2011 Euro Beach Soccer League

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Teams 20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up   Switzerland
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played 54
Goals scored 412 (7.63 per match)

The 2011 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 seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.

Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2012 season.

Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29

Participating Nations

It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Spain 33001410+49
 Italy 32011610+66
  Switzerland 31021113−23
 Turkey 30031119−80
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Israel 2200115+66
 Ukraine 210157−23
 Norway 200259−40
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Bern (UTC+02:00).

27 May 2011
14:30
Israel  6 – 3  Norway
Norway (O.G.)  13'
T. Iloz  14',  20',  24'
A. Yatim  22',  35' 		Report T.-R. Sorensen  1',  13'
H. Salveson  19'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

27 May 2011
15:45
Spain  5 – 3  Italy
A. Aceitón  10'
C. Torres  14'
J. Lima  23'
Kuman  32'
Nico  33' 		Report S. Feudi  17'
D. Ramacciotti  18'
P. Palmacci  33'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

27 May 2011
17:00
Switzerland   6 – 4  Turkey
S. Spaccarotella  2',  36'
D. Stankovic  4'
M. Rodrigues  23'
S. Meier  24'
K. Jaeggy  29' 		Report Tamer Ay  4'
E. Eriten  14'
I. Kerem  21',  21'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

28 May 2011
14:30
Norway  2 – 3  Ukraine
T.-R. Sorensen  5'
H. Salveson  11' 		Report A. Yevdokymov  14',  26'
Y. Loskutov  29'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

28 May 2011
15:45
Italy  9 – 4  Turkey
M. Leghissa  7',  32'
S. Di Maio  13'
P. Palmacci  15'
S. Feudi  28'
D. Ramacciotti  30'
G. Soria  31',  36'
Y. Ergun (O.G.)  35' 		Report I. Kerem  6'
A. Muftuoglu  7'
E. Eriten  24',  29'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

28 May 2011
17:00
Switzerland   4 – 5  Spain
M. Rodrigues  11'
D. Stankovic  21',  22',  35' 		Report C. Torres  1'
P. Gomez  21'
N. Rodriguez  30',  31'
J. Lima  32'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

29 May 2011
14:30
Israel  5 – 2  Ukraine
A. Levi  2'
M. Amar  9'
A. Yatim  17',  35'
T. Iloz  33' 		Report Riabchuk  6'
O. Andrieiev  8'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

29 May 2011
15:45
Spain  4 – 3  Turkey
N. Rodriguez  10'
A. Aceitón  18'
J. Lima  18'
M. Beiro  21' 		Report A. Sezer  17',  32'
E. Eriten  22'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

29 May 2011
17:00
Italy  4 – 1   Switzerland
G. Soria  9',  34',  36'
M. Leghissa  9' 		Report A. Schirinzi  13'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

Individual Awards

MVP: Juanma Lima ( Spain)
Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria ( Italy) — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ( Italy)

Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10

Participating Nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3300188+109
 Portugal 32011513+26
 Romania 31021114−33
 Turkey 3003918−90
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Czech Republic 2200105+56
 Germany 210167−13
 Andorra 200248−40
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin (UTC+02:00).

8 July 2011
16:45
Russia  5 – 2  Romania
I. Leonov  9'
D. Shishin  15',  36'
E. Eremeev  24',  31' 		Report Maci  24',  26'

8 July 2011
18:00
Turkey  3 – 6  Portugal
Tamer Ay  13'
I. Kerem  17',  26' 		Report N. Belchior  4',  20',  20',  30'
M. Duarte  10'
R. Coimbra  28'

8 July 2011
19:30
Germany  4 – 1  Andorra
M. dos Santos  6',  30'
S. Ullrich  21'
T. Heger  26' 		Report S. Moreno  21'

9 July 2011
15:30
Czech Republic  4 – 3  Andorra
M. Lukič  14'
J. Kovařík  22'
T. Peteřik  24',  33' 		Report D. Codina  8'
J. Ayala  11'
E. Flinch  29'

9 July 2011
16:45
Portugal  5 – 4  Romania
N. Belchior  2',  13'
Madjer  30'
Durval  34'
B. Novo  35' 		Report A. Tănase  9'
Maci  20'
Boata  29'
L. Croituru  36'

9 July 2011
18:00
Russia  7 – 2  Turkey
A. Makarov  9',  35'
E. Eremeev  9'
E. Shaykov  14'
D. Shishin  16'
A. Paporotny  24'
I. Leonov  34' 		Report A. Sezer  24'
O. Zayim  36'

