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2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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.

2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Dates28–31 August
Teams6 (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 played9
Goals scored86 (9.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Switzerland Noel Ott (11 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Juanma
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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 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

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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

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Group A

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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
Switzerland  6–1  Greece
Mo  
Borer  
Ott   
Stankovic  
Spacca  		 Report   Triantafyllidis
Greece  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan
Triantifyllidis   
Salapatas  
Kakaroumpas  		 Report   Zeynal
  Renat
  Asif
Azerbaijan  8–9   Switzerland
Asif    
Zeynal  
Sabir   
Amid  
Renat  		 Report        Ott
  Spacca
  Stankovic
  Mo

Group B

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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
Spain  6–4  Hungary
Juanma  
Pajon   
Antonio  
Kuman  
Llorenç  		 Report    Fekete
  Simonyi
  Sebestyen
Russia  4–3  Hungary
Makarov  
Paporotnyi   
Krutikov  		 Report    Abel
  Simonyi
Russia  3–4  Spain
Makarov  
Krash   		 Report    Antonio
  Chiky
  Llorenç

Classification matches

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Fifth place play-off

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

Third place play-off

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

Final

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Spain  8–6   Switzerland
Llorenç      
Juanma   
Chyki  		 Report     Stankovic
    Ott

Winners

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 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
champions 
 
Spain
Fourth title

Awards

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

Goalscorers

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Final standings

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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
Source: Standings, BSWW

References

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  1. ^ a b "Baku to host the Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2014". beachsoccer.com. 7 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Spain claims fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup!". beachsoccer.com. 31 August 2014.
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