The 1999

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 Socce ...

was the second Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in September 1999, in

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. Four teams participated in the tournament, which was played as part of the ''1999 World Series''. The World Series was played in 2 groups of 4 teams - a World Group (for non-European teams) and a European Group, which doubled as the Euro Beach Soccer Cup for 1999. Both groups played in a knock-out format, with semi-finals followed by a third place match and a final. Hosts

won the championship, with

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finishing second.

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beat

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in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively. Winners Spain went on to play the winners of the World Group,

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Participating nations

Matches

Main tournament

Winners

Final standings

References