2014 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is 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.

2014 Euro Beach Soccer League

Tournament details
Dates	20 June – 17 August
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (4th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Llorenç (ESP) and Peremitin (RUS)
Best player(s)	Noel Ott (SUI)
Best goalkeeper	Jesús Donaire (ESP)
← 2013 2015 → All statistics correct as of 1-sep-14.

This season, there were twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each stage that faced each other in a round-robin system. Division A consisted of the 12 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consisted of 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.

The competition was used as qualifying event for the 2015 European Games. The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal qualified. The top team from the Promotional Finals, excluding the 12th team from Division A, also qualified. Azerbaijan were automatically qualified as hosts.^[1]

During the season, FIFA's Amendments to the Beach Soccer Laws of the Game – 2014 came into effect. This involved such changes as only awarding one point for a penalty shootout win (compared to two points previously) and instead of penalty shootouts being sudden death from the outset, both sides will take three penalty kicks each before sudden death rules come into use.^[2]

Calendar

Dates	City	Country	Stage
20–22 June	Catania	Italy	Stage 1
27–29 June	Sopot	Poland	Stage 2
11–13 July	Moscow	Russia	Stage 3
8–10 August	Siófok	Hungary	Stage 4
14–17 August	Torredembarra	Spain	Superfinal and Promotion Final

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

Teams

2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions

DIVISION A				DIVISION B
Belarus	Italy	Russia		Andorra	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan
France	Netherlands	Spain		Austria	England	Moldova
Germany	Poland	Switzerland		Azerbaijan	Estonia	Norway
Greece	Portugal	Ukraine		Bulgaria	Hungary	Turkey

Stage 1 (Catania, 20–22 June)

Stage winners

Division A

Group 1 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 +6 9  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 10 8 +2 3  Netherlands 3 1 0 0 2 9 14 –5 3  France 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 –3 3

Group 2 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 21 10 +11 9  Germany 3 2 0 0 1 10 6 +4 6  Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2 3  Poland 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 –13 0

Schedule and results

Poland	3 – 4	Belarus
	Report

20 June 2014

14:45

Italy	6 – 2	Netherlands
	Report

20 June 2014

16:00

France	2 – 6	Russia
	Report

20 June 2014

17:15

Germany	2 – 4	Switzerland
	Report

20 June 2014

18:30

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Poland	0 – 4	Germany
	Report

21 June 2014

14:45

Switzerland	6 – 5	Belarus
	Report

21 June 2014

16:00

Russia	3 – 4	Netherlands
	Report

21 June 2014

17:15

France	2 – 3	Italy
	Report

21 June 2014

18:30

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Belarus	2 – 4	Germany
	Report

22 June 2014

14:45

Switzerland	11 – 3	Poland
	Report

22 June 2014

16:00

Netherlands	3 – 5	France
	Report

22 June 2014

17:15

Russia	1 – 2	Italy
	Report

22 June 2014

18:30

Individual Awards

MVP: Noël Ott
Top scorer: Noël Ott (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Sasha Penke

Source:^[3]

Stage 2 (Sopot, 27–29 June)

Stage winners

Division A

Group 1 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Portugal 3 3 0 0 0 19 7 +12 9  Greece 3 1 1 0 1 9 12 –3 5  Poland 3 1 0 0 2 14 15 –1 3  Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 5 13 –8 0

Group 2 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 11 12 –1 6  Ukraine 3 1 0 1 1 11 9 +2 4  France 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2 3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 17 16 +1 3

Schedule and results

Switzerland	3 – 7	France
	Report

27 June 2014

13:15

Portugal	3 – 1	Netherlands
	Report

27 June 2014

14:30

Spain	2 – 1	Ukraine
	Report

27 June 2014

15:45

Greece	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Poland
	Report

27 June 2014

17:00

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Switzerland	6 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
	Report
Penalties
	1 – 2

