2022 Euro Beach Soccer League

2022 Euro Beach Soccer LeagueTournament details

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)

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International football competition

Nazaré

Chișinău

Cagliari

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Locations of the fixtures of the 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League ( Division A events;  Division B events)

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]

## Division A

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### Calendar

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Phase  | Dates  | Country  | City

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Regular
season | 1–3 July  |  Portugal | Nazaré
8–9 September  |  Italy | Cagliari
Superfinal | 10–11 September

### Teams

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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]

* ~~ Russia~~[a] (1st)
*  Portugal (2nd)
*  Spain (3rd)
*   Switzerland (4th)
*  Italy (5th)
* ~~ Belarus~~[b] (6th)

*  Ukraine (7th)
*  Germany (8th)
*  France (9th)
*  Azerbaijan (10th)
*  Poland (12th)
*  Estonia[P] (15th)

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^ a: In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian national team was banned from entering.[6][7]
^ b: Did not enter; reported by media as excluded due to Belarus' role in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8][9]
^ P: Promoted from Division B at the end of the 2021 season.

### Regular season

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Key: Advance to –  |   | Superfinal semi-finals / |   | Superfinal 5th to 8th place / |   | Superfinal 9th place match / | (H) Hosts

#### Group 1

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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

Spain  v  Germany 1 July 2022 |  Spain  | 8–1|   Germany | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

Italy  v  Azerbaijan 1 July 2022 |  Italy  | 7–3|   Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

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Germany  v  Azerbaijan 2 July 2022 |  Germany  | 5–6|   Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

Spain  v  Ukraine 2 July 2022 |  Spain  | 4–1|   Ukraine | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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16:30 (UTC+1) | Suárez  10', 16'
Chiky 17'
Antonio  31' | Report |  16' Scherytsia | Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

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Spain  v  Azerbaijan 3 July 2022 |  Spain  | 6–4|   Azerbaijan | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

Italy  v  Ukraine 3 July 2022 |  Italy  | 5–3|   Ukraine | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

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Ukraine  v  Azerbaijan 8 September 2022 |  Ukraine  | 2–1|   Azerbaijan | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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13:30 (UTC+2) | Nerush  11'
Glutskyi  14' | Report |  28' Ramil | Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

Italy  v  Germany 8 September 2022 |  Italy  | 10–3|   Germany | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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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)

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Ukraine  v  Germany 9 September 2022 |  Ukraine  | 3–2|   Germany | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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(UTC+2) | Zborovskyi  11'
Medvid  14'
Voitenko  34' | Report |  19' (o.g.) A. Borsuk
36' Nowak | Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Italy  v  Spain 9 September 2022 |  Italy  | 3–4|   Spain | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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17:30 (UTC+2) | Fazzini  9'
Miceli  19'
Zurlo  34' | Report |  2' Dona
16' Domingo
19' Chiky
30' David | Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

#### Group 2

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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

France  v   Switzerland 1 July 2022 |  France  | 2–8|    Switzerland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

Portugal  v  Estonia 1 July 2022 |  Portugal  | 8–1|   Estonia | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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17:45 (UTC+1) |

* Léo Martins 15', 22', 28'
* Bê Martins 17'
* Lourenço  25', 26'
* Pintado  28' (pen.), 36'

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* 1' Nõmmiko

| Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

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Estonia  v  Poland 2 July 2022 |  Estonia  | 2–7|   Poland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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15:00 (UTC+1) | Lepik  1', 32' | Report |  2', 7', 23', 34' Petrasiak
5', 12' Ziober
27' Witkowski | Referee: Francisco Bumedien (Spain)

Portugal  v  France 2 July 2022 |  Portugal  | 8–2|   France | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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19:00 (UTC+1) |

* Coimbra  14'
* Lourenço  15'
* Léo Martins 14', 16', 33'
* Algarvio  18'
* Bê Martins 26'
* Belchior 30'

| Report |

* 14' Barbotti
* 33' (o.g.) Algarvio

| Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

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Poland  v  France 3 July 2022 |  Poland  | 5–4 (a.e.t.)|   France | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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15:00 (UTC+1) | Gac  17'
Pietrasiak  20', 24', 39'
Karolak  29' | Report |  7', 28', 28' Varrel
23' Basquaise | Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece)

