1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the first Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in September 1998, in Siracusa, Italy. Portugal won the championship, with Spain finishing second. Hosts Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.

1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates1–6 September 1998
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored103 (9.36 per match)

Seven nations participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three and four, playing each other once in the groups. The second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.[1]

Participating nations

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3300248+169
 Germany 3102131303
 France 31021220-83
  Switzerland 31021221-83
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Germany 7 5  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 11 3 France
Siracusa, Italy



France 4 3 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 9 2  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 4 3 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Switzerland  6 5 France
Siracusa, Italy



Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 220084+46
 Italy 210197+23
 Yugoslavia 2002410-60
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Italy 3 4 Spain
Siracusa, Italy



Spain 4 1 Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy



Italy 6 3 Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy

Knockout stage

Third place play off

Italy 11 4 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Final

Portugal 2 2 (1-0 p) Spain
Siracusa, Italy

Winners

 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Portugal
2 Spain
3 Italy
4 Germany
5 France
6  Switzerland
7 Yugoslavia

References

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