2012 Euro Beach Soccer League

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2012 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Teams21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Italy
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored521 (8.68 per match)
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The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). 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.

This season, there are eight teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are three Stages this year, as opposed to four) 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 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format. This was due to the European qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup being held during the EBSL season.

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 six teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) will play in the Superfinal in The Hague, the Netherlands from August 23 – 26. The top four teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A and the host team Netherlands will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2013 season.

Beginning this season, the Power Horse energy drink company has signed on to become the new sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.

Eligible EBSL teams[edit]

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.[1]

2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions
DIVISION A DIVISION B
 France  Romania  Andorra  England  Hungary
 Italy  Russia  Azerbaijan  Estonia  Norway
 Poland  Spain  Belarus  Germany  Turkey
 Portugal   Switzerland  Czech Republic  Greece  Ukraine

Note: Netherlands qualifies for Promotion Final as host nation without playing a match.

Stage 1 Terracina, Italy – June, 8 – 10[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Division A, Group A[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 16 8 +8 9
 Portugal 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 5
 Spain 3 0 1 2 12 17 –5 2
 France 3 0 0 3 14 20 –6 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Division A, Group B[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 20 15 +5 6
 Poland 3 0 2 1 21 23 –2 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 16 13 +3 3
 Romania 3 1 0 2 12 18 –6 3
clinched Superfinal Berth

Division B[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 15 17 –2 6
 Norway 3 0 0 3 9 20 –11 0

Belarus win the stage on goal average

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results[edit]

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

Czech Republic 7 – 0 Norway
P. Stejskal 8'
T. Zidlicky 10'
D. Filinger 10'
T. Hurab 13'
M. Chalupa 19'
M. Salak 27'
M. Bocek 35'		 Report
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Hungary 3 – 9 Belarus
P. Abel 15'
T. Weisz 29'
S. Badalik 33'		 Report 13', 18' V. Krupitsa
15', 29', 31' I. Bryshtsel
20' Karpau
27', 33' V. Bokach
29' I. Miranovich
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Switzerland 4 – 5 Romania
D. Stankovic 2', 13'
S. Spaccarotella 23'
A. Schirinzi 33'		 Report 5' L. Croitoru
5', 33' Maci
27' I. Posteucă
34' L. Chirilă
Rive di Traiano, Terracina
Referee: Netherlands Michael Scheffers