10 July 2011
16:30
Portugal  4 – 6  Russia
R. Coimbra  18',  22'
B. Novo  24'
Madjer  28' 		Report Y. Krashenninikov  11'
E. Eremeev  27'
D. Shishin  28',  30',  34',  36'

10 July 2011
17:45
Romania  5 – 4  Turkey
L. Croituru  13'
Boata  15'
Maci  16',  28'
I. Posteucă  27' 		Report A. Sezer  2'
Tamer Ay  13'
E. Eriten  19',  27'

10 July 2011
19:45
Germany  2 – 6  Czech Republic
D. Neumann  9'
S. Ullrich  18' 		Report M. Boček  7'
T. Peteřik  14'
J. Kovařík  17',  36'
J. Mižár  32'
M. Lukič  35'

Individual Awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin (Russia)
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin (Russia) — 7 goals
Best goalkeeper: Andrei Bukhlitskiy (Russia)

Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24

Participating Nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 33001810+89
 Romania 32011314−16
 Italy 310248−43
 Poland 30031013−30
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 211053+25
 Belarus 210172+53
 Azerbaijan 2002310−70
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Ravenna (UTC+02:00).

22 July 2011
15:30
France  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Belarus
D. Samoun  18' Report E. Haiduk  16'
  Penalties  
S. François 1 – 0 I. Miranovich
Marina di Ravenna

22 July 2011
16:45
Switzerland   9 – 4  Romania
S. Leu  5',  12',  36'
D. Stankovic  18',  27'
A. Schirinzi  19'
S. Meier  21'
S. Spaccarotella  32'
M. Rodrigues  33' 		Report M. Posteucă  13'
Maci  21',  34'
A. Tănase  23'
Marina di Ravenna

22 July 2011
18:00
Poland  1 – 2  Italy
M. Olejniczak  15' Report G. Soria  8'
P. Palmacci  36'
Marina di Ravenna

23 July 2011
15:30
Azerbaijan  1 – 6  Belarus
E. Huseynov  31' Report I. Bryshtsel  5',  29'
A. Bogaichuk  7'
E. Haiduk  25'
I. Miranovich  33'
V. Krupitsa  35'
Marina di Ravenna

23 July 2011
16:45
Switzerland   7 – 6  Poland
D. Stankovic  3',  9',  31'
S. Spaccarotella  12'
M. Jaeggy  30',  36'
M. Rodrigues  31' 		Report B. Saganowski  10',  12',  14',  21'
W. Ziober  17'
M. Widzicki  34'
Marina di Ravenna

23 July 2011
18:00
Italy  2 – 5  Romania
M. Leghissa  30'
S. Feudi  35' 		Report M. Posteucă  20'
Maci  23',  28'
I. Posteucă  29'
Luci  31'
Marina di Ravenna

24 July 2011
15:30
France  4 – 2  Azerbaijan
J. Basquaise  4'
J.-M. Edouard  18',  36'
J. Soares  23' 		Report Elvin Guliyev  16',  36'
Marina di Ravenna

24 July 2011
16:45
Romania  4 – 3  Poland
M. Posteucă  25',  30'
A. Tănase  29'
L. Croituru  36' 		Report B. Saganowski  7'
D. Golebiowski  11',  12'
Marina di Ravenna

24 July 2011
18:00
Italy  0 – 2   Switzerland
Report M. Rodrigues  22'
S. Leu  32'
Marina di Ravenna

Individual Awards

MVP: Maci (Romania)
Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski (Poland) and Dejan Stankovic (Switzerland) — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre (Italy)

Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31

Participating Nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 32011311+26
 Russia 3201189+96
 Poland 31021114−33
 Spain 3102816−83
clinched previous Superfinal Berth clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Netherlands 2200115+66
 Greece 210176+13
 England 2002512−70
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).[1]

29 July 2011
15:45
Poland  5 – 6  Portugal
B. Saganowski  12',  30'
W. Ziober  22'
M. Gorecki  24'
L. Stasiak  26' 		Report Madjer  2',  20'
N. Belchior  17',  25',  26'
Bruno  25'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

29 July 2011
17:00
Russia  9 – 3  Spain
Y. Krashenninikov  11'
D. Shishin  12',  23'
A. Shkarin  14',  26'
I. Leonov  20'
E. Eremeev  32',  36'
E. Shaykov  34' 		Report A. Aceitón  11'
J. Lopez  20'
Nico  26'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

