2002 Euro Beach Soccer League

Euro Beach Soccer League 2002 1 June – 7 September 250px 10 1 11 11 POR 1 ESP FRA TUR 67 733 POR Alan ITA Gianni Fruzzetti ESP Roberto Valeiro 2001 2003 Europe 380 right Locations of the events of the 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League8px Southern Group events8px Northern Group events8px Superfinal Europe 43.2964 5.37 Marseille bottom yellow_pog.svg Europe 39.566667 2.65 El Arenal right yellow_pog.svg Europe 41.9 12.5 Rome right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 38.6833 -9.3333 Carcavelos right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 50.842941 -0.131312 Brighton left red_pog.svg Europe 48.3 14.283333 Linz right red_pog.svg Europe 36.55 32 Alanya right red_pog.svg Europe 47.566667 7.6 Basel left red_pog.svg Europe 47.446389 12.391944 Kitzbühel bottom red_pog.svg Europe 43.5303 3.9314 Palavas left red_pog.svg Europe 43.739722 7.427222 Monte Carlo right blue_pog.svg The 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the fifth 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 7, 2002 in nine different nations across Europe. This season BSWW introduced Divisions to the EBSL for the first time; the nations of the league were split into two groups based on similar levels of ability. These groups were known as the Southern and Northern groups, named so after the roughly similar geographical locations in Europe the nations in the respective divisions could be found. The Southern group consisted of the best 4 nations of the EBSL and was considered as the top division. Whilst the Northern group consisted of the other teams of lesser ability and was considered the lower division of the two. The difference in abilities of the two divisions was reflected in there being less Superfinal qualification spots available for the Northern group.http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=68 EPBSL 2002 New structure beachsoccer.com 19 August 2002 2 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20030307191024/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=68 7 March 2003 Each team competed in their respective division/group to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly.http://www.beachsoccer.com/calendar.asp Calendar – June 2002 beachsoccer.com June 2002 2 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20020616020317/http://www.beachsoccer.com/calendar.asp 16 June 2002 Spain entered the competition as three-time defending champions. However it was Portugal, who having finished runners-up in the league for the last two years, finally found success and claimed their maiden European title by beating the Spanish in the final.http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=83 PORTUGAL definitely the winner beachsoccer.com 7 September 2002 2 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20021013024353/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=83 13 October 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=85 PORTUGAL wins the EPBSL 2002 after 4 consecutive attempts beachsoccer.com 7 September 2002 2 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20021013024353/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=85 13 October 2002 The league also doubled as the qualification process for the 2003 Beach Soccer World Championship. The nations finishing in first, second and third place qualified. Teams This season 10 nations took part in the Euro Beach Soccer League whom were and were distributed as follows. Despite the names of the groups following the rough geographical locations of the teams in Europe, Turkey was a notably clear exception in the "Northern" group. 70% Southern Group (Top Division, 4) FRA ITA POR ESP Northern Group (Lower Division, 6) 30em AUT ENG GER NOR SUI TUR Superfinal berths Following on from the maiden Superfinal last season, the season-ending event was expanded from four teams to six teams. The table summarises in what positions nations needed to finish in their respective divisions/groups in order to qualify to the Superfinal and what round of the Superfinal they would enter finishing in said positions. Allocations:http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=71 Monaco competition structure beachsoccer.com 20 August 2002 2 April 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20030513151121/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/noticiasola.asp?n_noti=71 13 May 2003 The amount of qualification spots available