 – 8  Romania
30 May 2010
16:30
 Russia  4 – 3  Italy

Individual awards

MVP: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy)
Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy) & Saganowsky ( Poland) — 8 goals
FAIR PLAY award: ( Russia)
Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy ( Russia)

Stage 2 Marseille, France – June 25–27[2]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 18 10 +8 8
 Poland 3 1 1 1 10 13 −3 5
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 3
 France 3 0 0 3 9 14 −5 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Hungary 2 1 1 0 13 7 +6 5
 England 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 3
 Belarus 2 0 0 2 6 11 −5 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results

25 June 2010
16:30
 Belarus  5 – 8 (a.e.t.)  Hungary
25 June 2010
17:45
 Portugal  3 – 6  Spain
25 June 2010
19:00
 Poland  3 – 2  France
26 June 2010
16:30
 Hungary  5 – 2  England
26 June 2010
17:45
 Portugal  4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(0 – 1 p.)		  Poland
26 June 2010
19:00
 France  4 – 5 (a.e.t.)  Spain
27 June 2010
16:30
 Belarus  1 – 3  England
27 June 2010
17:45
 Spain  7 – 3  Poland
27 June 2010
19:00
 France  3 – 6  Portugal

Stage 3 Lignano, Italy – July 2–4[3]

Participating nations

Standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 17 11 +6 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 19 13 +6 6
 Italy 3 1 0 2 12 15 −3 3
 France 3 0 0 3 9 18 −9 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 12 8 +4 6
 Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 9 9 0 3
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 8 12 −4 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results

2 July 2010
15:30
 Azerbaijan  5 – 4  Czech Republic
2 July 2010
16:45
 Switzerland  5 – 1  France
2 July 2010
18:00
 Italy  2 – 6  Portugal
3 July 2010
15:00
 Netherlands  4 – 5  Czech Republic
3 July 2010
16:15
 Portugal  8 – 5  France
3 July 2010
17:30
 Italy  5 – 6  Switzerland
4 July 2010
15:00
 Azerbaijan  7 – 4  Netherlands
4 July 2010
16:15
 Portugal  5 – 6  Switzerland
4 July 2010
17:30
 France  3 – 5  Italy

Individual awards

MVP: Pasquale Carotenuto ( Italy)
Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic ( Switzerland) — 7 goals
FAIR PLAY award: Michele Leghissa ( Italy)
Best goalkeeper: Paulo Graça ( Portugal)

Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July 22–25

Participating nations

Standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 17 14 +3 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 21 11 +10 6
 Romania 3 1 0 2 12 22 −10 3
 Spain 3 0 1 2 16 19 −3 2
clinched previous Superfinal Berth clinched Superfinal Berth

Schedule & results

22 July 2010
17:00
 Russia  4 – 6  Switzerland
23 July 2010
17:00
 Russia  11 – 1  Romania
23 July 2010
18:15
 Spain  6 – 6 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p.)		  Switzerland
24 July 2010
17:45
 Switzerland  5 – 4  Romania
24 July 2010
19:00
 Russia  6 – 4  Spain
25 July 2010
17:45
 Spain  6 – 7  Romania

Division B

The games were played on 16 and 17 July 2010 at Bibione, Italy. Turkey won and qualified for the Promotional Final.

16 July 2010
 Turkey  7 – 4  Norway
17 July 2010
 Norway  5 – 4  Turkey

Cumulative standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 6 5 0 1 41 19 +22 15
 Switzerland 6 5 0 1 34 25 +9 15
 Spain 6 2 2 2 34 29 +5 10
 Portugal 6 3 0 3 32 26 +6 9
 Italy 6 2 1 3 30 32 −2 8
 Romania 6 2 0 4 30 45 −15 6
 Poland 6 1 1 4 24 35 −11 5
 France 6 0 0 6 18 32 −14 0
clinched Superfinal Berth clinched Promotional Final Berth EBSL Superfinal host team

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final - Lisbon, Portugal – August 26–29[4]

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal are determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the title while the teams from Division B will compete for a spot in next year's Division A round.

2010 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions
DIVISION A
(Superfinal)		 DIVISION B
(Promotional Final)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B
 Russia  Switzerland  France  Israel
 Portugal  Spain  Hungary  Azerbaijan
 Romania  Italy  England*  Turkey

England will replace the Czech Republic due to several 'impediments' that caused them to withdraw.[6]

Division A (Superfinal)

Group A standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 2 2 0 0 10 3 +7 6
 Russia 2 1 0 1 8 8 0 3
 Romania 2 0 0 2 5 12 −7 0
clinched Superfinal Group

Group B standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Italy 2 2 0 0 14 11 +3 6
 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 12 11 +1 3
 Spain 2 0 0 2 8 12 −4 0
clinched Superfinal Group

Schedule & results

Round-robin

26 August 2010
15:45
 Russia  6 – 4  Romania
26 August 2010
17:15
 Switzerland  6 – 8  Italy
27 August 2010
15:45
 Spain  5 – 6  Italy
27 August 2010
17:15
 Portugal  6 – 1  Romania
28 August 2010
15:45
 Switzerland  6 – 3  Spain
28 August 2010
17:00
 Russia  2 – 4  Portugal

Fifth-place match

29 August 2010
11:30
 Romania  1 – 7  Spain

Third-place match

29 August 2010
15:45
 Russia  7 – 3  Switzerland

Championship Final match

29 August 2010
17:00
 Portugal  3 – 2  Italy

Final Division A standing

Rank Team
1  Portugal (Fourth EBSL Championship)
2  Italy
3  Russia
4  Switzerland
5  Spain
6  Romania

Division B (promotional final)

Group A standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 2 2 0 0 17 6 +11 6
 Hungary 2 1 0 1 7 10 −3 3
 England 2 0 0 2 7 15 −8 0
clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 2 1 1 0 8 7 +1 5
 Israel 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
 Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 5 8 −3 0
clinched Promotional Final Group

Schedule & results

Round-robin

26 August 2010
13:15
 Israel  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p.)		  Turkey
26 August 2010
14:30
 France  10 – 4  England
27 August 2010
13:15
 Azerbaijan  4 – 5  Turkey
27 August 2010
14:30
 Hungary  5 – 3  England
28 August 2010
13:15
 Israel  3 – 1  Azerbaijan
28 August 2010
14:30
 France  7 – 2  Hungary

Fifth-place match

29 August 2010
10:00
 England  2 – 4  Azerbaijan

Third-place match

29 August 2010
14:30
 Hungary  4 – 8  Israel

Promotional final match

29 August 2010
13:00
 France  3 – 4  Turkey

Final Division B standing

Rank Team
1  Turkey (promoted to EBSL Division A next year)
2  France (relegated from EBSL Division A)
3  Israel
4  Hungary
5  Azerbaijan
6  England

See also

International beach soccer
Asia
Africa
North America
Central America
and Caribbean
South America
Oceania
Europe

References

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