2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
 | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Serbia |
| Dates | 24 - 26 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Third place |  Russia |
| Fourth place |  Hungary |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 97 (8.08 per match) |
← 2014 | |
The 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beach soccer championships, organised every two years by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). It was held in June 2016, in Belgrade, Serbia, the first time the country has hosted and played in a BSWW sanctioned event.[1]
Eight nations took part which were the best nations in Europe based on their finish in last years 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League, plus hosts Serbia. France, however, pulled out and were replaced by Hungary. The competition reverted to being a straight knock-out tournament instead of involving a group stage first as in the previous edition in 2014, with classifying matches to determine the final standings of those who didn't reach the final.
Spain were the defending champions, accepting the invitation to play, but lost in the quarter-finals, ultimately finishing seventh.
Portugal won the championship, claiming their seventh crown, their first in 10 years. Italy reached their first final, finishing as runners-up.
Participating teams
[edit]The following teams took part in the tournament.[2]
| Team | 2015 EBSL finish | Participation | Previous1 | Euro ranking[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia*
|
– (n/a) | 1st | – (n/a) | – (n/a) |
 Spain
|
Division A, 4th | 15th | (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 5th |
| Italy
|
Division A, 5th | 14th | (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) | 3rd |
 Switzerland
|
Division A, 6th | 14th | (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 4th |
| Russia
|
Division A, 3rd | 6th | (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 1st |
| Portugal
|
Division A, 1st (2015 EBSL Champions) | 13th | (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012) | 2nd |
| Hungary
|
Division A, 12th (relegated) | 5th | (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014) | 7th |
 Ukraine
|
Division A, 2nd | 3rd | (2005, 2007) | 6th |
- Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- * = hosts of this year
- 1Note: 1998-2010 annual basis (excluding 2000), biennial basis post-2010.
Results
[edit]Main tournament bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 6 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 3 | |||||||||
| 24 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| 24 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 2 | |||||||||
| Russia | 4 (0) | |||||||||
| 24 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 4 (2) | Third place | ||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | |||||||||
| 26 June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Russia | 8 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||||||
Classification matches
| Classifying semi-finals | Fifth place play-off | ||||||||
| QF1 | Serbia
| 1 | |||||||
| QF2 | Switzerland
| 6 | |||||||
| Switzerland
| 5 | ||||||||
| Ukraine
| 6 | ||||||||
| QF3 | Ukraine
| 7 | |||||||
| QF4 | Spain
| 3 | Seventh place play-off | ||||||
| Serbia
| 1 | ||||||||
| Spain
| 11 | ||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]The winners proceeded on in the main tournament into the semi-finals. The losers progressed into a series of classifying matches to determine the standings of fifth down to eighth place.
| Italy | 3–2 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
Semi-finals
[edit]Main tournament
[edit]Classification (5th to 8th place)
[edit]| Serbia | 1–6 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
Seventh place play-off
[edit]The losers of the classifying semi finals contested 7th place.
Fifth place play-off
[edit]The winners of the classifying semi finals contested 5th place.
| Ukraine | 6–5 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
Third place play-off
[edit]The losers of the main tournament semi finals contested 3rd place.
Final
[edit]The winners of the main tournament semi finals contested the championship final.
Winners
[edit]| 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup champions |
|---|
 Portugal Seventh title |
Awards
[edit]| Top scorer |
|---|
| Gabriele Gori
|
| 6 goals |
| Best player |
| Elinton Andrade
|
| Best goalkeeper |
| Elinton Andrade
|
Final standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 8 | Champions |
| 2 | Italy
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 | Second place |
| 3 | Russia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 | Third place |
| 4 | Hungary
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Ukraine
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 6 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Switzerland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 3 | Sixth place |
| 7 | Spain
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 3 | Seventh place |
| 8 | Serbia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | Eighth place |
References
[edit]- ^ "Euro Beach Soccer Cup lands in Serbia!". beachsoccer.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "OČEKUJE SE SPEKTAKL: U Srbiju stiže fudbal na pesku!" (in Serbian). srbijadanas.com. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "European Ranking". beachsoccer.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.