2011 Euro Beach Soccer Leagfue
Tournament details
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored412 (7.63 per match)
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The 2011 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.

There are seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.

Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2012 season.

Teams

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions
DIVISION A DIVISION B
 Italy  Russia  Andorra  England  Israel
 Poland  Spain  Azerbaijan  France  Netherlands
 Portugal   Switzerland  Belarus  Germany  Norway
 Romania  Turkey  Czech Republic  Greece  Ukraine

Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29

Source:[1]

Participating nations

It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 14 10 +4 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 16 10 +6 6
  Switzerland 3 1 0 2 11 13 −2 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 11 19 −8 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 0 11 5 +6 6
 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
 Norway 2 0 0 2 5 9 −4 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

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

Israel 6 – 3 Norway
Norway (O.G.) 13'
T. Iloz 14', 20', 24'
A. Yatim 22', 35'		 Report T.-R. Sorensen 1', 13'
H. Salveson 19'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Spain 5 – 3 Italy
A. Aceitón 10'
C. Torres 14'
J. Lima 23'
Kuman 32'
Nico 33'		 Report S. Feudi 17'
D. Ramacciotti 18'
P. Palmacci 33'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Switzerland 6 – 4 Turkey
S. Spaccarotella 2', 36'
D. Stankovic 4'
M. Rodrigues 23'
S. Meier 24'
K. Jaeggy 29'		 Report Tamer Ay 4'
E. Eriten 14'
I. Kerem 21', 21'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Norway 2 – 3 Ukraine
T.-R. Sorensen 5'
H. Salveson 11'		 Report A. Yevdokymov 14', 26'
Y. Loskutov 29'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Italy 9 – 4 Turkey
M. Leghissa 7', 32'
S. Di Maio 13'
P. Palmacci 15'
S. Feudi 28'
D. Ramacciotti 30'
G. Soria 31', 36'
Y. Ergun (O.G.) 35'		 Report I. Kerem 6'
A. Muftuoglu 7'
E. Eriten 24', 29'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Switzerland 4 – 5 Spain
M. Rodrigues 11'
D. Stankovic 21', 22', 35'		 Report C. Torres 1'
P. Gomez 21'
N. Rodriguez 30', 31'
J. Lima 32'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Israel 5 – 2 Ukraine
A. Levi 2'
M. Amar 9'
A. Yatim 17', 35'
T. Iloz 33'		 Report Riabchuk 6'
O. Andrieiev 8'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Spain 4 – 3 Turkey
N. Rodriguez 10'
A. Aceitón 18'
J. Lima 18'
M. Beiro 21'		 Report A. Sezer 17', 32'
E. Eriten 22'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern
Italy 4 – 1  Switzerland
G. Soria 9', 34', 36'
M. Leghissa 9'		 Report A. Schirinzi 13'
Freibad Weyermannshaus, Bern

Individual awards

MVP: Juanma Lima ( Spain)
Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria ( Italy) — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ( Italy)

Source:[2]

Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10

Source:[3]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 18 8 +10 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 15 13 +2 6
 Romania 3 1 0 2 11 14 −3 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 9 18 −9 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 10 5 +5 6
 Germany 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1 3
 Andorra 2 0 0 2 4 8 −4 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