in the Superfinal from each division reflected the abilities of the nations in the respective groups. The Southern Group, consisting of the best teams of the EBSL, was awarded four Superfinal berths (with only four teams in the group, all teams automatically qualified - the teams played in their group to try and finish in the top two positions in order to earn the two berths straight into the Superfinal semi-finals) The Northern Group, in being considered the lower division, received just two berths #Position in DivisionGroupRound entered1Winner Southern Semi-finals2Runner-up3Third place Quarter-finals4Fourth place5Winner Northern6Runner-up Southern Group (Top Division) The Southern Group consisted of four rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in each of the four countries participating as shown. 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 four stages all results were tallied up in a final league table. Stage 1 The first stage took place in Marseille, France. Spain finished as victors in the opening round. Matches 5 July 2002 FRA 6–7 ITA POR 4–6 ESP6 July 2002 FRA 3–6 ESP POR 6–2 ITA 7 July 2002 ITA 2–3 ESP FRA 4–8 POR Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1ESP3300159+692POR32011812+663ITA31021115–434FRA30031321–80 Awards2002 - Stage 2 - Marseille, France - July 5 to 7 2002 Beach Soccer Worldwide 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20020919193437fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=2 2002-09-19 Best player: ESP 20px NicoTop scorer(s): POR 20px Alan, ESP 20px Amarelle (6 goals each)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valerio Stage 2 The second stage took place in Carcavelos, Portugal. The hosts claimed their first stage of the season. Matches 12 July 2002 POR 3–1 ITA FRA 2–3 ESP13 July 2002 POR 9–6 FRA ESP 4–3 ITA 14 July 2002 ITA 1–4 FRA POR 4–1 ESP Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POR3300168+892ESP311189–153FRA31021213–134ITA3003511–60 Awards2002 - Stage 4 - Estoril - Portugal - July 12 to 14 Beach Soccer Worldwide 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=4 https://web.archive.org/web/20020912032738fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=4 2002-09-12 Best player: POR 20px AlanTop scorer(s): POR 20px Alan (6 goals)Best goalkeeper: ITA 20px Marco Cesarini Stage 3 The third stage took place in Rome, Italy. Portugal followed up their first stage win with a second crown here. Matches 19 July 2002 ITA 3–8 ESP POR 6–4 FRA20 July 2002 FRA 5–4 ESP ITA 2–9 POR21 July 2002 ITA 7–5 FRA POR 3–2 ESP Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POR3300188+1092ESP31021411+333ITA31021222–1034FRA30121417–32 Awards2002 - Stage 6 - Rome - Italy - 19 to 21 July Beach Soccer Worldwide 20 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=6 https://web.archive.org/web/20020912032738fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=6 2002-09-12 Best player: POR 20px AlanTop scorer(s): ESP 20px Amarelle (10 goals)Best goalkeeper: POR 20px Zé Miguel Stage 4 The fourth stage took place in El Arenal, Mallorca, Spain. The final stage was claimed by France. Matches 26 July 2002 FRA 5–5 2–1 (pens.) POR ESP 5–3 ITA27 July 2002 ITA 2–3 POR ESP 7–8 FRA28 July 2002 ESP 4–3POR FRA 4–2 ITA Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1FRA31201714+372ESP32011614+263POR31021111034ITA3003712–50 Awards2002 - Stage 8 - Mallorca - Spain - 26 to 28 July Beach Soccer Worldwide 20 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=8 https://web.archive.org/web/20020920014857fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=8 2002-09-20 Best player: FRA 20px Claude BarrabéTop scorer(s): POR 20px Alan (6 goals)Best goalkeeper: ESP 20px Roberto Valerio Final table All four teams automatically qualified to the Superfinal. Finishing first and second earned those teams byes straight into the semi-finals of the Superfinal, whilst the lower positioned teams in third and fourth were entered into the quarter-finals Portugal were crowned winners of the group and earned the bye into the Superfinal semi-finals along with runners-up Spain. