2008 Euro Beach Soccer League

2008 20 June – 24 August 17 1 3 3 POR 3 NED RUS ITA 36 309 POR Madjer (11 goals) POR Madjer NED Ran Reijer 2007 2009 The 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the eleventh edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 20 and August 24, 2008. Unprecedented organisational changes had to be made to the EBSL in 2008 leading to a drastically shorter season than usual – just two regular season stages were scheduled due to a clash of dates with the arrangements of the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the first edition to take place in Europe. As a result of the shorter season, BSWW also abandoned the concept of Divisions A and B, opting to have the teams compete in one collective division regardless of ability. Portugal entered the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title, beating the Netherlands in the final to claim their third European crown.http://www.englandbeachsoccer.com:80/news-story.asp?news=290 Portugal win the Superfinal englandbeachsoccer.com 27 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080915192520/http://www.englandbeachsoccer.com/news-story.asp?news=290 20 August 2017 15 September 2008 live Portugal became only the second team after Spain to defend the EBSL crown as incumbent champions, after the Spanish did so twice in 2000 and 2001. The Netherlands, as runners-up, claimed their best finish and only top four placing to date. This was the first time this decade that the league did not double as the European qualification process for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. In 2008, a dedicated World Cup qualifying competition for UEFA nations was established, replacing the EBSL as the qualifying route for European teams from this year onward.http://englandbeachsoccer.com:80/news-story.asp?news=268 Euro Beach Soccer League 2008 englandbeachsoccer.com 2 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090207192332/http://englandbeachsoccer.com/news-story.asp?news=268 20 August 2017 7 February 2009 live Structural changes FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Founding BSWW were forced to make radical changes to the organisation of the 2008 EBSL season due to circumstances regarding the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Until 2007, the World Cup always took place in the Southern Hemisphere nation of Brazil, during the summer months of November to February. This left the European summer of June to September free for the EBSL to take place uninterrupted. However, in 2008, FIFA organised the first World Cup to take place outside Brazil, in France, during the Northern Hemisphere summer – right in the middle of the typical EBSL season. This greatly affected the scheduling of the EBSL as BSWW could not organise as many rounds of regular season fixtures as usual due to European teams in preparation for, participation in, and recovery from, the World Cup over the course of July and beginning of August. This meant only two regular season stages were organised, considerably less than usual. To accommodate all teams in just two stages, the concept of Divisions A and B, in use since 2002, were also scrapped for this season – all participating nations of varying beach soccer abilities took part in one single division. Teams 17 teams took part this season, in one single division. 16 nations participated during the regular season; one set of eight in stage one and the remaining eight in stage two. The 17th nation, Portugal, were awarded a bye straight into the Superfinal as hosts.https://beachsoccer.ru/old/sezon2008/EBSL_2008/new_080529.htm Европейская лига пляжного футбола (EBSL) 2008 beachsoccer.ru 20 August 2017 Russian The teams are listed below, showing at which stage of the competition they entered: 80% Stage 1 ITA ESP Switzerland POL Austria Greece AND Czech Republic Stage 2 FRA RUS Norway Turkey England Estonia Netherlands Hungary Superfinal POR Regular season Format The formats of the two regular season stages were organised as unconventional double elimination tournaments as explained below. Eight teams took part in each stage, all starting in the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals proceeded to the winners' semi finals, whilst the losers of the quarter-finals receded to the losers' semi finals. The winners of the winners' semi finals moved on to the final to contest 1st and 2nd place. The winners of the losers' semi finals moved on to the 3rd–6th place finals to contest said final placings. The losers of the winners' semi finals receded to the 3rd–6th place finals to also contest said places, against the winners of the losers' semi finals. The winners of the 3rd–6th place finals claimed 3rd and 4th place. The losers