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2012 Euro Beach Soccer League

Tournament details
Teams	21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	521 (8.68 per match)
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The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a Superfinal, deciding the competition winner.

This season, there are eight teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are three Stages this year, as opposed to four) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format. This was due to the European qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup being held during the EBSL season.

Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top six teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) will play in the Superfinal in The Hague, the Netherlands from August 23 – 26. The top four teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A and the host team Netherlands will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2013 season.

Beginning this season, the Power Horse energy drink company has signed on to become the new sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.

Eligible EBSL teams

The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.

2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions

DIVISION A			DIVISION B
France	Romania		Andorra	England	Hungary
Italy	Russia		Azerbaijan	Estonia	Norway
Poland	Spain		Belarus	Germany	Turkey
Portugal	Switzerland		Czech Republic	Greece	Ukraine

Note: Netherlands qualifies for Promotion Final as host nation without playing a match.

Stage 1 Terracina, Italy – June, 8 – 10

Participating nations

•  Italy
•  France
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Belarus
•  Czech Republic
•  Hungary
•  Norway

Final standings

Division A, Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	16	8	+8	9
Portugal	3	1	1	1	12	9	+3	5
Spain	3	0	1	2	12	17	–5	2
France	3	0	0	3	14	20	–6	0

Division A, Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	20	15	+5	6
Poland	3	0	2	1	21	23	–2	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	16	13	+3	3
Romania	3	1	0	2	12	18	–6	3

Division B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Belarus	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	6
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	15	17	–2	6
Norway	3	0	0	3	9	20	–11	0

Belarus win the stage on goal average

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Terracina (UTC+02:00).

Czech Republic	7 – 0	Norway
P. Stejskal 8' T. Zidlicky 10' D. Filinger 10' T. Hurab 13' M. Chalupa 19' M. Salak 27' M. Bocek 35'	Report

Hungary	3 – 9	Belarus
P. Abel 15' T. Weisz 29' S. Badalik 33'	Report	13', 18' V. Krupitsa 15', 29', 31' I. Bryshtsel 20' Karpau 27', 33' V. Bokach 29' I. Miranovich

Switzerland	4 – 5	Romania
D. Stankovic 2', 13' S. Spaccarotella 23' A. Schirinzi 33'	Report	5' L. Croitoru 5', 33' Maci 27' I. Posteucă 34' L. Chirilă

France	6 – 9	Russia
M. Pagis 10', 23', 24' A. Fayos 22', 36' J. Basquaise 36'	Report	4', 4', 23', 28', 36' D. Shishin 10', 31' E. Eremeev 16' E. Shaykov 32' Y. Gorchinskiy

Portugal	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
B. Novo 15', 16' N. Belchior 17', 32', 37' Madjer 19'	Report	8', 16', 30' Juanma 10' R. Amarelle 19' C. Torres

Poland	7 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Italy
T. Wydmuszek 10', 16' B. Saganowski 16', 37' M. Widzicki 19' P. Friszkemut 29' W. Ziober 31'	Report	1', 2' F. Corosiniti 13' D. Ramaciotti 21', 30', 31' P. Palmacci

Belarus	5 – 4	Norway
L. Melandez 8' (o.g.) I. Miranovich 16', 29' V. Krupitsa 26' I. Bryshtsel 32'	Report	12' Senja (T.-R. Sorensen) 29' B. Ellingsen 35', 36' E. Hansen

Czech Republic	3 – 4	Hungary
M. Salak 16' M. Bocek 33' T. Hurab 33'	Report	3', 5' V. Fekete 25' P. Jaksa 36' F. Besenyei

Switzerland	12 – 8	Poland
V. Jaeggy 17' P. Borer 14', 21' S. Leu 17', 34' D. Stankovic 17', 30' V. Jaeggy 18' A. Schirinzi 23', 23', 36' S. Meier 33'	Report	5' D. Depta 8' T. Wydmuszek 23' D. Baran 25' K. Grzegorczyk 30' W. Ziober 33', 34' P. Friszkemut 33' M. Widzicki

Portugal	6 – 3	France
N. Belchior 6' Madjer 12', 12' Rui Coimbra 16' B. Novo 22' Jordan 33'	Report	12' M. Pagis 12' J.-M. Edouard 35' A. Fayos

Russia	6 – 2	Spain
E. Shaykov 6', 14' D. Shishin 9', 36' A. Makarov 12', 30'	Report	22' J. Torres 24' C. Torres

Italy	8 – 2	Romania
P. Palmacci 3', 19', 24', 32' F. Corosiniti 4', 15' M. Leghissa 17', 26'	Report	3' Maci 5' L. Chirilă

Norway	5 – 8	Hungary
Senja (T.-R. Sorensen) B. Ellingsen , E. Hansen L. Melandez	Report	, , , V. Fekete , S. Badalik P. Jaksa P. Abel

