2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beach soccer championships organised every two years by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), held in August 2014, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Dates28–31 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (4th title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Russia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored86 (9.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Switzerland Noel Ott (11 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Juanma

Just six nations took part as in 2008, compared to the usual eight, and the teams were not the top-ranked nations from the preceding Euro Beach Soccer League season as in the past but a mix of teams from the divisions as listed below. The competition started with a round-robin ground stage for only the third time, instead of a straight knock-out tournament, with the top two nations from the groups competing in a final match for the title, the others in the respective positions in their groups playing for third and fifth place in classifying matches to determine the final standings.[1]

Spain won the championship for the fourth time, their third win in their last five appearances and their fourth title overall.[2]

Participating teams

The teams were announced on August 7.[1]

Team 2013 EBSL Finish Participation Previous1
 Azerbaijan* Division B, 12th 2nd (2008)
 Greece Division B, Runners-up 2nd (2007)
 Hungary Division B, 3rd 4th (2006, 2009, 2010)
 Spain Division A, 4th 14th (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
  Switzerland Division A, 3rd 13th (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
 Russia Division A, Champions (2013 EBSL Winners) 5th (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
* = hosts of this year
1Note: 1998-2010 annual basis (excluding 2000), biennial basis post-2010.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD+/- Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 2200159+66Advance to final
2 Greece 201159-42Play-offs
3 Azerbaijan 20021113-20
Switzerland 6–1 Greece
Mo
Borer
Ott
Stankovic
Spacca 		Report Triantafyllidis
Greece 4–3 (a.e.t.) Azerbaijan
Triantifyllidis
Salapatas
Kakaroumpas 		Report Zeynal
Renat
Asif
Azerbaijan 8–9  Switzerland
Asif
Zeynal
Sabir
Amid
Renat 		Report Ott
Spacca
Stankovic
Mo

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD+/- Pts Qualification
1 Spain 2200107+36Advance to final
2 Russia 21017703Play-offs
3 Hungary 2002710-30
Spain 6–4 Hungary
Juanma
Pajon
Antonio
Kuman
Llorenç 		Report Fekete
Simonyi
Sebestyen
Russia 4–3 Hungary
Makarov
Paporotnyi
Krutikov 		Report Abel
Simonyi
Russia 3–4 Spain
Makarov
Krash 		Report Antonio
Chiky
Llorenç

Classification matches

Fifth place play-off
Azerbaijan 3–3 (a.e.t.) Hungary
Jomard
Sabir 		Report Simonyi
Penalties
Zeynalsoccer ball with red X
Asifsoccer ball with check mark
Sabirsoccer ball with red X		 1-2 soccer ball with check markSebestyen
soccer ball with red XSimonyi
soccer ball with check markAbel

Third place play-off
Russia 7–4 Greece
Krutikov
Romanov
Krash
Kotov 		Report Gkritzalis
Triantifyllidis
Amanatidis
Papastathopoulos

Final
Spain 8–6  Switzerland
Llorenç
Juanma
Chyki 		Report Stankovic
Ott

Winners
 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
champions 

Spain
Fourth title

Awards
Top scorer
Switzerland Noel Ott
11 goals
Best player
Spain Juan Manuel Lima (Juanma)
Best goalkeeper
Hungary Dávid Ficsór

Goalscorers

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Spain 3 3 0 0 18 13 +5 9 Champions
2 A   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 21 17 +4 6 Runners-up
3 B  Russia 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 6 Third place
4 A  Greece 3 0 1 2 9 16 −7 2 Fourth place
5 B  Hungary 3 0 1 2 10 13 −3 2 Fifth place
6 A  Azerbaijan 3 0 0 3 14 16 −2 0 Sixth place
Source: Standings, BSWW

References
  1. "Baku to host the Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2014". beachsoccer.com. 7 August 2014.
  2. "Spain claims fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup!". beachsoccer.com. 31 August 2014.
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