Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer Championships until 2004, is a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Having started in 1998, the tournament's prestige is held in being one of the very oldest and longest running beach soccer competitions in Europe and the world.

Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Logo since 2016.
Founded1998
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams8
Current champions Portugal
(7th title)
Most successful team(s) Portugal (7 titles)
WebsiteEBSC
2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

History

Historically, the top eight ranking teams from the previous Euro Beach Soccer League qualified to contest the cup, hence the similar naming, with the first edition in 1998 starting off the back of the first EBSL season earlier in the year, making it one of beach soccer's main prestigious tournaments. However, due to saturation in the calendar in recent years, the once major championship has been somewhat back-benched. The participating teams are not always the best ranked as in the past (notably in 2008 and 2014), with entry requirements being more lax/down to invitation, and the tournament has been moved to every two years, the last annual edition coming in 2010.

Portugal are the most successful team and the current champions, having won the tournament for the seventh time in 2016 having failed to win since 2006.

The cup is played as a straight knock-out tournament, other than in the 1998, 2008 and 2014 editions when a group stage was used first before a set of knock-out rounds.

In 2016, BSWW began a women's edition of the event, to be hosted annually.

Men's tournaments

Results
Year Location Final Third place play-off Awards
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Top Scorer Best Player Best Goalkeeper
1998
Details		 Siracusa, Italy
Portugal		 3–2
Spain
Italy		 11–4
Germany		 Alan Alan Thomas Gruetter
1999
Details		 Alicante, Spain
Spain		 6–2
Portugal
France		 8–7
Italy		 —
2001
Details		 Maspalomas, Spain
Portugal		 4–3
Spain
Italy		 5–4
Germany		 Marco Bruschini Madjer Roberto Valeiro
2002
Details		 Barcelona, Spain
Portugal		 2–1
Spain
France		 9–6
Italy		 Amarelle Madjer Jürgen Rollmann
2003
Details		 Liège, Belgium
Portugal		 6–3
France
Spain		 6–3
Germany		 Massimo Agostini Hernani Madruga Claude Barrabe
2004
Details		 Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal		 8–3
Spain
Italy		 9–9 a.e.t.
(4–3) pen.
France		 Madjer Madjer João Carlos
2005
Details		 Moscow, Russia
Switzerland		 4–3
Russia
Portugal		 5–4
Ukraine		 Pasquale Carotenuto Andrey Bukhlitskiy Nico Jung
2006
Details		 Naples, Italy
Portugal		 9–8
France
Italy		 6–4
Switzerland		 Pasquale Carotenuto Pasquale Carotenuto Christophe Eggimann
2007
Details		 Tarragona, Spain
Ukraine		 3–0
France
Portugal		 2–1
Switzerland		 Dejan Stankovic Jérémy Basquaise Volodymyr Hladchenko
2008
Details		 Baku, Azerbaijan
Spain		 2–0
Switzerland
Azerbaijan		 4–3
Norway		 Dejan Stankovic Nico Roberto Valeiro
2009
Details		 Rome, Italy
Spain		 6–4
Switzerland
Portugal		 7–5
Hungary		 Madjer Nico Nico Jung
2010
Details		 Rome, Italy
Russia		 6–4
Portugal
Italy		 5–4
Spain		 Madjer Ilya Leonov Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2012
Details		 Moscow, Russia
Russia		 4–2
Portugal
Switzerland		 5–4
Italy		 Madjer
Dejan Stankovic
Giuseppe Soria		 Aleksey Makarov Andrey Bukhlitskiy
2014
Details		 Baku, Azerbaijan
Spain		 8–6
Switzerland
Russia		 7–4
Greece		 Noel Ott Juanma Dávid Ficsór
2016
Details		 Belgrade, Serbia
Portugal		 6–3
Italy
Russia		 8–0
Hungary		 Gabriele Gori Elinton Andrade Elinton Andrade

Successful national teams
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total Top four (from 15)
 Portugal 7 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016) 3 (1999, 2010, 2012) 3 (2005, 2007, 2009) - 13
 Spain 4 (1999, 2008, 2009, 2014) 4 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004) 1 (2003) 1 (2010) 10
 Russia 2 (2010, 2012) 1 (2005) 2 (2014, 2016) - 5
  Switzerland 1 (2005) 3 (2008, 2009, 2014) 1 (2012) 2 (2006, 2007) 7
 Ukraine 1 (2007) - - 1 (2005) 2
 France - 3 (2003, 2006, 2007) 2 (1999, 2002) 1 (2004) 6
 Italy - 1 (2016) 5 (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010) 3 (1999, 2002, 2012) 9
 Azerbaijan - - 1 (2008) - 1
 Germany - - - 3 (1998, 2001, 2003) 3
 Hungary - - - 2 (2009, 2016) 2
 Greece - - - 1 (2014) 1
 Norway - - - 1 (2008) 1

