2016 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2016 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was the 19th edition of the annual, premier European competition in beach soccer contested between men's national teams, in a league and play-off format, taking place between 1 July and 28 August 2016.

2016 Euro Beach Soccer League

Logo of the Superfinal of the 2016 EBSL (A new style of logo was introduced for the 2016 season, replacing the old style in use since 2009.)
Tournament details
Host countries	Russia Spain Hungary Italy
Dates	1 July – 28 August 2016
Teams	26 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	681 (8.11 per match)

Stage 1, Moscow

Stage 2, Sanxenxo

Stage 3, Siófok

Superfinal, Catania

Locations of the three stages and the Superfinal of the 2016 Euro Beach Soccer League

This season a record 26 teams took part in two divisions. Twelve teams continued to contest Division A as in recent seasons, consisting of the top eleven finishers from the previous year plus Romania who were promoted. Whilst Division B was expanded to accommodate fourteen nations; those who did not gain promotion from the previous season, returning and debuting nations, plus Hungary who were relegated from the top tier.

This season there were three stages of fixtures. Each team from Division A played in two stages whilst each team from Division B played in one, earning points for the overall league tables.

At the end of the stages, according to the league tables, the eight best teams in Division A advanced to the Superfinal to compete to become the winners of this year's EBSL. Meanwhile, the top seven teams in Division B and the team ranked bottom of Division A played in the Promotion final to try to earn a spot in Division A next year.

Azerbaijan were promoted to Division A for the first time after beating Hungary in the Promotion Final who were looking to be promoted straight back up in their first season after relegation. Romania finished last in Division A and failed to defend their place in the Promotion Final and were therefore subsequently relegated straight back down to Division B having been promoted in 2015.

The Ukraine won the league after a strong performance in the Superfinal, despite only finishing sixth after the preliminary three stages were complete, claiming their first EBSL title, defeating defending champions Portugal in the final in a repeat of the previous season's title deciding match.

Calendar and Locations

Dates	Country	City	Stage
1–3 July	Russia	Moscow	Stage 1
8–10 July	Spain	Sanxenxo	Stage 2
12–14 August	Hungary	Siófok	Stage 3
25–28 August	Italy	Catania	Superfinal and Promotion Final

Teams

  Competing in Division A

  Competing in Division B

  Competed in previous editions but not this year

  Never competed in the EBSL

The numbers in brackets show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the league, out of 33 teams.[1]

Division A

•  Portugal (1st)
•  Russia (2nd)
•  Italy (3rd)
•   Switzerland (4th)
•  Spain (5th)
•  Ukraine (6th)
•  Belarus (8th)
•  France (9th)
•  Germany (11th)
•  Poland (12th)
•  Greece (13th)
•  Romania (15th)

Division B

•  Hungary (7th)
•  England (10th)
•  Azerbaijan (14th)
•  Czech Republic (16th)
•  Turkey (17th)
•  Estonia (18th)
•  Netherlands (19th)
•  Norway (21st)
•  Moldova (22nd)
•  Bulgaria (23rd)
•  Andorra (24th)
•  Kazakhstan (30th)
•  Denmark¹ (31st)
•  Serbia¹ (n/a)

Notes:

1. Teams making their debut

Stage 1 (Moscow, 1–3 July)

Matches are listed as local time in Moscow, (UTC+3)

All matches took place at Yantar Stadium in the district of Strogino.

