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2013 Euro Beach Soccer League

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Venue(s)
  
6 (in 6 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Portugal

Fourth place
  
Spain

Champions
  
Russia (3rd title)

Third place
  
Switzerland

2013 Euro Beach Soccer League

Teams
  
24 (from 1 confederation)

The 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a Superfinal, deciding the competition winner.

Contents

This season, there are twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are a record number of five Stages this year) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 12 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.

Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. Due to the newly expanded format this season, the top eight teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners and the host team Spain) will play in the Superfinal in Torredembarra, Spain from 8–11 August. The top seven teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2014 season.

Once again this season, the Power Horse energy drink company is the main sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.

Eligible EBSL Teams

The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.

Participating Nations

  •  France
  •  Poland
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  • Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Kiev (UTC+03:00).

    Individual Awards

    MVP: Boguslaw Saganowski
    Top Scorer: Oleg Zborovskyi (6 goals)
    Best Goalkeeper: Vitali Sydorenko

    Total Goals

    53 goals were scored, for an average of 8.83 goals per match.

    Participating Nations

  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Romania
  •  Ukraine
  •  Belarus
  •  Germany
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Hungary
  •  Israel
  •  Turkey
  • Final standings Division B

    Note: Although the Netherlands won their group, they were not automatically qualified for the Superfinal, as Portugal had the better group-winner record.

    Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Terracina (UTC+02:00).

    Individual Awards

    MVP: Nuno Belchior
    Top Scorer: Alan Cavalcanti, Nuno Belchior, Oleg Zborovskyi, Patrick Ax (4 goals)
    Best Goalkeeper: Stefano Spada

    Total Goals

    126 goals were scored, for an average of 7 goals per match.

    Participating Nations

  •  France
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  •  Andorra
  •  Czech Republic
  •  England
  •  Moldova
  • Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Valence (UTC+02:00).

    Individual Awards

    MVP: Dejan Stankovic
    Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (8 goals)
    Best Goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy

    Total Goals

    105 goals were scored, for an average of 8.75 goals per match.

    Participating Nations

  •  Belarus
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Estonia
  •  Greece
  •  Norway
  • Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).

    Individual Awards

    MVP: Patrick Ax
    Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski, Henrik Salveson (6 goals)
    Best Goalkeeper: Frank van der Geest

    Total Goals

    87 goals were scored, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.

    Participating Nations

  •  Germany
  •  Romania
  •  Russia
  •  Spain
  • Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).

    Individual Awards

    MVP: Ilya Leonov
    Top Scorer: Llorenc Gomez (6 goals)
    Best Goalkeeper: Sascha Penke

    Total Goals

    31 goals were scored, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.

    Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

    The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have now been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A. The division of the Superfinal and Promotional Final Groups are based on how the cumulative standings for Divisions A and B finish. In Division A, Group A will have teams that finish in places 1, 4, 6 and 7, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 2, 3, 5 and 8. In Division B, Group A will have teams that finish in places 4, 5, 6 and the last-place team in Division A, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 1, 2, 3 and 7.

    Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (UTC+02:00).

    Individual Awards

  • MVP: Ilya Leonov
  • Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (9 goals)
  • Best Goalkeeper: Francisco Donaire
  • Schedule & Results

    All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (UTC+02:00).

    Total Goals

    235 goals were scored, for an average of 7.34 goals per match.

    References

    2013 Euro Beach Soccer League Wikipedia