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2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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Host country
  
Italy

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Runners-up
  
Switzerland

Dates
  
22 May - 24 May 2009

Champions
  
Spain (3rd title)

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

The 2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eleventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2009 beach soccer season, held in May 2009, in Rome, Italy. Spain won the championship for the third time, with former champions Switzerland finishing second. Six time champions Portugal beat Hungary 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

  •  France
  •  Hungary
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  •  Russia
  • 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

    2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Wikipedia