Division A

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Russia 3 2 0 1 0 14 9 +5 7 Group Winners 2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 25 14 +11 6 3  Poland 3 1 0 0 2 13 14 −1 3 4  France 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0 Switzerland   v  France 1 July 2016 Switzerland   10–4  France 16:45 Stankovic  1', 12' Hodel 8', 16', 21' (p), 30' (p) Ott  8' Spaccarotella  21', 26', 27' Report(ru)  12' Marques  32' Grandon  34' Beaugrard  36' Barbotti Referee: Jude Amin Utulu (Malta) Poland  v  Russia 1 July 2016 Poland  2–4  Russia 19:15 Krawczyk  14' Baran  20' Report(ru)  9' Krasheninnikov  12' Romanov  19' Kryshanov  35' (p) Gorchinskii Referee: Alfredo Balconi (Italy) Switzerland   v  Poland 2 July 2016 Switzerland   8–3  Poland 16:45 Stankovic  14', 15', 18' Spaccarotella  16' Mo Jäggy  16', 22' Wittlin  20' Hodel  30' Report(ru)  5', 16' Krawczyk  20' Friszkemut Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) Russia  v  France 2 July 2016 Russia  3–0  France 19:15 Makarov  7' Leonov  21' Paporotnyi  32' Report(ru) Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) France  v  Poland 3 July 2016 France  2–8  Poland 16:45 Basquaise  22' Beaugrard  34' Report(ru)  1', 22', 30' Krawczyk  4', 15' Baran  18' Jesionowski  19', 30' Lenart Referee: Antonio Joaquim Pereira Almeida (Portugal) Russia  v   Switzerland 3 July 2016 Russia  7–7 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)   Switzerland 19:15 Artur Paporotnyi  7' Romanov  10', 11' Shkarin  12' Krasheninnikov  23', 33' Makarov  30' Report(ru)  19', 28', 32', 33', 36' Stankovic  23', 28' Spaccarotella Referee: Jude Amin Utulu (Malta) Penalties Gorchinskii Krasheninnikov Makarov Romanov Stankovic Spaccarotella Misev Wittlin

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 13 6 +7 9 Group Winners 2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6 3  Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 10 7 +3 3 4  Greece 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0 Italy  v  Belarus 1 July 2016 Italy  4–3  Belarus 15:30 Frainetti  6' Palmacci  29' Ramacciotti  32', 35' Report (ru)  2' Slavutsin  6' Kanstantinau  10'Kamzolau Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) Greece  v  Spain 1 July 2016 Greece  3–7  Spain 18:00 Papastathopoulos  2' Triantafyllidis  8' Kafantaris  33' Report(ru)  1', 23' Cintas  9' (p) Merida  20', 22' Dris  29' Pablo  30' Ezequiel Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) Italy  v  Greece 2 July 2016 Italy  7–2  Greece 15:30 Palmacci  3', 8' Gori  4' (p), 12', 16', 29' Spada  21' Report(ru)  14' Papaefstratiou  27' Kafantaris Referee: Jude Amin Utulu (Malta) Spain  v  Belarus 2 July 2016 Spain  2–1  Belarus 18:00 Cintas  10' Pablo  21' Report(ru)  32' Brishtel Referee: Antonio Joaquim Pereira Almeida (Portugal) Belarus  v  Greece 3 July 2016 Belarus  6–1  Greece 15:30 Kamzolov  8' Slavutin  9' Samsonov  24', 29' Brishtel  27' Savich  31' Report(ru)  8' Papastathopoulos Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) Spain  v  Italy 3 July 2016 Spain  4–2  Italy 18:00 Ezequiel  5' Merida  21', 30' Pajón  24' Report(ru)  19' Corosiniti  23' Ramacciotti Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania)

Awards

Top scorer		Best player	Best goalkeeper
Dejan Stankovic	10 goals	Kirill Romanov	Dona

Division B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Moldova 3 2 1 0 0 14 11 +3 8 Group Winners 2  Estonia 3 2 0 0 1 16 7 +9 6 3  Serbia 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 −5 3 4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 10 17 −7 0 Moldova  v  Kazakhstan 1 July 2016 Moldova  4–3  Kazakhstan 13:00 Nicolaiciuc  12' Podlesnov  19' Trofim  32' (p) Negara  34' Report(ru)  4' Tyulpa  11', 21' Chernyshov Referee: Oleksandr Gulyaev (Ukraine) Serbia  v  Estonia 1 July 2016 Serbia  1–6  Estonia 14:15 Cubrilovic  5' Report(ru)  6', 19', 23' Minlibajev  8' Lepik  19' Stuf  22' Tammo Referee: Denis Smoljaninov (Russia) Moldova  v  Serbia 2 July 2016 Moldova  6–5  Serbia 13:00 Podlesnov  4' Lascu  13' Negara  24', 29' (p), 36' Gojocari  28' Report(ru)  10', 10', 19' Vucicevic  17' Mijailovic  20' Jovanoviz Referee: Alfredo Balconi (Italy) Estonia  v  Kazakhstan 2 July 2016 Estonia  7–2  Kazakhstan 14:15 Minlibajev  14' Munskind  19' Lepik  23', 25' Stüf  23', 27', 31' Report(ru)  32' Makagon  32' Chernyshov Referee: Vitaly Levchenko (Russia) Kazakhstan  v  Serbia 3 July 2016 Kazakhstan  5–6  Serbia 13:00 Vasilyev  20' Perevyortov  25', 26' Chernyshov  32' Kvyatovsky  35' Report(ru)  3', 11', 33' Vucicevic  13' Cubrilovic  24' Antic  32' Jovanovic Referee: Eliz Topaloğlu (Turkey) Estonia  v  Moldova 3 July 2016 Estonia  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Moldova 14:15 Rump  3' Tammo  20' Lepik  29' Report(ru)  2', 15', 37' Negara  31' Lascu Referee: Vitaly Levchenko (Russia)

