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2022 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League was the 25th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in a league and play-off format.
| Tournament details |
|---|
| PortugalMoldovaItaly |
| 1 July – 11 September |
| 22 (from 1 confederation) |
| 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Switzerland (2nd title) |
| Portugal |
| Italy |
| Spain |
| 59 |
| 465 (7.88 per match) |
| ← 2021 2023 → |
The 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League was the 25th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in a league and play-off format.
This season, the competing teams continued to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B). Division A shrunk from 12 to 10 teams; nine teams returned from last season, plus Estonia who were promoted, meanwhile two teams did not compete due to bans. Division B accommodated 12 nations: those who did not gain promotion from last season, two debuting countries (Malta and Latvia), and teams returning after an absence from competing in recent years.
This season's format was altered considerably compared to the usual programme. All teams in Division A played together across five matchdays. The eight best teams advanced to the post-season event, the Superfinal, but only the top four competed for the EBSL title itself. The teams of Division B entered straight into the Promotion Final to try to earn a spot in Division A next year; no team was relegated this year, whilst the top four were guaranteed promotion to Division A, rather than the usual one, because the top tier is being expanded to 16 teams for 2023.
The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top six teams of the Superfinal plus the Promotion Final winners qualified to join hosts Poland.
The Promotion Final was won by Moldova who were promoted to Division A for the first time alongside Kazakhstan, whilst Greece and Turkey also earned promotion. Portugal were the three-time defending champions and were looking for a record fourth straight title, but were beaten in the final by Switzerland who claimed their second title, following their maiden crown ten years prior in 2012.
| Phase | Dates | Country | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regularseason | 1–3 July | Portugal | Nazaré |
| 8–9 September | Italy | Cagliari | |
| Superfinal | 10–11 September |
Of the 12 nations who earnt Division A status at the end of last season, 10 entered into this season's top tier as follows (The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations):
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré.
| Nazaré stage trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Léo Martins | 9 goals | Léo Martins | Eliott Mounoud |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Ukraine | 10 | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| France | 5 | |||||
| Ukraine | 6 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 2 | |||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 6 | |||||
| Seventh place match | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| Poland | 7 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Switzerland | 8 | |||||
| Switzerland | 6 | |||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||
| Portugal | 8 | |||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 11 September | ||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 3 |
| 2022 Euro Beach Soccer Leaguechampions |
|---|
| SwitzerlandSecond title |
| Top scorer(s) |
|---|
| Léo Martins |
| 13 goals |
| Noël Ott |
| Elinton Andrade |
| Column 1 |
|---|
| Key: |
| Qualified to 2023 European Games |
| Qualified to 2023 European Games automatically as host nation of the Games |
| Pos | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | EBSL Champions (2nd title) |
| 2 | Portugal | Runners-up |
| 3 | Italy | Third place |
| 4 | Spain | |
| 5 | Ukraine | |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | |
| 7 | Poland | |
| 8 | France | |
| 9 | Estonia | |
| 10 | Germany |
The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division A, including goals scored across both the regular season and post season matches.
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léo Martins | 13 |
| 2 | Bê Martins | 11 |
| 3 | Glenn Hodel | 10 |
| Patryk Pietrasiak | ||
| 5 | Gabriele Gori | 9 |
| Dejan Stankovic | ||
| 7 | Anthony Barbotti | 6 |
| Sander Lepik | ||
| Noël Ott | ||
| 10 | André Lourenço | 5 |
| Chiky Ardil | ||
| Eliott Mounoud | ||
| Miguel Pintado | ||
| Dmytro Voitenko |
Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal
| Phase | Dates | Country | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion Final | 27–31 July | Moldova | Chișinău |
The following teams entered Division B this season (The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations):
England returned after a one-season absence. Having originally expressed intentions to compete as far back as 2004, Malta finally made their first appearance in the competition. Czech Republic, Sweden, Bulgaria and Slovakia were also among the preliminary list of participants, but ultimately did not enter; the first did not feature for the first time since their 2007 debut.
The best four teams earn promotion to Division A for the 2023 season.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key: Advance to – | Promotion Final semi-finals / | Hosts (H) |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th–12th place semi-finals | Ninth place match | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Malta | 5 | |||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Georgia | 6 | |||||
| Georgia | 3 (2) | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Norway (p) | 3 (4) | |||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||
| Lithuania | 1 | |||||
| Eleventh place match | ||||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Malta | 4 | |||||
| Lithuania | 9 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Latvia | 3 | |||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||
| Latvia | 2 | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Romania (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||
| England | 5 | |||||
| Seventh place match | ||||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Denmark | 3 | |||||
| England | 2 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Turkey | 12 | |||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||
| Turkey | 3 | |||||
| 30 July | ||||||
| Moldova | 5 | |||||
| Moldova | 5 | |||||
| Greece | 1 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 31 July | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||
| Greece | 5 |
The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.
| Winners trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | Andreas Katsoulis | 8 goals | Grigore Cojocari | Ruslan Istrati |
The top four teams were promoted to Division A, rather than the usual one team, because the top tier is being expanded to 16 teams next season.
Winners Moldova and fourth placed Kazakhstan were promoted for the first time. Turkey were immediately promoted back to the top tier having been relegated in 2021. Greece return to Division A for the first time in six years since their relegation in 2017.
By winning the event, Moldova also earned qualification to the men's beach soccer competition at the 2023 European Games in Poland.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Key: | ||
| Qualified to 2023 European Games | ||
| ■ | Ineligible to qualify for 2023 European Games[see note] |
| Pos | Team | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | Promoted to 2023 EBSL Division A |
| 2 | Turkey | |
| 3 | Greece | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan ■ | |
| 5 | Romania | Remain in Division B |
| 6 | Latvia | |
| 7 | Denmark | |
| 8 | England | |
| 9 | Norway | |
| 10 | Georgia | |
| 11 | Lithuania | |
| 12 | Malta |
The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division B.
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Katsoulis | 8 |
| 2 | Cem Keskin | 7 |
| Mantas Makutunovičius | ||
| 4 | Bariş Terzioglu | 6 |
| Grigore Cojocari | ||
| Bayanbek Muralinov | ||
| Aaron Clarke | ||
| 8 | Vitaliy Tyulpa | 5 |
| 9 | Dmitriy Perevyortov | 4 |
| Timur Yershin | ||
| Herci Liviu-aurelian | ||
| Gocha Makharadze | ||
| Dylan Caruana |
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