Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Portugal Moldova Italy |
Dates | 1 July – 11 September |
Teams | 22 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Switzerland (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Portugal |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 59 |
Goals scored | 465 (7.88 per match) |
← 2021 2023 → |
The 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League was the 25th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in a league and play-off format.
This season, the competing teams continued to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B). Division A shrunk from 12 to 10 teams; nine teams returned from last season, plus Estonia who were promoted, meanwhile two teams did not compete due to bans. Division B accommodated 12 nations: those who did not gain promotion from last season, two debuting countries (Malta and Latvia), and teams returning after an absence from competing in recent years.
This season's format was altered considerably compared to the usual programme. All teams in Division A played together across five matchdays. The eight best teams advanced to the post-season event, the Superfinal, but only the top four competed for the EBSL title itself. The teams of Division B entered straight into the Promotion Final to try to earn a spot in Division A next year; no team was relegated this year, whilst the top four were guaranteed promotion to Division A, rather than the usual one, because the top tier is being expanded to 16 teams for 2023.[1][2]
The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top six teams of the Superfinal plus the Promotion Final winners qualified to join hosts Poland.[1][2]
The Promotion Final was won by Moldova who were promoted to Division A for the first time alongside Kazakhstan, whilst Greece and Turkey also earned promotion.[3] Portugal were the three-time defending champions and were looking for a record fourth straight title, but were beaten in the final by Switzerland who claimed their second title, following their maiden crown ten years prior in 2012.[4]
Phase | Dates | Country | City |
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Regular season |
1–3 July | Portugal | Nazaré |
8–9 September | Italy | Cagliari | |
Superfinal | 10–11 September |
Of the 12 nations who earnt Division A status at the end of last season, 10 entered into this season's top tier as follows[1] (The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations):[5]
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Key: Advance to – | Superfinal semi-finals / | Superfinal 5th to 8th place / | Superfinal 9th place match / | (H) Hosts |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 12 |
2 | Italy (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 9 |
3 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | –3 | 6 |
4 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | –6 | 3 |
5 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 27 | –16 | 0 |
1 July 2022 | Spain | 8–1 | Germany | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
11:15 (UTC+1) | Chiky 4', 12' Domi 8' (pen.) Cassano 20', 27', 31' Suárez 22' Paredes 23' |
Report | 17' (pen.) Lüth | Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
1 July 2022 | Italy | 7–3 | Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
15:15 (UTC+1) | Gori 1' (pen.) Casapieri 11' Zurlo 19', 30' Bertacca 32', 33' Sanfilippo 36' |
Report | 9' K. Huseynov 23' Mammadov 36' Mehtiyev |
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal) |
2 July 2022 | Germany | 5–6 | Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
12:30 (UTC+1) | Romrig 1', 3' Metzler 26', 26' Lüth 30' |
Report | 4' Nazarov 10', 28' Akhundov 14' Gazamov 26' Elshad 29' Mammadov |
Referee: Tomasz Winiarczyk (Poland) |
2 July 2022 | Spain | 4–1 | Ukraine | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
16:30 (UTC+1) | Suárez 10', 16' Chiky 17' Antonio 31' |
Report | 16' Scherytsia | Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
3 July 2022 | Spain | 6–4 | Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
12:30 (UTC+1) | Arias 12' Antonio 12', 24' Nazarov 23' (o.g.) Domi 24' (pen.) Suárez 34' |
Report | 12' Mammadov 28' Mehtiyev 29' Jomard 32' Allaghulyev |
Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal) |