Stage 2 (Sanxenxo, 8–10 July)

Matches are listed as local time in Sanxenxo, (UTC+2)

All matches took place at a purpose built stadium on Silgar Beach.[2]

Division A

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Group Winners 2  Ukraine 3 2 0 0 1 13 8 +5 6 3  France 3 1 0 0 2 8 19 −11 3 4  Romania 3 0 0 0 3 10 18 −8 0 Ukraine  v  France 8 July 2016 Ukraine  5–1  France 16:45 Voitok  20', 25' Medved  21' Zborovskyi  27' Voitenko  28' Report(ru)  13' Marques Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) Romania  v  Spain 8 July 2016 Romania  2–7  Spain 19:15 Ciocanel  15' Zaharia  26' Report(ru)  3', 36' Kuman  3', 17' Antonio  6', 20' Dris  26' Cintas Referee: Ago Kartmann(Estonia) Ukraine  v  Romania 9 July 2016 Ukraine  7–5  Romania 16:45 Zborovskyi  2', 36' Korniychuk  13', 14' Budzko  24' Voitok  31', 32' Report(ru)  14', 23', 27' Maci  22' Zaharia  28' Ciocanel Referee: Giuseppe Sicurella (Italy) Spain  v  France 9 July 2016 Spain  11–3  France 19:15 Merida  1', 1' Antonio  1', 21', 28' Tracisto  5', 31' Guisado  6' Kuman  10', 11' Cintas  21' Report(ru)  1' Marques  28' Basquaise  28' Grandon Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa (Portugal) France  v  Romania 10 July 2016 France  4–3  Romania 17:15 Barbotti  1', 3', 8', 20' Report(ru)  24' Poste  25' Tanase  33' Croitoru Referee: Ago Kartmann (Estonia) Spain  v  Ukraine 10 July 2016 Spain  2–1  Ukraine 19:15 Dris  12' Tracisto  15' Report(ru)  4' Korniichuk Referee: Alexandre Soares (Brazil)

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 18 9 +9 9 Group Winners 2  Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 16 6 +10 6 3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 8 20 −12 3 4  Greece 3 0 0 0 3 8 15 −7 0 Switzerland   v  Germany 8 July 2016 Switzerland   10–4  Germany 15:30 Stankovic  2', 25', 25' Spaccarotella  13' Ott  16', 21', 24', 28' Wittlin  20' Misev  33' Report(ru)  1' Thürk  25', 34' Biermann  33' Weirauch Referee: Manolo Picchio (Italy) Greece  v  Portugal 8 July 2016 Greece  3–6  Portugal 18:00 Kafantaris  13' Biris  16' Karakasis  36' Report(ru)  9' Santos  16' Alan  21' Belchior  23', 29' Fonseca  28' Madjer Referee: Pablo Brea (Spain) Switzerland   v  Greece 9 July 2016 Switzerland   6–4  Greece 15:30 Valentin Jäggy  3' Hodel  5' Stankovic  9' Wittlin  14' Ott  22' Spaccarotella  33' Report(ru)  14', 26' Papaefstratiou  15' Kafantaris  16' (o.g.) Micev Referee: Tomasz Winiarczyk (Poland) Portugal  v  Germany 9 July 2016 Portugal  9–1  Germany 18:00 Belchior  1', 14' (p), 19' Bê Martins  7' Torres  8' Tavares  9' Biermann  10' (o.g.) Santos  15' Coimbra  18' Report(ru)  31' Thürk Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) Germany  v  Greece 10 July 2016 Germany  3–1  Greece 16:10 Biermann  9' Thürk  15' Olli  20' Report(ru)  10' Papastathopoulos Referee: Manolo Picchio (Italy) Portugal  v   Switzerland 10 July 2016 Portugal  1–2   Switzerland 18:00 Santos  21' Report(ru)  17' Schirinzi  27' Misev Referee: Pablo Brea (Spain)