28 June 2014

13:15

Portugal	8 – 0	Greece
	Report

28 June 2014

14:30

Spain	6 – 3	France
	Report

28 June 2014

15:45

Poland	5 – 3	Netherlands
	Report

28 June 2014

17:00

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Ukraine	4 – 1	France
	Report

29 June 2014

13:15

Netherlands	1 – 5	Greece
	Report

29 June 2014

14:30

Switzerland	8 – 3	Spain
	Report

29 June 2014

15:45

Poland	6 – 8	Portugal
	Report

29 June 2014

17:00

Individual Awards

MVP: Witold Ziober
Top scorer: Llorenç Gómez (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Nuno Hidalgo

Source:^[4]

Stage 3 (Moscow, 11–13 July)

	Stage winners (Div. A)
	Stage winners (Div. B)

Division A

Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	3	2	0	0	1	13	5	+8	6
Spain	3	2	0	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Belarus	3	2	0	0	1	11	11	0	6
Greece	3	0	0	0	3	5	19	–14	0

Division B

Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Estonia	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Azerbaijan	3	2	0	0	1	8	5	+3	6
Moldova	3	1	0	0	2	10	14	–4	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	1	2	6	10	–4	1

Schedule and results

Estonia	7 – 3	Moldova
	Report

11 July 2014

16:45

Azerbaijan	3 – 1	Kazakhstan
	Report

11 July 2014

18:00

Spain	4 – 1	Belarus
	Report

11 July 2014

19:15

Greece	0 – 7	Russia
	Report

11 July 2014

20:30

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Estonia	2 – 1	Azerbaijan
	Report

12 July 2014

16:45

Kazakhstan	3 – 5	Moldova
	Report

12 July 2014

18:00

Spain	6 – 0	Greece
	Report

12 July 2014

19:15

Russia	2 – 4	Belarus
	Report

12 July 2014

20:30

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Moldova	2 – 4	Azerbaijan
	Report

13 July 2014

15:45

Kazakhstan	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Estonia
	Report
Penalties
	3 – 2

13 July 2014

17:00

Belarus	6 – 5	Greece
	Report

13 July 2014

18:15

Russia	4 – 1	Spain
	Report

13 July 2014

19:30

Individual Awards

MVP: Aleksey Makarov
Top scorer: Ihar Bryshtel, Aleksey Makarov (4 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Dona

Source:^[5]

Stage 4 (Siófok, 8–10 August)

	Stage winners (Div. A)
	Stage winners (Div. B)

Division A

Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Ukraine	3	2	0	0	1	13	12	+1	6
Portugal	3	1	0	1	1	13	11	+2	4
Italy	3	0	1	0	2	18	17	+1	2
Germany	3	0	0	1	2	12	16	–4	1

Division B

Group 1 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Hungary 3 2 0 1 0 16 12 +4 7  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 19 10 +9 6  England 3 1 0 0 2 17 16 +1 3  Andorra 3 0 0 0 3 5 19 –14 0

Group 2 Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 14 5 +9 9  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 13 14 –1 6  Norway 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2 3  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 9 15 –6 0

Schedule and results

Turkey	5 – 1	Bulgaria
	Report

8 August 2014

14:45

Andorra	1 – 4	Hungary
	Report

8 August 2014

16:00

Norway	4 – 3	Austria
	Report

8 August 2014

17:15

Czech Republic	7 – 3	England
	Report

8 August 2014

18:30

Italy	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
	Report

8 August 2014

19:45

Germany	2 – 5	Portugal
	Report

8 August 2014

21:00

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Turkey	6 – 4	Norway
	Report

9 August 2014

14:45

Austria	6 – 8	Bulgaria
	Report

9 August 2014

16:00

Czech Republic	7 – 2	Andorra
	Report

9 August 2014

17:15

Italy	7 – 7	Germany
	Report
Penalties
	1 – 3

9 August 2014

18:30

Hungary	7 – 6	England
	Report

9 August 2014

19:45

Portugal	3 – 4	Ukraine
	Report

9 August 2014

21:00

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Bulgaria	4 – 3	Norway
	Report

