Crocs Challenge Cup 2010

2010 Crocs Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates 23–25 July 2010
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Turkey
Runners-up  Netherlands
Third place  Azerbaijan
Fourth place  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 121 (10.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) Turkey Tamer Ay
Best player Netherlands Patrick Ax

The 2010 Crocs Challenge Cup is a new annual European competition in beach soccer. This tournament is sanctioned by FIFA and promoted by Beach Soccer Worldwide.

There are eight teams participating in this tournament that will play in a knock-out-style system. The competing teams were determined by their current ranking from ninth to sixteenth in the Beach Soccer Worldwide European rankings, with some exceptions.

All matches were played at the same time as Stage 4 of the 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League from July 23 to 25 at the Beach Stadion in The Hague in the Netherlands.

Participating Nations

Schedule & Results

Quarterfinals

23 July 2010
13:15
Czech Republic  5 - 6  Azerbaijan

23 July 2010
14:30
Norway  3 - 3 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p.)
 Turkey

23 July 2010
15:45
England  7 - 5  Germany

23 July 2010
19:30
Netherlands  11 - 3  Andorra

Classification

24 July 2010
12:45
Czech Republic  5 - 4  Norway

24 July 2010
14:00
Germany  10 - 3  Andorra

Semifinals

24 July 2010
15:15
England  3 - 4  Netherlands

24 July 2010
16:30
Azerbaijan  5 - 8  Turkey

Classification finals

Seventh place final

25 July 2010
12:45
Norway  5 - 6  Andorra

Fifth place final

25 July 2010
14:00
Czech Republic  5 - 4  Germany

Third place final

25 July 2010
16:30
England  2 - 5  Azerbaijan

Tournament final

25 July 2010
15:15
Netherlands  4 - 5  Turkey

Final standing

Rank Team
1  Turkey
2  Netherlands
3  Azerbaijan
4  England
5  Czech Republic
6  Germany
7  Andorra
8  Norway

Individual Awards

MVP: Patrick Ax ( Netherlands)
Best goalkeeper: Gokhan ( Turkey)
Crocs top goal scorer: Tamer Ay ( Turkey) - 5 goals

See also

External links

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