3 July 2022 | Italy | 5–3 | Ukraine | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
16:30 (UTC+1) | Zurlo 8' Gori 19', 28' Giordani 34' Genovali 36' |
Report | 11' Nerush 25' Scherytsia 33' A. Borsuk |
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
8 September 2022 | Ukraine | 2–1 | Azerbaijan | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
13:30 (UTC+2) | Nerush 11' Glutskyi 14' |
Report | 28' Ramil | Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal) |
8 September 2022 | Italy | 10–3 | Germany | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
17:30 (UTC+2) | Josep Jr. 3' Giordani 8', 13' Gori 13', 15', 19', 20', 36' Sciacca 31' Remedi 32' |
Report | 10' Metzler 20' Nowak 36' Hoeveler |
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) |
9 September 2022 | Ukraine | 3–2 | Germany | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
(UTC+2) | Zborovskyi 11' Medvid 14' Voitenko 34' |
Report | 19' (o.g.) A. Borsuk 36' Nowak |
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) |
9 September 2022 | Italy | 3–4 | Spain | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
17:30 (UTC+2) | Fazzini 9' Miceli 19' Zurlo 34' |
Report | 2' Dona 16' Domingo 19' Chiky 30' David |
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Portugal (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 12 |
2 | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 9 |
3 | Poland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 5 |
4 | France | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 | –10 | 3 |
5 | Estonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | –17 | 0 |
1 July 2022 | France | 2–8 | Switzerland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
13:45 (UTC+1) | Barbotti 1' Gosselin 35' |
Report | 16', 29' Stankovic 22' Ott 27' Borer 30' Wandji 31' Spacca 34' Eliott 34' Hodel |
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
1 July 2022 | Portugal | 8–1 | Estonia | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
17:45 (UTC+1) |
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Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
2 July 2022 | Estonia | 2–7 | Poland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
15:00 (UTC+1) | Lepik 1', 32' | Report | 2', 7', 23', 34' Petrasiak 5', 12' Ziober 27' Witkowski |
Referee: Francisco Bumedien (Spain) |
2 July 2022 | Portugal | 8–2 | France | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
19:00 (UTC+1) |
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Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
3 July 2022 | Poland | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | France | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
15:00 (UTC+1) | Gac 17' Pietrasiak 20', 24', 39' Karolak 29' |
Report | 7', 28', 28' Varrel 23' Basquaise |
Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece) |
3 July 2022 | Portugal | 6–4 | Switzerland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
19:00 (UTC+1) | Léo Martins 14', 22', 30' Bê Martins 34', 35' (pen.), 36' |
Report | 4', 22' (pen.), 24' Hodel 24' Steinmann |
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
8 September 2022 | Switzerland | 5–3 | Estonia | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
11:00 (UTC+2) | W.Tchatat 6' Ott 9', 23' Stankovic 22', 32' |
Report | 19' Lepik 29' Er. Stüf 30' Mäeorg |
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain) |
8 September 2022 | Portugal | 4–2 | Poland | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
15:00 (UTC+2) | Bê Martins 20', 32' M. Pintado 24' Belchior 25' |
Report | 13' Pietrasiak 18' Bistuła |
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy) |
9 September 2022 | France | 6–3 | Estonia | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
11:00 (UTC+2) | Barbotti 7', 28', 30' Bru 7', 33' Basquaise 23' |
Report | 2', 36' Lepik 23' Er. Stüf |
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy) |
9 September 2022 | Switzerland | 7–2 | Poland | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
15:00 (UTC+2) | Eliott 7' Spacca 10', 14' Ott 12' Hodel 17' Stankovic 35', 36' |
Report | 32', 35' Jesionowski | Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria) |
The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré.[10]
Nazaré stage trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
