2024 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Italy Georgia Moldova Portugal |
Dates | 3 July – 15 September |
Teams | TBC (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | (in 5 host cities) |
The 2024 Euro Beach Soccer League is 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 is organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
This season, the competing teams continue to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B).
Italy are the defending champions.
Calendar and locations
[edit]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 | B | [1][3][4] |
Stage 1 (Tirrenia, 3–7 July)
[edit]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]
Division A
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Key: Advance to – | 1st–4th place semifinals / | 5th–8th place semifinals / | (H) Hosts |
Group 1[edit]
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Group 2[edit]
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Knockout stage
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]6 July 2024 5th–8th place | Estonia | 2–1 | Lithuania | |
12:00 |
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Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
6 July 2024 | Czechia | 1–3 | France | |
14:30 |
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Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) |
6 July 2024 1st–4th place | Denmark | 3–4 | Switzerland | |
16:30 |
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Report | Referee: Moreno Longo (Switzerland) |
6 July 2024 | Italy | 11–3 | Romania | |
19:30 | Report |
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Referee: Matthieu Dor (France) |
Finals
[edit]7 July 2024 7th place match | Lithuania | 1–3 | Czechia | |
11:00 |
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Referee: Matthieu Dor (France) |
7 July 2024 5th place match | Estonia | 2–6 | France | |
15:00 |
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Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (San Marino) |
7 July 2024 3rd place match | Romania | 3–10 | Denmark | |
17:00 |
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Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
7 July 2024 Stage final | Italy | 3–2 | Switzerland | |
19:20 |
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Referee: Andrei Karhu (Estonia) |
Final standings
[edit]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 |
Division B
[edit]Key: | Stage winners / | Withdrew |
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Awards
[edit]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 |
Stage 2 (Batumi, 17–21 July)
[edit]Matches are listed as local time in Batumi, GET (UTC+4) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches will take place at a purpose-built arena at Batumi Boulevard with a capacity of 1,300.[9]
Division B
[edit]- Group A
Key: | Stage winners |
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- Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 |
2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 |
3 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 3 |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | –9 | 0 |
Source:[10]
- Semifinals and final
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Stage 3 (Chișinău, 26–28 July)
[edit]Matches are listed as local time in Chișinău, EEST (UTC+3) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
All matches will take place at the FMF Beach Soccer Arena,[11] with a capacity of 1,024.[12]
Division A
[edit]Key: | Qualified for the Superfinal / | Consigned to relegation play-offs / | (H) Hosts |
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Stage 4 (Nazaré, 30 August – 1 September)
[edit]Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.
Division A
[edit]Key: | Qualified for the Superfinal / | Consigned to relegation play-offs / | (H) Hosts |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Il CPO di Tirrenia e l'Italia ospiteranno le qualificazioni all'Europeo di beach soccer: appuntamento dal 3 al 7 luglio". OneFootball (in Italian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Eesti rannajalgpallikoondis võistleb juulis rahvusvahelisel turniiril". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b Loyant, Richard (25 June 2024). "La liste pour un tournoi en Italie". French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d Bufalino, Michele (21 June 2024). "A Tirrenia le qualificazioni all'Europeo di beach soccer, grande attesa per l'Italia". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Preparations continue ahead of the EBSL Georgia 2024 - Division B". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b Tataru, Svetlana (5 July 2024). "Fotbal pe plajă. Moldova va găzdui meciuri din Divizia A de la Euro Beach Soccer League 2024". Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Εθνική Beach Soccer: νίκη και άνοδος". Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "È grande Italia: Svizzera battuta in finale e International BS conquistata. Del Duca: "Bravi ragazzi e ottima organizzazione del torneo"". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "ბათუმის ბულვარში ქვიშის ფეხბურთის სტადიონი აშენდება - საქართველო ევროპის ლიგის B დივიზიონის მატჩებს უმასპინძლებს". 1TV (in Georgian). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ https://beachsoccer.com/event/euro-beach-soccer-league-georgia-2024-division-b
- ^ "Fotbal pe plajă. Moldova va găzdui meciuri din Divizia A de la Euro Beach Soccer League 2024". FMF (in Romanian). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Republica Moldova Va Găzdui Meciurile Diviziei B Din Cadrul Campionatului European La Fotbal Pe Plajă! (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Fotbal pe plajă. S-a stabilit programul meciurilor Moldovei din Divizia A, EBSL 2024" [Beach Soccer: The schedule of Moldova's matches in Division A, EBSL 2024 has been established]. fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website