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2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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Host country
  
Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Runners-up
  
Dates
  
26–28 May 2006

Champions
  
Portugal (6th title)

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

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 play off to finish third and fourth respectively.

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Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.

Participating nations

  •  Austria
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Hungary
  •  Italy
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  • Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

    The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.

    References

    2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Wikipedia


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