2013 Euro Beach Soccer League


The 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League 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.
This season, there are twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each Stage that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 12 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of 12 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. Due to the newly expanded format this season, the top eight teams of Division A will play in the Superfinal in Torredembarra, Spain from 8–11 August. The top seven teams of Division B plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2014 season.
Once again this season, the Power Horse energy drink company is the main sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.

Eligible EBSL Teams

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.

Stage 1 Kiev, Ukraine – May, 24 – 26

Participating Nations

Team
32101410+48
3201178+96
31021214−23
3003920−110

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Kiev .
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Individual Awards

MVP: Boguslaw Saganowski

Top Scorer: Oleg Zborovskyi

Best Goalkeeper: Vitali Sydorenko

Total Goals

53 goals were scored, for an average of 8.83 goals per match.

Stage 2 Terracina, Italy – June, 14 – 16

Participating Nations

Final standings Division A Group 1

Team
32011114−36
3201129+36
3102117+43
3102610−43

Final standings Division A Group 2

Team
3300146+89
3201121206
310267−13
3003512−70

Final standings Division B

Team
32011810+86
32011512+36
311189−15
3003717−100

Note: Although the Netherlands won their group, they were not automatically qualified for the Superfinal, as Portugal had the better group-winner record.

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Terracina .
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Individual Awards

MVP: Nuno Belchior

Top Scorer: Alan Cavalcanti, Nuno Belchior, Oleg Zborovskyi, Patrick Ax

Best Goalkeeper: Stefano Spada

Total Goals

126 goals were scored, for an average of 7 goals per match.

Stage 3 Valence, France – June, 21 – 23

Participating Nations

Team
3300279+189
32011214−26
3102911−23
3002721−140

Final standings Division B

Team
321085+38
32012210+126
31021014−33
30031021−110

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Valence .
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Individual Awards

MVP: Dejan Stankovic

Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic

Best Goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy

Total Goals

105 goals were scored, for an average of 8.75 goals per match.

Stage 4 The Hague, Netherlands – July, 19 – 21

Participating Nations

Team
32011613+36
3201128+46
31119905
3003815−70

Final standings Division B

Team
3210159+68
32019906
3012912−32
3003912−30

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague .
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Individual Awards

MVP: Patrick Ax

Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski, Henrik Salveson

Best Goalkeeper: Frank van der Geest

Total Goals

87 goals were scored, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.

Stage 5 Moscow, Russia – August, 2 – 4

Participating Nations

Team
3300103+79
3201103+76
310278–13
3003417–130

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow .
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Individual Awards

MVP: Ilya Leonov

Top Scorer: Llorenc Gomez

Best Goalkeeper: Sascha Penke

Total Goals

31 goals were scored, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.

Cumulative standings

Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.

Division A

Division B

EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Torredembarra, Spain – August, 8 – 11

Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have now 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. The division of the Superfinal and Promotional Final Groups are based on how the cumulative standings for Divisions A and B finish. In Division A, Group A will have teams that finish in places 1, 4, 6 and 7, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 2, 3, 5 and 8. In Division B, Group A will have teams that finish in places 4, 5, 6 and the last-place team in Division A, while Group B will have teams that finish in places 1, 2, 3 and 7.

Division A (Superfinal)

Group A Standings

Group B Standings

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra.

Round-Robin

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Seventh-place Match

Fifth-place Match

Third-place Match

Championship Final Match

Individual Awards

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Division B (Promotional Final)

Group A Standings

Group B Standings

Schedule & Results

All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra.

Round-Robin

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Seventh-place Match

Fifth-place Match

Third-place Match

Promotional Final Match

Final Division B Standing

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Total Goals

235 goals were scored, for an average of 7.34 goals per match.