2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Explained

The 2011 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.

There are seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists 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. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five 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 2012 season.

Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29

Source:^[1]

Participating nations

It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.

Final standings Division A

Team
	3	3	0	0	14	10	+4	9
	3	2	0	1	16	10	+6	6
	3	1	0	2	11	13	−2	3
	3	0	0	3	11	19	−8	0

clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team
	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	6
	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
	2	0	0	2	5	9	−4	0

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Bern .

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Individual awards

MVP: Juanma Lima
Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre

Source:^[2]

Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10

Source:^[3]

Final standings Division A

Team
	3	3	0	0	18	8	+10	9
	3	2	0	1	15	13	+2	6
	3	1	0	2	11	14	−3	3
	3	0	0	3	9	18	−9	0

clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team
	2	2	0	0	10	5	+5	6
	2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	3
	2	0	0	2	4	8	−4	0

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin .

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Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin ()
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin () — 7 goals
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy ()

Source:^[4]

Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24

Source:^[5]

Final standings Division A

Team
	3	3	0	0	18	10	+8	9
	3	2	0	1	13	14	−1	6
	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
	3	0	0	3	10	13	−3	0

clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team
	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	5
	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
	2	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Ravenna .

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Individual awards

MVP: Maci
Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski () and Dejan Stankovic — 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ()

Source:^[6]

Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31

Source:^[7]

Final standings Division A

Team
	3	2	0	1	13	11	+2	6
	3	2	0	1	18	9	+9	6
	3	1	0	2	11	14	−3	3
	3	1	0	2	8	16	−8	3

clinched previous Superfinal Berth

clinched Superfinal Berth

Final standings Division B

Team
	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	6
	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	3
	2	0	0	2	5	12	−7	0

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague .^[8]

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Individual awards

MVP: Egor Shaykov ()
Top Scorer: Belchior — 6 goals
Best goalkeeper: Xan ()

Source:^[9]

Cumulative standings

clinched Superfinal Berth

clinched Promotional Final Berth

Division A

	Team
1		6	5	0	1	36	17	+19	15
2		6	4	0	2	29	23	+6	12
3		6	4	0	2	28	24	+4	12
4		6	4	0	2	22	26	−4	12
5		6	3	0	3	20	18	+2	9
6		6	3	0	3	24	28	−4	9
7		6	1	0	5	21	27	−6	3
8		6	0	0	6	20	37	−17	0

Division B

	Team
1		2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	6
2		2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	6
3		2	2	0	0	10	5	+5	6
4		2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	5
5		2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
6		2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	3
7		2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	3
8		2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
9		2	0	0	2	5	9	−4	0
10		2	0	0	2	4	8	−4	0
11		2	0	0	2	5	12	−7	0
12		2	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0

Netherlands are ranked ahead of Israel based on fair play points^[10]

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7

Source:^[11]

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have 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.

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions

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Division A (Superfinal)

Group A Standings

Team
	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	6
	2	1	0	1	4	10	−6	3
	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3	0

clinched Superfinal Group

Group B Standings

Team
	2	1	0	1	11	9	+2	3
	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	3
	2	0	1	1	8	9	−1	2

clinched Superfinal Group

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow .^[12]

Round-Robin

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Championship final match

Individual awards

MVP: Dejan Stankovic
Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin () — 7 goals
Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy

^[13]

Final Division A Standing

Rank	Team
1	(Second EBSL Title)
2
3
4
5
6

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group A Standings

Team
	2	2	0	0	15	3	+12	6
	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2	3
	2	0	0	2	4	18	−14	0

clinched Promotional Final Group

Group B Standings

Team
	2	2	0	0	8	5	+3	6
	2	1	0	1	8	8	0	3
	2	0	0	2	9	12	−3	0

clinched Promotional Final Group

Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow .^[14]

Round-Robin

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Promotional Final Match

Final Division B Standing

Rank	Team
1	(promoted to 2012 EBSL Division A)
2	(relegated to Division B)
3
4
5
6

See also

• Beach soccer
• Euro Beach Soccer League

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Eurosport TV
• Crocs Europe Beach Soccer

Notes and References

1. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/257
2. Web site: Европейская Лига пляжного футбола. Берн. Швейцария. Итоги. . BeachSoccer.Ru . 30 May 2011 . 11 July 2022 . ru.
3. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/267
4. Web site: Европейская Лига пляжного футбола. Второй этап. Германия. Берлин. Финальный день . BeachSoccer.Ru . 11 July 2011 . 11 July 2022 . ru.
5. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/289
6. Web site: Swiss frenzy in Ravenna . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 24 July 2011 . 11 July 2022 .
7. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/296
8. Web site: Eurosport.
9. Web site: Portugal gets stripes back in the Hague . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 31 July 2011 . 11 July 2022 .
10. Web site: Archived copy . 2022-06-04 . 2018-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810072625/https://beachsoccer.com/system/docs/49/original/EBSL%20Superfinal%20%26%20Promotion%20Final%20Moscow%202011%20-%20Media%20Guide.pdf?1312703570 . dead .
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20110804043404/http://beachsoccer.crocs.eu/pages/calendar.php
12. Web site: Сегодня в Москве на Поклонной горе стартует Суперфинал Евролиги-2011 по пляжному футболу Российский Футбольный Союз . 2011-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135659/http://www.rfs.ru/node/127758 . 2011-09-27 . dead.
13. Web site: The perfect story? . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 7 August 2011 . 11 July 2022 .
14. Web site: Сегодня в Москве на Поклонной горе стартует Суперфинал Евролиги-2011 по пляжному футболу Российский Футбольный Союз . 2011-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135659/http://www.rfs.ru/node/127758 . 2011-09-27 . dead.