2001 Euro Beach Soccer League

Euro Beach Soccer League 2001 1 June – 2 September 250px 8 1 7 7 ESP 3 POR ITA FRA 40 441 POR Madjer ESP Amarelle ESP Roberto Valeiro 2000 2002 Europe 380 right Locations of the events of the 2001 Euro Beach Soccer League8px Stage events8px Superfinal Europe 43.2964 5.37 Marseille left yellow_pog.svg Europe 38.6833 -9.3333 Carcavelos right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 36.719444 -4.42 Málaga right yellow_pog.svg Europe 44 12.5 Riccione right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 51.508611 -0.163611 London right yellow_pog.svg Europe 53.347778 -6.259722 Dublin left yellow_pog.svg Europe 43.739722 7.427222 Monte Carlo top blue_pog.svg The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the fourth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League at the time, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 1 and September 2, 2001 in seven different nations across Europe. This season, whilst the teams remained part of one overall cohort, they were split into two groups. Meanwhile, the concept of a regular season and post-season system was introduced. Each team competed in their respective group to try and earn a place in the season-finale and title-deciding event, the Superfinal.http://www.beachsoccer.com/index2.asp?main=calendar.asp Calendar – September 2001 beachsoccer.com September 2001 7 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20010916085246/http://www.beachsoccer.com/index2.asp?main=calendar.asp 16 September 2001 Spain entered the competition as two-time defending champions and successfully defended their title, to win their third European crown.http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=44 Spain is the champion of the EPBSL 2001 beachsoccer.com 2 September 2001 7 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20020627225919/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=44 27 June 2002 http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/detalhe/liga-europeia-portugal-perde-3-2-com-espanha-na-final.html LIGA EUROPEIA: PORTUGAL PERDE (3-2) COM ESPANHA NA FINAL record.pt 2 September 2002 2 April 2017 Portuguese The league also doubled as the qualification process for the 2002 Beach Soccer World Championship. The nations finishing in first, second and third place qualified. Format changes In 2001, BSWW introduced major changes to the EBSL. No longer would the stages of fixtures be played as small knockout tournaments; this was changed to having the stages played in a round robin format, with the results tallied up in a table to determine the winners of the stage. The bonus points awarded in previous years for being stage winners and runners-up was also scrapped. Teams now earned points for the league table solely on match wins. 2001 also saw the introduction of the famous Superfinal play-off event, seen in every edition since. The league champions were no longer to be determined after all the stages were complete based on the league table. The league would now be split into a regular season and post-season system. It was decided from this edition forward, the teams with the most points at end of the regular season stages of fixtures are to qualify for the newly founded post-season playoff event to be known as the Superfinal in which the title is then to be contested directly. The winner of the Superfinal then becomes league champions.http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=12 EPBSL 2001-To Begin June 1 in Dublin beachsoccer.com 23 May 2001 7 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20020329153936/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=12 29 March 2002 Teams This season 8 nations took part in the Euro Beach Soccer League whom were and were distributed as follows. 50% Group A ENG FRA ESP SUI Group B GER ITA POR IRL Republic of Ireland Superfinal berths For the inaugural Superfinal, there were four berths available to the top four teams with the most points in the league at the end of the regular season, after all the stages of fixtures were complete. This successful quartet advanced to the season-finale playoff event to contest for the league title. The table summarises in what positions nations needed to finish in their respective groups in order to qualify to the Superfinal. Allocations: The groups were seen as being on an equal footing in terms of the distribution of the quality of the teams between the two and so both were allocated two of the four berths to reflect this. The winners and runner-up of both groups qualified for the Superfinal. #Position in GroupGroupRound entered1Winner A Semi-finals2Runner-up3Winner B4Runner-up Group A Group A consisted of three rounds of fixtures known as stages, hosted in three of the four countries participating; France, Spain and England. The remaining Group A nation, Switzerland, did not host a stage. All four teams took part in each. In each stage, the teams played each other once. The nation who earned the