The 2014

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(EBSL) is an annual European competition in

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. 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 were twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each stage that faced each other in a round-robin system. Division A consisted of the 12 top teams in Europe based on the

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European Ranking. Division B consisted of 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format. The competition was used as qualifying event for the

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. The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal qualified. The top team from the Promotional Finals, excluding the 12th team from Division A, also qualified.

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were automatically qualified as hosts. During the season, FIFA's ''Amendments to the Beach Soccer Laws of the Game – 2014'' came into effect. This involved such changes as only awarding one point for a penalty shootout win (compared to two points previously) and instead of penalty shootouts being sudden death from the outset, both sides will take three penalty kicks each before sudden death rules come into use.

Calendar

''All times are

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( UTC+02:00).''

Teams

Stage 1 (Catania, 20–22 June)

Division A

Group 1

Group 2

Schedule and results

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Individual Awards

MVP:

Noël Ott Noël Robin Ott (born 15 January 1994) is a Swiss beach soccer player who plays as a forward. Known for his pace across the sand and technical abilities in scoring many goals, Ott came to prominence in the sport in 2014, excelling during the Eur ...

Top scorer: Noël Ott (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Sasha Penke

Stage 2 (Sopot, 27–29 June)

Division A

Group 1

Group 2

Schedule and results

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Individual Awards

MVP: Witold Ziober
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 ...

(7 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Nuno Hidalgo

Stage 3 (Moscow, 11–13 July)

Division A

Division B

Schedule and results

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Individual Awards

MVP:

Aleksey Makarov Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Макаров; born 20 August 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as a forward. Career Makarov began his professional beach soccer team in the FC S ...

Top scorer: Ihar Bryshtel, Aleksey Makarov (4 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Dona

Stage 4 (Siófok, 8–10 August)

Division A

Division B

Group 1

Group 2

Schedule and results

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Individual Awards

MVP: Roman Pachev
Top scorer: Gabriele Gori (9 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Stefano Spada

Cumulative standings

The eight best placed teams in Division A (including stage winners and hosts), in which each team played two stages, qualified for the Superfinal. The qualifiers for the Promotion Final were the winners and runners-up in each Division B stage, the best 3rd place team from all of the Division B events, and the last placed team in Division A. 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

Finals (Torredembarra, 14–17 August)

The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal qualified for the

in Baku. The top team from the Promotional Final, excluding the 12th team from Division A, also qualified. Azerbaijan was automatically qualified as host country.

Division A (Superfinal)

Group 1 Standings

Group 2 Standings

Group stage results

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Play-off results

Seventh-place Match

Fifth-place Match

Third-place Match

Championship final Match

Individual Awards

*MVP:

*Top scorer: Anatoliy Peremitin,

(7 goals) *Best goalkeeper: Dona

Final Division A Standing

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group 1 Standings

Group 2 Standings

Group stage results

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Play-off results

Seventh-place Match

Fifth-place Match

Third-place Match

Promotion Final

Final Division B Standing

1. The Netherlands, a Division A side, did not enter the following year's EBSL in 2015. To ensure 12 teams in the top division in 2015 as normal, BSWW retrospectively awarded promotion to the runners-up of the 2014 Promotion Final as well as the winners, in the lead up to the start of the 2015 season. The runners-up happened to be the relegated side, Poland, who ultimately did not see relegation materialise for this reason and continued to compete in Division A.

Sources

Group distribution for EBSL 2014 announced. Beach Soccer Worldwide.

References

External links

Beach Soccer Worldwide
{{International Beach Soccer Euro Beach Soccer League 2014 in beach soccer Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games