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championships organised every two years by

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(BSWW), held in August 2014, in

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. Just six nations took part as in 2008, compared to the usual eight, and the teams were not the top-ranked nations from the preceding

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season as in the past but a mix of teams from the divisions as listed below. The competition started with a round-robin ground stage for only the third time, instead of a straight

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, with the top two nations from the groups competing in a final match for the title, the others in the respective positions in their groups playing for third and fifth place in classifying matches to determine the final standings.

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won the championship for the fourth time, their third win in their last five appearances and their fourth title overall.

Participating teams

The teams were announced on August 7. : Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year. :* = hosts of this year :

¹Note: 1998-2010 annual basis (excluding 2000), biennial basis post-2010.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Classification matches

Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Awards

Goalscorers

;11 goals * Noel Ott ;7 goals * Llorenç Gomez ;5 goals * Dejan Stankovic * Gábor Simonyi ;4 goals * Theofilos Triantafyllidis * Asif Zeynalov * Sabir Allahguliyev ;3 goals * Antonio Mayor Hernández * Juanma * Aleksei Krutikov * Yury Krasheninnikov ;2 goals * Mo Jaeggy * Sandro Spaccarotella * Zeynal Zeynalov * Renat Sultanov * Daniel Pajón Gómez * Viktor Fekete *

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* Péter Ábel * Salavador Ardil 'Chyki' * Kirill Romanov * Yury Kotov ;1 goal * Phillipp Borer * Christos Salapatas * Athanasios Kakaroumpas * Amid Nazarov * Miguel Santiso Mosquera 'Kuman' * Norbert Sebestyen * Jomard Bakshaliyev * Spyridon-Evangelos Gkritzalis-Papadopoulos * Stavros Amanatidis * Konstantinos Papastathopoulos

Final standings

References

{{Euro Beach Soccer Cup Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2014 in beach soccer 2014 in Azerbaijani sport International association football competitions hosted by Azerbaijan