Portugal  v   Switzerland 3 July 2022 |  Portugal  | 6–4|    Switzerland | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré

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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)

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Switzerland  v  Estonia 8 September 2022 |  Switzerland  | 5–3|   Estonia | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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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)

Portugal  v  Poland 8 September 2022 |  Portugal  | 4–2|   Poland | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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15:00 (UTC+2) | Bê Martins 20', 32'
M. Pintado  24'
Belchior 25' | Report |  13' Pietrasiak
18' Bistuła | Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)

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France  v  Estonia 9 September 2022 |  France  | 6–3|   Estonia | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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11:00 (UTC+2) | Barbotti  7', 28', 30'
Bru  7', 33'
Basquaise  23' | Report |  2', 36' Lepik
23' Er. Stüf | Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)

Switzerland  v  Poland 9 September 2022 |  Switzerland  | 7–2|   Poland | Palm Beach, Cagliari

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15:00 (UTC+2) | Eliott  7'
Spacca  10', 14'
Ott 12'
Hodel  17'
Stankovic 35', 36' | Report |  32', 35' Jesionowski | Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

#### Awards

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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

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### Superfinal

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#### Consolation

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##### 9th place match

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10 September 2022

08:30 (UTC+2)

Estonia | 3–1|  Germany

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Nõmmiko  1'
Er. Stüf  25'
Lepik  26' | Report |  25' Olli

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)

##### 5th–8th place

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| 5th–8th place semi-finals| | Fifth place match

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|  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

###### 5th–8th place semi-finals

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10 September 2022

11:00 (UTC+2)

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

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

10 September 2022

12:15 (UTC+2)

Poland | 2–6|  Azerbaijan

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Meloyan  27'
Jesionowski  29' | Report |  8' Mammadov
8' Akhundov
21' Sabir
28', 30' Ramil
31' Nazarov

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

###### Seventh place match

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11 September 2022

11:00 (UTC+2)

France | 1–7|  Poland

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Barbotti  32' | Report |  2', 32' Bistuła
3' Popławski
7', 17' Pietrasiak
9' Witkowski
31' Gac

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

###### Fifth place match

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11 September 2022

12:15 (UTC+2)

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

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Francisco De Oses (Spain)

#### Final four

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

##### Semi-finals

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10 September 2022

13:30 (UTC+2)

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

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

10 September 2022

17:30 (UTC+2)

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

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

##### Third place match

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11 September 2022

15:00 (UTC+2)

Italy | 3–2|  Spain

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Bertacca  5', 6'
Josep Jr.  33' | Report |  5' Chiky
22' Dona

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

##### Superfinal match

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11 September 2022

17:30 (UTC+2)

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

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

### Awards

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#### Winners trophy

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2022 Euro Beach Soccer League
champions

Switzerland
Second title

#### Individual awards

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Top scorer(s)

Léo Martins
13 goals
Best player
Noël Ott
Best goalkeeper
Elinton Andrade

Source

### Final standings

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Key:

Qualified to 2023 European Games

Qualified to 2023 European Games automatically as host nation of the Games

Pos | Team  | Result

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1 |   Switzerland

| EBSL Champions (2nd title)
2 |  Portugal

| Runners-up
3 |  Italy

| Third place
4 |  Spain

5 |  Ukraine

6 |  Azerbaijan

7 |  Poland

8 |  France
9 |  Estonia
10 |  Germany

### Top scorers

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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

## Division B

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### Calendar

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Phase  | Dates  | Country  | City

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Promotion Final | 27–31 July  |  Moldova | Chișinău

### Teams

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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.

*  Turkey[R] (11th)
*  Kazakhstan (14th)
*  Romania (16th)
*  Greece (17th)
*  Moldova (18th)
*  Norway (19th)

*  Lithuania (20th)
*  England (21st)
*  Denmark (23rd)
*  Georgia (28th)
*  Latvia[c] (29th)
*  Malta[c] (n/a)

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^ R: Relegated from Division A at the end of the 2021 season.
^ c.: Team making their debut.

