Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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.

History

Historically, 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

Results

Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off				Awards
			Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Top Scorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper
1998 Details	Template:Flagicon Siracusa, Italy		Template:Beachsoccer-big	3–2	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	11–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Alan	Template:Beachsoccericon Alan	Template:Beachsoccericon Thomas Gruetter
1999 Details	Template:Flagicon Alicante, Spain		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–2	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	8–7	Template:Beachsoccer-big		—
2001 Details	Template:Flagicon Maspalomas, Spain		Template:Beachsoccer-big	4–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	5–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Marco Bruschini	Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon Roberto Valeiro
2002 Details	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain		Template:Beachsoccer-big	2–1	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	9–6	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Ramiro Amarelle	Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon Jürgen Rollmann
2003 Details	Template:Flagicon Liège, Belgium		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Massimo Agostini	Template:Beachsoccericon Hernâni	Template:Beachsoccericon Claude Barrabe
2004 Details	Template:Flagicon Lisbon, Portugal		Template:Beachsoccer-big	8–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	9–9 a.e.t. (4–3) pen.	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon João Carlos
2005 Details	Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia		Template:Beachsoccer-big	4–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	5–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Pasquale Carotenuto	Template:Beachsoccericon Andrey Bukhlitskiy	Template:Beachsoccericon Nico Jung
2006 Details	Template:Flagicon Naples, Italy		Template:Beachsoccer-big	9–8	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Pasquale Carotenuto	Template:Beachsoccericon Pasquale Carotenuto	Template:Beachsoccericon Christophe Eggimann
2007 Details	Template:Flagicon Tarragona, Spain		Template:Beachsoccer-big	3–0	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	2–1	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Dejan Stankovic	Template:Beachsoccericon Jérémy Basquaise	Template:Beachsoccericon Volodymyr Hladchenko
2008 Details	Template:Flagicon Baku, Azerbaijan		Template:Beachsoccer-big	2–0	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	4–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Dejan Stankovic	Template:Beachsoccericon Nico	Template:Beachsoccericon Roberto Valeiro
2009 Details	Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	7–5	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon Nico	Template:Beachsoccericon Nico Jung
2010 Details	Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	5–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer	Template:Beachsoccericon Ilya Leonov	Template:Beachsoccericon Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2012 Details	Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia		Template:Beachsoccer-big	4–2	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	5–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Madjer Template:Beachsoccericon Dejan Stankovic Template:Beachsoccericon Giuseppe Soria	Template:Beachsoccericon Aleksey Makarov	Template:Beachsoccericon Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2014 Details	Template:Flagicon Baku, Azerbaijan		Template:Beachsoccer-big	8–6	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	7–4	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Noel Ott	Template:Beachsoccericon Juanma	Template:Beachsoccericon Dávid Ficsór
2016 Details	Template:Flagicon Belgrade, Serbia		Template:Beachsoccer-big	6–3	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccer-big	8–0	Template:Beachsoccer-big		Template:Beachsoccericon Gabriele Gori	Template:Beachsoccericon Elinton Andrade	Template:Beachsoccericon Elinton Andrade

Successful national teams

Team	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

As 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

These are the nations who have appeared in the Euro Beach Soccer Cup since 1998.

Legend

• Template:Bg – Champions
• Template:Bg – Runners-up
• Template:Bg – Third place
• Template:Bg – 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 Template:Flagicon (7)	1999 Template:Flagicon (4)	2001 Template:Flagicon (8)	2002 Template:Flagicon (8)	2003 Template:Flagicon (8)	2004 Template:Flagicon (8)	2005 Template:Flagicon (8)	2006 Template:Flagicon (8)	2007 Template:Flagicon (8)	2008 Template:Flagicon (6)	2009 Template:Flagicon (8)	2010 Template:Flagicon (8)	2012 Template:Flagicon (8)	2014 Template:Flagicon (6)	2016 Template:Flagicon (8)	Total Appearances
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

Results

Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off				Awards
			Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Top Scorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper
2016 Details	Template:Flagicon Cascais, Portugal		Template:Bsw-big	2–1	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bsw-big	6–6 a.e.t. 2–0 pens.	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bswicon Molly Clark	Template:Bswicon Andrea Mirón	Template:Bswicon Suzanne Stutz
2017 Details	Template:Flagicon Nazaré, Portugal		Template:Bsw-big	4–3	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bsw-big	1–0	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bswicon Gemma Hillier	Template:Bswicon Grytsje Van den Berg	Template:Bswicon Lucy Quinn
2018 Details	Template:Flagicon Nazaré, Portugal		Template:Bsw-big	2–0	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bsw-big	6–3	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bswicon Anastasia Gorshkova	Template:Bswicon Marina Fedorova	Template:Bswicon Maria Jose Pons
2019 Details	Template:Flagicon Nazaré, Portugal		Template:Bsw-big	3–2	Template:Bsw-big		Template:Bsw-big	6–5 a.e.t.	Template:Bsw-big		5 players	Template:Bswicon Marina Fedorova	Template:Bswicon Viktoriia Silina
2020	Template:Flagicon Nazaré, Portugal		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top four (from 4)
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	2 (2018, 2019)	-	-	-	2
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	1 (2016)	2 (2018, 2019)	-	-	3
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	1 (2017)	-	-	3 (2016, 2018, 2019)	4
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	-	2 (2016, 2017)	2 (2018, 2019)	-	4
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	-	-	1 (2016)	-	1
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	-	-	1 (2017)	-	1
Template:Beachsoccerwomen	-	-	-	1 (2017)	1

External links

• http://theroonba.com/beach98.htm Template:Webarchive
• http://www.beachsoccer.com/