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 Kyiv, Ukraine – May, 24 – 26
Participating nations
*Final standings Division A
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 0 |
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Kyiv.----
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Individual awards
MVP: Bogusław SaganowskiTop Scorer: Oleg Zborovskyi
Best Goalkeeper: Vitalii Sydorenko
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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 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |
Final standings Division A Group 2
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |
Final standings Division B
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 |
Note: Although the Netherlands won their group, they were not automatically qualified for the Superfinal, as Portugal had the better group-winner record.
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Terracina.----
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Individual awards
MVP: BelchiorTop Scorer: Alan, Belchior, Oleg Zborovskyi, Patrick Ax
Best Goalkeeper: Stefano Spada
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Total Goals
126 goals were scored, for an average of 7 goals per match.Stage 3 Valence, France – June, 21 – 23
Participating nations
*Final standings Division A
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 0 |
Final standings Division B
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 0 |
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Valence.----
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Individual awards
MVP: Dejan StankovicTop Scorer: Dejan Stankovic
Best Goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy
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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
*Final standings Division A
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 0 |
Final standings Division B
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 0 |
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague.----
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Individual awards
MVP: Patrick AxTop Scorer: Bogusław Saganowski
Best Goalkeeper: Frank van der Geest
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Total Goals
87 goals were scored, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.Stage 5 Moscow, Russia – August, 2 – 4
Participating nations
*Final standings Division A
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | –13 | 0 |
Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow.----
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Individual awards
MVP: Ilya LeonovTop Scorer: Llorenç Gómez
Best Goalkeeper: Sascha Penke
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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.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.Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra.Round-Robin
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Individual awards
MVP: Ilya LeonovTop Scorer: Dejan Stankovic Best Goalkeeper: Francisco DonaireSource:
Final Division A Standing
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Schedule and results
All kickoff times are of local time in Torredembarra.Round-Robin
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Final Division B Standing
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