2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates 2 February - 4 February 2001
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 127 (10.58 per match)

The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the third Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2001, in Maspalomas, Spain. Portugal won the championship, with hosts Spain finishing second. Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively, replicating the result of the 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup.

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

Participating nations

Matches

Main tournament

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
2 February 2001        
  Germany  9
3 February 2001
  France  7  
  Germany  3
2 February 2001
    Spain  6  
  Spain  13
4 February 2001
  Netherlands  2  
  Spain  3
2 February 2001
    Portugal  4
  Italy  6
3 February 2001
  Turkey  2  
  Italy  4 Third place
2 February 2001
    Portugal  8  
  Portugal  9   Italy  5
   Switzerland  4     Germany  4
4 February 2001

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.

Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place play off
      
QF1  France 7
QF2  Netherlands 6
 France 7
  Switzerland 4
QF3  Turkey 2
QF4   Switzerland 5

Winners

 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Portugal
2  Spain
3  Italy
4  Germany
5  France
6   Switzerland
7  Turkey
8  Netherlands

References

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