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Portugal | Léo Martins | 9 goals | Léo Martins | Eliott Mounoud |
5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
10 September | ||||||
Ukraine | 10 | |||||
11 September | ||||||
France | 5 | |||||
Ukraine | 6 | |||||
10 September | ||||||
Azerbaijan | 2 | |||||
Poland | 2 | |||||
Azerbaijan | 6 | |||||
Seventh place match | ||||||
11 September | ||||||
France | 1 | |||||
Poland | 7 |
Ukraine | 10–5 | France |
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Medvid 5', 33' Nerush 12' Glutskyi 16' Voitenko 18', 24', 26' Pashko 20' Shcherytsia 27' |
Report | 15' Bru 20' Guerin 24', 31' Gosselin 26' Barbotti 28' S. Dias |
Poland | 2–6 | Azerbaijan |
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Meloyan 27' Jesionowski 29' |
Report | 8' Mammadov 8' Akhundov 21' Sabir 28', 30' Ramil 31' Nazarov |
France | 1–7 | Poland |
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Barbotti 32' | Report | 2', 32' Bistuła 3' Popławski 7', 17' Pietrasiak 9' Witkowski 31' Gac |
Ukraine | 6–2 | Azerbaijan |
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Voitenko 9' I. Borsuk 13' A. Borsuk 18' Voitok 25' Pashko 31' Kovalenko 36' |
Report | 18' Zeynalli 34' (o.g.) Kovalenko |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
10 September | ||||||
Spain | 5 | |||||
11 September | ||||||
Switzerland | 8 | |||||
Switzerland | 6 | |||||
10 September | ||||||
Portugal | 5 | |||||
Portugal | 8 | |||||
Italy | 3 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
11 September | ||||||
Spain | 2 | |||||
Italy | 3 |
Spain | 5–8 | Switzerland |
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Kuman 16', 27' (pen.), 33' D. Ardil 21', 31' |
Report | 10', 12', 32' Eliott 2', 21', 22' Hodel 23' Stankovic 36' Steinmann |
Portugal | 8–3 | Italy |
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Léo Martins 5', 25', 28' M. Pintado 19', 31' Bê Martins 22', 36' Rui Coimbra 27' |
Report | 7' Casapieri 31' Remedi 35' Gori |
Portugal | 5–6 | Switzerland |
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Bê Martins 11', 23' Lourenço 13' R. Pinhal 32' Léo Martins 35' |
Report | 2', 17', 18' Ott 10', 36' Stankovic 23' Hodel |
2022 Euro Beach Soccer League champions |
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Switzerland Second title |
Top scorer(s) | |
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Léo Martins | |
13 goals | |
Best player | |
Noël Ott | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Elinton Andrade |
Key: |
Qualified to 2023 European Games
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Qualified to 2023 European Games automatically as host nation of the Games
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Pos | Team | Result |
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1 | Switzerland |
EBSL Champions (2nd title) |
2 | Portugal |
Runners-up |
3 | Italy |
Third place |
4 | Spain |
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5 | Ukraine | |
6 | Azerbaijan | |
7 | Poland | |
8 | France | |
9 | Estonia | |
10 | Germany |
The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division A, including goals scored across both the regular season and post season matches.
Rank | Player | Goals |
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1 | Léo Martins | 13 |
2 | Bê Martins | 11 |
3 | Glenn Hodel | 10 |
Patryk Pietrasiak | ||
5 | Gabriele Gori | 9 |
Dejan Stankovic | ||
7 | Anthony Barbotti | 6 |
Sander Lepik | ||
Noël Ott | ||
10 | André Lourenço | 5 |
Chiky Ardil | ||
Eliott Mounoud | ||
Miguel Pintado | ||
Dmytro Voitenko |
Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal
Phase | Dates | Country | City |
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Promotion Final | 27–31 July | Moldova | Chișinău |
The following teams entered Division B this season[11] (The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations):[5]
England returned after a one-season absence. Having originally expressed intentions to compete as far back as 2004,[12] Malta finally made their first appearance in the competition. Czech Republic, Sweden, Bulgaria and Slovakia were also among the preliminary list of participants,[1] but ultimately did not enter; the first did not feature for the first time since their 2007 debut.
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The best four teams earn promotion to Division A for the 2023 season.
