2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Dates	24 - 26 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (7th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	97 (8.08 per match)

The 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fifteenth 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). It was held in June 2016, in Belgrade, Serbia, the first time the country has hosted and played in a BSWW sanctioned event.[1]

Eight nations took part which were the best nations in Europe based on their finish in last years 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League, plus hosts Serbia. France, however, pulled out and were replaced by Hungary. The competition reverted to being a straight knock-out tournament instead of involving a group stage first as in the previous edition in 2014, with classifying matches to determine the final standings of those who didn't reach the final.

Spain were the defending champions, accepting the invitation to play, but lost in the quarter finals, ultimately finishing seventh.

Portugal won the championship, claiming their seventh crown, their first in 10 years. Italy reached their first final, finishing as runners-up.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the tournament.[2]

Team	2015 EBSL finish	Participation	Previous¹	Euro ranking[3]
Serbia*	– (n/a)	1st	– (n/a)	– (n/a)
Spain	Division A, 4th	15th	(1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014)	5th
Italy	Division A, 5th	14th	(1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)	3rd
Switzerland	Division A, 6th	14th	(1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014)	4th
Russia	Division A, 3rd	6th	(2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014)	1st
Portugal	Division A, 1st (2015 EBSL Champions)	13th	(1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)	2nd
Hungary	Division A, 12th (relegated)	5th	(2006, 2009, 2012, 2014)	7th
Ukraine	Division A, 2nd	3rd	(2005, 2007)	6th

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.

Results

All times are CEST (UTC+2)

Main tournament bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

24 June 2016

Serbia	0
		25 June 2016
Hungary	6
		Hungary	3
24 June 2016
		Italy	7
Italy	3
				26 June 2016
Switzerland	2
				Italy	3
24 June 2016
				Portugal	6
Russia	3
		25 June 2016
Ukraine	2
		Russia	4 (0)
24 June 2016
		Portugal	4 (2)	Third place
Portugal	4
				26 June 2016
Spain	2
				Russia	8

				Hungary	0

Classification matches

Classifying semi-finals			Fifth place play-off

QF1	Serbia	1
QF2	Switzerland	6
			Switzerland	5
			Ukraine	6
QF3	Ukraine	7
QF4	Spain	3	Seventh place play-off

			Serbia	1
			Spain	11

Quarter-finals

The winners proceeded on in the main tournament into the semi-finals. The losers progressed into a series of classifying matches to determine the standings of fifth down to eighth place.

24 June 2016