2003 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2003 Belgium 18 April - 20 April 2003 8 1 1 1 POR 4 FRA ESP GER 12 142 2002 2004 The 2003 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fifth Euro Beach Soccer Cup. Held in April 2003, it was one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time in Liège, Belgium. Portugal won the championship, claiming their third successive title and fourth overall, with France finishing second. This was the first time the final was not between Portugal and Spain since the tournament was established in 1998. Spain beat Germany in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively. This was the first time the host nation had not featured in the top four places. Eight teams participated in what was a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.http://roonba.com/2003.htm Archived copy 2011-06-02 2025-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20250413023646/http://roonba.com/2003.htm dead Participating nations AUT BEL FRA GER ITA POR ESP SUI Matches Main tournament 18 April 2003 BEL 5 GER (pen.) 5 18 April 2003 POR 8 SUI 0 18 April 2003 FRA 12 AUT 1 18 April 2003 ESP 11 ITA 7 19 April 2003 GER 4 POR 5 19 April 2003 FRA 5 ESP 4 20 April 2003 POR 6 FRA 3 20 April 2003 ESP 6 GER 3 yes Fifth to eighth place deciding matches The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals occurred on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final. Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place playoff Seventh place playoff 150 QF1 BEL 8 QF2 SUI 4 QF3 AUT 5 QF4 ITA 11 BEL 7 ITA 6 SUI (pen.) 8 AUT 8 Winners beachsoccer 2003 Euro Beach Soccer CupWinners: Portugal Fourth Final standings RankTeam 1 POR 2 FRA 3 ESP 4 GER 5 BEL 6 ITA 7 SUI 8 AUT References Category:Euro Beach Soccer Cup Category:2003 in beach soccer