2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2002, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Portugal won the championship, claiming their second successive title and third overall, with hosts Spain finishing second. France beat Italy in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 15 February - 17 February 2002 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  France |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 138 (11.5 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 | ||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
| 16 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| 17 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Switzerland | 5 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| 16 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 England | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 8 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||
| 17 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Republic of Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
| France | 9 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
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 | Germany |
9 | ||||||
| QF2 | Switzerland |
6 | ||||||
| England |
5 | |||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||
| QF3 | England |
11 | ||||||
| QF4 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | Seventh place play off | |||||
| Switzerland |
10 | |||||||
| Republic of Ireland |
6 | |||||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
| 2 | Spain |
| 3 | France |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 8 | Republic of Ireland |