# 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is 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 are seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.
Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2012 season.

## Teams

2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions :
| DIVISION A | DIVISION A | DIVISION B | DIVISION B | DIVISION B |
| Italy | Russia | Andorra | England | Israel |
| Poland | Spain | Azerbaijan | France | Netherlands |
| Portugal | Switzerland | Belarus | Germany | Norway |
| Romania | Turkey | Czech Republic | Greece | Ukraine |

## Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29

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### Participating nations

* Switzerland
* Spain
* Italy
* Turkey
* Norway
* Israel
* Ukraine
It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Bern (UTC+02:00).

### Individual awards

MVP: Juanma Lima ( Spain) Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria ( Italy) — 5 goals Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ( Italy)
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## Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10

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### Participating nations

* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Turkey
* Germany
* Czech Republic
* Andorra

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| Andorra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin (UTC+02:00).

### Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin — 7 goals Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy
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## Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24

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### Participating nations

* Italy
* Poland
* Romania
* Switzerland
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* France

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 9 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Ravenna (UTC+02:00).

### Individual awards

MVP: Maci Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski and Dejan Stankovic — 5 goals Best goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre
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## Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31

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### Participating nations

* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Spain
* England
* Greece
* Netherlands

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 |
| clinched previous Superfinal Berth | clinched Superfinal Berth |

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
| England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).

### Individual awards

MVP: Egor Shaykov Top Scorer: Belchior — 6 goals Best goalkeeper: Xan
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## Cumulative standings

| clinched Superfinal Berth | clinched Promotional Final Berth |
Netherlands are ranked ahead of Israel based on fair play points

## EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7

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### Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.
2011 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 | Turkey | Netherlands |
| Spain | Portugal | Czech Republic | Israel |
| Romania | Italy | Belarus | France |

### Division A (Superfinal)
#### Group A Standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

#### Group B Standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).

#### Championship final match
### Individual awards

MVP: Dejan Stankovic Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin — 7 goals Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy

### Final Division A Standing

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

### Division B (Promotional Final)
#### Group A Standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

#### Group B Standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

### Schedule and results

All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).

#### Promotional Final Match
### Final Division B Standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | France (promoted to 2012 EBSL Division A) |
| 2 | Turkey (relegated to Division B) |
| 3 | Israel |
| 4 | Belarus |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Netherlands |