Awards

Top scorer		Best player	Best goalkeeper
Noel Ott	5 goals	Miguel Santiso "Kuman"	Elinton Andrade

Division B

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Czech Rep. 2 2 0 0 0 8 6 +2 6 Group Winners 2  Norway 2 1 0 0 1 8 8 0 3 3  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 2 5 7 −2 0 Czech Rep.  v  Netherlands 8 July 2016 Czech Rep.  3–2  Netherlands 14:15 Kampman  6' (o.g.) Vyhnal  20' Chalupa  30' Report(ru)  24', 29' Donkers Referee: Alexandre Soares (Brazil) Norway  v  Netherlands 9 July 2016 Norway  4–3  Netherlands 14:15 Li  2' Jacobsen  18' Salveson  21', 25' Report(ru)  2' Wolf  28' Donker  29' Donkers Referee: Hari Christien (Belgium) Czech Rep.  v  Norway 10 July 2016 Czech Rep.  5–4  Norway 13:45 Radosta  4' Salák  11', 19' Huráb  19' Vyhnal  24' Report(ru)  12' Salveson  23' Li  24', 34' Nergaard Referee: Jurijs Ivunsis (Lithuania)

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  England 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 +4 4 Group Winners 2  Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3 3  Andorra 2 0 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0 England  v  Andorra 8 July 2016 England  5–1  Andorra 13:00 Lawson  7', 31' Clarke  28' Morris  28' O'Neill  30' Report(ru)  25' Neira Referee: Alexander Berezkin (Russia) Turkey  v  Andorra 9 July 2016 Turkey  5–2  Andorra 13:00 Baris  9' Demir  16' Keskin  23' (p), 34' Anzafioglu  27' Report(ru)  16' Fernandez  24' Martínez Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés (Spain) England  v  Turkey 10 July 2016 England  1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)  Turkey 12:30 Bowes  8' Report(ru)  28' Seyit Referee: Tomasz Winiarczyk (Poland) Penalties O'Neill O'Rourke Farquharson Keskin Demir

Stage 3 (Siófok, 12–14 August)

Matches are listed as local time in Siófok, (UTC+2)

All matches took place at Mlsz Beach Arena.

