2005 Euro Beach Soccer League

2005 Euro Beach Soccer League

Tournament details
Dates	8 July – 28 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	France
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	468 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amarelle
Best player(s)	Cristiano Scalabrelli
Best goalkeeper	Bruno Alves
← 2004 2006 →

Tignes

Figueira da Foz

Cervia

Linz

Santa Ponsa

Marseille

class=notpageimage|

Locations of the events of the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League
Division A events
Division B events
Division A & C events
Superfinal

The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the eighth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 8 and August 28, 2005 in five different nations across Europe.

Following the preceding season, BSWW continued organising the nations of the EBSL across three divisions (A, B and C), with each team competing in their respective division to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly. ^[1]

Italy were ultimately crowned champions, coming back from 5–1 down in the last period of the final to win their first European title. ^[2] France entered the league as defending champions but lost in the Superfinal semi-finals, finishing the league in third place.

Teams

This season 16 nations took part in the Euro Beach Soccer League whom were and were distributed as follows:

Division A (4)   France   Italy   Portugal   Spain

Division B (8)   Austria   England   Germany   Greece   Hungary   Netherlands   Norway   Ukraine

Division C (4)   Belgium   Poland   Russia    Switzerland

Superfinal berths

There were eight berths available in this season's Superfinal. The table summarises in what positions nations needed to finish in their respective divisions in order to qualify to the Superfinal, what round of the Superfinal they would enter finishing in said positions, and the seeding they would receive.

Allocations

Seed	Position in Division	Division	Round entered
1	Winner	A	Semi-finals
2	Runner-up		Quarter-finals
3	Third place
4	Fourth place
5	Winner	B
6	Runner-up
7	Third place		Play-off round
8	Winner	C

• Division A was awarded four Superfinal berths (with only four teams in the division, all teams automatically qualified - the teams played to try and win the division in order to earn the single berth straight into the Superfinal semi-finals and, failing this, attain the best seeding possible)
• Division B received three berths and Division C, one.

Play off round

• Since the Division A winners received a bye in the quarter-finals, this meant one of the four quarter-final ties was to be void. The three other quarter-final matches only had enough spaces to accommodate six of the other seven teams qualified for Superfinal.
• Hence BSWW decided the top five of the remaining seven teams would go straight into the quarters, whilst a play-off round would take place between the two lowest ranked qualifiers (3rd Division B v Winner Division C) to determine who gets the final sixth quarter-final spot. The loser and now leftover seventh nation would have to settle for the consolation matches.

Division A

Division A consisted of four rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in each of the four countries participating as shown. All four teams took part in each. In each stage, the teams played each other once. The nation who earned the most points at the end of the stage was crowned stage winners.

At the end of the four stages all results were tallied up in a final league table.

Stage 1

The first stage took place in Tignes, France. Portugal won the event.

Matches 8 July 2005 France   7–5   Italy Spain   11–4   Portugal 9 July 2005 France   7–4   Spain Italy   6–7   Portugal 10 July 2005 Italy   5–4   Spain France   4–7   Portugal

Final standings Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts 1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 18 21 –3 6 2   France 3 2 0 1 18 16 +2 6 3   Italy 3 1 0 2 16 18 −2 3 4   Spain 3 1 0 2 19 16 +3 3 Awards [3] Best player: Jean-Marc Edouard Top scorer(s): Amarelle (9 goals) Best goalkeeper: Cristiano Scalabrelli

Stage 2

The second stage took place in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The hosts claimed their second stage win.

Matches 22 July 2005 Portugal   5–2   Italy Spain   6–3   France 23 July 2005 Italy   1–2   Spain Portugal   6–2   France 24 July 2005 Italy   6–3   France Portugal   4–2   Spain

Final standings Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts 1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 9 2   Spain 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6 3   Italy 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3 4   France 3 0 0 3 8 18 –10 0 Awards [4] Best player: Madjer Top scorer(s): Madjer (8 goals) Best goalkeeper: Bruno Silva

Stage 3

The third and penultimate stage took place in Cervia, Italy. The hosts earned their first stage victory. Portugal earned enough points during this stage to secure first place in the final division standings.

