Euro Beach Soccer Cup
# Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer Championships until 2004, was 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 has held in being one of the oldest and longest running beach soccer competitions in Europe and the world. It is currently merged with Euro Beach Soccer League.

## 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 | Final | Final | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Awards | Awards | Awards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Location | 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 | Ramiro Amarelle | Madjer | Jürgen Rollmann |
| 2003 Details | Liège, Belgium | Portugal | 6–3 | France | Spain | 6–3 | Germany | Massimo Agostini | Hernâni | 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 | 13 | 42 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 237 | 146 | +91 | 100 |
| 2 | Spain | 15 | 44 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 243 | 160 | +83 | 85 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 14 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 203 | 198 | +5 | 56 |
| 4 | Italy | 14 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 217 | 210 | +7 | 48 |
| 5 | France | 12 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 181 | 197 | -16 | 48 |
| 6 | Russia | 6 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 42 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 18 |
| 8 | Poland | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 57 | -16 | 16 |
| 9 | Hungary | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 76 | -28 | 13 |
| 10 | England | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | Germany | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 66 | 92 | -26 | 10 |
| 12 | Belgium | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Norway | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 6 |
| 15 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Austria | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 47 | -24 | 3 |
| 17 | Greece | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 2 |
| 18 | Romania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 0 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 0 |
| 20 | Ireland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 0 |
| 21 | Serbia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 0 |

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 | 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 | Final | Final | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | Awards | Awards | Awards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Location | 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 | Czechia | | 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 | Nazaré, Portugal | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |

### 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 |