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1POR129036339+2427Advance to Superfinal semi-finals2ESP127145343+10233FRA122375665–912Advance to Superfinal quarter-finals4ITA1220103560–256 Northern Group (Lower Division) The Northern consisted of six rounds of fixtures known as stages, which commenced before the matches of the Southern Group. Of the nations competing, Austria hosted two stages, England, Switzerland and Turkey one, whilst Norway and Germany did not host any stage (despite Düsseldorf originally scheduled to host a round of fixtures). The remaining stage was held in a neutral country, France. Four of the six teams took part in each stage, with each team taking part in a total of four stages. In every round of fixtures 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 six stages all results were tallied up in a final league table. Stage 1 The first stage took place in Brighton, England. The Swiss won the first stage crown. Matches 1 June 2002 ENG 4–3 NOR SUI 5–4 GER2 June 2002 ENG 1–5 SUI GER 5–4 NOR 3 June 2002 NOR 5–9 SUI ENG 2–3 GER Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1SUI33001910+992GER32011211+163ENG3102711–434NOR30031218–60 Awards2002 - Stage 1 - Brighton - England - June 1 to 3 2002 Beach Soccer Worldwide 6 August 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20020912032738fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=1 2002-09-12 Best player: NOR 20px Jorn A. Larsen Top scorer(s): SUI 15px Angelo Schirinzi, NOR 20px Jorn A. Larsen (5 goals)Best goalkeeper: SUI 15px Stefan Knutti Stage 2 The second stage took place in Alanya, Turkey. Switzerland won their second consecutive stage. Matches 12 July 2002 AUT 9–1 ENG TUR 6–6 2–1 (pens.) SUI13 July 2002 TUR 5–2 AUT SUI 11–5 ENG 14 July 2002 AUT 2–4 SUI TUR 4–5 ENG Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1SUI32012113+862TUR31111513+253AUT31021310+334ENG31021124–133 Awards2002 - Stage 3 - Alanya - Turkey - July 12 to 14 2002 Beach Soccer Worldwide 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=3 https://web.archive.org/web/20020919193427fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=3 2002-09-19 Best player: TUR 20px Tamer AyTop scorer(s): SUI 15px Angelo Schirinzi (8 goals)Best goalkeeper: AUT 20px Klaus Lindenberger Stage 3 The third stage took place in Basel, Switzerland. Turkey were crowned stage champions based on their head-to-head record with Germany. Matches 19 July 2002 TUR 5–4 GER SUI 9–7 NOR20 July 2002 TUR 4–3 NOR SUI 4–6GER21 July 2002 GER 9–5 NOR SUI 4–6 TUR Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1TUR31201511+472GER32011914+563SUI31021719–234NOR30031522–70 Awards2002 - Stage 5 - Basel - Switzerland - July 19 to 21 Beach Soccer Worldwide 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=5 https://web.archive.org/web/20020919165358fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=5 2002-09-19 Best player: SUI 15px Reto BaumgartnerTop scorer(s): GER 20px Mano Pölking (10 goals)Best goalkeeper: GER 20px Michael Serr Stage 4 The fourth stage took place in Linz, Austria. The hosts finished with their first stage win of the season. Matches 2 August 2002 AUT 5–4 NOR ENG 6–2 GER3 August 2002 AUT 9–8 GER NOR 5–6ENG4 August 2002 GER 6–4 NOR AUT 10–2 ENG Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1AUT33002414+1092ENG32011417–363GER31021619–334NOR30031317–52 Awards2002 - Stage 7 - Linz - Austria - August 2 to 4 Beach Soccer Worldwide 20 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=7 https://web.archive.org/web/20020920013851fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=7 2002-09-20 Best player: GER 20px Uwe BeinTop scorer(s): GER 20px Uwe Bein (9 goals)Best goalkeeper: AUT 20px Klaus Lindenberger Stage 5 The fifth stage took place in Kitzbühel, Austria. Turkey won the stage based on their head-to-head record with Norway, whilst Austria finished ahead of Germany also based on head-to-head records. Matches 16 August 2002 AUT 6–10NOR TUR 7–9GER17 August 2002 AUT 7–8 TUR NOR 7–7 2–1 (pens.) GER 18 August 2002 AUT 11–8 GER TUR 7–5 NOR Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1TUR31112221+152NOR31112220+253AUT31022426–234GER31022425–13 AwardsReferat og bilder fra Kitzbühel Beach Soccer Norway 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.no/turneringer/2002/Kitzbuel/referat.