2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Azerbaijan
Dates	28–31 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	86 (9.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Noel Ott (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Juanma
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The 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beach soccer championships organised every two years by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), held in August 2014, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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 Euro Beach Soccer League 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 knock-out tournament, 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.^[1]

Spain won the championship for the fourth time, their third win in their last five appearances and their fourth title overall.^[2]

Participating teams[]

The teams were announced on August 7.^[1]

Team	2013 EBSL Finish	Participation	Previous1
Azerbaijan*	Division B, 12th	2nd	(2008)
Greece	Division B, Runners-up	2nd	(2007)
Hungary	Division B, 3rd	4th	(2006, 2009, 2010)
Spain	Division A, 4th	14th	(1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Switzerland	Division A, 3rd	13th	(1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Russia	Division A, Champions (2013 EBSL Winners)	5th	(2005, 2009, 2010, 2012)

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD+/-	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	15	9	+6	6	Advance to final
2	Greece	2	0	1	1	5	9	-4	2	Play-offs
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	11	13	-2	0

28 August 2014

17:30

Switzerland	6–1	Greece
Mo Borer Ott Stankovic Spacca	Report	Triantafyllidis

29 August 2014

18:45

Greece	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Azerbaijan
Triantifyllidis Salapatas Kakaroumpas	Report	Zeynal Renat Asif

30 August 2014

18:45

Azerbaijan	8–9	Switzerland
Asif Zeynal Sabir Amid Renat	Report	Ott Spacca Stankovic Mo

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD+/-	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	10	7	+3	6	Advance to final
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3	Play-offs
3	Hungary	2	0	0	2	7	10	-3	0

28 August 2014

18:45

Spain	6–4	Hungary
Juanma Pajon Antonio Kuman Llorenç	Report	Fekete Simonyi Sebestyen

29 August 2014

17:30

Russia	4–3	Hungary
Makarov Paporotnyi Krutikov	Report	Abel Simonyi

30 August 2014

17:30

Russia	3–4	Spain
Makarov Krash	Report	Antonio Chiky Llorenç

Classification matches[]

Fifth place play-off[]

31 August 2014

16:15

Azerbaijan	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Hungary
Jomard Sabir	Report	Simonyi
Penalties
Zeynal Asif Sabir	1-2	Sebestyen Simonyi Abel

Third place play-off[]

31 August 2014

17:30

Russia	7–4	Greece
Krutikov Romanov Krash Kotov	Report	Gkritzalis Triantifyllidis Amanatidis Papastathopoulos

Final[]

31 August 2014

18:45

Spain	8–6	Switzerland
Llorenç Juanma Chyki	Report	Stankovic Ott

Winners[]

2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Champions
Spain Fourth title

Awards[]

Top scorer
Noel Ott
11 goals
Best player
Juan Manuel Lima (Juanma)
Best goalkeeper
Dávid Ficsór

Goalscorers[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Spain	3	3	0	0	18	13	+5	9	Champions
2	A	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	21	17	+4	6	Runners-up
3	B	Russia	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	6	Third place
4	A	Greece	3	0	1	2	9	16	−7	2	Fourth place
5	B	Hungary	3	0	1	2	10	13	−3	2	Fifth place
6	A	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	14	16	−2	0	Sixth place

References[]