Division A

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 0 14 6 +8 9 Group Winners 2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6 3  Portugal 3 1 0 0 2 12 8 +4 3 4  Romania 3 0 0 0 3 6 22 −16 0 Russia  v  Belarus 12 August 2016 Russia  0–2  Belarus 14:45 Report(ru)  12' Samsonov  34' Bryshtel Referee: Ago Kartmann (Estonia) Romania  v  Portugal 12 August 2016 Romania  0–7  Portugal 17:15 Report(ru)  7' Bê Martins  9', 27' Madjer  18' Alan  30' Coimbra  31', 35' Novo Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) Russia  v  Romania 13 August 2016 Russia  7–2  Romania 14:45 Shishin  5', 22' Paporotnyi  13' Krasheninnikov  15' Pankratov  25' (pen.), 36' Kryshanov  34' Report(ru)  13', 30' Maciuca Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) Portugal  v  Belarus 13 August 2016 Portugal  2–4  Belarus 17:15 Novo  12' Madjer  31' Report(ru)  4', 31' (p), 32' Brishtel  15' Samsonov Referee: Jorge Moya Garcia (Spain) Belarus  v  Romania 14 August 2016 Belarus  8–4  Romania 14:45 Samsonov  6' Bokach  8', 13', 33' Miranovich  9' Bryshtel  22', 32' Kamzolov  30' Report(ru)  5' Croitoru  16' Ciocanel  21' Ravoiu  35' Maciuca Referee: Jorge Moya Garcia (Spain) Portugal  v  Russia 14 August 2016 Portugal  3–4  Russia 17:15 Alan  12' Fonseca  24' Belchior  26' Report(ru)  15' Kryshanov  16' Krasheninnikov  19', 32' Shishin Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 13 8 +5 6 Group Winners 2  Ukraine 3 1 0 1 1 9 4 +5 4 3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 7 12 −5 3 4  Poland 3 0 0 1 2 11 16 −5 1 Italy  v  Germany 12 August 2016 Italy  5–1  Germany 13:30 Di Palma  9' Marinai  11' Gori  12', 25' Ramacciotti  17' Report(ru)  28' Biermann Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) Poland  v  Ukraine 12 August 2016 Poland  3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)  Ukraine 16:00 Baran  19' Saganowski  21' Ziober  35' Report(ru)  15', 25' Zborovskyi  18' Glutskyi Referee: Jude Amin Utulu (Malta) Penalties Saganowski Baran Voitok Korniichuk Italy  v  Poland 13 August 2016 Italy  7–6  Poland 13:30 Gori  3', 18' Marucci  4' Palmacci  14', 25' Zurlo  20', 32' Report(ru)  4', 18' Ziober  13', 28' Saganowski  15' Jesionowski  36' Poplawski Referee: Laszlo Legeza (Hungary) Ukraine  v  Germany 13 August 2016 Ukraine  5–0  Germany 16:00 Sydorenko  7' Korniychuk  8' Zborovskyi  14' (pen.), 34' Medved  25' Report(ru) Referee: Ago Kartmann (Estonia) Germany  v  Poland 14 August 2016 Germany  6–2  Poland 13:30 Biermann  12', 36' (p) Sousa da Silva  13' Baran  20' (o.g.) Göttlich  21' Romrig  26' Report(ru)  6' Ziober  7' Saganowski Ukraine  v  Italy 14 August 2016 Ukraine  1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)  Italy 16:00 Medved  4' Report(ru)  17' Corosiniti Penalties Korniichuk Shcherytsia Glutskyi Palmacci Ramacciotti

Awards

Top scorer		Best player	Best goalkeeper
Ihar Bryshtel	6 goals	Gabriele Gori	Valery Makarevich

Division B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Azerbaijan 3 3 0 0 0 13 4 +9 9 Group Winners 2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 16 11 +5 6 3  Bulgaria 3 1 0 0 2 10 18 –8 3 4  Denmark 3 0 0 0 3 11 17 −6 0 Azerbaijan  v  Bulgaria 12 August 2016 Azerbaijan  7–2  Bulgaria 12:15 Mammadov  9', 10', 14' Aliyev  12' Allahguliyev  22', 24' Baghirov  23' Report(ru)  25' Martinov  31' Adamov Referee: Vlad Nicolae Ciobanu (Romania) Denmark  v  Hungary 12 August 2016 Denmark  5–9  Hungary 18:30 Raedkjaer  5', 23' (p) Vigilsen Wiese  18' Olsen  26' (p), 36' Report(ru)  3' Fekete  5', 12' (p) Simonyi  8', 21' Balazs  9' Sebestyen  12' Szentes-Biro  27' Turos  29' Besenyei Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) Azerbaijan  v  Denmark 13 August 2016 Azerbaijan  3–2  Denmark 12:15 Baghirov  3' Sultanov  16' Allahguliyev  30' Report(ru)  3' Raedkjaer  15' Larsen Referee: Laurynas Arzuolaitis (Lithuania) Hungary  v  Bulgaria 13 August 2016 Hungary  7–3  Bulgaria 18:30 Turos  3', 17', 24', 32' (p) Berkes  25' Sebestyen  26' Besenyei  36' Report(ru)  17' (o.g.) Szentes-Biro  20' (p) Iliev  23' Velikov Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland) Bulgaria  v  Denmark 14 August 2016 Bulgaria  5–4  Denmark 10:45 Filipov  4', 12' Parashkevov  8' Tsvetkov  12' Velikov  28' Report(ru)  7', 10' (p), 14' Raedkjaer  12' Olsen Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) Hungary  v  Azerbaijan 14 August 2016 Hungary  0–3  Azerbaijan 18:20 Report(ru)  3' Allahguliyev  12' Zeynalov  24' Sultanov Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

League Tables

At stage completion

Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Highest group placement 2. Points earned 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored 5. Results against 4th place team

