2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket

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EBSL Last Chance Bracket
Tournament details
Dates24 August – 27 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of France.svg  France
Runners-upFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored103 (7.92 per match)
2007

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]

Contents

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]

Teams

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.


1. Russia initially competed in Division B, but were disqualified from competing any further mid-season.

Results

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:

Main bracket

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
DB9 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
WC Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4
B3 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4
WC Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
B3 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0
DA8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4
DB8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6
WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5
DA8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5
DB8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4
A3 Flag of France.svg  France 5
DA8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1
DA7 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4
WC Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 10
DB5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4
WC Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 5
WC Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3
A3 Flag of France.svg  France 6
A3 Flag of France.svg  France 8
DB7 Flag of England.svg  England 6
DB7 Flag of England.svg  England w/o
WC Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Consolation matches

5th–8th place consolation matches
   
DA7 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0
DB7 Flag of England.svg  England 4
WC Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6
DB8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4
Key:
A3 This team finished 3rd in group A of the group stage of the Superfinal
B3 This team finished 3rd in group B of the group stage of the Superfinal
DB stands for Division B, followed by their numerical final table position
DA stands for Division A, followed by their numerical final table position
WC indicates a wild-card entry (these teams had not competed in the 2006 EBSL until this point)
w/o Russia withdrew from the competition, therefore England had a walkover into the quarter-finals

Final standings

RankTeamNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Qualified to 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
6Flag of England.svg  England
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Source

World Cup qualifiers

The following table shows the five nations qualified to the 2006 World Cup and their qualification route.

NationQualification route
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Superfinal semifinalists
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5Flag of France.svg  France Last chance bracket Winners

Sources

  1. "France, Ukraine live up to star billing". fifa.com. 26 August 2006. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. "Italy, Poland and Spain book Rio places". fifa.com. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2017.[ dead link ]
  3. "France on the road to Rio". fifa.com. 27 August 2006. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

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