2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country|  Azerbaijan
Dates| 28–31 August
Teams| 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Spain (4th title)
Runners-up|  Switzerland
Third place|  Russia
Fourth place|  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 9
Goals scored| 86 (9.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Noel Ott (11 goals)
Best player(s)|  Juanma

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The 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beach soccer championships organised every two years by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), held in August 2014, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Just six nations took part as in 2008, compared to the usual eight, and the teams were not the top-ranked nations from the preceding Euro Beach Soccer League season as in the past but a mix of teams from the divisions as listed below. The competition started with a round-robin ground stage for only the third time, instead of a straight knock-out tournament, with the top two nations from the groups competing in a final match for the title, the others in the respective positions in their groups playing for third and fifth place in classifying matches to determine the final standings.[1]

Spain won the championship for the fourth time, their third win in their last five appearances and their fourth title overall.[2]

## Participating teams

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The teams were announced on August 7.[1]

Team  | 2013 EBSL Finish  | Participation  | Previous1

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Azerbaijan*  | Division B, 12th  | 2nd  | (2008)
Greece | Division B, Runners-up  | 2nd  | (2007)
Hungary | Division B, 3rd  | 4th  | (2006, 2009, 2010)
Spain | Division A, 4th  | 14th  | (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Switzerland | Division A, 3rd  | 13th  | (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Russia | Division A, Champions (2013 EBSL Winners)  | 5th  | (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
* = hosts of this year

1Note: 1998-2010 annual basis (excluding 2000), biennial basis post-2010.

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD+/- | Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Advance to final
2 |  Greece | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 2 | Play-offs
3 |  Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 0

28 August 2014

17:30

Switzerland | 6–1|  Greece

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Borer
Ott
Stankovic
Spacca  | Report |  Triantafyllidis

* * *

29 August 2014

18:45

Greece | 4–3 (a.e.t.)|  Azerbaijan

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Triantifyllidis
Salapatas
Kakaroumpas  | Report |  Zeynal
Renat
Asif

* * *

30 August 2014

18:45

Azerbaijan | 8–9|  Switzerland

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Asif
Zeynal
Sabir
Amid
Renat  | Report |  Ott
Spacca
Stankovic

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD+/- | Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | Advance to final
2 |  Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Play-offs
3 |  Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 0

28 August 2014

18:45

Spain | 6–4|  Hungary

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Juanma
Pajon
Antonio
Kuman
Llorenç  | Report |  Fekete
Simonyi
Sebestyen

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29 August 2014

17:30

Russia | 4–3|  Hungary

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Makarov
Paporotnyi
Krutikov  | Report |  Abel
Simonyi

* * *

30 August 2014

17:30

Russia | 3–4|  Spain

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Makarov
Krash  | Report |  Antonio
Chiky
Llorenç

## Classification matches

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### Fifth place play-off

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31 August 2014

16:15

Azerbaijan | 3–3 (a.e.t.)|  Hungary

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Jomard
Sabir  | Report |  Simonyi
Penalties
Zeynal
Asif
Sabir | 1-2 | Sebestyen
Simonyi
Abel

### Third place play-off

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31 August 2014

17:30

Russia | 7–4|  Greece

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Krutikov
Romanov
Krash
Kotov  | Report |  Gkritzalis
Triantifyllidis
Amanatidis
Papastathopoulos

### Final

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31 August 2014

18:45

Spain | 8–6|  Switzerland

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Llorenç
Juanma
Chyki  | Report |  Stankovic
Ott

#### Winners

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2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
champions

Spain
Fourth title

## Awards

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Top scorer

Noel Ott
11 goals
Best player
Juan Manuel Lima (Juanma)
Best goalkeeper
Dávid Ficsór

## Goalscorers

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11 goals

* Noel Ott

7 goals

* Llorenç Gomez

5 goals

* Dejan Stankovic
* Gábor Simonyi

4 goals

* Theofilos Triantafyllidis
* Asif Zeynalov
* Sabir Allahguliyev

3 goals

* Antonio Mayor Hernández
* Juanma

* Aleksei Krutikov
* Yury Krasheninnikov

2 goals

* Mo Jaeggy
* Sandro Spaccarotella
* Zeynal Zeynalov
* Renat Sultanov
* Daniel Pajón Gómez
* Viktor Fekete
* Aleksey Makarov
* Artur Paporotnyi
* Péter Ábel
* Salavador Ardil 'Chyki'
* Kirill Romanov
* Yury Kotov

1 goal

* Phillipp Borer
* Christos Salapatas
* Athanasios Kakaroumpas
* Amid Nazarov
* Miguel Santiso Mosquera 'Kuman'
* Norbert Sebestyen
* Jomard Bakshaliyev
* Spyridon-Evangelos Gkritzalis-Papadopoulos
* Stavros Amanatidis
* Konstantinos Papastathopoulos

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## Final standings

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Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  | B |  Spain | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 18  | 13  | +5  | 9  | Champions
2  | A |  Switzerland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 17  | +4  | 6  | Runners-up
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3  | B |  Russia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 14  | 11  | +3  | 6  | Third place
4  | A |  Greece | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 16  | −7  | 2  | Fourth place
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5  | B |  Hungary | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 13  | −3  | 2  | Fifth place
6  | A |  Azerbaijan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 0  | Sixth place

Source: Standings, BSWW

## References

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1. ^ a b "Baku to host the Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2014". beachsoccer.com. 7 August 2014.
2. ^ "Spain claims fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup!". beachsoccer.com. 31 August 2014.

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