The 2015
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
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 ...
. 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 11 teams from last season's Division A, plus Hungary who were promoted. Division B consisted of 8 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.
Due to the
beach soccer event at the 2015 European Games (24–28 June) and the
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer competition for men's national teams, which has been organized by FIFA since 2005. Overall, this was the 18t ...
(9–19 July) scheduled to take place right in the middle of the typical EBSL season of June to August, BSWW were forced to organise a shorter season than usual, featuring an abnormally low amount of regular season stages of fixtures (two, rather than the customary three or four). Consequently, whereas each Division A nation would usually take part in two stages, this season they only took part in one.
Calendar
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Teams
Stage 1 (Moscow, 12–14 June)
Division A
Group 1
Group 2
Schedule and results
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Individual Awards
MVP:
Gabriele Gori
Top scorer: Gabriele Gori, Ihar Bryshtel, Zé Maria (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Ivan Ostrovsky
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Stage 2 (Siófok, 7–9 August)
Division A
Schedule and results
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Division B
Group 1
Group 2
Schedule and results
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Individual Awards
MVP:
Noël Ott
Top scorer:
Dejan Stankovic (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Volodymyr Hladchenko
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Cumulative standings
The eight best placed teams in Division A qualified for the Superfinal. The qualifiers for the Promotion Final were the eight best placed teams in Division B and the last placed team in Division A.
Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.
Division A
Division B
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Since Division A teams only participated in one stage this season, tie-breaking criteria were different than usual for the top tier. Instead of teams tied on points then ranked on goal difference, teams tied were then ranked based on who placed the highest in the group of the stage they played in (as is usual in Division B). If the two teams both finished in the same position in their respective groups, only then was goal difference used.''
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Hence, of the five teams on three points, France finished highest having finished 2nd in stage one, Poland last having finished 4th in stage one. Meanwhile the other three all finished in 3rd place in their respective stage groups so were then ranked by goal difference.''
Finals (Pärnu, 20–23 August)
Promotional Final (Division B)
Teams
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Group 1 Standings
Group 2 Standings
Schedule and results
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Play-off results
=Seventh-place Match
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=Fifth-place Match
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=Third-place Match
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=Promotion Final
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Final Division B Standing
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Superfinal (Division A)
Teams
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Group 1 Standings
Group 2 Standings
Schedule and results
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Play-off results
=Seventh-place Match
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=Fifth-place Match
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=Third-place Match
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=Championship final Match
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Individual Awards
*MVP: Igor Borsuk
*Top Scorer:
Dejan Stankovic (13 goals)
*Best Goalkeeper:
Elinton Andrade
Elinton Sanchotene Andrade (born 30 March 1979, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian born Portuguese goalkeeper who currently plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team.
Personal
Elinton has a ...
Source:
Final Division A Standing
Sources
Group distribution for EBSL 2015 announced. Beach Soccer Worldwide.
References
External links
Beach Soccer Worldwide
{{International Beach Soccer
Euro Beach Soccer League
2015 in beach soccer