# 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was 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.
There were seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage that faced each other in a round-robin system, with the exception of Stage 4. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Portugal played in the Superfinal in Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal) from August 26–29. The individual Stage winners in Division B plus the worst team in Division A played in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A.

## Teams

2010 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions :
| DIVISION A | DIVISION A | DIVISION B | DIVISION B | DIVISION B |
| France | Romania | Azerbaijan | Germany | Netherlands |
| Italy | Russia | Belarus | Greece | Norway |
| Poland | Spain | Czech Republic | Hungary | Turkey |
| Portugal | Switzerland | England | Israel | |

## Stage 1 Moscow, Russia – May 28–30
### Participating nations

* Russia
* Poland
* Italy
* Romania
* Greece
* Israel
* Germany

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 5 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 3 |
| Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Individual awards

MVP: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy) Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali ( Italy) and Bogusław Saganowski ( Poland) – 8 goals Best Goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy ( Russia)
Source:

## Stage 2 Marseille, France – June 25–27
### Participating nations

* Spain
* France
* Portugal
* Poland
* Belarus
* Hungary
* England

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 8 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 5 |
| England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule & results

Top Scorer: Jorge ( Spain)

## Stage 3 Lignano, Italy – July 2–4
### Participating nations

* France
* Switzerland
* Portugal
* Italy
* Azerbaijan
* Czech Republic
* Netherlands

### Standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 3 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Individual awards

MVP: Pasquale Carotenuto ( Italy) Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic ( Switzerland) – 7 goals Best Goalkeeper: Paulo Graça ( Portugal)
Source:

## Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July 22–25
### Participating nations

* Romania
* Russia
* Switzerland
* Spain

### Standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 2 |
| clinched previous Superfinal Berth | clinched Superfinal Berth |

### Schedule & results

Top Scorer: Marian Măciucă ( Romania)

### Division B (Bibione, Italy) – 16–17 July

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 3 |
| Andorra | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth
The games were played on 16 and 17 July 2010 in Bibione, Italy. Turkey won and qualified for the Promotional Final.
Andorra were originally supposed to compete in stage 4 as part of a regular three-team Division B event, but withdrew. In order to ensure the remaining participants (Turkey and Norway) still played two matches as organised, despite Andorra's absence, BSWW simply changed the fixture schedule to have Turkey and Norway play each other twice.
Since both teams were competing in Bibione as part of the 2011 World Cup qualifiers, BSWW staged the games there rather than unnecessarily having the squads travel to the Hague (as was originally planned) merely a week later.

## Cumulative standings

| clinched Superfinal Berth | clinched Promotional Final Berth |

## EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final - Lisbon, Portugal – August 26–29
### Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal are determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the title while the teams from Division B will compete for a spot in next year's Division A round.
2010 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions :
| DIVISION A (Superfinal) | DIVISION A (Superfinal) | DIVISION B (Promotional Final) | DIVISION B (Promotional Final) |
| GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP A | GROUP B |
| Russia | Switzerland | France | Israel |
| Portugal | Spain | Hungary | Azerbaijan |
| Romania | Italy | England* | Turkey |
England will replace the Czech Republic due to several 'impediments' that caused them to withdraw.

### Division A (Superfinal)
#### Group A standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

#### Group B standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

### Individual awards

MVP: Madjer ( Portugal) Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic ( Switzerland) – 8 goals Best Goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy ( Russia)
Source:

### Final Division A standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Portugal (Fourth EBSL Championship) |
| 2 | Italy |
| 3 | Russia |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Romania |

### Division B (promotional final)
#### Group A standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 6 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
| England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

#### Group B standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

### Final Division B standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Turkey (promoted to EBSL Division A next year) |
| 2 | France (relegated from EBSL Division A) |
| 3 | Israel |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Azerbaijan |
| 6 | England |