France 6 – 9 Russia
M. Pagis 10', 23', 24'
A. Fayos 22', 36'
J. Basquaise 36'		 Report 4', 4', 23', 28', 36' D. Shishin
10', 31' E. Eremeev
16' E. Shaykov
32' Y. Gorchinskiy
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Portugal 6 – 5 (a.e.t.) Spain
B. Novo 15', 16'
N. Belchior 17', 32', 37'
Madjer 19'		 Report 8', 16', 30' Juanma
10' R. Amarelle
19' C. Torres
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Poland 7 – 6 (a.e.t.) Italy
T. Wydmuszek 10', 16'
B. Saganowski 16', 37'
M. Widzicki 19'
P. Friszkemut 29'
W. Ziober 31'		 Report 1', 2' F. Corosiniti
13' D. Ramaciotti
21', 30', 31' P. Palmacci
Rive di Traiano, Terracina
Belarus 5 – 4 Norway
L. Melandez 8' (o.g.)
I. Miranovich 16', 29'
V. Krupitsa 26'
I. Bryshtsel 32'		 Report 12' Senja (T.-R. Sorensen)
29' B. Ellingsen
35', 36' E. Hansen
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Czech Republic 3 – 4 Hungary
M. Salak 16'
M. Bocek 33'
T. Hurab 33'		 Report 3', 5' V. Fekete
25' P. Jaksa
36' F. Besenyei
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Switzerland 12 – 8 Poland
V. Jaeggy 17'
P. Borer 14', 21'
S. Leu 17', 34'
D. Stankovic 17', 30'
V. Jaeggy 18'
A. Schirinzi 23', 23', 36'
S. Meier 33'		 Report 5' D. Depta
8' T. Wydmuszek
23' D. Baran
25' K. Grzegorczyk
30' W. Ziober
33', 34' P. Friszkemut
33' M. Widzicki
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Portugal 6 – 3 France
N. Belchior 6'
Madjer 12', 12'
Rui Coimbra 16'
B. Novo 22'
Jordan 33'		 Report 12' M. Pagis
12' J.-M. Edouard
35' A. Fayos
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Russia 6 – 2 Spain
E. Shaykov 6', 14'
D. Shishin 9', 36'
A. Makarov 12', 30'		 Report 22' J. Torres
24' C. Torres
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Italy 8 – 2 Romania
P. Palmacci 3', 19', 24', 32'
F. Corosiniti 4', 15'
M. Leghissa 17', 26'		 Report 3' Maci
5' L. Chirilă
Rive di Traiano, Terracina
Norway 5 – 8 Hungary
Senja (T.-R. Sorensen)
B. Ellingsen ,
E. Hansen
L. Melandez 		Report , , , V. Fekete
, S. Badalik
P. Jaksa
P. Abel
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Belarus 1 – 2 Czech Republic
I. Bryshtsel 23' Report 2' M. Bocek
12' D. Filinger
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Poland 6 – 5 (a.e.t.) Romania
B. Saganowski 1', 27', 37'
W. Ziober 33', 39'
T. Wydmuszek 35'		 Report 4' I. Posteucă
20', 30' M. Posteucă
31', 38' Maci
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Spain 5 – 5 (a.e.t.) France
R. Amarelle 2', 15'
D. Samoun 14' (o.g.)
J. Torres 26', 28'		 Report 2', 3' J. Basquaise
5' A. Mendy
8' M. Pagis
31' D. Samoun
Penalties
R. Amarelle soccer ball with check mark 1 – 0 soccer ball with red X M. Pagis
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Italy 2 – 4  Switzerland
G. Gori 5'
P. Palmacci 36'		 Report 6' S. Lutz
14', 26', 35' D. Stankovic
Rive di Traiano, Terracina


Russia 1 – 0 Portugal
A. Bukhlitskiy 8' Report
Rive di Traiano, Terracina

Individual awards[edit]

MVP: Italy Paolo Palmacci
Top Scorer: Italy Paolo Palmacci (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Russia Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Source:[2]

Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – August, 3 – 5[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

Final standings Division A[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 9
 Romania 3 0 2 1 11 15 –4 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 14 13 +1 3
 France 3 0 0 3 12 18 –6 0
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9
 Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 6
 Greece 3 1 0 2 9 10 –1 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 8 15 –7 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results[edit]

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

Romania 4 – 4 (a.e.t.) Italy
Maci 2'
F. Corosiniti 15' (o.g.)
M. Posteucă 32'
I. Posteucă 34'		 Report 10' M. Leghissa
16' G. Gori
18' F. Corosiniti
22' M. Marrucci
Penalties
Maci soccer ball with check mark 1 – 0 soccer ball with red X S. Feudi
Referee: Belgium Emanuel Vocale


Turkey 2 – 5 Greece
A. Muftuoglu 2'
B. Terzioglu 33'		 Report 4', 13' Ni. Bertsias
7' E. Kouvaras
8' I. Bousmpouras
17' Ne. Bertsias
Referee: Switzerland Roman Walder


France 2 – 5 Russia
D. Samoun 7'
J. Basquaise 25'		 Report 11', 22', 25' D. Shishin
26' A. Makarov
32' E. Eremeev
Referee: Poland Tomas Winiarcyzk


Azerbaijan 2 – 3 Germany
Elvin Guliyev 29'
J. Bakshaliyev 33'		 Report 6' F. Goller
8' S. Ullrich
19' C. Thürk
Referee: Italy Giuseppe Melfi
Romania 5 – 4 (a.e.t.) France
M. Posteucă 6'
Maci 9'
R. Gasset 12' (o.g.)
I. Florea 12'
L. Croitoru 37'		 Report 7' Favolini
16' J.-M. Edouard
18' S. Francois
19' D. Samoun
Referee: Russia Alexander Berezkin


