Crocs Challenge Cup 2010

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2010 Crocs Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
Dates23–25 July 2010
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Azerbaijan
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored121 (10.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkey Tamer Ay
Best player(s)Netherlands Patrick Ax

The 2010 Crocs Challenge Cup is a new annual European competition in beach soccer. This tournament is sanctioned by FIFA and promoted by Beach Soccer Worldwide.

There are eight teams participating in this tournament that will play in a knock-out-style system. The competing teams were determined by their current ranking from ninth to sixteenth in the Beach Soccer Worldwide European rankings, with some exceptions.

All matches were played at the same time as Stage 4 of the 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League from July 23 to 25 at the Beach Stadion in The Hague in the Netherlands.

Participating Nations[]

Schedule & Results[]

Quarterfinals[]

Czech Republic 5 - 6 Azerbaijan
Norway 3 - 3 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p.)		 Turkey
England 7 - 5 Germany
Netherlands 11 - 3 Andorra

Classification[]

Czech Republic 5 - 4 Norway
Germany 10 - 3 Andorra

Semifinals[]

England 3 - 4 Netherlands
Azerbaijan 5 - 8 Turkey

Classification finals[]

Seventh place final[]

Norway 5 - 6 Andorra

Fifth place final[]

Czech Republic 5 - 4 Germany

Third place final[]

England 2 - 5 Azerbaijan

Tournament final[]

Netherlands 4 - 5 Turkey

Final standing[]

Rank Team
1  Turkey
2  Netherlands
3  Azerbaijan
4  England
5  Czech Republic
6  Germany
7  Andorra
8  Norway

Individual awards[]

MVP: Patrick Ax ( Netherlands)
Best goalkeeper: Gokhan ( Turkey)
Crocs top goal scorer: Tamer Ay ( Turkey) - 5 goals

See also[]

External links[]

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