2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, was the third Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2001, in Maspalomas, Spain. Portugal won the championship, with hosts Spain finishing second. Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively, replicating the result of the 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup. Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth , seventh and eighth place Matches. Fifth to eighth place deciding matches. The following matches took place between the losing nations, in the quarter finals, to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament, and the play offs took place on the day of the final.