Division A Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Spain 6 6 0 0 0 33 12 +21 18 Advance to Superfinal 2   Switzerland 6 5 0 0 1 43 23 +20 15 3  Russia 6 4 0 1 1 25 16 +9 13 4  Belarus 6 4 0 0 2 24 13 +11 12 5  Italy 6 4 0 0 2 26 17 +9 12 6  Ukraine 6 3 0 1 2 22 12 +10 10 7  Portugal 6 3 0 0 3 28 14 +14 9 8  Germany 6 2 0 0 4 15 32 −17 6 9  Poland 6 1 0 1 4 24 30 −6 4 10  France 6 1 0 0 5 14 40 −26 3 11  Greece 6 0 0 0 6 14 35 −21 0 12  Romania 6 0 0 0 6 16 40 −24 0 Promotion Final

Division B Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1  Azerbaijan (Q) ● 2 2 0 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Promotion Final 2  Czech Rep. (Q) ● 2 2 0 0 0 8 6 +2 6 3  Moldova (Q) ● 2 1 1 0 0 10 8 +2 5 4  England (Q) ● 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 +4 4 5  Estonia (q) ● 2 1 0 0 1 9 5 +4 3 6  Turkey (q) ● 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3 7  Hungary (q) ● 2 1 0 0 1 7 6 +1 3 8  Norway ● 2 1 0 0 1 8 8 0 3 9  Netherlands ● 2 0 0 0 2 5 7 −2 0 10  Serbia ● 2 0 0 0 2 6 12 −6 0 11  Andorra ● 2 0 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0 12  Bulgaria ● 2 0 0 0 2 5 14 −9 0 13  Denmark ● 3 0 0 0 3 11 17 −6 0 14  Kazakhstan ● 3 0 0 0 3 10 17 −7 0 Note: Since one group in Division B consisted of just three teams, for the teams who finished in 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a group of four, their results against the 4th placed team in their groups have been discounted.[3] Team group placement: ● 1st place / ● 2nd place / ● 3rd place / ● 4th place (Q) – Qualified to Promotion Final as group winner (q) – Qualified Promotion Final as best non-winners

Promotion Final (Catania, 25–28 August)

Qualified teams

Teams in bold qualified as group winners. The team in italics attempted to retain their position in Division A, having finished bottom of the table.

•  Moldova
•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Azerbaijan
•  Hungary
•  Estonia
•  Turkey
•  Romania (Last place, Division A)

Group Stage

Matches are listed as local time in Catania, (UTC+2)

All matches took place at the DomusBet Arena Beach Stadium with a capacity of 2 000.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	19	11	+8	9	Advance to final
2	Estonia	3	1	0	1	1	10	10	0	4	Classification matches
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	16	15	+1	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	0	3	9	18	–9	0

Moldova  v  Estonia

25 August 2016	Moldova	2–4	Estonia
10:15	Negara  3' Ciopa  30'	Report(ru)	17' Mäerog  23' (o.g.) Eremia  28' Truusalu  36' Munskind	Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Hungary  v  Romania

25 August 2016	Hungary	9–4	Romania
12:45	Szentes-Biro  4', 26' Turos  15' Besenyei  15', 17' Patocs  22' Balazs  23' Berkes  23' Csoszanszki  26'	Report(ru)	2' Maciuca  12' Carauleanu  27' Florea Ionut  34' Ciocanel	Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Moldova  v  Hungary

26 August 2016	Moldova	4–5	Hungary
10:15		Report(ru)

Romania  v  Estonia

26 August 2016	Romania	3–3 (2–3 p)	Estonia
12:45		Report(ru)

Estonia  v  Hungary

27 August 2016	Estonia	3–5	Hungary
11:15		Report(ru)

Romania  v  Moldova

27 August 2016	Romania	9–3	Moldova
13:45		Report(ru)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Azerbaijan	3	3	0	0	0	12	4	+8	9	Advance to final
2	England	3	1	0	0	2	10	7	+3	3	Classification matches
3	Turkey	3	1	0	0	2	10	12	–2	3
4	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	15	–9	3

Czech Republic  v  England

25 August 2016	Czech Republic	1–7	England
9:00	Salak  15'	Report(ru)	1' Farquharson  7', 25' Clarke  10', 16', 26' Day  31' Lawson	Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)

Turkey  v  Azerbaijan

25 August 2016	Turkey	3–5	Azerbaijan
11:30	Seyit  10' Semih  13' Keskin  13'	Report(ru)	12' Mammadov  12', 16' Hajiyev  23' Allahguliyev  31' Aliyev	Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

