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) Switzerland Dejan Stankovic
(8 goals)
Best player Portugal Madjer

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.

Stage 1 Moscow, Russia – May 28–30[1]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3300208+129
 Italy 31111817+15
 Romania 31021823−53
 Poland 30031422−80
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Israel 2200158+76
 Germany 21011011−13
 Greece 20021016−60
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 32101810+88
 Poland 31111013−35
 Portugal 3102131303
 France 3003914−50
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Hungary 2110137+65
 England 210156−13
 Belarus 2002611−50
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 33001711+69
 Portugal 32011913+66
 Italy 31021215−33
 France 3003918−90
clinched Superfinal Berth

Standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Azerbaijan 2200128+46
 Czech Republic 21019903
 Netherlands 2002812−40
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 32011714+36
 Russia 32012111+106
 Romania 31021222−103
 Spain 30121619−32
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 65014119+2215
  Switzerland 65013425+915
 Spain 62223429+510
 Portugal 63033226+69
 Italy 62133032−28
 Romania 62043045−156
 Poland 61142435−115
 France 60061832−140
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.

Division A (Superfinal)

Group A standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 2200103+76
 Russia 21018803
 Romania 2002512−70
clinched Superfinal Group

Group B standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Italy 22001411+36
  Switzerland 21011211+13
 Spain 2002812−40
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 2200176+116
 Hungary 2101710−33
 England 2002715−80
clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 211087+15
 Israel 210164+23
 Azerbaijan 200258−30
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

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