2010 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal, deciding the competition winner.

2010 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Russia
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played53
Goals scored506 (9.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dejan Stankovic
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Madjer

There were seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage that faced each other in a round-robin system, with the exception of Stage 4. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Portugal played in the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal) from August 26–29. The individual Stage winners in Division B plus the worst team in Division A played in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A.

Teams
2010 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions
DIVISION A DIVISION B
 France  Romania  Azerbaijan  Germany  Netherlands
 Italy  Russia  Belarus  Greece  Norway
 Poland  Spain  Czech Republic  Hungary  Turkey
 Portugal   Switzerland  England  Israel

Stage 1 Moscow, Russia – May 28–30

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Participating nations

Final standings Division A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3300208+129
 Italy 31111817+15
 Romania 31021823−53
 Poland 30031422−80
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Israel 2200158+76
 Germany 21011011−13
 Greece 20021016−60
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results
Greece 5 – 9 Israel
Italy 7 – 6 (a.e.t.) Poland
Romania 3 – 9 Russia
Germany 3 – 6 Israel
Italy 8 – 7 Romania
Russia 7 – 2 Poland
Greece 5 – 7 Germany
Poland 6 – 8 Romania
Russia 4 – 3 Italy

Individual awards

MVP: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy)
Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy) & Saganowsky ( Poland) — 8 goals
FAIR PLAY award: ( Russia)
Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy ( Russia)

Stage 2 Marseille, France – June 25–27

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Participating nations

Final standings Division A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Spain 32101810+88
 Poland 31111013−35
 Portugal 3102131303
 France 3003914−50
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Hungary 2110137+65
 England 210156−13
 Belarus 2002611−50
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results
Belarus 5 – 8 (a.e.t.) Hungary
Portugal 3 – 6 Spain
Poland 3 – 2 France
Hungary 5 – 2 England
Portugal 4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(0 – 1 p.)		 Poland
France 4 – 5 (a.e.t.) Spain
Belarus 1 – 3 England
Spain 7 – 3 Poland
France 3 – 6 Portugal

Stage 3 Lignano, Italy – July 2–4

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Participating nations

Standings Division A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 33001711+69
 Portugal 32011913+66
 Italy 31021215−33
 France 3003918−90
clinched Superfinal Berth

Standings Division B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Azerbaijan 2200128+46
 Czech Republic 21019903
 Netherlands 2002812−40
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule & results
Azerbaijan 5 – 4 Czech Republic
Switzerland  5 – 1 France
Italy 2 – 6 Portugal
Netherlands 4 – 5 Czech Republic
Portugal 8 – 5 France
Italy 5 – 6  Switzerland
Azerbaijan 7 – 4 Netherlands
Portugal 5 – 6  Switzerland
France 3 – 5 Italy

Individual awards

MVP: Pasquale Carotenuto ( Italy)
Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (  Switzerland) — 7 goals
FAIR PLAY award: Michele Leghissa ( Italy)
Best goalkeeper: Paulo Graça ( Portugal)

Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July 22–25

Participating nations

Standings Division A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 32011714+36
 Russia 32012111+106
 Romania 31021222−103
 Spain 30121619−32
clinched previous Superfinal Berth clinched Superfinal Berth

Schedule & results
Russia 4 – 6  Switzerland
Russia 11 – 1 Romania
Spain 6 – 6 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p.)		  Switzerland
Switzerland  5 – 4 Romania
Russia 6 – 4 Spain
Spain 6 – 7 Romania

Division B (Bibione, Italy) – 16–17 July
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 2101119+23
 Norway 2101911–23
 Andorra Withdrew
clinched Promotional Final Berth

The games were played on 16 and 17 July 2010 in Bibione, Italy. Turkey won and qualified for the Promotional Final.

Andorra were originally supposed to compete in stage 4 as part of a regular three-team Division B event,[4] but withdrew. In order to ensure the remaining participants (Turkey and Norway) still played two matches as organised, despite Andorra's absence, BSWW simply changed the fixture schedule to have Turkey and Norway play each other twice.

Since both teams were competing in Bibione as part of the 2011 World Cup qualifiers, BSWW staged the games there rather than unnecessarily having the squads travel to the Hague (as was originally planned) merely a week later.

Turkey 7 – 4 Norway
Norway 5 – 4 Turkey

Cumulative standings
clinched Superfinal Berth clinched Promotional Final Berth

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final - Lisbon, Portugal – August 26–29

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Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal are determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the title while the teams from Division B will compete for a spot in next year's Division A round.

2010 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions
DIVISION A
(Superfinal)		 DIVISION B
(Promotional Final)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B
 Russia   Switzerland  France  Israel
 Portugal  Spain  Hungary  Azerbaijan
 Romania  Italy  England*  Turkey

England will replace the Czech Republic due to several 'impediments' that caused them to withdraw.

Group A standings
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 2200103+76
 Russia 21018803
 Romania 2002512−70
clinched Superfinal Group

Group B standings
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Italy 22001411+36
  Switzerland 21011211+13
 Spain 2002812−40
clinched Superfinal Group

Round-robin
Russia 6 – 4 Romania
Switzerland  6 – 8 Italy
Spain 5 – 6 Italy
Portugal 6 – 1 Romania
Switzerland  6 – 3 Spain
Russia 2 – 4 Portugal

Fifth-place match
Romania 1 – 7 Spain

Third-place match
Russia 7 – 3  Switzerland

Championship Final match
Portugal 3 – 2 Italy

Final Division A standing
Rank Team
1 Portugal (Fourth EBSL Championship)
2 Italy
3 Russia
4  Switzerland
5 Spain
6 Romania

Group A standings
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 2200176+116
 Hungary 2101710−33
 England 2002715−80
clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B standings
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 211087+15
 Israel 210164+23
 Azerbaijan 200258−30
clinched Promotional Final Group

Round-robin
Israel 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p.)		 Turkey
France 10 – 4 England
Azerbaijan 4 – 5 Turkey
Hungary 5 – 3 England
Israel 3 – 1 Azerbaijan
France 7 – 2 Hungary

Fifth-place match
England 2 – 4 Azerbaijan

Third-place match
Hungary 4 – 8 Israel

Promotional final match
France 3 – 4 Turkey

Final Division B standing
Rank Team
1 Turkey (promoted to EBSL Division A next year)
2 France (relegated from EBSL Division A)
3 Israel
4 Hungary
5 Azerbaijan
6 England

See also

References
  4. http://www.beachsoccer.ru/old/sezon2010/new_100512_BSW.htm
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