2007 Euro Beach Soccer League
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The 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 26 and August 26. The overall winners of the competition were Portugal
. This tournament also determined the five nations which qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
, as the competition acted as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers.
, Italy
, Portugal
and Spain
. The twelve teams were split into four groups of three, playing each other once, with the winner of each group qualifying to the EBSL.
, France
, Portugal
and Italy
. The eight teams competed in four different stages, in straight knockout tournaments. After the stages were completed on 5 August, the final table was organised.
At the end of every stage, nations were awarded points for were they finished in that stage as follows:
, France
between 21 August and 26 August, was contested between the top six teams of the EBSL. The nations were split up into two groups of three, playing once against each other in the group. When the matches had been played, Russia
, Portugal
, Spain
and France
made it to the semi-finals, with Portugal being the eventual winners of the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, claiming their second title following 2002. These four teams also secured their places in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
by finishing in the top four.
, there was still one more qualifying spot to be filled. This involved bringing back teams from the qualifying rounds who did not make it to the EBSL, those knocked out in the EBSL after the four stages had been played, the teams that were knocked out in the group stage of the superfinal and six wild-card entries to make up the numbers.
First, the wild-cards and those unsuccessful in the qualifying rounds played. The winners of these matches then played those who did not make it to the superfinal from the EBSL, and those who did not make it to the knockout stage of the superfinal, as these teams received a bye from the first round. Eventually, it was Italy
and Switzerland
who made the final, with Italy winning 8–5, claiming the final fifth spot in the world cup, later that year.
, through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer league:
Portugal national beach soccer team
The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it...
. This tournament also determined the five nations which qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since...
, as the competition acted as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers.
Qualifying rounds
Twelve teams competed in preliminary qualifying groups to decide the four teams that would play along side the four best teams in Europe who had already automatically qualified for the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League: FranceFrance national beach soccer team
The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011:...
, Italy
Italy national beach soccer team
The Italy national beach soccer team represents Italy in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, the governing body for football in Italy.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011...
, Portugal
Portugal national beach soccer team
The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it...
and Spain
Spain national beach soccer team
The Spain national beach soccer team represents Spain in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the RFEF, the governing body for football in Spain.-Current squad:As of 6, August 2011 Coach: Joaquin Alonso...
. The twelve teams were split into four groups of three, playing each other once, with the winner of each group qualifying to the EBSL.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | −7 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 |
Overview
The EBSL started on 13 July with the four teams who qualified from the preliminary rounds competing with SpainSpain national beach soccer team
The Spain national beach soccer team represents Spain in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the RFEF, the governing body for football in Spain.-Current squad:As of 6, August 2011 Coach: Joaquin Alonso...
, France
France national beach soccer team
The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011:...
, Portugal
Portugal national beach soccer team
The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it...
and Italy
Italy national beach soccer team
The Italy national beach soccer team represents Italy in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, the governing body for football in Italy.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011...
. The eight teams competed in four different stages, in straight knockout tournaments. After the stages were completed on 5 August, the final table was organised.
At the end of every stage, nations were awarded points for were they finished in that stage as follows:
| 1st | 10 pts. | 5th | 5 pts. |
| 2nd | 8 pts. | 6th | 4 pts. |
| 3rd | 7 pts. | 7th | 3 pts. |
| 4th | 6 pts. | 8th | 1 pts. |
Final table
These points were then tallied up to create the final EBSL table. The nations in seventh and eight were eliminated from the competition whilst the top six teams moved on into the superfinal of the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer league.| Team | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Overall points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 31 | |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |
| 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Overview
The superfinal, held in MarseilleMarseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
between 21 August and 26 August, was contested between the top six teams of the EBSL. The nations were split up into two groups of three, playing once against each other in the group. When the matches had been played, Russia
Russia national beach soccer team
The Russia national beach soccer team represents Russia in international beach soccer competitions.-Current squad:Current as of August 2011. Coach: Mikhail Likhachev-Achievements:* 2007 Season...
, Portugal
Portugal national beach soccer team
The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. They are the only team to put Brazil out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, having done it...
, Spain
Spain national beach soccer team
The Spain national beach soccer team represents Spain in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the RFEF, the governing body for football in Spain.-Current squad:As of 6, August 2011 Coach: Joaquin Alonso...
and France
France national beach soccer team
The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011:...
made it to the semi-finals, with Portugal being the eventual winners of the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, claiming their second title following 2002. These four teams also secured their places in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since...
by finishing in the top four.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 |
Knockout stage
Overview
Since five berths were allocated to European teams in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since...
, there was still one more qualifying spot to be filled. This involved bringing back teams from the qualifying rounds who did not make it to the EBSL, those knocked out in the EBSL after the four stages had been played, the teams that were knocked out in the group stage of the superfinal and six wild-card entries to make up the numbers.
First, the wild-cards and those unsuccessful in the qualifying rounds played. The winners of these matches then played those who did not make it to the superfinal from the EBSL, and those who did not make it to the knockout stage of the superfinal, as these teams received a bye from the first round. Eventually, it was Italy
Italy national beach soccer team
The Italy national beach soccer team represents Italy in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, the governing body for football in Italy.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011...
and Switzerland
Switzerland national beach soccer team
The Switzerland national beach soccer team represents Switzerland in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Swiss Beach Soccer Association which is an official partner of the Swiss Football Association ....
who made the final, with Italy winning 8–5, claiming the final fifth spot in the world cup, later that year.
Knockout
Teams qualifying to the world cup
The following are the nations who successfully qualified for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since...
, through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer league:
| Position | Nation |
|---|---|
| 1st | |
| 2nd | |
| 3rd | |
| 4th | |
| Last chance bracket winners |