2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the third Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2001, in Maspalomas, Spain. Portugal won the championship, with hosts Spain finishing second. Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively, replicating the result of the 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 2 February - 4 February 2001 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 127 (10.58 per match) |
Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place[1]
Participating nations
Matches
Main tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February 2001 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 February 2001 | ||||||||||
 France | 7 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 February 2001 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 6 | |||||||||
| Spain | 13 | |||||||||
| 4 February 2001 | ||||||||||
 Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 February 2001 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 February 2001 | ||||||||||
 Turkey | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 February 2001 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 8 | Third place | ||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | |||||||||
| 4 February 2001 | ||||||||||
 Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
Fifth to eighth place deciding matches
The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.
| Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth place play off | |||||||
| QF1 | France |
7 | ||||||
| QF2 | Netherlands |
6 | ||||||
| France |
7 | |||||||
| Switzerland |
4 | |||||||
| QF3 | Turkey |
2 | ||||||
| QF4 | Switzerland |
5 | Seventh place play off | |||||
| Turkey |
5 | |||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | |||||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
| 2 | Spain |
| 3 | Italy |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 7 | Turkey |
| 8 | Netherlands |