2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates22 May - 24 May 2009
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored106 (8.83 per match)
2008
2010

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 playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]

Participating nations

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Matches

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Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2009
 
 
 Portugal11
 
23 May 2009
 
 Poland1
 
 Portugal6
 
22 May 2009
 
 Spain7
 
 Spain (pen.)3
 
24 May 2009
 
 Russia3
 
 Spain6
 
22 May 2009
 
  Switzerland4
 
  Switzerland9
 
23 May 2009
 
 France3
 
  Switzerland6
 
22 May 2009
 
 Hungary1 Third place
 
 Italy2
 
24 May 2009
 
 Hungary5
 
 Portugal7
 
 
 Hungary5
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

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The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.

Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place playoff
      
QF1  Poland 1
QF2  Russia 6
 Russia 8
 France 4
QF3  France 3
QF4  Italy 1 Seventh place playoff
 Poland 4
 Italy 3

Winners

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 2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Spain
Third title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1  Spain
2   Switzerland
3  Portugal
4  Hungary
5  Russia
6  France
7  Poland
8  Italy

References

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