### Promotion Final

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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)

#### Group stage

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##### Group A

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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

Romania  v  England 27 July 2022 |  Romania  | 4–3|   England | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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14:30 (UTC+3) |

* Zaharia
* Liviu
* Andrescu

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* Clarke
* Grossett
* O'Neill

Malta  v  Moldova 27 July 2022 |  Malta  | 1–4|   Moldova | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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18:30 (UTC+3) |

* R. Caruana

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* Negara
* Ignat
* Florea
* Cojocari

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Romania  v  Malta 28 July 2022 |  Romania  | 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)|   Malta | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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14:30 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

Moldova  v  England 28 July 2022 |  Moldova  | 4–1|   England | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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18:30 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

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England  v  Malta 29 July 2022 |  England  | 5–2|   Malta | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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14:30 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

Moldova  v  Romania 29 July 2022 |  Moldova  | 3–0|   Romania | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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18:30 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

##### Group B

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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

Lithuania  v  Denmark 27 July 2022 |  Lithuania  | 3–12|   Denmark | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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13:15 (UTC+3) |

* Makutunovičius
* Giedraitis

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* Damm
* Levin
* Plytnikas  (o.g.)
* Dorph
* Frandsen
* Jorgensen
* Wegeberg
* Rædkjær

Latvia  v  Turkey 27 July 2022 |  Latvia  | 2–3|   Turkey | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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17:15 (UTC+3) |

* Skuratovics
* Yasin  (o.g.)

| Report |

* Semih
* Bariș
* Ferhat

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Lithuania  v  Latvia 28 July 2022 |  Lithuania  | 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)|   Latvia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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13:15 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

Turkey  v  Denmark 28 July 2022 |  Turkey  | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|   Denmark | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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Denmark  v  Latvia 29 July 2022 |  Denmark  | 1–2 (a.e.t.)|   Latvia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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13:15 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

Turkey  v  Lithuania 29 July 2022 |  Turkey  | 3–1|   Lithuania | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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17:15 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

##### Group C

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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

Kazakhstan  v  Norway 27 July 2022 |  Kazakhstan  | 7–3|   Norway | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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12:00 (UTC+3) |

* Tyulpa
* Makagon
* Muralinov
* Azhikenov
* Perevyortov
* Demeshko
* Bogdanov

| Report |

* Demeshko  (o.g.)
* Aano
* Li

Georgia  v  Greece 27 July 2022 |  Georgia  | 2–5|   Greece | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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16:00 (UTC+3) |

* Gkritzalis  (o.g.)
* Partenadze

| Report |

* Katsoulis
* Tsitsaris
* Papastathopoulos

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Kazakhstan  v  Georgia 28 July 2022 |  Kazakhstan  | 7–1|   Georgia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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12:00 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

Greece  v  Norway 28 July 2022 |  Greece  | 4–0|   Norway | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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16:00 (UTC+3) |  | Report |  |

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Norway  v  Georgia 29 July 2022 |  Norway  | 3–2|   Georgia | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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Greece  v  Kazakhstan 29 July 2022 |  Greece  | 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)|   Kazakhstan | FMF Beach Soccer Arena

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#### Play-offs

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##### 9th–12th place

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| 9th–12th place semi-finals| | Ninth place match

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 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

###### 9th–12th place semi-finals

[edit]

30 July 2022

12:00 (UTC+3)

Malta | 5–6|  Georgia

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* D. Caruana  17'
* Cutajar  20'
* R. Caruana  23'
* Nanapere  29'
* J. Zammit  35'

| Report |

* Lomidze  19'
* Partenadze  22'
* G. Makharadze  24'
* Diakvnishvili  27', 35'
* K. H. Makharadze  35'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Cepoi Octavian (Moldova)

30 July 2022

13:15 (UTC+3)

Norway | 2–1|  Lithuania

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* Li  20'
* Hellman  32'

| Report |

* Makutunovičius  18'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Dmytro Dudka (Ukraine)

###### Eleventh place match

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31 July 2022

12:00 (UTC+3)

