Euro Beach Soccer League
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The Euro Beach Soccer League (Euro BS League or 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....

. 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
Marseille
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...

 deciding the competition winner. In 2006 and 2007, the five top teams of this superfinal qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

 later that year. 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...

 is the most successful nation, winning the league five times.

Superfinals

Year Winners Runner-up Third place Fourth place Best Player Top scorer Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Award
1998   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

Not attributed Not attributed
1999   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....

  Setién   José Miguel Mateus Not attributed
2000   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  Abel   Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...

2001   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  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....

  Roberto Valeiro   Jiménez
Jiménez
Jiménez [archaic Ximénez/Ximenes] is a surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. Jiménez is a patronymic construction from the modern-styled given name Jimeno, plus the Spanish suffix -ez, meaning "son [of]". The root appears to stem from Basque seme , attested in the...

2002   Gianni Fruzzetti and   Tamer   Alan
Alan Cavalcanti
Alan Cavalcanti better known as Alan is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in wing and forward positions.-Beach soccer: Portugal**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winner: 2001...

 and Schirinzi
  Roberto and   Serr   Pointon
Pointon
Pointon is a small village situated near Bourne, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, and the population of the civil parish in 2001 was 507....

2003   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  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....

Lingenhag   Scales and   Larsen
Larsen
-Other:* Larsen & Toubro, an Indian engineering and construction conglomerate* Larsen Bay, in Alaska* Larsen Channel, in Antarctica* Larsen effect, special kind of feedback which occurs when a loop exists between an audio input and an audio output...

2004   David   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....

  Roberto Valeiro   Larsen
Larsen
-Other:* Larsen & Toubro, an Indian engineering and construction conglomerate* Larsen Bay, in Alaska* Larsen Channel, in Antarctica* Larsen effect, special kind of feedback which occurs when a loop exists between an audio input and an audio output...

 and   Fuat
Fuat
Fuat is a masculine Turkish given name. People named Fuat include:* Fuat Çapa, Belgian-Turkish football manager* Fuat Kalkan, German-Turkish footballer* Fuat Sezgin, Turkish writer* Fuat Uzkınay, Turkish filmmaker* Fuat Yaman, Turkish football coach...

2005   Cristiano Scalabrelli   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  Bruno Alves
Bruno Alves
Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia and the Portuguese national team, as a central defender....

  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....

2006
2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 2 and August 28. The overall winners of the competition was Spain...


Details
2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 2 and August 28. The overall winners of the competition was Spain...

  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....

  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....

  Roberto Valeiro Not attributed
2007
2007 Euro Beach Soccer League
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...

 
Details
2007 Euro Beach Soccer League
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...

  Dejan 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...

  Dejan 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...

 and   Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle
Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...

  Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....

  Russia
2008
2008 Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League 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...


Details
2008 Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League 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...

  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....

  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....

Ran
Ran
-Organizations:* Rainforest Action Network* Russian Academy of Sciences * The Royal Australian Navy-People:* Nissim of Gerona, Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven...

  Adil
2009
Details
  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....

  Palmacci,   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....

  Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....

2010
2010 Euro Beach Soccer League
-Individual awards:MVP: Roberto Pasquali Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali & Saganowsky — 8 goalsFAIR PLAY award: Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & results:----...


Details
2010 Euro Beach Soccer League
-Individual awards:MVP: Roberto Pasquali Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali & Saganowsky — 8 goalsFAIR PLAY award: Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & results:----...

  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....

  Dejan 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...

  Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....

2011
2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
-Individual Awards:MVP: Juanma Lima Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & Results:...


Details
2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
-Individual Awards:MVP: Juanma Lima Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & Results:...

  Dejan 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...

  Dmitry Shishin   Valentin Jaeggy

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006) 1 (2002) 3 (1998, 2007, 2009)
4 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010) 6 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009) 4 (1998, 1999, 2003, 2011)
2 (2009, 2011) 3 (2007, 2008, 2010)
1 (2004) 3 (1999, 2003, 2007) 3 (2000, 2002, 2005) 1 (2001)
1 (2005) 2 (1998, 2010) 2 (2001, 2009) 5 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008)
1 (1998)
1 (2011) 3 (2003, 2005, 2010)
1 (2008)
1 (2006)
1 (2004)
1 (2011)
1 (2002)
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