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

Russia 5 – 2 Romania
I. Leonov 9'
D. Shishin 15', 36'
E. Eremeev 24', 31'		 Report Maci 24', 26'
O2 World, Berlin
Turkey 3 – 6 Portugal
Tamer Ay 13'
I. Kerem 17', 26'		 Report N. Belchior 4', 20', 20', 30'
M. Duarte 10'
R. Coimbra 28'
O2 World, Berlin
Germany 4 – 1 Andorra
M. dos Santos 6', 30'
S. Ullrich 21'
T. Heger 26'		 Report S. Moreno 21'
O2 World, Berlin
Czech Republic 4 – 3 Andorra
M. Lukič 14'
J. Kovařík 22'
T. Peteřik 24', 33'		 Report D. Codina 8'
J. Ayala 11'
E. Flinch 29'
O2 World, Berlin
Portugal 5 – 4 Romania
N. Belchior 2', 13'
Madjer 30'
Durval 34'
B. Novo 35'		 Report A. Tănase 9'
Maci 20'
Boata 29'
L. Croituru 36'
O2 World, Berlin
Russia 7 – 2 Turkey
A. Makarov 9', 35'
E. Eremeev 9'
E. Shaykov 14'
D. Shishin 16'
A. Paporotnyi 24'
I. Leonov 34'		 Report A. Sezer 24'
O. Zayim 36'
O2 World, Berlin
Portugal 4 – 6 Russia
R. Coimbra 18', 22'
B. Novo 24'
Madjer 28'		 Report Y. Krashenninikov 11'
E. Eremeev 27'
D. Shishin 28', 30', 34', 36'
O2 World, Berlin
Romania 5 – 4 Turkey
L. Croituru 13'
Boata 15'
Maci 16', 28'
I. Posteucă 27'		 Report A. Sezer 2'
Tamer Ay 13'
E. Eriten 19', 27'
O2 World, Berlin
Germany 2 – 6 Czech Republic
D. Neumann 9'
S. Ullrich 18'		 Report M. Boček 7'
T. Peteřik 14'
J. Kovařík 17', 36'
J. Mižár 32'
M. Lukič 35'
O2 World, Berlin

Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin (Russia)
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin (Russia) — 7 goals
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy (Russia)

Source:[4]

Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24

Source:[5]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 18 10 +8 9
 Romania 3 2 0 1 13 14 −1 6
 Italy 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
 Poland 3 0 0 3 10 13 −3 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 5
 Belarus 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5 3
 Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

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

France 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Belarus
D. Samoun 18' Report E. Haiduk 16'
Penalties
S. François soccer ball with check mark 1 – 0 soccer ball with red X I. Miranovich
Marina di Ravenna
Switzerland 9 – 4 Romania
S. Leu 5', 12', 36'
D. Stankovic 18', 27'
A. Schirinzi 19'
S. Meier 21'
S. Spaccarotella 32'
M. Rodrigues 33'		 Report M. Posteucă 13'
Maci 21', 34'
A. Tănase 23'
Marina di Ravenna
Poland 1 – 2 Italy
M. Olejniczak 15' Report G. Soria 8'
P. Palmacci 36'
Marina di Ravenna
Azerbaijan 1 – 6 Belarus
E. Huseynov 31' Report I. Bryshtsel 5', 29'
A. Bogaichuk 7'
E. Haiduk 25'
I. Miranovich 33'
V. Krupitsa 35'
Marina di Ravenna
Switzerland 7 – 6 Poland
D. Stankovic 3', 9', 31'
S. Spaccarotella 12'
M. Jaeggy 30', 36'
M. Rodrigues 31'		 Report B. Saganowski 10', 12', 14', 21'
W. Ziober 17'
M. Widzicki 34'
Marina di Ravenna
Italy 2 – 5 Romania
M. Leghissa 30'
S. Feudi 35'		 Report M. Posteucă 20'
Maci 23', 28'
I. Posteucă 29'
Luci 31'
Marina di Ravenna
France 4 – 2 Azerbaijan
J. Basquaise 4'
J.-M. Edouard 18', 36'
J. Soares 23'		 Report Elvin Guliyev 16', 36'
Marina di Ravenna
Romania 4 – 3 Poland
M. Posteucă 25', 30'
A. Tănase 29'
L. Croituru 36'		 Report B. Saganowski 7'
D. Golebiowski 11', 12'
Marina di Ravenna
Italy 0 – 2  Switzerland
Report M. Rodrigues 22'
S. Leu 32'
Marina di Ravenna

Individual awards

MVP: Maci (Romania)
Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski (Poland) and Dejan Stankovic (Switzerland) — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre (Italy)

Source:[6]

Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31

Source:[7]

Participating nations

Final standings Division A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 13 11 +2 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 18 9 +9 6
 Poland 3 1 0 2 11 14 −3 3
 Spain 3 1 0 2 8 16 −8 3
clinched previous Superfinal Berth clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 11 5 +6 6
 Greece 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1 3
 England 2 0 0 2 5 12 −7 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).[8]