10 August 2014

12:45

Austria	0 – 3	Turkey
	Report

10 August 2014

14:00

England	8 – 2	Andorra
	Report

10 August 2014

15:15

Germany	3 – 4	Ukraine
	Report

10 August 2014

16:30

Hungary	5 – 5	Czech Republic
	Report
Penalties
	6 – 5

10 August 2014

17:45

Portugal	5 – 5	Italy
	Report
Penalties
	3 – 2

10 August 2014

19:00

Individual Awards

MVP: Roman Pachev
Top scorer: Gabriele Gori (9 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Stefano Spada

Source:^[6]

Cumulative standings

The eight best placed teams in Division A (including stage winners and hosts), in which each team played two stages, qualified for the Superfinal. The qualifiers for the Promotion Final were the winners and runners-up in each Division B stage, the best 3rd place team from all of the Division B events, and the last placed team in Division A.

	Team advanced to Superfinal
	Team advanced to Promotional Final

Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.

Division A Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts 1  Portugal 6 4 0 1 1 32 18 +14 13 2   Switzerland 6 4 0 0 2 38 26 +12 12 3  Spain 6 4 0 0 2 22 17 +5 12 4  Italy 6 3 1 0 2 29 22 +7 11 5  Ukraine 6 3 0 1 2 24 21 +3 10 6  Russia 6 3 0 0 3 23 13 +10 9 7  Belarus 6 3 0 0 3 22 24 –2 9 8  Germany 6 2 0 1 3 22 22 0 7 9  France 6 2 0 0 4 20 25 –5 6 10  Greece 6 1 1 0 4 14 31 –17 5 11  Netherlands 6 1 0 0 5 14 27 –13 3 12  Poland 6 1 0 0 5 20 34 –14 3

Division B Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts 1  Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 14 5 +9 9 2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 0 16 12 +4 7 3  Estonia 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 +5 6 4  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 19 10 +9 6 5  Azerbaijan 3 2 0 0 1 8 5 +3 6 6  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 13 14 –1 6 7  England 3 1 0 0 2 17 16 +1 3 8  Norway 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2 3 9  Moldova 3 1 0 0 2 10 14 –4 3 10  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 1 2 6 10 –4 1 11  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 9 15 –6 0 12  Andorra 3 0 0 0 3 5 19 –14 0

Finals (Torredembarra, 14–17 August)

The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal qualified for the 2015 European Games in Baku. The top team from the Promotional Final, excluding the 12th team from Division A, also qualified. Azerbaijan was automatically qualified as host country.

Division A (Superfinal)

clinched Championship Final

Group 1 Standings Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 22 15 +7 6  Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 10 13 –3 6  Belarus 3 0 0 0 3 4 11 –7 0

Group 2 Standings Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 22 10 +12 9   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 14 11 +3 6  Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 15 13 +2 3  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 2 19 –17 0

Group stage results

All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (UTC+02:00).

Germany	0 – 7	Switzerland
	Report

14 August 2014

15:15

Belarus	1 – 3	Portugal
	Report

14 August 2014

16:30

Italy	2 – 9	Russia
	Report

14 August 2014

17:45

Spain	8 – 6	Ukraine
	Report

14 August 2014

19:00

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Italy	2 – 1	Belarus
	Report

15 August 2014

15:15

Switzerland	5 – 3	Ukraine
	Report

15 August 2014

16:30

Portugal	11 – 7	Russia
	Report

15 August 2014

17:45

Spain	6 – 2	Germany
	Report

15 August 2014

19:00

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Ukraine	6 – 0	Germany
	Report

