2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2006 Italy 26–28 May 2006 8 1 1 1 POR 6 FRA ITA SUI 12 109 2005 2007 The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eighth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2006, in Naples, Italy. Portugal won the championship for the sixth time, retaining their title after failing to win in 2005, with reigning world champions France finishing second. Italy beat 2005 champions Switzerland in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively. Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in 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/2006.htm Archived copy 2011-06-03 2025-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20250413023634/http://roonba.com/2006.htm dead Participating nations AUT FRA GER HUN ITA POR ESP SUI Matches Main tournament 26 May 2006 FRA 4 HUN 2 26 May 2006 ITA 8 AUT 1 26 May 2006 POR 5 GER 2 26 May 2006 SUI 5 ESP 4 27 May 2006 FRA (pen.) 5 ITA 5 27 May 2006 POR (pen.) 6 SUI 6 28 May 2006 FRA 8 POR 9 28 May 2006 ITA 6 SUI 4 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 took place 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 QF1 HUN 5 QF2 AUT 3 QF3 GER 1 QF4 ESP 6 HUN 2 ESP 4 AUT 5 GER 3 Winners beachsoccer 2006 Euro Beach Soccer CupWinners: Portugal Sixth Final standings RankTeam 1 POR 2 FRA 3 ITA 4 SUI 5 ESP 6 HUN 7 AUT 8 GER References Category:Euro Beach Soccer Cup Category:2006 in beach soccer