First Croatian beach soccer league

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First Croatian beach soccer league
Founded2021
Country Croatia
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams6
International cup(s) Euro Winners Cup
Current championsFusio (1st title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsFusio (1 title)
Website Nogomet na pijesku

The First Croatian beach soccer league (Croatian : Prva hrvatska liga nogometa na pijesku), also known as Prva HLNP is the top division in the Croatian Beach Soccer league. The league was inaugurated in 2021 under the supervision of the Croatian Football Federation and Beach Soccer Worldwide.

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Background

The Executive board of the HNS, on the proposal of the Commission for Futsal and Beach Soccer and the competition commission pursuant to Article 43 and Article 44, paragraph 6 of the Statute, on 16 August 2021 passed a decision that the registered clubs in the beach soccer competition for competition year 2021–22, play a pilot project of the first Croatian championship in beach soccer called "First Croatian beach soccer league" (First HLNP). Six clubs have been registered and matches are played as series of three tournaments, with a single point system through six rounds in the period of August and September. [1]

On August 12, 2021, it was announced that participating tams are KNP Beasal Gorovo (Opatija), KNP Pula (Pula), KNP Fusio (Zagreb), KNP Pješčana oluja (Zagreb), KNP Umag (Umag) and KNP Varadero (Zagreb). [2]

The first two tournaments were played at Stella Maris sport center in Umag on 14 and 21 August, while last tournament was played on Sand arena (Croatian: Pješčana arena) in Velika Gorica on 4 September. [3] [4] [5]

Champions

SeasonChampionRunner-up
2021FusioPula

2021 season

Group stage

Classification matches

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Odluka o Prvoj hrvatskoj ligi nogometa na pijesku" [Decision on the First Croatian Beach Soccer League](PDF). Službeno glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog Saveza (in Croatian). Hrvatski nogometni savez: 19. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Na terenu Stella Maris u Umagu ove subote, 14. kolovoza, počinje prvo prvenstvo Hrvatske u nogometu na pijesku" [The first Croatian beach soccer championship starts this Saturday, August 14, at the Stella Maris field in Umag.]. Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Momčadi Fusija i Pule ostvarile su maksimalni učinak poslije prvih dvaju kola na početku prvog Prvenstva Hrvatske u nogometu na pijesku" [The teams Fusio and Pula achieved the maximum performance after the first two rounds at the beginning of the first Croatian Beach Soccer Championship.]. Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Prvo PH: Momčad Beasal Gorova peta u nogometu na pijesku" [First PH: Beasal Gorovo team fifth in beach soccer]. Sportcom (in Croatian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "PRVO PH U NOGOMETU NA PIJESKU". HNTV (in Croatian). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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