29 July 2011
18:15
England  2 – 5  Greece
S. Black  27'
G. Funnell  28' 		Report T. Triantafillidis  6',  25'
P. Konstantinopoulos  25'
K. Kavalaris  33'
S. Komiotis  33'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

30 July 2011
15:45
Netherlands  4 – 2  Greece
A. Van Geldermalsen  5',  31'
L. Koswal  7'
P. Ax  14' 		Report K. Kavalaris  12'
J. Charalampidis  26'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

30 July 2011
17:00
Russia  6 – 1  Poland
E. Shaykov  3',  16' ,  33'
Y. Krashenninikov  5'
A. Shkarin  8'
D. Shishin  19' 		Report M. Gorecki  4'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

30 July 2011
18:15
Portugal  2 – 3  Spain
N. Belchior  7'
P. Graça  35' 		Report Nico  13'
J. Lima  14'
J. Lopez  31'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

31 July 2011
17:00
Netherlands  7 – 3  England
A. Van Geldermalsen  12'
P. Ax  22',  32'
L. Koswal  26'
P. Tosch  30'
A. Ajiach  32'
E. Van Rooijen  35' 		Report G. Funnell  1',  16'
M. Day  5'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

31 July 2011
18:15
Spain  2 – 5  Poland
R. Merida  22'
J. Lopez  27' 		Report B. Saganowski  11',  16',  19'
D. Golebiowski  29'
L. Stasiuk  33'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

31 July 2011
19:30
Portugal  5 – 3  Russia
Madjer  5'
N. Belchior  17',  29'
Lucio  20'
L. Vaz  24' 		Report E. Shaykov  8'
Y. Krashenninikov  15'
Shakmelyan  24'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

Individual Awards

MVP: Egor Shaykov (Russia)
Top Scorer: Nuno Belchior (Portugal) — 6 goals
Best goalkeeper: Xan (Spain)

Cumulative standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 65013617+1915
  Switzerland 64022923+612
 Portugal 64022824+412
 Spain 64022226−412
 Italy 63032018+29
 Romania 63032428−49
 Poland 61052127−63
 Turkey 60062037−170
clinched Superfinal Berth via Stage victory clinched Superfinal Berth clinched Promotional Final Berth EBSL Superfinal host team

Cumulative standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Netherlands 2200115+66
 Israel 2200115+66
 Czech Republic 2200105+56
 France 211053+25
 Belarus 210172+53
 Greece 210176+13
 Germany 210167−13
 Ukraine 210157−23
 Norway 200259−40
 England 2002512−70
 Andorra 200248−40
 Azerbaijan 2002310−70
clinched Promotional Final Berth via Stage victory clinched Promotional Final Berth

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions
DIVISION A
(Superfinal)		 DIVISION B
(Promotional Final)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B
 Russia   Switzerland  Turkey  Netherlands
 Spain  Portugal  Czech Republic  Israel
 Romania  Italy  Belarus  France

Division A (Superfinal)

Group A Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 2200123+96
 Romania 2101410−63
 Spain 200247−30
clinched Superfinal Group

Group B Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 2101119+23
 Portugal 210156−13
 Italy 201189−12
clinched Superfinal Group

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).[2]

Round-Robin

4 August 2011
13:30
Switzerland   6 – 7 (a.e.t.)  Italy
M. Jaeggy  8'
D. Stankovic  9'
S. Leu  11'
K. Jaeggy  11'
S. Spaccarotella  17'
S. Meier  29' 		Report S. Spada  3'
G. Soria  6',  30',  39'
P. Palmacci  10'
F. Corosiniti  22',  32'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

4 August 2011
17:15
Russia  8 – 1  Romania
I. Leonov  2'
A. Makarov  3'
E. Eremeev  9',  27'
D. Shishin  16',  34',  36'
A. Shkarin  27' 		Report M. Posteucă  27'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

5 August 2011
16:00
Portugal  3 – 1  Italy
Madjer  1'
N. Belchior  4',  27' 		Report M. Leghissa  29'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

5 August 2011
17:15
Russia  4 – 2  Spain
D. Shishin  6',  36'
J. Lima (O.G.)  13'
A. Makarov  18' 		Report J. Lopez  12',  35'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

