2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	2 February - 4 February 2001
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	127 (10.58 per match)
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The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, was the third Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2001, in Maspalomas, Spain. Portugal won the championship, with hosts Spain finishing second. Italy beat Germany in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively, replicating the result of the 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup.

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place^[1]

Participating nations

•  France
•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey

Matches

Main tournament

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	2 February 2001
	Germany	9
					3 February 2001
	France	7
					Germany	3
	2 February 2001
					Spain	6
	Spain	13
									4 February 2001
	Netherlands	2
									Spain	3
	2 February 2001
									Portugal	4
	Italy	6
					3 February 2001
	Turkey	2
					Italy	4
	2 February 2001
					Portugal	8			Third place
	Portugal	9
									4 February 2001
	Switzerland	4
									Italy	5
									Germany	4

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.

	Fifth to eighth place semi finals					Fifth place playoff
	QF1	France	7
	QF2	Netherlands	6
						France		7
						Switzerland		4
	QF3	Turkey	2
	QF4	Switzerland	5			Seventh place playoff
						Turkey		5
						Netherlands		2

Winners

2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners:
Portugal Second title

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Portugal
2	Spain
3	Italy
4	Germany
5	France
6	Switzerland
7	Turkey
8	Netherlands