Matches 29 July 2005 Italy   3–2   France Portugal   4–3   Spain 30 July 2005 Italy   2–1   Portugal Spain   6–6 (a.e.t.) 2–1 (pens.)   France 31 July 2005 Italy   5–3 (a.e.t.)   Spain Portugal   10–7   France

Final standings Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts 1   Italy 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 8 2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 6 3   Spain 3 0 1 2 12 15 −3 2 4   France 3 0 0 3 15 19 –4 0 Awards [5] Best player: Maurizio Galli Top scorer(s): Madjer (7 goals) Best goalkeeper: Cristiano Scalabrelli

Stage 4

The fourth and final stage took place in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain. Portugal won their third stage title.

Matches 5 August 2005 Portugal   2–3   France Spain   9–3   Italy 6 August 2005 Spain   2–4   Portugal France   5–3   Italy 7 August 2005 Portugal   6–2   Italy Spain   5–4   France

Final standings Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts 1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 12 7 +5 6 2   France 3 2 0 1 12 10 +2 6 3   Spain 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6 4   Italy 3 0 0 3 8 20 –12 0 Awards [6] Best player: Amarelle Top scorer(s): Amarelle (8 goals) Best goalkeeper: Bruno Silva

Final table

All four teams automatically qualified to the Superfinal. However, finishing top of the division table earned that team a bye straight into the semifinals, whilst the final positions of the other three nations determined seedings in the quarter-finals.

Portugal were crowned winners, earning the bye into the Superfinal semi finals. Spain, by finishing second, ensured the next highest seeding meaning they would be drawn against the worst ranked team to make the Superfinal (the play-off winners) in the quarter-finals. On the other hand, France, finishing last, received the lowest seeding in Division A and hence suffered the consequences of having to play the next best seed, the winners of Division B.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	12	9	0	3	60	46	+14	27	Advance to Superfinal semi-finals
2	Spain	12	5	1	6	57	50	+7	17	Advance to Superfinal quarter-finals
3	Italy	12	4	1	7	43	54	−11	14
4	France	12	4	0	8	53	63	–10	12

Division B

Results

• Dates: 8–10 July 2005
• Location: Linz, Austria

This season, Division B was played as a straight knockout tournament. The eight teams contesting the division started in the quarter-finals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner was crowned. The losers of the quarter-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final division placements.

	Fifth place				Consolation semifinals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
									Austria	4
									Greece	3
					Greece	5 (0)							Austria	2
					England (pens.)	5 (1)							Germany	4
									Germany	6
									England	2
	England	4															Germany	4
	Ukraine	10															Hungary	5
									Hungary	7
									Ukraine	3
	Seventh place				Ukraine	6							Hungary	8			Third place
					Norway	2							Netherlands	4
	Greece	4							Netherlands	3							Austria	5
	Norway	3							Norway	2							Netherlands	4

Awards [7]

Best player: Oleksandr Pylypenko

Top scorer(s): TD Al'Said, Ferenc Vígh (6 goals)

Best goalkeeper: Dennis Prostka

Final standings

The top two nations qualified straight into the Superfinal quarter-finals along with three sides from Division A. The third placed team qualified to the Superfinal play-off round to contest the sixth and final quarter-final spot against the winners of Division C. The remaining Division B nations exited this season's EBSL.

Hungary won the Division B tournament title, whilst hosts Austria claimed the third and final spot in the Superfinal.

Rank	Team	Qualification
	Hungary	Advance to Superfinal quarter-finals
	Germany
	Austria	Advance to Superfinal play-off round
4	Netherlands
5	Ukraine
6	England
7	Greece
8	Norway

Division C

The nations comprising Division C contested one round of fixtures. The teams played each other once. The nation who earned the most points at the end of the matches was crowned winner the division.

Matches

The fixtures were played in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain, alongside stage 4 of Division A.

5 August 2005
Belgium	2–5	Russia
Poland	2–2 (a.e.t.) 5–6 (pens.)	Switzerland
6 August 2005
Belgium	1–5	Poland
Switzerland	5–2	Russia
7 August 2005
Poland	3–2	Russia
Switzerland	7–2	Belgium

Awards [8]

Best player:  ?

