2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Dates 28 - 31 August
Teams 6 (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 played 9
Goals scored 86 (9.56 per match)
Top scorer(s) Switzerland Noel Ott
Best player Spain Juanma

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.

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

28 August 2014
17:30
Switzerland   6–1  Greece
Mo
Borer
Ott
Stankovic
Spacca
Report Triantafyllidis

29 August 2014
18:45
Greece  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan
Triantifyllidis
Salapatas
Kakaroumpas
Report Zeynal
Renat
Asif

30 August 2014
18:45
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

28 August 2014
18:45
Spain  6–4  Hungary
Juanma
Pajon
Antonio
Kuman
Llorenç
Report Fekete
Simonyi
Sebestyen

29 August 2014
17:30
Russia  4–3  Hungary
Makarov
Paporotnyi
Krutikov
Report Abel
Simonyi

30 August 2014
17:30
Russia  3–4  Spain
Makarov
Krash
Report Antonio
Chiky
Llorenç

Classification matches

Fifth place play-off

31 August 2014
16:15
Azerbaijan  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Hungary
Jomard
Sabir
Report Simonyi
  Penalties  
Zeynal
Asif
Sabir
1-2 Sebestyen
Simonyi
Abel

Third place play-off

31 August 2014
17:30
Russia  7–4  Greece
Krutikov
Romanov
Krash
Kotov
Report Gkritzalis
Triantifyllidis
Amanatidis
Papastathopoulos

Final

31 August 2014
18:45
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

11 goals
  • Switzerland Noel Ott
7 goals
  • Spain Llorenç Gomez
5 goals
4 goals
  • Greece Theofilos Triantafyllidis
  • Azerbaijan Asif Zeynalov
  • Azerbaijan Sabir Allahguliyev
3 goals
  • Spain Antonio Mayor Hernández
  • Spain Juanma

  • Russia Aleksei Krutikov
  • Russia Yury Krasheninnikov
2 goals
  • Switzerland Mo Jaeggy
  • Switzerland Sandro Spaccarotella
  • Azerbaijan Zeynal Zeynalov
  • Azerbaijan Renat Sultanov
  • Spain Daniel Pajón Gómez
  • Hungary Viktor Fekete
  • Russia Aleksey Makarov
  • Russia Artur Paporotnyi
  • Hungary Péter Ábel
  • Spain Salavador Ardil 'Chyki'
  • Russia Kirill Romanov
  • Russia Yury Kotov

1 goal
  • Switzerland Phillipp Borer
  • Greece Christos Salapatas
  • Greece Athanasios Kakaroumpas
  • Azerbaijan Amid Nazarov
  • Spain Miguel Santiso Mosquera 'Kuman'
  • Hungary Norbert Sebestyen
  • Azerbaijan Jomard Bakshaliyev
  • Greece Spyridon-Evangelos Gkritzalis-Papadopoulos
  • Greece Stavros Amanatidis
  • Greece Konstantinos Papastathopoulos

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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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