The 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League (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.
There are seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists 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. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five 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 2012 season.
Teams + 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions DIVISION A DIVISION B
Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29 Source:
Participating nations
It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.
Final standings Division A
Team33001410+4932011610+6631021113−2330031119−80 clinched Superfinal Berth
Final standings Division B
Team2200115+66210157−23200259−40 clinched Promotional Final Berth
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in Bern (UTC+02:00).
Individual awards MVP: Juanma Lima () Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria () — 5 goals Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ()
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Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10 Source:
Participating nations
Final standings Division A
Team3300188+10932011513+2631021114−333003918−90 clinched Superfinal Berth
Final standings Division B
Team2200105+56210167−13200248−40 clinched Promotional Final Berth
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin (UTC+02:00).
Individual awards MVP: Dmitry Shishin () Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin () — 7 goals Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy ()
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Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24 Source:
Participating nations
Final standings Division A
Team33001810+8932011314−16310248−4330031013−30 clinched Superfinal Berth
Final standings Division B
Team211053+25210172+532002310−70 clinched Promotional Final Berth
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in Ravenna (UTC+02:00).
Individual awards MVP: Maci () Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski () and Dejan Stankovic () — 5 goals Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ()
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Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31 Source:
Participating nations
Final standings Division A
Team32011311+263201189+9631021114−333102816−83 clinched previous Superfinal Berthclinched Superfinal Berth
Final standings Division B
Team2200115+66210176+132002512−70 clinched Promotional Final Berth
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).
Individual awards MVP: Egor Shaykov () Top Scorer: Belchior () — 6 goals Best goalkeeper: Xan ()
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Cumulative standings clinched Superfinal Berth clinched Promotional Final Berth
Division A Team165013617+1915264022923+612364022824+412464022226−412563032018+29663032428−49761052127−63860062037−170
Division B Team12200115+6622200115+6632200105+564211053+255210172+536210176+137210167−138210157−239200259−4010200248−40112002512−70122002310−70
Netherlands are ranked ahead of Israel based on fair play points
EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7 Source:
Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions
The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have 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.
+ 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions DIVISION A(Superfinal) DIVISION B(Promotional Final) GROUP A GROUP B GROUP A GROUP B
Division A (Superfinal)
Group A Standings Team2200123+962101410−63200247−30 clinched Superfinal Group
Group B Standings Team2101119+23210156−13201189−12 clinched Superfinal Group
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).
Round-Robin
Fifth-place Match
Third-place Match
Championship final match
Individual awards MVP: Dejan Stankovic () Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin () — 7 goals Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy ()
Final Division A Standing
RankTeam 1 (Second EBSL Title) 2 3 4 5 6
Division B (Promotional Final)
Group A Standings Team2200153+126210175+232002418−140 clinched Promotional Final Group
Group B Standings Team220085+36210188032002912−30 clinched Promotional Final Group
Schedule and results All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).
Round-Robin
Fifth-place Match
Third-place Match
Promotional Final Match
Final Division B Standing
RankTeam 1 (promoted to 2012 EBSL Division A) 2 (relegated to Division B) 3 4 5 6
See also Beach soccer Euro Beach Soccer League
References
External links Beach Soccer Worldwide Eurosport TV Crocs Europe Beach Soccer