Top scorer(s): Krzysztof Kuchciak (5 goals)

Best goalkeeper: Marek Gorecky

Final table

The winners solely qualified to the Superfinal play-off round to play the lowest ranked qualifier from Division B to contest the sixth and final quarter-final spot. The remaining Division C nations exited this season's EBSL.

Switzerland were crowned winners.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	14	6	+8	8	Advance to Superfinal play-off round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	5	17	–12	0

Superfinal

Qualified teams

This is a summary of the teams who qualified for the Superfinal.

Seed	Team	Division	Round entered
1	Portugal	A	Semi-finals
2	Spain		Quarter-finals
3	Italy
4	France
5	Hungary	B
6	Germany
7	Austria		Play-off round
8	Switzerland	C

Results

• Dates: 25–28 August 2005
• Location: Marseille, France

This season the Superfinal was played as a straight knockout tournament. Six teams contesting the title started in the quarter-finals, with Portugal joining in the semifinals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned. The losers of the quarter-finals and play-off round played in consolation matches to determine their final league placements.

Firstly, the play-off round took place between the winners of Division C and the lowest ranked qualifiers from Division B for reasons explained earlier. The winners, Switzerland, moved on to the quarter-finals. The losers, Austria, retreated to the consolidation matches.

	Play-off round
	7	Austria	7
	8	Switzerland (a.e.t.)	8

Following the play-off round, the main knockout stages and consolation matches of the Superfinal took place.

	Fifth place					Consolation semifinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
											1	Portugal
												bye
						7	Austria	1								1	Portugal	4
						5	Hungary	6								4	France	2
											4	France (pens.)	5 (2)
											5	Hungary	5 (1)
	5	Hungary	5																		1	Portugal	5 (1)
	2	Spain	7																		3	Italy (pens.)	5 (2)
											3	Italy	6
											6	Germany	4
	Seventh place					6	Germany	4								3	Italy	5			Third place
						2	Spain	7								8	Switzerland	3
	7	Austria	2								8	Switzerland	4								4	France	6
	6	Germany	6								2	Spain	3								8	Switzerland	2

Championship match details

28 August 2005

18:30

Portugal	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Hernâni Belchior Alan Barraca	Report	Pasquali Fruzzetti Agostini
Penalties
Alan Madjer	1–2	Fruzzetti Pasquali

Plages du Prado, Marseille

Winners

2005 Euro Beach Soccer League champions
Italy First title

Statistics [9]

Top scorer(s): Amarelle, Massimo Agostini, Tamás Weisz (7 goals)

Best goalkeeper: Roberto Valeiro (82.9% save rate)

Superfinal final standings

Italy beat favourites Portugal in the final on penalties to win their first Euro Beach Soccer League title.

Pos	Team	Notes
1	Italy	EBSL Champions
2	Portugal	Runners-up
3	France	Third place
4	Switzerland
5	Spain
6	Hungary
7	Germany
8	Austria

Sources

1. "Mastercard Euro Beach Soccer League". beachsoccer.com. December 2005. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
2. "Mastercard Euro Beach Soccer League". beachsoccer.com. May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
3. "euro BS league 2005 - Group A - French Event - Tignes, France - July 8th – 10th, 2005 -Event Final Bulletin" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
4. "euro BS league 2005 - Group A - Portuguese Event - Figueira da Foz, Portugal - July 22nd – 24th, 2005" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
5. "euro BS league 2005 - Group A - Italian Event - Cervia, Italy - July 29th – 31st, 2005" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
6. "BEACH SOCCER EUROLEAGUE 2005: ITALIA CAMPIONE". Beach Soccer LND (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2006-05-24. Retrieved 24 May 2006.
7. "euro BS league - Group B Event - Linz, Austria - July 8th – 10th, 2005 - Final Event Bulletin" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
8. "MASTERCARD - euro BS league 2005 - Superfinal - Marseille, France - August 26-28, 2005 - MasterCard euro BS league Bulletin" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
9. "MASTERCARD - euro BS league 2005 - Superfinal - Marseille, France - August 26-28, 2005 - MasterCard euro BS league Bulletin" (PDF). Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2006.

• Roonba
• BSWW
• RSSSF