Malta | 4–9|  Lithuania

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* J. Zammit  23', 24'
* Nanapere  31'
* Cutajar  32'

| Report |

* Plytnikas  6', 24'
* Navickas  11', 19'
* Giedraitis  14'
* Makutunovičius  15', 22', 35'
* Lebedevas  28'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Rick Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)

###### Ninth place match

[edit]

31 July 2022

13:15 (UTC+3)

Georgia | 3–3 (a.e.t.)|  Norway

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* Partenadze  1'
* G. Makharadze  3', 26'

| Report |

* Gaare  8'
* Dyngeland  33'
* Bidro  36'

Penalties
| 2–4 |

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Andrei Karhu (Estonia)

##### 5th–8th place

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| 5th–8th place semi-finals| | Fifth place match

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| 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

###### 5th–8th place semi-finals

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30 July 2022

14:30 (UTC+3)

Latvia | 3–1|  Denmark

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* Zuburs  6'
* Vasiljevs  23', 30'

| Report |

* Madsen  29'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Piotr Stoianov (Moldova)

30 July 2022

16:00 (UTC+3)

Romania | 7–5|  England

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* Alexandru  3'
* Boata  6', 12'
* Enis  11'
* Ravoiu  18'
* Dumitrica  28'
* Andrei  35'

| Report |

* Day  8'
* Lawson  9', 14', 25'
* Grossett  19'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)

###### Seventh place match

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31 July 2022

14:30 (UTC+3)

Denmark | 3–2|  England

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* Wegeberg  15'
* Dorph  17'
* Rædkjær  33'

| Report |

* Clarke  10', 21'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)

###### Fifth place match

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31 July 2022

16:00 (UTC+3)

Latvia | 2–3 (a.e.t.)|  Romania

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* Pastars  10'
* Jak  20'

| Report |

* Liviu  12'
* Boata  34'
* Enis  38'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

##### 1st–4th place

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

###### Semi-finals

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30 July 2022

17:15 (UTC+3)

Turkey | 12–10|  Kazakhstan

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* Bariş  1', 30', 36'
* Keskin  3', 15', 32'
* Emrah  10', 24', 34'
* Ege  19'
* Semih  30'
* Efe  31'

| Report |

* Yershin  7', 16', 28'
* Tyulpa  19', 22', 34'
* Muralinov  28', 36'
* Perevyortov  33'
* Gulyy  34'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

30 July 2022

18:30 (UTC+3)

Moldova | 5–1|  Greece

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* Florea  8', 31'
* Borovschi  16'
* Turta  28'
* Cojocari  33'

| Report |

* Tsitsaris  32'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

###### Third place match

[edit]

31 July 2022

17:15 (UTC+3)

Kazakhstan | 3–5|  Greece

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* Muralinov  8'
* Yershin  29'
* Gulyy  32'

| Report |

* Katsoulis  11', 14'
* Tsitsaris  27'
* Nikolaou  30'
* Triantafyllidis  36'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)

###### Final

[edit]

31 July 2022

18:30 (UTC+3)

Turkey | 3–5|  Moldova

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* Keskin  24', 36'
* Yasin  29'

| Report |

* Negara  3'
* Podlesnov  4'
* Cojocari  12', 34'
* Ignat  20'

FMF Beach Soccer Arena

Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)

#### Awards

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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

#### Final standings

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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

|  | 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

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]

### Top scorers

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The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division B.

Rank  | Player  | Goals

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1 |  Andreas Katsoulis | 8
2 |  Cem Keskin | 7
Mantas Makutunovičius
4 |  Bariş Terzioglu | 6
Grigore Cojocari
Bayanbek Muralinov
Aaron Clarke
8 |  Vitaliy Tyulpa | 5
9 |  Dmitriy Perevyortov | 4
Timur Yershin
Herci Liviu-aurelian
Gocha Makharadze
Dylan Caruana

Source

## See also

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* 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League

## References

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4. ^ "Switzerland win first European title in 10 years". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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14. ^ "Шесть лучших сборных Суперфинала Евролиги-2018 сыграют на Европейских играх в Минске". Beach Soccer Russia. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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