2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eleventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2009 beach soccer season, held in May 2009, in Rome, Italy. Spain won the championship for the third time, with former champions Switzerland finishing second. Six time champions Portugal beat Hungary in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.

2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates22 May - 24 May 2009
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored106 (8.83 per match)

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]

Participating nations

Matches

Main tournament

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2009
 
 
 Portugal11
 
23 May 2009
 
 Poland1
 
 Portugal6
 
22 May 2009
 
 Spain7
 
 Spain (pen.)3
 
24 May 2009
 
 Russia3
 
 Spain6
 
22 May 2009
 
  Switzerland4
 
  Switzerland9
 
23 May 2009
 
 France3
 
  Switzerland6
 
22 May 2009
 
 Hungary1 Third place
 
 Italy2
 
24 May 2009
 
 Hungary5
 
 Portugal7
 
 
 Hungary5
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.

  Fifth to eighth place semi finals     Fifth place play off
                 
  QF1  Poland 1  
  QF2  Russia 6    
       Russia 8
       France 4
  QF3  France 3    
  QF4  Italy 1   Seventh place play off
 
 Poland 4
   Italy 3

Winners

 2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Spain
Third title

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Spain
2  Switzerland
3 Portugal
4 Hungary
5 Russia
6 France
7 Poland
8 Italy
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