The 2013
Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in ...
(''EBSL'') is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a Superfinal, deciding the competition winner.
This season, there are twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are a record number of five Stages this year) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 12 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.
Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. Due to the newly expanded format this season, the top eight teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners and the host team Spain) will play in the Superfinal in
Torredembarra
Torredembarra (), normally called La Torre by its inhabitants, is a town in the ''comarca'' of the Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the Costa Daurada, it faces Altafulla to the west, La Pobla de Monto ...
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from 8–11 August. The top seven teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2014 season.
Once again this season, the Power Horse energy drink company is the main sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.
Eligible EBSL Teams
The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.
Stage 1 Kyiv, Ukraine – May, 24 – 26
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Final standings Division A
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Kyiv (
UTC+03:00).
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Individual awards
MVP: Bogusław Saganowski
Top Scorer: Oleg Zborovskyi (6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper: Vitalii Sydorenko
Total Goals
53 goals were scored, for an average of 8.83 goals per match.
Stage 2 Terracina, Italy – June, 14 – 16
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Final standings Division A Group 1
Final standings Division A Group 2
Final standings Division B
Note: Although the Netherlands won their group, they were not automatically qualified for the Superfinal, as Portugal had the better group-winner record.
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Terracina (
UTC+02:00).
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Individual awards
MVP:
Belchior
Top Scorer:
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, Belchior, Oleg Zborovskyi, Patrick Ax (4 goals)
Best Goalkeeper: Stefano Spada
Total Goals
126 goals were scored, for an average of 7 goals per match.
Stage 3 Valence, France – June, 21 – 23
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Final standings Division A
Final standings Division B
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Valence (
UTC+02:00).
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Individual awards
MVP:
Dejan Stankovic
Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (8 goals)
Best Goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy
Total Goals
105 goals were scored, for an average of 8.75 goals per match.
Stage 4 The Hague, Netherlands – July, 19 – 21
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Final standings Division A
Final standings Division B
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (
UTC+02:00).
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Individual awards
MVP:
Patrick Ax
Patrick Ax (born 1 December 1979) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He has played for several clubs in his home country as well as winning caps for the Netherlands U-21 side.
He currently is youth coach at Vitesse.
Playing career Clu ...
Top Scorer: Bogusław Saganowski (6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:
Frank van der Geest
Frank van der Geest (born 30 April 1973) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam, in the Eerste Divisie for AZ Alkmaar, Heracles Almelo and FC Volendam, and in the English Football League f ...
Total Goals
87 goals were scored, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.
Stage 5 Moscow, Russia – August, 2 – 4
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Final standings Division A
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (
UTC+04:00).
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Individual awards
MVP:
Ilya Leonov
Ilya Yuryevich Leonov (russian: Илья Юрьевич Леонов; born 21 December 1979 in Moscow) is a retired Russian beach soccer and former futsal player. From 2010 to 2018, he played for Lokomotiv Moscow, where for a time he served bot ...
Top Scorer:
Llorenç Gómez
Llorenç Gómez León (born 3 November 1991), often known simply as Llorenç, is a Spanish former beach soccer player who played as a forward. He represented Spain at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2013, 2015 and 2021. Llorenç was consid ...
(6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper: Sascha Penke
Total Goals
31 goals were scored, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.
Cumulative standings
Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored , Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.
Division A
Division B
EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Torredembarra, Spain – August, 8 – 11
Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions
The Divisions for the
Euro Beach Soccer League
The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in ...
Superfinal have now been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A. The division of the Superfinal and Promotional Final Groups are based on how the cumulative standings for Divisions A and B finish. In Division A, Group A will have teams that finish in places 1, 4, 6 and 7, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 2, 3, 5 and 8. In Division B, Group A will have teams that finish in places 4, 5, 6 and the last-place team in Division A, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 1, 2, 3 and 7.
Division A (Superfinal)
Group A Standings
Group B Standings
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (
UTC+02:00).
Round-Robin
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Seventh-place Match
Fifth-place Match
Third-place Match
Championship final match
Individual awards
* MVP:
Ilya Leonov
Ilya Yuryevich Leonov (russian: Илья Юрьевич Леонов; born 21 December 1979 in Moscow) is a retired Russian beach soccer and former futsal player. From 2010 to 2018, he played for Lokomotiv Moscow, where for a time he served bot ...
* Top Scorer:
Dejan Stankovic (9 goals)
* Best Goalkeeper: Francisco Donaire
Final Division A Standing
Division B (Promotional Final)
Group A Standings
Group B Standings
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra (
UTC+02:00).
Round-Robin
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Seventh-place Match
Fifth-place Match
Third-place Match
Promotional Final Match
Final Division B Standing
Total Goals
235 goals were scored, for an average of 7.34 goals per match.
See also
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Beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
References
External links
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