2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eighth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2006, in Naples, Italy. Portugal won the championship for the sixth time, retaining their title after failing to win in 2005, with reigning world champions France finishing second. Italy beat 2005 champions Switzerland in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 26–28 May 2006 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 109 (9.08 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]
Matches
Main tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||
| 27 May 2006 | ||||||||||
 Hungary | 2 | |||||||||
| France (pen.) | 5 | |||||||||
| 26 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| Italy | 8 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2006 | ||||||||||
 Austria | 1 | |||||||||
| France | 8 | |||||||||
| 26 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
| 27 May 2006 | ||||||||||
 Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| Portugal (pen.) | 6 | |||||||||
| 26 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2006 | ||||||||||
 Spain | 4 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 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 | Hungary |
5 | ||||||
| QF2 | Austria |
3 | ||||||
| Hungary |
2 | |||||||
| Spain |
4 | |||||||
| QF3 | Germany |
1 | ||||||
| QF4 | Spain |
6 | Seventh place play off | |||||
| Austria |
5 | |||||||
| Germany |
3 | |||||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
| 2 | France |
| 3 | Italy |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Germany |