Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Italy Georgia Moldova Portugal |
Dates | 3 July – 15 September |
Teams | 26 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Portugal (9th title) |
Runners-up | Italy |
Third place | Belarus |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 79 |
Goals scored | 603 (7.63 per match) |
The 2024 Euro Beach Soccer League was the 27th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
This season, the competing teams continued to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B).
Italy were the defending champions but lost in the final to Portugal, the latter claiming their ninth EBSL title.
Georgia will host an EBSL stage for the first time.
Phase | Dates | Country | City | Stage | Divisions | Ref. | |
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Regular season | 3–7 July | Italy | Tirrenia | Stage 1 | A | B | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
17–21 July | Georgia | Batumi | Stage 2 | B | [5] | ||
26–28 July | Moldova | Chișinău | Stage 3 | A | [6] | ||
30 August – 1 September | Portugal | Nazaré | Stage 4 | A | [6] | ||
Play-offs | 10–15 September | Italy | Alghero | Superfinal | A | [1] [3] [4] |
Matches are listed as local time in Tirrenia, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches took place at the permanent beach sports arena comprising part of the Tirrenia Olympic Preparation Centre . [1] [4]
England were originally due to take part in the Division B competition [1] [2] [4] but ultimately did not fulfil their fixtures due to undisclosed reasons. [7]
Key: Advance to – | 1st–4th place semifinals / | 5th–8th place semifinals / | (H) Hosts |
Group 1
| Group 2
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6 July 20245th–8th place | Estonia | 2–1 | Lithuania | |
12:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
6 July 2024 | Czechia | 1–3 | France | |
14:30 |
| Report |
| Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) |
6 July 20241st–4th place | Denmark | 3–4 | Switzerland | |
16:30 |
| Report | Referee: Moreno Longo (Switzerland) |
7 July 20247th place match | Lithuania | 1–3 | Czechia | |
11:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Matthieu Dor (France) |
7 July 20245th place match | Estonia | 2–6 | France | |
15:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (San Marino) |
7 July 20243rd place match | Romania | 3–10 | Denmark | |
17:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
7 July 2024Stage final | Italy | 3–2 | Switzerland | |
19:20 |
| Report |
| Referee: Andrei Karhu (Estonia) |
Key: | Qualified for the Superfinal / | Consigned to relegation play-offs |
Pos | Team |
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1 | Italy |
2 | Switzerland |
3 | Denmark |
4 | Romania |
5 | France |
6 | Estonia |
7 | Czechia |
8 | Lithuania |
Key: | Promoted to – | 2025 Euro Beach Soccer League Division A / | Withdrew |
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The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches of the respective divisions. [7] [8] Individual awards apply to Division A only.
Stage Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | |||
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Italy (Division A) | Greece (Division B) | Noël Ott Luca Bertacca | 7 goals | Noël Ott | Leandro Casapieri |
Matches are listed as local time in Batumi, GET (UTC+4) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches took place at a purpose-built arena at Batumi Boulevard with a capacity of 1,300. [9]
The stage was a designated Division B event. However, its full title was the EBSL Georgia 2024 - Division B / Batumi International Cup, as for the first time in an EBSL stage, guest nations participated. These were the national teams of Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, the latter three being members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). [10]
Beginning with a group phase, the teams were split into one group comprising the Division B member teams, and a second "invitees" group composed of the guest nations. As the exclusive Division B phase of the stage, the winners of the Division B group earnt promotion to Division A. [11] At the end of the group phase, the teams progressed to the knockout stage to determine the stage winners and other placings.
England, having withdrawn from stage 1, were originally re-entered into this stage as a Division B team. However, they withdrew again for undisclosed reasons before the publication of the final fixture list. [12]
Key: | Promoted to – | 2025 Euro Beach Soccer League Division A | ||||
Advance to – | 1st–4th place semifinals / | 5th–7th place semifinals / | (H) Hosts |
Division B teams
| Guest teams
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Key: | Green italics Guest team |
20 July 2024 | Hungary | 5–7 | Saudi Arabia | |
17:30 | Report |
20 July 2024 | Georgia | 5–6 | United Arab Emirates | |
20:30 | Report |
21 July 20245th place match | Lebanon | 3–5 | Saudi Arabia | |
17:30 | Report |
21 July 2024Stage final | Ukraine | 4–2 | United Arab Emirates | |
20:30 | Report |
Pos | Team |
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1 | Ukraine |
2 | United Arab Emirates |
3 | Georgia |
4 | Latvia |
5 | Saudi Arabia |
6 | Lebanon |
7 | Hungary |
The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches. All of the awards were claimed by members of the guest teams. [13]
Stage Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
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Ukraine | Hussain Eslam | 9 goals | Waleed Beshr | Andriy Nerush |
Matches are listed as local time in Chișinău, EEST (UTC+3) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches took place at the FMF Beach Soccer Arena, [14] with a capacity of 1,024. [15] The Saudi Arabian national team, a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), participated as a guest nation during this stage. [16]
Moldova won a Division A stage title for the first time.