Belarus	1 – 2	Czech Republic
I. Bryshtsel 23'	Report	2' M. Bocek 12' D. Filinger

Poland	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Romania
B. Saganowski 1', 27', 37' W. Ziober 33', 39' T. Wydmuszek 35'	Report	4' I. Posteucă 20', 30' M. Posteucă 31', 38' Maci

Spain	5 – 5 (a.e.t.)	France
R. Amarelle 2', 15' D. Samoun 14' (o.g.) J. Torres 26', 28'	Report	2', 3' J. Basquaise 5' A. Mendy 8' M. Pagis 31' D. Samoun
Penalties
R. Amarelle	1 – 0	M. Pagis

Italy	2 – 4	Switzerland
G. Gori 5' P. Palmacci 36'	Report	6' S. Lutz 14', 26', 35' D. Stankovic

Russia	1 – 0	Portugal
A. Bukhlitskiy 8'	Report

Individual awards

MVP: Paolo Palmacci
Top Scorer: Paolo Palmacci (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Source:

Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – August, 3 – 5

Participating nations

•  Germany
•  Russia
•  France
•  Italy
•  Romania
•  Turkey
•  Greece
•  Azerbaijan

Final standings Division A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	9
Romania	3	0	2	1	11	15	–4	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	14	13	+1	3
France	3	0	0	3	12	18	–6	0

Final standings Division B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	6
Greece	3	1	0	2	9	10	–1	3
Turkey	3	0	0	3	8	15	–7	0

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin (UTC+02:00).

Romania	4 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Maci 2' F. Corosiniti 15' (o.g.) M. Posteucă 32' I. Posteucă 34'	Report	10' M. Leghissa 16' G. Gori 18' F. Corosiniti 22' M. Marrucci
Penalties
Maci	1 – 0	S. Feudi

Turkey	2 – 5	Greece
A. Muftuoglu 2' B. Terzioglu 33'	Report	4', 13' Ni. Bertsias 7' E. Kouvaras 8' I. Bousmpouras 17' Ne. Bertsias

France	2 – 5	Russia
D. Samoun 7' J. Basquaise 25'	Report	11', 22', 25' D. Shishin 26' A. Makarov 32' E. Eremeev

Azerbaijan	2 – 3	Germany
Elvin Guliyev 29' J. Bakshaliyev 33'	Report	6' F. Goller 8' S. Ullrich 19' C. Thürk

Romania	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	France
M. Posteucă 6' Maci 9' R. Gasset 12' (o.g.) I. Florea 12' L. Croitoru 37'	Report	7' Favolini 16' J.-M. Edouard 18' S. Francois 19' D. Samoun

Turkey	5 – 6	Azerbaijan
Tamer Ay 3' A. Sezer 13' E. Eriten 13' B. Terzioglu 19' E. Anzaflioglu 32'	Report	4' E. Kurdov 7', 34', 36' Z. Zeynalov 14', 27' H. Baghirov

Russia	3 – 2	Italy
Y. Krasheninnikov 4' A. Makarov 19' R. Zaikin 29'	Report	4' F. Corosiniti 35' G. Gori

Germany	2 – 1	Greece
C. Thürk 3' O. Romrig 23'	Report	32' I. Bousmpouras

Italy	8 – 6	France
G. Gori 4', 12', 33' D. Ramaciotti 7', 31' M. Marrucci 19' S. Marinai 27', 30'	Report	3' D. Samoun 19', 21', 23' J. Basquaise 20' S. Francois 26' F. Mendy

Greece	3 – 6	Azerbaijan
K. Papastathopoulos 5' P. Konstantakopoulos 9', 22'	Report	5' H. Baghirov 10', 20', 28' Elvin Guliyev 24' A. Zeynal 32' J. Bakshaliyev

Russia	7 – 2	Romania
D. Shishin 4', 25', 26', 31' A. Makarov 7' Y. Krasheninnikov 21' E. Eremeev 23'	Report	1' I. Florea 32' M. Posteucă

Germany	4 – 1	Turkey
C. Thürk 18' S. Ullrich 19', 29' O. Romrig 35'	Report	35' A. Muftuoglu

Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Danila Ippolitov

Source:

Stage 3 Torredembarra, Spain – August, 17 – 19

Participating nations

•  Spain
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•   Switzerland
•  England
•  Andorra
•  Estonia
•  Ukraine

Final standings Division A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	17	14	+3	6
Spain	3	0	2	1	11	12	–1	4
Portugal	3	1	0	2	17	19	–2	3
Poland	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3

Final standings Division B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	27	7	+20	9
Estonia	3	2	0	1	16	11	+5	6
England	3	1	0	2	9	15	–6	3
Andorra	3	0	0	3	6	25	–19	0

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (UTC+02:00).

