The 1998
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the ''European Pro Beach Soccer Championships'' until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Socc ...
was the first Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in September 1998, in
Siracusa,
Italy.
Portugal won the championship, with
Spain finishing second. Hosts
Italy beat
Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.
Seven nations participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three and four, playing each other once in the groups. The second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.
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Participating nations
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Third place play off
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Final
Winners
Final standings
References
{{Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
1998 in beach soccer