Key: | Qualified for the Superfinal / | Consigned to relegation play-offs / | Green italics Guest team / | (H) Hosts |
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The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches. [17]
Stage Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
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Moldova | Patryk Pietrasiak | 6 goals | Petru Popescu | Ruslan Istrati |
Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach).
Key: | Qualified for the Superfinal / | Consigned to relegation play-offs / | (H) Hosts |
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The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches. [18]
Stage Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
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Portugal | Léo Martins | 5 goals | Léo Martins | Pedro Mano |
Matches are listed as local time in Alghero, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.
All matches took place at an arena on Lido San Giovanni Beach, with a capacity of 1,200. [19] [20]
Three teams were due to play in the relegation play-offs, with the worst two being relegated. However, Lithuania and Romania both withdrew before the start of the event (the former due to participate in the relegation play-offs, and the latter having qualified for the Superfinal). Per the tournament regulations, teams withdrawing automatically suffer relegation to Division B. This therefore resolved the outcome of the two teams to be relegated this season, without the play-offs needing to take place. [21] Germany replaced Romania in the Superfinal.
The draw to divide the teams into their respective groups took place on 3 September 2024. [22]
Key: Advance to – | Knockout stage / | 9th place match / | 11th place match / | (H) Hosts |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 |
2 | Italy (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 5 |
3 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 2 |
4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 0 |
10 September 2024 | Spain | 5–2 | Germany | |
12:45 |
| Report |
| Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal) |
10 September 2024 | Estonia | 2–6 | Italy | |
18:00 |
| Report | Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
11 September 2024 | Spain | 5–2 | Estonia | |
14:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium) |
11 September 2024 | Italy | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Germany | |
18:00 | Report |
| Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 9 |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 4 |
3 | Moldova | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | –9 | 2 |
4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 0 |
10 September 2024 | Switzerland | 6–9 | Belarus | |
10:15 | Report |
| Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
10 September 2024 | France | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Moldova | |
14:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Ojaos Valera (Spain) |
11 September 2024 | Switzerland | 6–4 (a.e.t.) | France | |
10:15 | Report |
| Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) |
11 September 2024 | Moldova | 0–8 | Belarus | |
12:45 | Report |
| Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 9 |
2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 4 |
3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 3 |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 |
10 September 2024 | Poland | 4–1 | Denmark | |
09:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Matthieu Dor (France) |
10 September 2024 | Czech Republic | 1–9 | Portugal | |
15:30 |
| Report |
| Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium) |
11 September 2024 | Poland | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Czech Republic | |
09:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
11 September 2024 | Portugal | 4–1 | Denmark | |
15:30 |
| Report |
| Referee: Ojaos Valera (Spain) |
12 September 2024 | Denmark | 1–2 | Czech Republic | |
09:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria) |
The quarterfinal draw took place on 12 September.
Quarterfinals losers placement [lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||||||
5th place – 15 September | Poland | 2 | 14 September | |||||||||||
Czech Republic (p) | 3 (4) | Spain | 3 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | 3 (2) | 13 September | Italy (a.e.t.) | 4 | ||||||||||
Italy | 5 | |||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 2 | 15 September | ||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||
13 September | Portugal | 5 | ||||||||||||
Belarus | w/o [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||||||
7th place – 15 September | Estonia | 14 September | ||||||||||||
Poland (a.e.t.) | 4 | Belarus | 3 | Third place match | ||||||||||
Estonia | 3 | 13 September | Portugal | 7 | 15 September | |||||||||
Portugal | 11 | Spain | 1 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | 4 | Belarus | 6 | |||||||||||
Portugal | 11–4 | Switzerland |
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| Report |
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Italy | 5–2 | Czech Republic |
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| Report |
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Belarus | 3–7 | Portugal |
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| Report |
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Switzerland | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
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Penalties | ||
2–4 |
2024 Euro Beach Soccer League Champions |
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Portugal Ninth title |
Top scorer(s) | |
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Jordan Santos | |
11 goals | |
Best player | |
Bê Martins | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Pedro Mano |
Pos | Team | Result |
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1 | Portugal | EBSL Champions (9th title) |
2 | Italy | Runners-up |
3 | Belarus | Third place |
4 | Spain | |
5 | Czech Republic | |
6 | Switzerland | |
7 | Poland | |
8 | Estonia | |
9 | Germany | |
10 | Moldova | |
11 | France | |
12 | Denmark |
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