of the 3rd–6th place finals claimed 5th and 6th place. The losers of the losers' semi finals played a consolation match to determine 7th and 8th place. The top three teams from each stage earned qualification to the Superfinal as well as the best fourth placed team from stage 1 or 2 as per the cumulative standings. Stage 1 The first stage took place in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. Results 20JuneQuarter finals (QF)ITA8–2 ANDPOL5–5 4–3 (pens.) CZEESP9–2 GRESUI11–2 AUT 21JuneQF Winners ↓ QF Losers ↓Winners' semi finals (WSF)Losers' semi finals (LSF)Italy7–3 PolandGreece8–3AustriaSwitzerland4–2 ESPCzech Republic5–4 Andorra 22JuneWSF Winners ↓WSF Losers ↓LSF Winners ↓LSF Losers ↓Final3rd–6th place deciding matches7th & 8th place matchItaly5–5 1–2 (pens.)SwitzerlandSpain1–4 CZEAustria4–3AndorraPoland5–2 Greece AwardsEuro Beach Soccer League 2008 England Beach Soccer 2 July 2008 7 February 2009 http://englandbeachsoccer.com/news-story.asp?news=268 https://web.archive.org/web/20090207192332/http://englandbeachsoccer.com/news-story.asp?news=268 2009-02-07 Best player: ITA 20px Roberto PasqualiTop scorer(s): SUI 15px Dejan Stankovic (10 goals)Best goalkeeper: SUI 15px Nico Jung Final standings RankTeamQualificationSUIAdvance to SuperfinalITAPOL4CZE5GRE6ESP7AUT8AND Stage 2 The second stage took place in Tignes, France. Results 4JulyQuarter finals (QF)FRA12–4 HUNNOR4–3 ESTRUS10–0 NEDTUR7–3 ENG 5JulyQF Winners ↓ QF Losers ↓Winners' semi finals (WSF)Losers' semi finals (LSF)FRA7–4 TURHUN3–1 ENGRUS5–0 NORNED5–3 EST 6JulyWSF Winners ↓WSF Losers ↓LSF Winners ↓LSF Losers ↓Final3rd–6th place deciding matches7th & 8th place matchRUS8–3FRANOR2–3 HUNEST3–2ENGTUR3–5 NED AwardsЕвропейская лига пляжного футбола (EBSL) 2008 - Турнир группы «B» - 4 – 6 июля, Тинь (Франция) beachsoccer.ru 11 July 2022 https://beachsoccer.ru/old/sezon2008/EBSL_2008/itogi_grB_EBSL.htm ruBest player: FRA 20px Stéphane FrançoisTop scorer(s): RUS 20px Egor Shaykov (7 goals)Best goalkeeper: RUS 20px Andrey Bukhlitskiy Final standings RankTeamQualificationRUSAdvance to SuperfinalFRANED4HUN5NOR6TUR7EST8ENG Cumulative standings The top three placing nations from each stage qualified for the Superfinal, along with the statistically best of the two fourth placing teams, as per the below table. The teams are ranked in order of their final placings in the stage they participated in. The two teams that finished in the same corresponding final placing in each of the stages (i.e. Spain finished 6th in stage 1 as did Turkey in stage 2) are then split based on which of the nations earned the most points and then on the best goal difference. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsNotes1RUS3300233+209Qualified to Superfinal as top 3 in stage 1 or 22SUI3210209+1183ITA32012010+1064FRA32012216+665NED32011016–666POL31111314–157CZE32011410+46Qualified to Superfinal as best fourth place team8HUN31111015–559GRE31021217–5310NOR3102611–5311ESP31021210+2312TUR31021415–1313EST3102911–2314AUT3102922–13315ENG3003613–7016AND3003917–80 Superfinal The Superfinal took place in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. Format This season the Superfinal was played as a straight knockout tournament. All eight teams contesting the title started in the quarter-finals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned. The losers of the quarter-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final placements. Seedings Automatic entrants Portugal were assigned the number 1 seed. The other seeds, numbers 2–8, were allocated based on the order of the qualified nations in the cumulative standings. The top seed were drawn against the eighth seed, second seed against the seventh seed and so on. Results Dates: QFs – 22 August; SFs – 23 August; Finals – 24 August 5th–8th place semifinals 2 RUS 7 7 POL 3 3 SUI 2 (3) 6 NED 2 (4) 4 ITA 3 5 FRA 2 8 CZE 2 1 POR 5 2 RUS 1 6 NED 3 4 ITA 4 1 POR 12 7 POL 2 3 SUI 5 5 FRA 4 8 CZE 6 6 NED 1 1 POR 5 2 RUS 6 4 ITA 1 3 SUI 7 8 CZE 5 7 POL 5 5 FRA 7 Championship match details 24 August 2008 POR 5–1 http://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-selecoes/detalhe/fut-praia-portugal-volta-a-conquistar-a-liga-europeia.html NED Torres Madjer Zé Maria Ajiach Winners beachsoccer 2008 Euro Beach Soccer Leaguechampions Portugal Third Awards Best playerPortugal Madjer Top scorerPortugal Madjer11 goals Best goalkeeperNetherlands Ran Reijer Source Superfinal final standings Pos PositionTeamNotes1POR EBSL Champions 2NED Runners-up3RUSThird place4ITA 5SUI6CZE7FRA8POL Sources Roonba https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202754/http://theroonba.com/beach08.htm 2017-05-25 RSSSF beachsoccer.ru (in Russian) Category:Euro Beach Soccer League Category:2008 in beach soccer