most points at the end of the stage was crowned stage winners. At the end of the three stages all results were tallied up in a final league table. Stage 1 The first stage took place in Hyde Park, London, England. Spain commenced their EBSL campaign with a stage crown. Matches 22 June 2001 ENG 8–6 SUI ESP 9–6 FRA23 June 2001 ENG 3–6 ESP FRA 7–1 SUI 24 June 2001 ENG 2–10 FRA SUI 6–6 0–1 (pens.) ESP Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1ESP32102115+682FRA32012312+1163ENG31021322–934SUI30031321–80 Awards2001 - Stage 3 - London - U.K. - 22 to 24, June Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 February 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=3 https://web.archive.org/web/20020224114900fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=3 24 February 2002 deadBest player: FRA 20px Eric CantonaTop scorer(s): ESP 20px Amarelle (8 goals)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valeiro Stage 2 The second stage took place in Marseille, France. The Spanish won a second consecutive stage. Matches 6 July 2001 FRA 6–4 SUI ESP 13–5 ENG7 July 2001 FRA 15–3 ENG ESP 6–1 SUI 8 July 2001 FRA 6–7 ESP SUI 8–5 ENG Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1ESP33002612+1492FRA32012714+1363SUI31021317–434ENG30031336–230 Awards2001 - Stage 4 - Marseille - FRANCE - 6 to 8, July Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 February 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=4 https://web.archive.org/web/20020224114859fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=4 24 February 2002 deadBest player: FRA 20px Thierry OttavyTop scorer(s): ESP 20px Amarelle (12 goals)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valeiro Stage 3 The third stage took place in Málaga, Spain. Spain's victory in the final round meant a clean sweep of all three stage titles for the hosts. Matches 3 August 2001 SUI 3–8 FRA ESP 11–0 ENG4 August 2001 FRA 13–5 ENG SUI 2–5 ESP 5 August 2001 ENG 6–5 SUI FRA 5–7 ESP Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1ESP3300237+1692FRA32012615+1163ENG30121129–1824SUI30031019–90 Awards2001 - Stage 5 - Malaga - SPAIN - 3 to 5, August Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 February 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=5 https://web.archive.org/web/20020220151447fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=5 20 February 2002 deadBest player: ESP 20px AmarelleTop scorer(s): ESP 20px Amarelle (9 goals)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valeiro Final table The top two teams qualified to the Superfinal. The remaining nations in third and fourth place exited this season's EBSL. Spain were crowned decisive winners of the group, finishing the three stages without loss. They earned a place in the Superfinal alongside runners-up France. England and Switzerland were left far adrift of the Superfinal qualification spots. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1ESP98107034+3626Advance to Superfinal2FRA96037641+35183ENG91173787–5054SUI91083657–213 Group B Group B also consisted of three rounds of fixtures known as stages, hosted in three of the four countries participating; Portugal, the Republic of Ireland and Italy. The remaining Group B nation, Germany, did not host a stage. All four teams took part in each. In each stage, the teams played each other once. The nation who earned the most points at the end of the stage was crowned stage winners. At the end of the three stages all results were tallied up in a final league table. Stage 1 The first stage took place in Dublin, Ireland. Portugal won the first stage of Group B. Matches 1 June 2001 IRE Republic of Ireland 1–8 POR GER 4–4 1–2 (pens.)It can be confirmed that when combining the full-time result and penalty shootout result of this game into one single cumulative scoreline, the result was 6–5. However be aware of the breakdown of the scoreline into its separate full-time and shootout results as shown – these individual scores cannot be comprehensively validated and may potentially be incorrect. ITA2 June 2001 IRE Republic of Ireland 4–6 ITA POR 3–1 GER 3 June 2001 IRE Republic of Ireland 4–6 GER POR 5–3 ITA Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POR3300165+1192ITA31111313053GER31021111034IRE Rep. of Ireland3003920–110 Awards2001 - Stage 1 - Dublin - IRELAND - 1 to 3, June Beach Soccer Worldwide 22 April 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20020422015237fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=1 22 April 2002 deadBest player: IRE 20px Tommy CoyneTop scorer(s): POR 20px Madjer (11 goals)Best goalkeeper: POR 20px Zé Miguel Stage 2 The second stage took place in Carcavelos, Portugal. The Portuguese won a second consecutive stage. Matches 15 June 2001 ITA 6–5 GER POR 6–1 IRE Republic of Ireland16 June 2001 IRE Republic of Ireland 1–4 ITA POR 7–1 GER 17 June 2001 GER 8–3 IRE Republic of Ireland POR 6–3 ITA Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POR3300195+1492ITA32011312+163GER31021416–234IRE