Key: Advance to – | Promotion Final semi-finals / | Hosts (H) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Moldova (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
2 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 4 |
3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 3 |
4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | –6 | 0 |
27 July 2022 | Romania | 4–3 | England | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
14:30 (UTC+3) |
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27 July 2022 | Malta | 1–4 | Moldova | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
18:30 (UTC+3) |
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28 July 2022 | Moldova | 4–1 | England | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
18:30 (UTC+3) | Report |
29 July 2022 | England | 5–2 | Malta | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
14:30 (UTC+3) | Report |
29 July 2022 | Moldova | 3–0 | Romania | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
18:30 (UTC+3) | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 3 |
3 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | –11 | 0 |
27 July 2022 | Lithuania | 3–12 | Denmark | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
13:15 (UTC+3) |
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27 July 2022 | Latvia | 2–3 | Turkey | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
17:15 (UTC+3) |
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29 July 2022 | Turkey | 3–1 | Lithuania | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
17:15 (UTC+3) | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 7 |
2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | –7 | 3 |
4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | –10 | 0 |
27 July 2022 | Kazakhstan | 7–3 | Norway | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
12:00 (UTC+3) |
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27 July 2022 | Georgia | 2–5 | Greece | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
16:00 (UTC+3) |
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28 July 2022 | Kazakhstan | 7–1 | Georgia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
12:00 (UTC+3) | Report |
28 July 2022 | Greece | 4–0 | Norway | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
16:00 (UTC+3) | Report |
29 July 2022 | Norway | 3–2 | Georgia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
12:00 (UTC+3) | Report |
29 July 2022 | Greece | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Kazakhstan | FMF Beach Soccer Arena |
16:00 (UTC+3) | Report |
9th–12th place semi-finals | Ninth place match | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Malta | 5 | |||||
31 July | ||||||
Georgia | 6 | |||||
Georgia | 3 (2) | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Norway (p) | 3 (4) | |||||
Norway | 2 | |||||
Lithuania | 1 | |||||
Eleventh place match | ||||||
31 July | ||||||
Malta | 4 | |||||
Lithuania | 9 |
Malta | 5–6 | Georgia |
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Malta | 4–9 | Lithuania |
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Georgia | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Norway |
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Penalties | ||
2–4 |
5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Latvia | 3 | |||||
31 July | ||||||
Denmark | 1 | |||||
Latvia | 2 | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Romania (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Romania | 7 | |||||
England | 5 | |||||
Seventh place match | ||||||
31 July | ||||||
Denmark | 3 | |||||
England | 2 |
Romania | 7–5 | England |
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Denmark | 3–2 | England |
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Latvia | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Romania |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Turkey | 12 | |||||
31 July | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||
Turkey | 3 | |||||
30 July | ||||||
Moldova | 5 | |||||
Moldova | 5 | |||||
Greece | 1 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
31 July | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||
Greece | 5 |
Turkey | 12–10 | Kazakhstan |
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Moldova | 5–1 | Greece |
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Kazakhstan | 3–5 | Greece |
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Turkey | 3–5 | Moldova |
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The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[13]
Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
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Moldova | Andreas Katsoulis | 8 goals | Grigore Cojocari | Ruslan Istrati |
The top four teams were promoted to Division A,[3] rather than the usual one team, because the top tier is being expanded to 16 teams next season.
Winners Moldova and fourth placed Kazakhstan were promoted for the first time. Turkey were immediately promoted back to the top tier having been relegated in 2021. Greece return to Division A for the first time in six years since their relegation in 2017.
By winning the event, Moldova also earned qualification to the men's beach soccer competition at the 2023 European Games in Poland.[13]
Key: | ||
Qualified to 2023 European Games | ||
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Ineligible to qualify for 2023 European Games[see note] |
Pos | Team | Outcome |
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1 | Moldova |
Promoted to 2023 EBSL Division A |
2 | Turkey | |
3 | Greece | |
4 | Kazakhstan ■
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5 | Romania | Remain in Division B |
6 | Latvia | |
7 | Denmark | |
8 | England | |
9 | Norway | |
10 | Georgia | |
11 | Lithuania | |
12 | Malta |
^ Kazakhstan were ineligible to qualify to the European Games as they are not a member of the European Olympic Committees. In the event they were to win the Promotion Final, the next highest ranked eligible team would qualify in their place.[14]
The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division B.
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