2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the seventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in December 2005, in Moscow, Russia. Switzerland won the championship for the first time, with hosts Russia finishing second. Portugal beat Ukraine in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively. This was the first time since the tournament's establishment that Portugal had failed to reach the final and the first time Spain had finished outside the top four.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Russia |
| Dates | 2 December - 4 December 2005 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Switzerland (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Russia |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Ukraine |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 101 (8.42 per match) |
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]
Matches
Main tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| Portugal (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 December 2005 | ||||||||||
 Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2005 | ||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 1 | |||||||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 4 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 December 2005 | ||||||||||
 France | 4 | |||||||||
| Switzerland (pen.) | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2005 | ||||||||||
 Italy | 4 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||
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 | Spain |
8 | ||||||
| QF2 | Belgium |
3 | ||||||
| Spain |
5 | |||||||
| Italy |
4 | |||||||
| QF3 | France |
5 | ||||||
| QF4 | Italy |
7 | Seventh place play off | |||||
| France |
4 | |||||||
| Belgium |
3 | |||||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland |
| 2 | Russia |
| 3 | Portugal |
| 4 | Ukraine |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Belgium |