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021009021533/http://www.beachsoccer.no/turneringer/2002/Kitzbuel/referat.htm 2002-10-09 noBest player: GER 20px Uwe BeinTop scorer(s): GER 20px Mano Pölking, AUT 20px Jürgen Werner (9 goals)Best goalkeeper: NOR 20px Marius Haugland Stage 6 The sixth and final stage took place in Palavas-les-Flots, France. Austria claimed the final stage of the Northern Group. Matches 30 August 2002 AUT 7–4 TUR SUI 7–6 ENG31 August 2002 ENG 2–10 TUR AUT 7–4 SUI 1 September 2002 ENG 7–12 AUT TUR 12–10 SUI Final standings Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1AUT33002615+1192TUR32012619+763SUI31022125–434ENG30031529–140 Awards2002 - Stage 11 - Palavas - France - August 30th to Sept. 1st Beach Soccer Worldwide 19 September 2002 http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=11 https://web.archive.org/web/20020919171433fw_/http://www.beachsoccer.com/europea2/standings/2002/eventosolo2002.asp?n_event=11 2002-09-19 Best player: TUR 20px Tamer AyTop scorer(s): SUI 15px Angelo Schirinzi (16 goals)Best goalkeeper: AUT 20px Klaus Lindenberger Final table The top two teams qualified to the Superfinal, entering at the quarter-final stage. The remaining nations exited this season's EBSL. Austria were narrowly crowned winners, with runners-up Turkey ousting Switzerland by a similarly slim margin to also successfully qualify for the season-ending event. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins after extra timeL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1AUT128048765+2224Advance to Superfinal quarter-finals2TUR125437864+14233SUI127057867+11214GER126067169+2185ENG124084781–34126NOR1211106277–155 Superfinal Qualified teams This is a summary of the teams who qualified for the Superfinal. #TeamGroupRound entered1PORSouthern Semi-finals2ESP3FRA Quarter-finals4ITA 5AUT Northern6TUR Results Dates: 5–7 September 2002 Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco This season the Superfinal was played as a straight knockout tournament. Four of the six teams contesting the title started in the quarter-finals, whilst the top two nations from the Southern Group received a bye and started in the semi-finals. The teams played one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned. The losers of the quarter and semi-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final league placements. In the quarter-finals the Southern and Northern group qualifiers were kept apart; one tie involved the two qualifiers from the Northern Group playing against each other, whilst the other tie had the two qualifiers from the Southern Group playing one another. Finishing in the top two of the top tier, Portugal had a bye straight into the semis. However, as winners of the Southern Group, Portugal were also rewarded with getting to play the weaker of the two quarter-final winners, the winner of the all-Northern tie, in the semi-finals. Whilst Spain, as runners-up of the Southern Group, did not earn this luxury and had to play the harder-on-paper winner of the all-Southern quarter-final. Quarter-finals (5th Sep.) Semi-finals (6th Sep.) Final (7th Sep.) 5th place match (6th Sep.) 3rd place match (7th Sep.) 12em 2.5em AUT 6 TUR 14 FRA 12 ITA 7 POR 8 TUR 5 ESP (pens.) 7 (1) FRA 7 (0) POR 8 ESP 6 TUR 3 FRA 9 AUT 7 ITA 6 Championship match details 7 September 2002 POR 8–6 Report ESP Hernâni 5 6Alan 15 20 27 36Madjer 16 25 5 15 31 Amarelle20 David24 35 Eloy Monte Carlo, Monaco Patrick Fautrad (France) Winners beachsoccer 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Leaguechampions Portugal First AwardsEPBSL 2002 - Final Bulletin Beach Soccer Worldwide 24 October 2003 http://ivv.touritel.com/news/allegati/finalbulletinmonaco%202002.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20031024235854/http://ivv.touritel.com/news/allegati/finalbulletinmonaco%202002.PDF 2003-10-24 Best player: ESP 20px AmarelleTop scorer(s): TUR 20px Tamer Ay, FRA 20px Frank Bonora (9 goals)Best goalkeeper: FRA 20px Pascal Olmeta Superfinal final standings Portugal beat Spain in the final to win their first Euro Beach Soccer League title at their fifth attempt, and end Spain's run of three successive EPBSL titles. Finishing in the top three positions also earned those nations qualification straight into the upcoming World Cup.http://www.beachsoccerbrasil.com.br/camp_mundial/2003/index.asp# IX Campeonato Mundial de Beach Soccer, 16 a 23 de fevereiro/2003, Praia de Copacabana/RJ beachsoccerbrasil.com.br 2 April 2017 Portuguese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030618154017/http://www.beachsoccerbrasil.com.br/camp_mundial/2003/index.asp%23 18 June 2003 Pos PositionTeamNotesQualification1POR EBSL Champions Qualified to 2003 Beach Soccer World Championship2ESP Runners-up3FRAThird place4TUR 5AUT6ITA Sources Roonba https://web.archive.org/web/20181113051415/http://theroonba.com/beach02.htm 2018-11-13 BSWW archive RSSSF Category:Euro Beach Soccer League Category:2002 in beach soccer