6 August 2011
16:00
Switzerland   5 – 2  Portugal
D. Stankovic  6'
M. Rodrigues  7'
S. Leu  14',  30',  35' 		Report Madjer  3'
Alan  21'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

6 August 2011
17:15
Spain  2 – 3  Romania
J. Lopez  10'
J. Lima  16' 		Report Maci  2'
I. Posteucă  20'
J. Lima (O.G.)  34'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Fifth-place Match

7 August 2011
12:00
Spain  0 – 5  Italy
Report G. Soria  1',  12',  36'
S. Del Mestre  11'
D. Ramaciotti  29'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Third-place Match

7 August 2011
16:00
Romania  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
R. Cărăuleanu  5'
L. Croituru  35'
I. Posteucă  39' 		Report N. Belchior  16'
J. Santos  33'
Madjer  38'
  Penalties  
M. Posteucă
Maci
I. Posteucă
Boata
L. Croituru
A. Tănase
Luci
R. Cărăuleanu
I. Gândac 		6 – 7 Alan
N. Belchior
Madjer
B. Torres
Marinho
J. Santos
Lucio
R. Coimbra
P. Graça
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Championship Final Match

7 August 2011
17:15
Russia  6 – 4   Switzerland
A. Makarov  13'
I. Leonov  14'
A. Shkarin  16'
Y. Krasheninnikov  19'
D. Shishin  33',  35' 		Report P. Borer  6'
D. Stankovic  8',  12',  13'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Final Division A Standing

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

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group A Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 2200153+126
 Belarus 210175+23
 Czech Republic 2002418−140
clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 220085+36
 Israel 21018803
 Netherlands 2002912−30
clinched Promotional Final Group

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).[3]

Round-Robin

4 August 2011
14:45
Turkey  3 – 1  Belarus
B. Terzioglu  22'
Tamer Ay  25',  35' 		Report I. Miranovich  24'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

4 August 2011
16:00
Netherlands  4 – 5  France
P. Ax  5',  21'
W. Van Der Gaauw  21'
L. Koswal  22' 		Report S. François  7',  9'
J. Basquaise  22'
J. Soares  28'
D. Samoun  32'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

5 August 2011
13:30
Israel  1 – 3  France
K. Badash  11' Report J. Basquaise  2',  32'
D. Samoun  33'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

5 August 2011
14:45
Czech Republic  2 – 6  Belarus
M. Chalupa  1'
L. Karda  11' 		Report A. Bogaichuk  2',  6'
R. Ilyin  14'
V. Bokach  16',  35'
I. Bryshtsel  16'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

6 August 2011
13:30
Netherlands  5 – 7  Israel
L. Koswal  2'
P. Ax  4',  7',  25'
D. Summerville  34' 		Report A. Nakache  9'
T. Iloz  15',  21'
K. Badash  16'
A. Levi  24'
A. Yatim  27',  36'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

6 August 2011
14:45
Turkey  12 – 2  Czech Republic
Tamer Ay  4',  4',  14',  31'
I. Kerem  7'
A. Muftuoglu  10'
B. Terzioglu  11',  23',  33'
E. Eriten  16',  35'
A. Seyit  25' 		Report L. Karda  21'
T. Robb  30'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Fifth-place Match

7 August 2011
10:30
Czech Republic  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
T. Peteřik  11',  16',  32' Report P. Ax  7',  18'
A. Van Geldermalsen  32'
  Penalties  
M. Chalupa 1 – 0 P. Ax
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Third-place Match

7 August 2011
13:30
Belarus  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Israel
I. Bryshtsel  36' Report A. Yatim  9'
  Penalties  
V. Bokach
I. Miranovich 		1 – 2 A. Yatim
T. Iloz
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Promotional Final Match

7 August 2011
14:45
Turkey  3 – 6  France
I. Kerem  4'
B. Terzioglu  20'
Tamer Ay  27' 		Report D. Samoun  6',  20',  25',  35'
M. Pagis  28'
F. Mendy  33'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Final Division B Standing

Rank Team
1  France (promoted to 2012 EBSL Division A)
2  Turkey (relegated to Division B)
3  Israel
4  Belarus
5  Czech Republic
6  Netherlands

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://tv.eurosport.com/beachsoccer/euro-beach-soccer-league_sto2859475/tvproduct.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.rfs.ru/node/127758
  3. ↑ http://www.rfs.ru/node/127758

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