2008 Euro Beach Soccer League
Encyclopedia
The 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 8 teams participating in each event that will face each other in a knock-out system. The three best placed teams out of each stage and the best fourth, join host and defending champion Portugal
in the Superfinal that will be played in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
from August 22–24. The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal
).
Lignano Sabbiadoro
, Italy
June 20–22
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 2
Tignes
, France
July 4–6
Euro Beach Soccer League – Superfinal
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
August 22–24
The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal
).
June 20 – Matches
15:15 Switzerland 11 x 2 Austria
16:30 Spain 9 x 2 Greece
17:45 Poland (4)5 x 5(3) Czech Republic
19:00 Italy 8 x 2 Andorra
June 21 – Matches
15:15 Greece 8 x 3 Austria
16:30 Czech Republic 5 x 4 Andorra
17:45 Spain 2 x 4 Switzerland
19:00 Poland 3 x 7 Italy
June 22 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:15 Austria 4 x 3 Andorra
3rd – 6th place: 15:30 Czech Republic 4 x 1 Spain
3rd – 6th place: 16:45 Greece 2 x 5 Poland
Final: 18:00 Switzerland (2)5 x 5(1) Italy
1. *
2. *
3. *
4. *
5.
6.
7.
8.
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
Best player: Roberto Pasquali
Best goalkeeper: Nico Jung
Top scorer: Stankovic
– 10 goals
July 4 – Matches
14:45 Norway 4 x 3 Estonia
16:00 Turkey 7 x 3 England
17:15 Russia 10 x 0 Netherlands
18:30 France 12 x 4 Hungary
July 5 – Matches
14:45 Netherlands 5 x 3 Estonia
16:00 England 1 x 3 Hungary
17:15 Turkey 4 x 7 France
18:30 Norway 0 x 5 Russia
July 6 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:45 Estonia 3 x 2 England
3rd – 6th place: 16:00 Netherlands 5 x 3 Turkey
3rd – 6th place: 17:15 Hungary 3 x 2 Norway
Final: 18:30 Russia 8 x 3 France
1. *
2. *
3. *
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
Best player: Stéphane François
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Top goal scorer: Egor Shaykov – 7 goals
FIFA Fair play award: Adil
Superfinal – Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
(GMT)
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|August 23 – Matches
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|August 24 – Matches
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!Rank
!Team
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Champion)
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runner-up)
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
!width=33% colspan="3"| Best Player
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|colspan="3" align="center"| Madjer
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!colspan="3"| Top Goal Scorer
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|colspan="3" align="center"| Madjer
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|colspan="3" align="center"|11 goals
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!colspan="3"| Best Goalkeeper
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|colspan="3" align="center"| Ran Reijer
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Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal in Marseille...
(EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer
Beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....
. 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 8 teams participating in each event that will face each other in a knock-out system. The three best placed teams out of each stage and the best fourth, join host and defending champion 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...
in the Superfinal that will be played in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
from August 22–24. The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
).
Participating Nations
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 1Lignano Sabbiadoro
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Lignano Sabbiadoro is a village and comune within the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . It is one of the main summer resorts in northern Italy and in the Adriatic Sea coast.-History:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
June 20–22
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 2
Tignes
Tignes
Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is also a ski resort near Val d'Isère, that are linked together as the "Espace Killy" region...
, 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...
July 4–6
Euro Beach Soccer League – Superfinal
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
August 22–24
EBSL 2008 Regular Phases
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: left;"The best 3 (three) teams of each group (Stage 1 and Stage 2) plus the best 4th of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 will qualify for the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
).
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 1 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy June – 20–22
- Results and match schedule (GMT+1)
June 20 – Matches
15:15 Switzerland 11 x 2 Austria
16:30 Spain 9 x 2 Greece
17:45 Poland (4)5 x 5(3) Czech Republic
19:00 Italy 8 x 2 Andorra
June 21 – Matches
15:15 Greece 8 x 3 Austria
16:30 Czech Republic 5 x 4 Andorra
17:45 Spain 2 x 4 Switzerland
19:00 Poland 3 x 7 Italy
June 22 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:15 Austria 4 x 3 Andorra
3rd – 6th place: 15:30 Czech Republic 4 x 1 Spain
3rd – 6th place: 16:45 Greece 2 x 5 Poland
Final: 18:00 Switzerland (2)5 x 5(1) Italy
- Final Standings:
1. *
2. *
3. *
4. *
5.
6.
7.
8.
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
- Individual Awards:
Best player: Roberto Pasquali
Best goalkeeper: Nico Jung
Top scorer: Stankovic
Dejan Stankovic (beach soccer)
Dejan Stankovic better known as Stankovic is a Swiss beach soccer player of Serbian origin. He plays in forward position.-National team: Switzerland**Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place: 2005...
– 10 goals
Euro Beach Soccer League – Stage 2 Tignes, France – July 4–6
- Results and match schedule (GMT+1)
July 4 – Matches
14:45 Norway 4 x 3 Estonia
16:00 Turkey 7 x 3 England
17:15 Russia 10 x 0 Netherlands
18:30 France 12 x 4 Hungary
July 5 – Matches
14:45 Netherlands 5 x 3 Estonia
16:00 England 1 x 3 Hungary
17:15 Turkey 4 x 7 France
18:30 Norway 0 x 5 Russia
July 6 – Matches
7th & 8th place: 14:45 Estonia 3 x 2 England
3rd – 6th place: 16:00 Netherlands 5 x 3 Turkey
3rd – 6th place: 17:15 Hungary 3 x 2 Norway
Final: 18:30 Russia 8 x 3 France
- Final Standings:
1. *
2. *
3. *
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(*) clinched Superfinal Berth
- Individual Awards:
Best player: Stéphane François
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....
Top goal scorer: Egor Shaykov – 7 goals
FIFA Fair play award: Adil
EBSL 2008 Superfinal
EBSLEuro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal in Marseille...
Superfinal – Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
(GMT)
Results and match schedule
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|August 22 – Matches
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|August 23 – Matches
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|align=right| ||align=center| 3 x 1 ||
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|align=right| ||align=center| 12 x 4 ||
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|August 24 – Matches
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|7th & 8th place:
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|align=right|||align=center| 7 x 5 ||
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|5th & 6th place:
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|align=right| ||align=center| 5 x 7 ||
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|3rd & 4th place:
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|align=right|||align=center| 1 x 6 ||
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|Final:
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- Knockout Stage
Final standing
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"!Rank
!Team
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|| 1 ||align="left"| (EBSL
Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal in Marseille...
Champion)
|- bgcolor="silver"
|| 2 ||align="left"| (EBSL
Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal in Marseille...
runner-up)
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Awards
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
!width=33% colspan="3"| Best Player
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"| Madjer
Madjer
João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....
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!colspan="3"| Top Goal Scorer
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|colspan="3" align="center"| Madjer
Madjer
João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....
|- align="center"
|colspan="3" align="center"|11 goals
|-
!colspan="3"| Best Goalkeeper
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"| Ran Reijer
|}