16 August 2014

15:15

Portugal	3 – 6	Italy
	Report

16 August 2014

16:30

Russia	6 – 2	Belarus
	Report

16 August 2014

17:45

Switzerland	2 – 8	Spain
	Report

16 August 2014

19:00

Play-off results

Seventh-place Match

Belarus	3 – 3	Germany
	Report
Penalties
	9 – 8

17 August 2014

11:30

Platja de Torredembarra

Fifth-place Match

Ukraine	2 – 2	Italy
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 5

17 August 2014

14:00

Platja de Torredembarra

Third-place Match

Switzerland	2 – 6	Portugal
	Report

17 August 2014

16:30

Platja de Torredembarra

Championship final Match

Spain	3 – 4	Russia
	Report

17 August 2014

19:00

Platja de Torredembarra

Individual Awards

• MVP: Noël Ott
• Top scorer: Anatoliy Peremitin, Llorenç Gómez (7 goals)
• Best goalkeeper: Dona

Source:^[7]

Final Division A Standing

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Spain
3	Portugal
4	Switzerland
5	Italy
6	Ukraine
7	Belarus
8	Germany

Division B (Promotional Final)

clinched Promotional Final

Group 1 Standings Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Poland 3 3 0 0 0 16 2 +14 9  Azerbaijan 3 2 0 0 1 14 10 +4 6  Czech Republic 3 0 1 0 2 6 12 –6 2  Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 –12 0

Group 2 Standings Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA +/- Pts  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 9 9 0 6  England 3 1 1 0 1 12 10 +2 5  Estonia 3 0 0 0 3 3 9 –6 0

Group stage results

All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (UTC+02:00).

Czech Republic	2 – 6	Azerbaijan
	Report

14 August 2014

10:15

Bulgaria	0 – 6	Poland
	Report

14 August 2014

11:30

Hungary	1 – 0	Estonia
	Report

14 August 2014

12:45

Turkey	4 – 2	England
	Report

14 August 2014

14:00

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Czech Republic	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Bulgaria
	Report

15 August 2014

10:15

Poland	6 – 1	Azerbaijan
	Report

15 August 2014

11:30

Turkey	3 – 1	Estonia
	Report

15 August 2014

12:45

Hungary	4 – 5 (a.e.t.)	England
	Report

15 August 2014

14:00

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Estonia	2 – 5	England
	Report

16 August 2014

10:15

Azerbaijan	7 – 2	Bulgaria
	Report

16 August 2014

11:30

Turkey	2 – 6	Hungary
	Report

16 August 2014

12:45

Poland	4 – 1	Czech Republic
	Report

16 August 2014

14:00

Play-off results

Seventh-place Match

Bulgaria	5 – 4	Estonia
	Report

17 August 2014

10:15

Platja de Torredembarra

Fifth-place Match

Czech Republic	6 – 4	England
	Report

17 August 2014

11:30

Platja de Torredembarra

Third-place Match

Azerbaijan	5 – 3	Turkey
	Report

17 August 2014

15:15

Platja de Torredembarra

Promotion Final

Hungary	6 – 4	Poland
	Report

17 August 2014

16:30

Platja de Torredembarra

Final Division B Standing

Rank	Team
1	Hungary	Promoted Division A
2	Poland	Relegated Division B1
3	Azerbaijan	Stay Division B
4	Turkey
5	Czech Republic
6	England
7	Bulgaria
8	Estonia

1. The Netherlands, a Division A side, did not enter the following year's EBSL in 2015. To ensure 12 teams in the top division in 2015 as normal, BSWW retrospectively awarded promotion to the runners-up of the 2014 Promotion Final as well as the winners, in the lead up to the start of the 2015 season. The runners-up happened to be the relegated side, Poland, who ultimately did not see relegation materialise for this reason and continued to compete in Division A.

Sources

• Group distribution for EBSL 2014 announced. Beach Soccer Worldwide.

References

1. European Season 2014 revealed!
2. FIFA.com
3. "Switzerland and Italy claim head of groups". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
4. "Portugal, champions of the EBSL Sopot 2014!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
5. "Обыграв Испанию с "нужным" счетом, "красная машина" выигрывает домашний этап Евролиги..." BeachSoccer.Ru (in Russian). 13 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
6. "Победа Украины на венгерском этапе отправляет Россию в группу к Португалии, Италии и Беларуси…". BeachSoccer.Ru (in Russian). 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
7. "Russia crowned Europe's best again!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide