Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 August – 27 August |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | France |
Runners-up | Switzerland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 103 (7.92 per match) |
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, simply known as the Last chance bracket was an additional round of the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) that was specially organised to determine the fifth and final European nation that would qualify for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. [1]
The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in parallel with the staging of the 2006 EBSL Superfinal, taking place during the same dates (24–27 August) and in the same location of Marsielle, France.
Five berths were allocated to European teams in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal. [2] This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. In order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the Last chance bracket, with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket.
France won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed the last remaining World Cup berth. [3]
This round of the 2006 EBSL was a distinctly separate and unique event from the regular structure of the league, but nevertheless related to the league since it involved inviting back all the teams previously knocked out of World Cup qualifying contention during this year's EBSL to compete in the event for a second chance at qualification, as well as four wild-card entries, as listed below.
These nations finished in 5th through 9th in Division B, failing to qualify for Division A |
These nations finished in 7th and 8th place in Division A, failing to qualify for the Superfinal |
These nations finished in 5th and 6th in the Superfinal |
These nations had not yet competed in this year's EBSL until this point (bar Russia) |
The success of teams in this season's EBSL also affected what round the nations began their last chance bracket campaign's in as follows:
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
DB9 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Hungary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
B3 | Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Hungary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
B3 | Ukraine | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
DA8 | Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
DB8 | Belgium | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Czech Republic | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
DA8 | Switzerland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
DB8 | Belgium | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
DA8 | Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
DA7 | Greece | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Montenegro | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
DB5 | Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Montenegro | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Montenegro | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | France | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | France | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
DB7 | England | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
DB7 | England | w/o | |||||||||||||||||
WC | Russia |
5th–8th place consolation matches | ||||
DA7 | Greece | 0 | ||
DB7 | England | 4 | ||
WC | Hungary | 6 | ||
DB8 | Belgium | 4 |
Rank | Team | Notes |
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France | Qualified to 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | |
Switzerland | ||
Ukraine | ||
4 | Montenegro | |
5 | Hungary | |
6 | England | |
7 | Belgium | |
8 | Greece | |
9 | Germany | |
10 | Czech Republic | |
11 | Netherlands | |
12 | Russia |
The following table shows the five nations qualified to the 2006 World Cup and their qualification route.
№ | Nation | Qualification route |
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1 | Spain | Superfinal semifinalists |
2 | Portugal | |
3 | Poland | |
4 | Italy | |
5 | France | Last chance bracket Winners |
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