2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2005 Russia 2 December - 4 December 2005 8 1 1 1 SUI 1 RUS POR UKR 12 101 2004 2006 The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the seventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in December 2005, in Moscow, Russia. Switzerland won the championship for the first time, with hosts Russia finishing second. Portugal beat Ukraine in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively. This was the first time since the tournament's establishment that Portugal had failed to reach the final and the first time Spain had finished outside the top four. 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/2005.htmApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Participating nations BEL FRA ITA POR RUS ESP SUI UKR Matches Main tournament 2 December 2005 POR 4 ESP 3 2 December 2005 RUS 2 BEL 1 2 December 2005 SUI 6 FRA 4 2 December 2005 UKR 6 ITA 4 3 December 2005 POR 3 RUS 5 3 December 2005 SUI (pen.) 4 UKR 4 4 December 2005 RUS 3 SUI 4 4 December 2005 POR 5 UKR 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 ESP 8 QF2 BEL 3 QF3 FRA 5 QF4 ITA 7 ESP 5 ITA 4 FRA 4 BEL 3 Winners beachsoccer 2005 Euro Beach Soccer CupWinners: Switzerland First Final standings RankTeam 1 SUI 2 RUS 3 POR 4 UKR 5 ESP 6 ITA 7 FRA 8 BEL References Category:Euro Beach Soccer Cup Category:2005 in beach soccer