2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was held in Moscow. The Luzhniki Palace of sports in the Russian capital will see the eight teams with better results in the 2011 come together for this competition, with a one-round knock-out system and scheduled for February 17–19.

2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates17 – 19 February 2012
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Switzerland
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored90 (8.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Madjer (6 goals)
Dejan Stankovic (6 goals)
Giuseppe Soria (6 goals)
Best player(s) Alexey Makarov

Just as seven years ago, the Euro Beach Soccer Cup comes back to Russian soil, and, obviously the rigors of the Muscovite climate at that time of the year get the action to happen indoor. So, Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland and France get ready to battle for one of the most prestigious contests in the season, the one precisely lifted by Likhachev’s side in the last edition, held in Rome.[1]

Participating nations

Matches

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

Main tournament
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 February 2012
 
 
  Switzerland3
 
18 February 2012
 
 Romania0
 
  Switzerland6
 
17 February 2012
 
 Portugal7
 
 Portugal5
 
19 February 2012
 
 Poland3
 
 Russia4
 
17 February 2012
 
 Portugal2
 
 Russia5
 
18 February 2012
 
 France1
 
 Russia4
 
17 February 2012
 
 Italy1 Third place
 
 Spain4
 
19 February 2012
 
 Italy11
 
 Italy4
 
 
  Switzerland5
 

Quarter finals
  Switzerland3 - 0 Romania
WALKOVER


 Spain4 - 11 Italy
M. Beiro  5',  23'
Kuman  15',  35'		 Report  15',  22',  23',  36' G. Soria
 5',  19',  28' P. Palmacci
 1',  34' S. Feudi
 20' F. Corosiniti
 33' S. Marinai


 Portugal5 - 3 Poland
Madjer  14',  35'
B. Novo  7'
B. Torres  8'
B. Piechnik  18' (o.g.)		 Report  1' B. Saganowski
 14' D. Baran
 16' B. Piechnik


 Russia5 - 1 France
D. Shishin  21',  32',  35'
A. Makarov  16',  21'		 Report  24' G. Touchat


Semi finals
  Switzerland6 - 7 Portugal
D. Stankovic  7',  8',  15',  15',  32'
M. Jaeggy  34'		 Report  4',  6',  14' Madjer
 3',  28' R. Coimbra
 2' Jordan
 9' B. Novo


 Russia4 - 1 Italy
A. Makarov  7',  26'
A. Bukhlitskiy  12'
E. Shaykov  30'		 Report  28' G. Soria


Third place
 Italy4 - 5  Switzerland
G. Soria  3'
F. Corosiniti  6'
M. Leghissa  33'
D. Ramacciotti  36'		 Report  8' D. Stankovic
 16' S. Spaccarotella
 25' S. Meier
 36',  36' P. Borer


Final
 Russia4 - 2 Portugal
E. Eremeev  18',  30'
E. Shaykov  8'
A. Makarov  23'		 Report  32' Lucio
 36' Madjer

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.

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

  Fifth to eighth place semi finals     Fifth place play off
                 
  QF1  Romania 2  
  QF3  Poland 6    
       Poland 3
       Spain 2
  QF4  France 2    
  QF2  Spain 3   Seventh place play off
 
 Romania 4
   France 6

Fifth to eighth place semi finals
 Romania2 - 6 Poland
M. Posteucă  18'
Maci  28'		 Report  6',  25' P. Friszkemut
 15',  34' D.Baran
 4' K. Grzegorczyk
 27' T. Wydmuszek


 France2 - 3 Spain
C. Torres  16' (o.g.)
J. Basquaise  28'		 Report  3',  7' Kuman
 31' Pajon


Seventh place play off
 Romania4 - 6 France
L. Croituru  6',  25'
J. Basquaise  16' (o.g.)
L. Chirilă  31'		 Report  6',  26' D. Samoun
 18',  30' J. Basquaise
 16' F. Mendy
 20' A. Barbotti


Fifth place play off
 Poland3 - 2 Spain
D. Depta  6'
P. Friszkemut  17'
B. Saganowski  27'		 Report  6' Kuman
 18' M. Beiro

Winners
 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup 

Russia
Second title

Awards
Best Player (MVP)
Aleksey Makarov
Top Scorer(s)
Madjer (6 goals)
Dejan Stankovic (6 goals)
Giuseppe Soria (6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Top scorers

Discipline

Final standings
Rank Team
1 Russia
2 Portugal
3  Switzerland
4 Italy
5 Poland
6 Spain
7 France
8 Romania
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References
  1. http://www.beachsoccer.com/events?id=980190996
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