2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
# 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was held in Moscow. The venue was the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in the Russian capital of Moscow. Eight teams with better results in 2011 come together for this competition, with a one-round knock-out system that took place between February 17–19.

Just like in the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, the Euro Beach Soccer Cup was hosted in Russia, and the Muscovite climate at that time of the year meant the tournament was held indoors. Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland, and France were the participating countries.

## Participating nations

* Russia
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* Spain
* Italy
* Romania
* Poland
* France

## Matches

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

### Main Tournament

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | 18 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | | |
| Romania | 0 | 18 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | |
| Romania | 0 | Switzerland | 6 | |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | | Switzerland | 6 | |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | Portugal | 7 | |
| Portugal | 5 | Portugal | 7 | |
| Portugal | 5 | | | | 19 February 2012 | 19 February 2012 |
| Poland | 3 | | | | 19 February 2012 | 19 February 2012 |
| Poland | 3 | | | | Russia | 4 |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | | | | | Russia | 4 |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | | | | Portugal | 2 |
| Russia | 5 | | | | Portugal | 2 |
| Russia | 5 | 18 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | | | |
| France | 1 | 18 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | | | |
| France | 1 | Russia | 4 | | | |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | | Russia | 4 | | | |
| 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2012 | Italy | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 4 | Italy | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 4 | | | | 19 February 2012 | 19 February 2012 |
| Italy | 11 | | | | 19 February 2012 | 19 February 2012 |
| Italy | 11 | | | | Italy | 4 |
| | | | | | Switzerland | 5 |

### Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

| Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth place playoff | Fifth place playoff | Fifth place playoff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| QF1 | Romania | 2 | | | |
| QF3 | Poland | 6 | | | |
| QF3 | Poland | 6 | Poland | Poland | 3 |
| | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
| QF4 | France | 2 | Spain | Spain | 2 |
| QF2 | Spain | 3 | Seventh place playoff | Seventh place playoff | Seventh place playoff |
| | | | Romania | Romania | 4 |
| | | | France | France | 6 |

## Winners

* 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
* Russia Second title

## Awards

Best Player (MVP) :

* Aleksey Makarov |||
* Top Scorer(s) |||
* Madjer (6 goals) |||
* Dejan Stankovic (6 goals) |||
* Giuseppe Soria (6 goals) |||
* Best Goalkeeper |||
* Andrey Bukhlitskiy |||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Russia |
| 2 | Portugal |
| 3 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Romania |