Turkey 5 – 6 Azerbaijan
Tamer Ay 3'
A. Sezer 13'
E. Eriten 13'
B. Terzioglu 19'
E. Anzaflioglu 32'		 Report 4' E. Kurdov
7', 34', 36' Z. Zeynalov
14', 27' H. Baghirov
Referee: Italy Giuseppe Melfi


Russia 3 – 2 Italy
Y. Krasheninnikov 4'
A. Makarov 19'
R. Zaikin 29'		 Report 4' F. Corosiniti
35' G. Gori
Referee: Hungary Peter Herbaly


Germany 2 – 1 Greece
C. Thürk 3'
O. Romrig 23'		 Report 32' I. Bousmpouras
Referee: Poland Tomas Winiarcyzk
Italy 8 – 6 France
G. Gori 4', 12', 33'
D. Ramaciotti 7', 31'
M. Marrucci 19'
S. Marinai 27', 30'		 Report 3' D. Samoun
19', 21', 23' J. Basquaise
20' S. Francois
26' F. Mendy
Referee: Switzerland Roman Walder


Greece 3 – 6 Azerbaijan
K. Papastathopoulos 5'
P. Konstantakopoulos 9', 22'		 Report 5' H. Baghirov
10', 20', 28' Elvin Guliyev
24' A. Zeynal
32' J. Bakshaliyev
Referee: Belgium Emanuel Vocale


Russia 7 – 2 Romania
D. Shishin 4', 25', 26', 31'
A. Makarov 7'
Y. Krasheninnikov 21'
E. Eremeev 23'		 Report 1' I. Florea
32' M. Posteucă
Referee: Poland Tomas Winiarcyzk


Germany 4 – 1 Turkey
C. Thürk 18'
S. Ullrich 19', 29'
O. Romrig 35'		 Report 35' A. Muftuoglu
Referee: Italy Giuseppe Melfi

Individual awards[edit]

MVP: Russia Dmitry Shishin
Top Scorer: Russia Dmitry Shishin (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Russia Danila Ippolitov

Source:[3]

Stage 3 Torredembarra, Spain – August, 17 – 19[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

Final standings Division A[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 17 14 +3 6
 Spain 3 0 2 1 11 12 –1 4
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 17 19 –2 3
 Poland 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3
clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Ukraine 3 3 0 0 27 7 +20 9
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6
 England 3 1 0 2 9 15 –6 3
 Andorra 3 0 0 3 6 25 –19 0
clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results[edit]

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

Ukraine 6 – 4 Estonia
V. Sydorenko 4'
R. Pachev 10', 20'
O. Zborovskyi 18', 35'
M. Anton 25' (o.g.)		 Report 16', 33' A. Aniko
28' A. Saharov
36' A. Galkin
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: France Wolff


Andorra 3 – 4 England
A. Godoy 18'
D. Mejías 27', 34'		 Report 16', 23' J. Temple
18' S. Webb
33' S. Lawson
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Spain Petrova


Poland 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Spain
P. Friszkemut 31' Report 6' J. Lima
Penalties
D. Baran soccer ball with check mark
T. Wydmuszek soccer ball with red X
M. Olejniczak soccer ball with red X		 1 – 2 soccer ball with check mark R. Amarelle
soccer ball with red X J. Lima
soccer ball with check mark M. Beiro
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: France Benchabane


Portugal 7 – 8  Switzerland
P. Graça 4'
J. Santos 11', 20', 22', 30'
J. Maria 18'
B. Torres 20'		 Report 1' S. Leu
8' (o.g.) R. Coimbra
13' S. Spaccarotella
15', 20', 34' K. Jaeggy
20' M. Rodrigues
32' A. Schirinzi
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Turkey Akcer
Ukraine 13 – 1 Andorra
I. Riabchuk 4', 19', 34'
O. Zborovskyi 8', 19', 28', 35'
O. Budzko 12', 30'
V. Gladchenko 17'
O. Korniychuk 20'
O. Illichov 22'
K. Andreiev 31'		 Report 31' M. Blázquez
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Italy Polito