Ukraine	6 – 4	Estonia
V. Sydorenko 4' R. Pachev 10', 20' O. Zborovskyi 18', 35' M. Anton 25' (o.g.)	Report	16', 33' A. Aniko 28' A. Saharov 36' A. Galkin

Andorra	3 – 4	England
A. Godoy 18' D. Mejías 27', 34'	Report	16', 23' J. Temple 18' S. Webb 33' S. Lawson

Poland	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
P. Friszkemut 31'	Report	6' J. Lima
Penalties
D. Baran T. Wydmuszek M. Olejniczak	1 – 2	R. Amarelle J. Lima M. Beiro

Portugal	7 – 8	Switzerland
P. Graça 4' J. Santos 11', 20', 22', 30' J. Maria 18' B. Torres 20'	Report	1' S. Leu 8' (o.g.) R. Coimbra 13' S. Spaccarotella 15', 20', 34' K. Jaeggy 20' M. Rodrigues 32' A. Schirinzi

Ukraine	13 – 1	Andorra
I. Riabchuk 4', 19', 34' O. Zborovskyi 8', 19', 28', 35' O. Budzko 12', 30' V. Gladchenko 17' O. Korniychuk 20' O. Illichov 22' K. Andreiev 31'	Report	31' M. Blázquez

England	3 – 4	Estonia
J. Temple 4' S. Lawson 10' M. Evans 13'	Report	1' I. Siska 2' A. Galkin 25' A. Saharov 30' M. Truusalu

Spain	5 – 8	Switzerland
L. Gomez 5', 12', 27', 35' Kuman 28'	Report	1', 18' S. Spaccarotella 13' S. Leu 15' K. Jaeggy 26', 30' A. Schirinzi 33' M. Jaeggy 36' P. Borer

Portugal	7 – 6	Poland
J. Maria 14', 16', 23' B. Novo 16' J. Santos 20', 35' R. Coimbra 36'	Report	16' (o.g.) B. Novo 18' D. Baran 20' P. Golanski 28' L. Trzaskowski 32' M. Olejniczak 33' P. Friszkemut

Estonia	8 – 2	Andorra
A. Saharov 1', 6' M. Lukk 16' A. Galkin 18', 22' M. Truusalu 21', 24', 29'	Report	14' D. Mejías 15' M. Blázquez

England	2 – 8	Ukraine
J. Younie 9' M. Day 29'	Report	9', 16', 31' O. Zborovskyi 11' R. Pachev 12' O. Korniychuk 28' K. Andreiev 29' O. Illichov 32' V. Gladchenko

Switzerland	1 – 2	Poland
P. Borer 31'	Report	25', 29' P. Friszkemut

Spain	5 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
J. Lima 15' L. Gomez 23', 27', 37' R. Amarelle 39'	Report	10' B. Novo 22' R. Coimbra 28' J. Maria

Individual awards

MVP: Llorenç Gómez
Top Scorer: Llorenç Gómez (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Paulo Graça

Source:

Cumulative standings

Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.

Division A Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts 1  Russia 6 6 0 0 31 14 +17 18 2   Switzerland 6 4 0 2 37 29 +8 12 3  Portugal 6 2 1 3 29 28 +1 8 4  Poland 6 1 2 3 30 32 –2 7 5  Romania 6 1 2 3 23 33 –10 7 6  Italy 6 2 0 4 30 26 +4 6 7  Spain 6 0 3 3 23 29 –6 6 8  France 6 0 0 6 26 38 –12 0

Division B Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts 1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 27 7 +20 9 2  Germany 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 3  Belarus 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6 4  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6 5  Estonia 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6 6  Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 6 7  Hungary 3 2 0 1 15 17 –2 6 8  Greece 3 1 0 2 9 10 –1 3 9  England 3 1 0 2 9 15 –6 3 10  Turkey 3 0 0 3 8 15 –7 0 11  Norway 3 0 0 3 9 20 –11 0 12  Andorra 3 0 0 3 6 25 –19 0

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – The Hague, Netherlands – August, 23 – 26

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have not yet been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.

2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions

DIVISION A (Superfinal)			DIVISION B (Promotional Final)
Russia	Poland		Netherlands	Germany
Switzerland	Romania		France	Czech Republic
Portugal	Italy		Ukraine	Belarus

Division A (Superfinal)

Group a standings

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Russia	2	2	0	0	13	6	+7	6
Italy	2	1	0	1	9	7	+2	3
Poland	2	0	0	2	3	12	–9	0

Group b standings

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Switzerland	2	2	0	0	14	5	+9	6
Romania	2	1	0	1	7	11	–4	3
Portugal	2	0	0	2	7	12	–5	0

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).