Poland 5 – 6 Portugal
B. Saganowski 12', 30'
W. Ziober 22'
M. Gorecki 24'
L. Stasiak 26'		 Report Madjer 2', 20'
N. Belchior 17', 25', 26'
Bruno 25'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Russia 9 – 3 Spain
Y. Krashenninikov 11'
D. Shishin 12', 23'
A. Shkarin 14', 26'
I. Leonov 20'
E. Eremeev 32', 36'
E. Shaykov 34'		 Report A. Aceitón 11'
J. Lopez 20'
Nico 26'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
England 2 – 5 Greece
S. Black 27'
G. Funnell 28'		 Report T. Triantafillidis 6', 25'
P. Konstantinopoulos 25'
K. Kavalaris 33'
S. Komiotis 33'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Netherlands 4 – 2 Greece
A. Van Geldermalsen 5', 31'
L. Koswal 7'
P. Ax 14'		 Report K. Kavalaris 12'
J. Charalampidis 26'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Russia 6 – 1 Poland
E. Shaykov 3', 16' , 33'
Y. Krashenninikov 5'
A. Shkarin 8'
D. Shishin 19'		 Report M. Gorecki 4'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Portugal 2 – 3 Spain
N. Belchior 7'
P. Graça 35'		 Report Nico 13'
J. Lima 14'
J. Lopez 31'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Netherlands 7 – 3 England
A. Van Geldermalsen 12'
P. Ax 22', 32'
L. Koswal 26'
P. Tosch 30'
A. Ajiach 32'
E. Van Rooijen 35'		 Report G. Funnell 1', 16'
M. Day 5'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Spain 2 – 5 Poland
R. Merida 22'
J. Lopez 27'		 Report B. Saganowski 11', 16', 19'
D. Golebiowski 29'
L. Stasiuk 33'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague
Portugal 5 – 3 Russia
Madjer 5'
N. Belchior 17', 29'
Lucio 20'
L. Vaz 24'		 Report E. Shaykov 8'
Y. Krashenninikov 15'
Shakmelyan 24'
Scheveningen Beach Stadion, The Hague

Individual awards

MVP: Egor Shaykov (Russia)
Top Scorer: Belchior (Portugal) — 6 goals
Best goalkeeper: Xan (Spain)

Source:[9]

Cumulative standings

clinched Superfinal Berth clinched Promotional Final Berth

Netherlands are ranked ahead of Israel based on fair play points[10]

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7

Source:[11]

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions
DIVISION A
(Superfinal) 		DIVISION B
(Promotional Final)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B
 Russia   Switzerland  Turkey  Netherlands
 Spain  Portugal  Czech Republic  Israel
 Romania  Italy  Belarus  France

Division A (Superfinal)

Group A Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6
 Romania 2 1 0 1 4 10 −6 3
 Spain 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 0
clinched Superfinal Group

Group B Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 11 9 +2 3
 Portugal 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 3
 Italy 2 0 1 1 8 9 −1 2
clinched Superfinal Group

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).[12]

Round-Robin

Switzerland 6 – 7 (a.e.t.) Italy
M. Jaeggy 8'
D. Stankovic 9'
S. Leu 11'
K. Jaeggy 11'
S. Spaccarotella 17'
S. Meier 29'		 Report S. Spada 3'
G. Soria 6', 30', 39'
P. Palmacci 10'
F. Corosiniti 22', 32'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Russia 8 – 1 Romania
I. Leonov 2'
A. Makarov 3'
E. Eremeev 9', 27'
D. Shishin 16', 34', 36'
A. Shkarin 27'		 Report M. Posteucă 27'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Portugal 3 – 1 Italy
Madjer 1'
N. Belchior 4', 27'		 Report M. Leghissa 29'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Russia 4 – 2 Spain
D. Shishin 6', 36'
J. Lima (O.G.) 13'
A. Makarov 18'		 Report J. Lopez 12', 35'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Switzerland 5 – 2 Portugal
D. Stankovic 6'
M. Rodrigues 7'
S. Leu 14', 30', 35'		 Report Madjer 3'
Alan 21'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Spain 2 – 3 Romania
J. Lopez 10'
J. Lima 16'		 Report Maci 2'
I. Posteucă 20'
J. Lima (O.G.) 34'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Fifth-place Match