Czech Republic  v  Turkey

26 August 2016	Czech Republic	4–3	Turkey
9:00	Vyhnal  16' Kovařík  24', 27' Radosta  25'	Report(ru)	3' Erkan  12' Keskin  33' (o.g.) Hurab

Azerbaijan  v  England

26 August 2016	Azerbaijan	2–0	England
11:40	Allahguliyev  23' Baghirov  25'	Report(ru)		Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

England  v  Turkey

27 August 2016	England	3–4	Turkey
9:00	Farquharson  26' Temple  33' Bowes  36'	Report(ru)	8', 23' Yesilirmak  28' Keskin  31' Seyit	Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)

Azerbaijan  v  Czech Republic

27 August 2016	Azerbaijan	5–1	Czech Republic
11:30	Mammadov  6' Guliyev  15' Aliyev  21', 30' Kovarik  21' (o.g.)	Report(ru)	36' Kovarik	Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Play-offs

Seventh place play-off

28 August 2016

09:00

Moldova	2–3	Czech Republic
Ignat  7', 34'	Report(ru)	1' (p) Salak  6' Kovarik  22' Vyhnal

Fifth place play-off

28 August 2016

10:15

Romania	4–8	Turkey
Maciuca  ?', ?', ?' Tanase  ?'	Report(ru)	?' Keskin  ?' Terzioglu  ?', ?' Sinç  ?', ?' Anzafioglu  ?', ?' Yesilirmak

Third place play-off

28 August 2016

14:00

Estonia	2–4	England
Minlibajev  7' Truusalu  29'	Report(ru)	18' Temple  24' (pen.) Clarke  26' Day  27' Bowes

Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Promotion play-off final

28 August 2016

15:15

Hungary	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Azerbaijan
Besenyei  6', 18', 36', 36' Csoszanszki  6'	Report(ru)	6', 26' Allahguliyev  25' Aliyev  31', 35' Mammadov
Penalties
Sebestyen Csoszanszki Szentes-Biro Rutai Berkes	3–4	Sultanov Zeynalov Nazarov Baghirov Mammadov

Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	Promoted to 2017 EBSL Division A
2	Hungary	Remain in Division B
3	England
4	Estonia
5	Turkey
6	Romania	Relegated to 2017 EBSL Division B
7	Czech Republic	Remain in Division B
8	Moldova

Italics: team from Division A

Superfinal (Catania, 25–28 August)

Qualified Teams

•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Russia
•  Belarus
•  Italy
•  Ukraine
•  Portugal
•  Germany

Group Stage

Matches are listed as local time in Catania, (UTC+2)

All matches took place at the DomusBet Arena Beach Stadium with a capacity of 2 000.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	0	16	10	+6	9	Advance to final
2	Spain	3	1	1	0	1	14	11	+3	5	Classification matches
3	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	13	10	+3	3
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	5	17	–12	0

Belarus  v  Ukraine

25 August 2016	Belarus	4–5	Ukraine
14:00	Samsonov  5', 21' Bryshtel  14' Kamzolau  32'	Report(ru)	4', 22' Zborovskyi  5' Shcherytsia  21' Voitok  29' Korniychuk	Referee: Antonio Joaquim Pereira Almeida (Portugal)

Germany  v  Spain

25 August 2016	Germany	2–6	Spain
16:40	Bequiri  20' Thurk  31'	Report(ru)	2' Eduard  13', 20' (pen.) Antonio  20' Cintas  31' Ezequiel  33' Juanma	Referee: Alfredo Balconi (Italy)

Belarus  v  Germany

26 August 2016	Belarus	7–2	Germany
14:10	Makarevich  8' Miranovich  10' Samsonov  11', 18' Brishtel  16' Kanstantsinau  22', 25'	Report(ru)	12' Schmitt  27' Thürk	Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Spain  v  Ukraine

26 August 2016	Spain	5–7	Ukraine
16:45	Carrera Tracisto  1', 10' Cintas  16', 24' Gomez  16'	Report(ru)	9', 16', 23' Medved  11' Riabchuk  15' (p) Makeiev  28' Shcherytsia  34' Voitok	Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