England 3 – 4 Estonia
J. Temple 4'
S. Lawson 10'
M. Evans 13'		 Report 1' I. Siska
2' A. Galkin
25' A. Saharov
30' M. Truusalu
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Spain Martinez


Spain 5 – 8  Switzerland
L. Gomez 5', 12', 27', 35'
Kuman 28'		 Report 1', 18' S. Spaccarotella
13' S. Leu
15' K. Jaeggy
26', 30' A. Schirinzi
33' M. Jaeggy
36' P. Borer
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: France Benchabane


Portugal 7 – 6 Poland
J. Maria 14', 16', 23'
B. Novo 16'
J. Santos 20', 35'
R. Coimbra 36'		 Report 16' (o.g.) B. Novo
18' D. Baran
20' P. Golanski
28' L. Trzaskowski
32' M. Olejniczak
33' P. Friszkemut
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: France Wolff
Estonia 8 – 2 Andorra
A. Saharov 1', 6'
M. Lukk 16'
A. Galkin 18', 22'
M. Truusalu 21', 24', 29'		 Report 14' D. Mejías
15' M. Blázquez
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Spain Petrova


England 2 – 8 Ukraine
J. Younie 9'
M. Day 29'		 Report 9', 16', 31' O. Zborovskyi
11' R. Pachev
12' O. Korniychuk
28' K. Andreiev
29' O. Illichov
32' V. Gladchenko
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: Switzerland Zimmerman


Switzerland 1 – 2 Poland
P. Borer 31' Report 25', 29' P. Friszkemut
Platja de Torredembarra
Referee: France Benchabane


Spain 5 – 3 (a.e.t.) Portugal
J. Lima 15'
L. Gomez 23', 27', 37'
R. Amarelle 39'		 Report 10' B. Novo
22' R. Coimbra
28' J. Maria
Platja de Torredembarra

Individual awards[edit]

MVP: Spain Llorenç Gómez
Top Scorer: Spain Llorenç Gómez (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Portugal Paulo Graça

Source:[4]

Cumulative standings[edit]

Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – The Hague, Netherlands – August, 23 – 26[edit]

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions[edit]

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have not yet 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.

2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions
DIVISION A
(Superfinal) 		DIVISION B
(Promotional Final)
 Russia  Poland  Netherlands  Germany
  Switzerland  Romania  France  Czech Republic
 Portugal  Italy  Ukraine  Belarus
automatic entry as hosts

Division A (Superfinal)[edit]

Group a standings[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Russia 2 2 0 0 13 6 +7 6
 Italy 2 1 0 1 9 7 +2 3
 Poland 2 0 0 2 3 12 –9 0
clinched Superfinal Group

Group b standings[edit]

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
  Switzerland 2 2 0 0 14 5 +9 6
 Romania 2 1 0 1 7 11 –4 3
 Portugal 2 0 0 2 7 12 –5 0
clinched Superfinal Group

Schedule and results[edit]

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

Round-Robin[edit]

Switzerland 7 – 2 Romania
D. Stankovic 17', 27', 33'
P. Borer 18'
S. Leu 19'
D. Ziegler 24'
K. Jaeggy 26'		 Report 10' I. Florea
15' Maci
The Hague Beach Stadium, Scheveningen, The Hague
Referee: Netherlands Michael Scheffers


Russia 7 – 3 Italy
E. Eremeev 21', 31'
A. Makarov 19', 34'
D. Shishin 11'
I. Leonov 14'
E. Shaykov 28'		 Report 16', 29' G. Gori
20' D. Ramaciotti
The Hague Beach Stadium, Scheveningen, The Hague
Referee: Hungary Istvan Meszaros
Portugal 4 – 5 Romania
L. Vaz 5', 22'
Madjer 24'
J. Maria 29'		 Report 18', 21' I. Florea
5' Maci
7' A. Tănase
22' L. Chirilă
The Hague Beach Stadium, Scheveningen, The Hague


Poland 0 – 6 Italy
Report 15', 17', 35' D. Ramaciotti
18',

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