Spain 0 – 5 Italy
Report G. Soria 1', 12', 36'
S. Del Mestre 11'
D. Ramaciotti 29'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Third-place Match

Romania 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Portugal
R. Cărăuleanu 5'
L. Croituru 35'
I. Posteucă 39'		 Report N. Belchior 16'
J. Santos 33'
Madjer 38'
Penalties
M. Posteucă soccer ball with check mark
Maci soccer ball with check mark
I. Posteucă soccer ball with check mark
Boata soccer ball with check mark
L. Croituru soccer ball with red X
A. Tănase soccer ball with red X
Luci soccer ball with check mark
R. Cărăuleanu soccer ball with check mark
I. Gândac soccer ball with red X		 6 – 7 soccer ball with check mark Alan
soccer ball with check mark N. Belchior
soccer ball with check mark Madjer
soccer ball with check mark B. Torres
soccer ball with red X Marinho
soccer ball with red X J. Santos
soccer ball with check mark Lucio
soccer ball with check mark R. Coimbra
soccer ball with check mark P. Graça
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Championship final match

Russia 6 – 4  Switzerland
A. Makarov 13'
I. Leonov 14'
A. Shkarin 16'
Y. Krasheninnikov 19'
D. Shishin 33', 35'		 Report P. Borer 6'
D. Stankovic 8', 12', 13'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Individual awards

MVP: Dejan Stankovic (Switzerland)
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin (Russia) — 7 goals
Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy (Switzerland)

[13]

Final Division A Standing

Rank Team
1  Russia (Second EBSL Title)
2   Switzerland
3  Portugal
4  Romania
5  Italy
6  Spain

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group A Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 15 3 +12 6
 Belarus 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 4 18 −14 0
clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B Standings

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 France 2 2 0 0 8 5 +3 6
 Israel 2 1 0 1 8 8 0 3
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 9 12 −3 0
clinched Promotional Final Group

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).[14]

Round-Robin

Turkey 3 – 1 Belarus
B. Terzioglu 22'
Tamer Ay 25', 35'		 Report I. Miranovich 24'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Netherlands 4 – 5 France
P. Ax 5', 21'
W. Van Der Gaauw 21'
L. Koswal 22'		 Report S. François 7', 9'
J. Basquaise 22'
J. Soares 28'
D. Samoun 32'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Israel 1 – 3 France
K. Badash 11' Report J. Basquaise 2', 32'
D. Samoun 33'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Czech Republic 2 – 6 Belarus
M. Chalupa 1'
L. Karda 11'		 Report A. Bogaichuk 2', 6'
R. Ilyin 14'
V. Bokach 16', 35'
I. Bryshtsel 16'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Netherlands 5 – 7 Israel
L. Koswal 2'
P. Ax 4', 7', 25'
D. Summerville 34'		 Report A. Nakache 9'
T. Iloz 15', 21'
K. Badash 16'
A. Levi 24'
A. Yatim 27', 36'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
Turkey 12 – 2 Czech Republic
Tamer Ay 4', 4', 14', 31'
I. Kerem 7'
A. Muftuoglu 10'
B. Terzioglu 11', 23', 33'
E. Eriten 16', 35'
A. Seyit 25'		 Report L. Karda 21'
T. Robb 30'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Fifth-place Match

Czech Republic 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
T. Peteřik 11', 16', 32' Report P. Ax 7', 18'
A. Van Geldermalsen 32'
Penalties
M. Chalupa soccer ball with check mark 1 – 0 soccer ball with red X P. Ax
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Third-place Match

Belarus 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Israel
I. Bryshtsel 36' Report A. Yatim 9'
Penalties
V. Bokach soccer ball with check mark
I. Miranovich soccer ball with red X		 1 – 2 soccer ball with check mark A. Yatim
soccer ball with check mark T. Iloz
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Promotional Final Match

Turkey 3 – 6 France
I. Kerem 4'
B. Terzioglu 20'
Tamer Ay 27'		 Report D. Samoun 6', 20', 25', 35'
M. Pagis 28'
F. Mendy 33'
Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow

Final Division B Standing

Rank Team
1  France (promoted to 2012 EBSL Division A)
2  Turkey (relegated to Division B)
3  Israel
4  Belarus
5  Czech Republic
6  Netherlands

See also

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