2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	22 May - 24 May 2009
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	106 (8.83 per match)
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The 2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eleventh Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2009 beach soccer season, held in May 2009, in Rome, Italy. Spain won the championship for the third time, with former champions Switzerland finishing second. Six time champions Portugal beat Hungary in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.^[1]

•  France
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Russia

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 May 2009
	Portugal	11
					23 May 2009
	Poland	1
					Portugal	6
	22 May 2009
					Spain	7
	Spain (pen.)	3
									24 May 2009
	Russia	3
									Spain	6
	22 May 2009
									Switzerland	4
	Switzerland	9
					23 May 2009
	France	3
					Switzerland	6
	22 May 2009
					Hungary	1			Third place
	Italy	2
									24 May 2009
	Hungary	5
									Portugal	7
									Hungary	5

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.

	Fifth to eighth place semi finals					Fifth place playoff
	QF1	Poland	1
	QF2	Russia	6
						Russia		8
						France		4
	QF3	France	3
	QF4	Italy	1			Seventh place playoff
						Poland		4
						Italy		3

2009 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners:
Spain Third title

Rank	Team
1	Spain
2	Switzerland
3	Portugal
4	Hungary
5	Russia
6	France
7	Poland
8	Italy