# 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). 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.
This season, there are eight teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are three Stages this year, as opposed to four) 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 12 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format. This was due to the European qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup being held during the EBSL season.
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 six teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) will play in the Superfinal in The Hague, the Netherlands from August 23 – 26. The top four teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A and the host team Netherlands will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2013 season.
Beginning this season, the Power Horse energy drink company has signed on to become the new sponsor of the EBSL. The logo has been slightly modified to show this.

## Eligible EBSL teams

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.
2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Divisions :
| DIVISION A | DIVISION A | DIVISION B | DIVISION B | DIVISION B |
| France | Romania | Andorra | England | Hungary |
| Italy | Russia | Azerbaijan | Estonia | Norway |
| Poland | Spain | Belarus | Germany | Turkey |
| Portugal | Switzerland | Czech Republic | Greece | Ukraine |
Note: Netherlands qualifies for Promotion Final as host nation without playing a match.

## Stage 1 Terracina, Italy – June, 8 – 10
### Participating nations

* Italy
* France
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Belarus
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Norway

### Final standings
#### Division A, Group A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | –5 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | –6 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

#### Division A, Group B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 23 | –2 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 3 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | –6 | 3 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

#### Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | –2 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | –11 | 0 |
Belarus win the stage on goal average
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

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

### Individual awards

MVP: Paolo Palmacci
Top Scorer: Paolo Palmacci (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Source:

## Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – August, 3 – 5
### Participating nations

* Germany
* Russia
* France
* Italy
* Romania
* Turkey
* Greece
* Azerbaijan

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | –4 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 3 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | –6 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 6 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 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: Danila Ippolitov
Source:

## Stage 3 Torredembarra, Spain – August, 17 – 19
### Participating nations

* Spain
* Poland
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* England
* Andorra
* Estonia
* Ukraine

### Final standings Division A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | –1 | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | –2 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
* clinched Superfinal Berth

### Final standings Division B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 9 |
| Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 3 |
| Andorra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 25 | –19 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Berth

### Schedule and results

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

### Individual awards

MVP: Llorenç Gómez
Top Scorer: Llorenç Gómez (7 goals) Best goalkeeper: Paulo Graça
Source:

## Cumulative standings

| clinched Superfinal Berth | clinched Promotional Final Berth | clinched Promotional Final Berth (best Stage runner-up) |
Ranking & tie-breaking criteria: Division A – 1. Points earned 2. Goal difference 3. Goals scored | Division B – 1. Points earned 2. Highest stage placement 3. Goal difference 4. Goals scored.

## EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – The Hague, Netherlands – August, 23 – 26
### Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions

The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have not yet 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.
2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal Divisions :
| DIVISION A (Superfinal) | DIVISION A (Superfinal) | DIVISION B (Promotional Final) | DIVISION B (Promotional Final) |
| Russia | Poland | Netherlands | Germany |
| Switzerland | Romania | France | Czech Republic |
| Portugal | Italy | Ukraine | Belarus |
* automatic entry as hosts

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

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | –9 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

#### Group b standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 0 |
* clinched Superfinal Group

### Schedule and results

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

#### Championship final Match
### Individual awards

MVP: Dmitry Shishin
Top Scorer: Dejan Stankovic (7 goals) Best goalkeeper: Valentin Jaeggy
Source:

### Final Division A Standing

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

### Division B (Promotional Final)
#### Group a standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 3 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

#### Group b standings

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 0 |
* clinched Promotional Final Group

### Schedule and results

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

#### Championship final Match
### Final Division B Standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Ukraine (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A) |
| 2 | Belarus (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A) |
| 3 | Netherlands (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A) |
| 4 | France (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A) |
| 5 | Germany (promoted to 2013 EBSL Division A) |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
BSWW increased the number of participating teams in Division A from eight to twelve in 2013, meaning five nations, rather than the usual one, were promoted at the end of this season.