Round-Robin

Switzerland	7 – 2	Romania
D. Stankovic 17', 27', 33' P. Borer 18' S. Leu 19' D. Ziegler 24' K. Jaeggy 26'	Report	10' I. Florea 15' Maci

Russia	7 – 3	Italy
E. Eremeev 21', 31' A. Makarov 19', 34' D. Shishin 11' I. Leonov 14' E. Shaykov 28'	Report	16', 29' G. Gori 20' D. Ramaciotti

Portugal	4 – 5	Romania
L. Vaz 5', 22' Madjer 24' J. Maria 29'	Report	18', 21' I. Florea 5' Maci 7' A. Tănase 22' L. Chirilă

Poland	0 – 6	Italy
	Report	15', 17', 35' D. Ramaciotti 18', 19' G. Gori 21' F. Corosiniti

Switzerland	7 – 3	Portugal
P. Borer 8', 17' D. Stankovic 11', 27' K. Jaeggy 5' M. Jaeggy 34' S. Spaccarotella 36'	Report	29' J. Santos 34' R. Coimbra 36' Madjer

Russia	6 – 3	Poland
D. Shishin 4', 5', 19' E. Eremeev 3', 34' Y. Krasheninnikov 28'	Report	30' D. Baran 33' M. Widzicki 36' W. Ziober

Fifth-place Match

Poland	2 – 9	Portugal
D. Baran 13', 36'		4' R. Coimbra 10' C. Delgado 13' L. Vaz 13' Marinho 16' Madjer 16', 18' J. Maria 31', 32' B. Novo

Third-place Match

Italy	5 – 1	Romania
G. Gori 4', 28' M. Leghissa 8' D. Ramacciotti 12' F. Corosiniti 28'		22' I. Posteucă

Championship final Match

Russia	5 – 6	Switzerland
I. Leonov 1', 22' D. Shishin 4', 23' A. Makarov 34'		3', 23' D. Stankovic 10', 28' P. Borer 24' M. Jaeggy 29' S. Leu

Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin
Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy

Source:

Final Division A Standing

Rank	Team
1	Switzerland (First EBSL Title)
2	Russia
3	Italy
4	Romania
5	Portugal
6	Poland

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group a standings

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Belarus	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
Germany	2	1	0	1	6	7	–1	3

Group b standings

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	6
France	2	1	0	1	7	9	–2	3
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	4	7	–3	0

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).

Round-Robin

France	5 – 3	Czech Republic
G. Iborra 9' A. Mendy 19' O. Brüsch 19' (o.g.) M. Pagis 20' J. Basquaise 24'	Report	12' O. Brüsch 27' M. Chalupa 28' J. Toman

Germany	3 – 2	Belarus
D. Castelli 22' O. Romrig 27' M. Heger 35'	Report	16', 33' E. Haiduk

Ukraine	2 – 1	Czech Republic
O. Korniychuk 16' K. Andreiev 35'	Report	2' M. Chalupa

Netherlands	2 – 4	Belarus
L. Koswal 26', 27'	Report	4', 11' Karpau 9', 18' V. Krupitsa

France	2 – 6	Ukraine
M. Pagis 18', 34'	Report	10', 20', 33', 35' O. Zborovskyi 6' I. Riabchuk 16' O. Korniychuk

Netherlands	5 – 3	Germany
M. van Gessel 10', 34' P. Ax 17', 19' L. Koswal 2'	Report	5' M. Heger 17' S. Weirauch 28' F. Goller

Fifth-place Match

Czech Republic	3 – 8	Germany
J. Toman 4' M. Chalupa 5' Mandik 27'		12', 18' F. Goller 13', 36' D. Castelli 15' A. Sokolowski 27' S. Ullrich 35' A. Kniller 36' C. Thürk

Third-place Match

France	4 – 7	Netherlands
J. Basquaise 16', 32' F. Marques 8' F. Gnepo 21'		2', 16' E. van Rooijen 30', 33' M. van Gessel 3' P. Tosch 18' P. Ax 30' L. Koswal

Championship final Match

Ukraine	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Belarus
O. Zborovskyi 9'		25' I. Bryshtsel
Penalties
O. Korniychu I. Borsuk	2 – 1	I. Bryshtsel E. Haiduk

Final Division B Standing

Rank	Team
1	Ukraine (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A)
2	Belarus (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A)
3	Netherlands (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A)
4	France (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A)
5	Germany (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A)
6	Czech Republic

BSWW increased the number of participating teams in Division A from eight to twelve in 2013, meaning five nations, rather than the usual one, were promoted at the end of this season.

See also

• Beach soccer
• Euro Beach Soccer League

References

1. "Euro Beach Soccer League 2012 znamy terminarz". Polskibeachsoccer.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
2. "Russia and Switzerland bag the Cup in Terracina". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
3. "Russia rules again in Berlin!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
4. "Poland and Italy in, Spain out". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
5. "Защитить титул не удалось..." BeachSoccer.Ru (in Russian). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

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