Rep. of Ireland3003518–130 Awards2001 - Stage 2 - Costa do Estoril- PORTUGAL - 15 to 17, June Beach Soccer Worldwide 22 April 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20020422015048fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=2 22 April 2002 deadBest player: POR 20px MadjerTop scorer(s): POR 20px Madjer (6 goals)Best goalkeeper: ITA 20px Danilo Pagani Stage 3 The third stage took place in Riccione, Italy. Portugal won the third and final stage crown ensuring they were the victors of all three. Matches 24 August 2001 ITA 10–0 IRL Republic of Ireland POR 7–1 GER25 August 2001 ITA 5–4 GER POR 22–1 IRL Republic of Ireland 26 August 2001 GER 5–3 IRL Republic of Ireland ITA 5–12 POR Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POR3300417+3492ITA32012016+463GER31021015–534IRL Rep. of Ireland3003437–330 Awards2001 - Stage 6 - Riccione - ITALY - 24 to 26, August Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 February 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=6 https://web.archive.org/web/20020224115355fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=6 24 February 2002 deadBest player: ITA 20px Daniele MassaroTop scorer(s): POR 20px Madjer (18 goals)Best goalkeeper: POR 20px Zé Miguel Final table The top two teams from qualified to the Superfinal. The remaining nations in third and fourth place exited this season's EBSL. Portugal dominated the group and were crowned winners, finishing without dropping a single point. They earned a place in the Superfinal alongside runners-up Italy. Germany and the Republic of Ireland finished well off the pace of the Superfinal qualifiers. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1POR99007617+5927Advance to Superfinal2ITA95134641+5173GER93063542–794IRL Rep. of Ireland90091875–570 Superfinal Qualified teams This is a summary of the teams who qualified for the Superfinal. #TeamGroupRound entered1ESPA Semi-finals2FRA3POR B4ITA Results Dates: 1–2 September 2001 Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco This season the inaugural Superfinal was played as a straight knockout tournament. All four teams contesting the title started in the semi-finals. The teams played one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2001 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned. The losers of the semi-finals played in a third place play-off match to decide third and fourth place in the final league placements. The format of the semi-finals saw the winners of Group A play the runners-up of Group B and the winners of Group B play the runners-up of Group A.http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=40 Portugal wins the Italian tournament beachsoccer.com 26 August 2001 7 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20020329180940/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=40 29 March 2002 Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 150 A1 ESP 8 B2 ITA 4 A2 FRA 6 B1 POR 8 A1 ESP 3 B1 POR 2 B2 ITA 9 A2 FRA 7 Semi-finals 1 September 2001 ESP 8–4 Report ITA Setien Beñat Salinas Amarelle Vierchowod Albore Ganz Soldà Monte Carlo, Monaco 1 September 2001 POR 8–6 Report FRA Hernâni Madjer Alan Barraca Marquet Ferhaoui Cantona Ottavy Monte Carlo, Monaco Third place play-off 2 September 2001 FRA 7–9 Report ITA Bonora Santini Ottavy Di Fraya Jairzinho Fournier Ganz Massaro Soldà Fruzetti Vierchowod Monte Carlo, Monaco Championship final 2 September 2001 ESP 3–2 Report POR Setien Amarelle Madjer Alan Monte Carlo, Monaco Winners beachsoccer 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Leaguechampions Spain Third Awards2001 - Stage 7 - Monte Carlo- MONACO - 1-2, September Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 February 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=7 https://web.archive.org/web/20020224114924fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2001/eventosolo.asp?n_event=7 24 February 2002 deadBest player: ESP 20px AmarelleTop scorer(s): POR 20px Madjer (5 goals)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valeiro Final standings Spain beat Portugal in the final to extend their run of two successive Euro Beach Soccer League titles, to three, at just their fourth attempt. Finishing in the top three positions also earned those nations qualification straight into the upcoming World Cup.http://www.beachsoccerbrasil.com.br/camp_mundial/viii_camp/index.asp Mundial 2002 beachsoccerbrasil.com.br 7 April 2017 Portuguese bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20021124231020/http://www.beachsoccerbrasil.com.br/camp_mundial/viii_camp/index.asp 24 November 2002 Pos PositionTeamNotesQualification1ESP EBSL Champions Qualified to 2002 Beach Soccer World Championship2POR Runners-up3ITAThird place4FRA 5GER 6ENG 7SUI 8IRL Republic of Ireland Notes Sources Roonba https://web.archive.org/web/20181113051702/http://theroonba.com/beach01.htm 2018-11-13 BSWW archive RSSSF Category:Euro Beach Soccer League Category:2001 in beach soccer