Ukraine  v  Germany

27 August 2016	Ukraine	4–1	Germany
15:00	Panteleichuk  4' Korniychuk  19', 32' Zborovskyi  31'	Report(ru)	24' (o.g.) Glutskyi	Referee: Alfredo Balconi (Italy)

Spain  v  Belarus

27 August 2016	Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Belarus
17:30	Carrera Tracisto  3' Ardil  22' Cintas  39'	Report(ru)	34' Bryshtel  34' Miranovich

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Portugal	3	2	0	0	1	13	12	+1	6	Advance to final
2	Russia	3	1	1	0	1	11	8	+3	5	Classification matches
3	Italy	3	1	0	0	2	14	15	–1	3
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	1	2	13	16	–3	1

Portugal  v   Switzerland

25 August 2016	Portugal	6–5	Switzerland
15:15	Léo Martins  5', 11' Novo  11', 24' Bê Martins  11' Santos  13'	Report(ru)	7' Mo Jäggy  7', 25' Stankovic  23' Spaccarotella  29' Hodel	Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

Russia  v  Italy

25 August 2016	Russia	5–3	Italy
17:55	Nikonorov  3' Ilinskii  12' Makarov  16' Paporotnyi  24' Shkarin  35'	Report(ru)	9', 29' (pen.) Palmacci  16' Frainetti	Referee: Jude Amin Utulu (Malta)

Russia  v  Portugal

26 August 2016	Russia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
16:25	Romanov  5' Nikonorov  33' Shkarin  39' (p)	Report(ru)	5', 29' Coimbra	Referee: Mikhail Prokharav (Belarus)

Switzerland   v  Italy

26 August 2016	Switzerland	5–7	Italy
18:05	Valentin Jäggy  12' Hodel  16' Mo Jäggy  25' Stankovic  27', 32'	Report(ru)	5' Frainetti  11', 36', 36' Palmacci  23' Marinai  27' Zurlo  35' di Palma	Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

Switzerland   v  Russia

27 August 2016	Switzerland	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Russia
16:15	Hodel  5' Ott  29' Stankovic  31'	Report(ru)	5' Romanov  16' Ilinskii  34' Shkarin	Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
	Penalties
	Ott Mo Jäggy Stankovic		Aksenov Makarov Romanov

Italy  v  Portugal

27 August 2016	Italy	4–5	Portugal
18:45	Palmacci  17', 33' Marinai  22' Marucci  26'	Report(ru)	4', 23' Léo Martins  5', 29' Bê Martins  25' Madjer	Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

Play-offs

Seventh place play-off

28 August 2016

11:30

Germany	2–8	Switzerland
Schmitt  10' Beqiri  23'	Report(ru)	12' Spaccarotella  13', 14' Ott  18' Shirinzi  19' Stankovic  30' Wittlin  33' Mo Jäggy  36' Hodel

Fifth place play-off

28 August 2016

12:45

Belarus	5–2	Italy
Bryshtel  5' Samsonov  8', 30', 35' Bokach  33'	Report(ru)	29' Frainetti  30' Palmacci

Referee: Antonio Joaquim Pereira Almeida (Portugal)

Third place play-off

28 August 2016

16:30

Spain	7–8	Russia
Gomez  7', 24' Juanma  16' Molina  17', 30' Ardil  19' Carrera Tracisto 22'	Report(ru)	9' Nikonorov  9', 25' Peremitin  12' Shkarin  16' Makarov  17' Shishin  19', 28' Aksenov

Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

Superfinal match

28 August 2016

17:45

Ukraine	2–1	Portugal
Zborovskyi  25' Medved  26'	Report(ru)	8' Santos

Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

2016 Euro Beach Soccer League Champions
Ukraine First title

Awards

Top scorer
Paolo Palmacci (8 goals)
Best player
Bê Martins
Best goalkeeper
Vitaliy Sydorenko

Final standings

Pos	Team	Notes
1	Ukraine	Champions
2	Portugal	Runners-up
3	Russia	Third place
4	Spain
5	Belarus
6	Italy
7	Switzerland
8	Germany

References

1. "European ranking". beachsoccer.com. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
2. "Sanxenxo se prepara para acoger la Euro Beach Soccer League". futgal.es (in Spanish). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
3. "Euro Beach Soccer League standings updated". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide
• EBSL, 2016
• Stage 1, Day 1 report
• Stage 1, Day 2 report