Overall standings

As 2016

Pos Team Part Pld W WE WP L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Portugal 134231236237146+91100
2  Spain 1544280115243160+8385
3   Switzerland 1442180222203198+556
4  Italy 1440151123217210+748
5  France 1235151118181197-1648
6  Russia 618140048848+4042
7  Ukraine 3960034131+1018
8  Poland 41250164157-1616
9  Hungary 515401104876-2813
10  England 3940053137-612
11  Germany 516301126692-2610
12  Belgium 3930064551-69
13  Azerbaijan 2620042125-46
14  Norway 2620042444-206
15  Turkey 131002913-43
16  Austria 2610052347-243
17  Greece 2601051833-152
18  Romania 130003615-90
19  Netherlands 1300031025-150
20  Ireland 130003932-230
21  Serbia 250005633-270

Note: Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

Team appearances

These are the nations who have appeared in the Euro Beach Soccer Cup since 1998.

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th − Fifth place
  • 6th − Sixth place
  • 7th − Seventh place
  • 8th − Eighth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals or seventh/eighth place
  • R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
  • • – Did not play
  •    – Hosts
1998

(7)		 1999

(4)		 2001

(8)		 2002

(8)		 2003

(8)		 2004

(8)		 2005

(8)		 2006

(8)		 2007

(8)		 2008

(6)		 2009

(8)		 2010

(8)		 2012

(8)		 2014

(6)		 2016

(8)		 Total Appearances
 Azerbaijan • • • • • • • • • 3rd • • • 6th • 2
 Austria • • • • QF • • QF • • • • • • • 2
 Belgium • • • • 5th QF QF • • • • • • • • 3
 England • • • 5th • 5th • • • 6th • • • • • 3
 France R1 4th QF 3rd 2nd 4th QF 2nd 2nd • 6th QF QF • • 12
 Germany 4th • 4th 6th 4th • • QF • • • • • • • 5
 Greece • • • • • • • • QF • • • • 4th • 2
 Hungary • • • • • • • 6th • • 4th QF • 5th 4th 5
 Ireland • • • QF • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Italy 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 6th 3rd QF 5th QF 3rd 4th • 2nd 14
 Netherlands • • QF • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Norway • • • • • 6th • • • 4th • • • • • 2
 Poland • • • • • • • • 5th • QF 6th 5th • • 4
 Portugal 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd • 3rd 2nd 2nd • 1st 13
 Romania • • • • • • • • • • • • QF • • 1
 Russia • • • • • • 2nd • • • 5th 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 6
 Serbia 1 R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8th 2
 Spain 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 6th 1st 1st 4th 6th 1st 7th 15
  Switzerland R1 • QF QF QF QF 1st 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 2nd 6th 14
 Turkey • • QF • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Ukraine • • • • • • 4th • 1st • • • • • 5th 3
1 Includes one appearance as Yugoslavia

Women's tournaments

Results
Year Location Final Third place play-off Awards
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Top Scorer Best Player Best Goalkeeper
2016
Details		 Cascais, Portugal
Spain		 2–1
Switzerland
Portugal		 6–6 a.e.t.
2–0 pens.
England		 Molly Clark Andrea Mirón Suzanne Stutz
2017
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal
England		 4–3
Switzerland
Netherlands		 1–0
Czech Rep.		 Gemma Hillier Grytsje Van den Berg Lucy Quinn
2018
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal
Russia		 2–0
Spain
Switzerland		 6–3
England		 Anastasia Gorshkova Marina Fedorova Maria Jose Pons
2019
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal
Russia		 3–2
Spain
Switzerland		 6–5 a.e.t.
England		 5 players Marina Fedorova Viktoriia Silina
2020
Details		 Nazaré, Portugal[1]

Successful national teams
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total top
four (from 4)
 Russia 2 (2018, 2019) - - - 2
 Spain 1 (2016) 2 (2018, 2019) - - 3
 England 1 (2017) - - 3 (2016, 2018, 2019) 4
  Switzerland - 2 (2016, 2017) 2 (2018, 2019) - 4
 Portugal - - 1 (2016) - 1
 Netherlands - - 1 (2017) - 1
 Czech Republic - - - 1 (2017) 1

See also

References
  1. Nazaré to host the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal and Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2020. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 August 2020.
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