2009 Euro Beach Soccer League

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2009 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Host countries Italy
England
France
Portugal
Dates 10 July – 23 August
Teams 18 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 51
Goals scored 411 (8.06 per match)
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The 2009 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the twelfth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 10 and August 23, 2009.

In 2009, BSWW introduced major changes to the EBSL. This included the reintroduction of Divisions A and B to the league, and making the Superfinal a Division A only event; the opportunity for Division B teams to qualify for the Superfinal was replaced with having the nations of the second division aim to qualify for a new additional post season event instead, the Promotion Final, in which nations would compete to try and earn promotion to Division A, as well as other changes explained later.

Portugal were the defending champions but fell short in the championship match of the Superfinal, losing to Russia who claimed their first European title.[1] Meanwhile in Division B, Romania were promoted after winning the inaugural edition of the Promotion Final, with Norway relegated from Division A in return.[2]

Format changes

2009 saw the introduction of major changes to the format of this and future seasons of the EBSL which have remained almost unchanged to date (2017). The following decisions were made:

Restructure of stages and divisions

  • The concept of Divisions A and B were reintroduced after they were scrapped in 2008.
  • Division A and B fixtures will take place simultaneously throughout the regular season (rather than teams in Division B starting and completing all of their scheduled fixtures before the nations of Division A even begin their season as was the case in 2006 and 2007).
  • Between 2002 and 2007, Divisions A and B hosted their own stages separately, taking place in different locations and during different dates. This format was discarded. It was decided from now on, each stage that is organised will host both Division A and Division B fixtures together, in the same place and during the same dates.
  • Historically, each season BSWW allocated teams to Division A and B at the start each season, with teams often being moved back and forth between divisions, year on year, without going through an official promotion or relegation process. It was decided the same nations would now take part in each division season after season (barring promoted and relegated teams as explained below).

Introduction of the Promotion Final

  • Teams in Division A will compete to earn enough points for the regular season league table to qualify for the Superfinal season-finale event in which the league title is then to be contested directly (just as has been the Superfinal's purpose since its introduction to the EBSL in 2001).
  • Unlike Division B's last incarnation between 2002 and 2007, from now on teams from Division B could no longer qualify for the Superfinal – the Superfinal is now exclusively for Division A teams.
  • Teams in Division B will now compete to earn enough points for the regular season league table to qualify for a new postseason event – the Promotion Final.
  • The Division B team which wins the Promotion Final will be promoted into Division A the following season (except for in the scenario below).
  • The team bottom of the Division A regular season table will also take part in the Promotion Final to try and defend their place. If they win the event, they will retain their Division A status for the next season and so no Division B team will be promoted that year.

Schedule

Stage Dates Country City Div. A Div. B
1 10–12 July  Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro Yes Yes
2 17–19 July  England Minehead Yes Yes
3 29–31 July  France Béziers Yes Yes
4 14–16 August  Italy Ostia Yes No
Sf1 20–23 August  Portugal Vila Real de Santo António Yes No
PF1 No Yes
1. Superfinal (Sf) and Promotion Final (PF)

Teams

Division A (8) Division B (10)
 France  Italy  Norway  Andorra  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Czech Republic
 Poland  Portugal  Russia  England  Germany  Greece  Netherlands
 Spain   Switzerland  Romania  Turkey2
2. Turkey were supposed to compete with Austria and another, as of then, unconfirmed team as part of stage 4. Ultimately Austria pulled out and no other team entered meaning Division B did not materialise during stage 4. Turkey therefore automatically qualified for the Promotion Final and consequently did not compete during the regular season.[3]

Stage 1 (Lignano Sabbiadoro, 10–12 July)

     Stage winners (Division A)
     Stage winners (Division B)

Division A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 3 2 0 1 11 11 0 6
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 14 12 +2 5
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 18 11 +7 3
4  Poland 3 1 0 2 8 17 –9 3

10 July 2017
Italy  1–2  Poland

10 July 2017
Russia  2–1   Switzerland

11 July 2017
Italy  7–6 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland

11 July 2017
Russia  5–4  Poland

12 July 2017
Italy  6–4  Russia

12 July 2017
Switzerland   11–2  Poland

Division B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Romania 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 6
2  Greece 2 1 0 1 11 4 +7 3
3  Andorra 2 0 0 2 2 14 –12 0

10 July 2017
Greece  9–1  Andorra

11 July 2017
Romania  5–1  Andorra

12 July 2017
Romania  3–2  Greece

Stage 2 (Minehead, 17–19 July)

     Stage winners (Division A)
     Stage winners (Division B)

