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2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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Host country
  
Spain

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Runners-up
  
France

Dates
  
3 May - 5 May 2007

Champions
  
Ukraine (1st title)

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

The 2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the ninth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2007, in Tarragona, Spain. The Ukraine won the championship for the first time, with France finishing second. Portugal 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. This was the last tournament until 2009 to use this format.

Participating nations

  •  France
  •  Greece
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  • 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

    2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Wikipedia