2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2002, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Portugal won the championship, claiming their second successive title and third overall, with hosts Spain finishing second. France beat Italy in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.

2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates15 February - 17 February 2002
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place France
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored138 (11.5 per match)
2001
2003

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]

Participating nations

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Matches

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Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 February 2002
 
 
  France7
 
16 February 2002
 
  Germany4
 
  France3
 
15 February 2002
 
  Portugal9
 
  Portugal7
 
17 February 2002
 
   Switzerland5
 
  Portugal2
 
15 February 2002
 
  Spain1
 
  Italy5
 
16 February 2002
 
  England2
 
  Italy7
 
15 February 2002
 
  Spain8 Third place
 
  Spain11
 
17 February 2002
 
  Republic of Ireland0
 
  France9
 
 
  Italy6
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

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The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.

Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place playoff
      
QF1   Germany 9
QF2    Switzerland 6
  England 5
  Germany 2
QF3   England 11
QF4   Republic of Ireland 3 Seventh place playoff
   Switzerland 10
  Republic of Ireland 6

Winners

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 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 
 
Portugal
Third title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Portugal
2   Spain
3   France
4   Italy
5   England
6   Germany
7    Switzerland
8   Republic of Ireland

References

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