Division A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 27 11 +16 9
2   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 16 16 0 3
3  France 3 1 0 2 9 14 –5 3
4  Norway 3 1 0 2 10 21 –11 3

17 July 2017
France  4–3   Switzerland

17 July 2017
Portugal  11–3  Norway

18 July 2017
Norway  5–3  France

18 July 2017
Portugal  10–6   Switzerland

19 July 2017
Portugal  6–2  France

19 July 2017
Switzerland   7–2  Norway

Division B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 10 7 +3 6
2  England 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 3
3  Germany 2 0 0 2 7 10 –3 0

17 July 2017
Azerbaijan  6–4  Germany

18 July 2017
England  4–3  Germany

19 July 2017
England  3–4  Azerbaijan

Stage 3 (Béziers, 29–31 July)

     Stage winners (Division A)
     Stage winners (Division B)

Division A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 13 8 +5 6
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 13 13 0 6
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 15 15 0 3
4  France 3 0 1 2 9 14 –5 2

29 July 2017
France  4–8  Poland

29 July 2017
Spain  6–3  Russia

30 July 2017
France  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Spain
  Penalties  
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30 July 2017
Russia  6–4  Poland

31 July 2017
Spain  5–3  Poland

31 July 2017
France  3–4  Russia

Division B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Belarus 2 2 0 0 11 8 +3 6
2  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 12 12 0 3
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 14 17 –3 0

29 July 2017
Belarus  4–2  Netherlands

30 July 2017
Belarus  7–6  Czech Republic

31 July 2017
Netherlands  10–8  Czech Republic

Stage 4 (Ostia, 14–16 August)

     Stage winners

Division A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 25 16 +9 6
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 21 15 +6 6
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 23 15 +8 5
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 6 29 –23 0

14 August 2017
Italy  8–4  Spain

14 August 2017
Portugal  8–2  Norway

15 August 2017
Italy  6–9 (a.e.t.)  Portugal

15 August 2017
Spain  10–1  Norway

16 August 2017
Italy  11–3  Norway

16 August 2017
Spain  7–6  Portugal

Tables

     Advanced to the Superfinal
     Advanced to the Promotion Final

Promotion Final (Vila Real de Santo António, 20–23 August)

Teams

Group Stage

     Advanced to the final

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Romania 2 2 0 0 8 5 +3 6
2  Belarus 2 0 1 1 5 6 –1 2
3  Turkey 2 0 0 2 6 8 –2 0

20 August 2017
Romania  5–3  Turkey

21 August 2017
Belarus  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Turkey
  Penalties  
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22 August 2017
Romania  3–2  Belarus

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Greece 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 6
2  Azerbaijan 2 1 0 1 6 7 –1 3
3  Norway 2 0 0 2 3 12 –9 0

20 August 2017
Greece  8–1  Norway

21 August 2017
Greece  5–2  Azerbaijan

22 August 2017
Azerbaijan  4–2  Norway

Placement stage

Fifth place play-off

23 August 2017
Turkey  4–0  Norway

Third place play-off

23 August 2017
Belarus  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan

Final

23 August 2017
Romania  5–2  Greece

Final standings

Pos Team Notes
1  Romania Promoted to 2010 EBSL Division A
2  Greece
3  Belarus
4  Azerbaijan
5  Turkey
6  Norway Relegated to 2010 EBSL Division B

Superfinal (Vila Real de Santo António, 20–23 August)

Teams

Group Stage

     Advanced to the final

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 2 0 2 0 7 5 +2 4
2  Spain 2 1 0 1 11 8 +3 3
3   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 6 11 –5 0

20 August 2017
Russia  3–2 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland

21 August 2017
Spain  8–4   Switzerland

22 August 2017
Russia  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Spain

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 2 2 0 0 14 7 +7 6
2  Italy 2 0 1 1 8 10 –2 2
3  Poland 2 0 0 2 4 9 –5 0

20 August 2017
Italy  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Poland

21 August 2017
Portugal  6–2  Poland

22 August 2017
Portugal  8–5  Italy

Placement stage

Fifth place play-off

23 August 2017
Switzerland   4–2  Poland

Third place play-off

23 August 2017
Italy  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Spain
  Penalties  
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Final

23 August 2017
Portugal  3–4  Russia


 2009 Euro Beach Soccer League
Champions 

Russia
First title

Awards

Top scorer(s)
Italy Paolo Palmacci Portugal Madjer
7 goals
Best player
Portugal Madjer
Best goalkeeper
Russia Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Final standings

Pos Team Notes
1  Russia 2009 EBSL Champions
2  Portugal Runners-up
3  Italy Third place
4  Spain
5   Switzerland
6  Poland

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