The 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the first Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in September 1998, in Siracusa, Italy. Portugal won the championship, with Spain finishing second. Hosts Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 1–6 September 1998 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 103 (9.36 per match) |
Seven nations participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three and four, playing each other once in the groups. The second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.[1]
Participating nations edit
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 9 |
| Germany
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
 France
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 3 |
 Switzerland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 3 |
| Qualified for final | Qualified for third place play off |
| Germany | 7 – 5 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
Siracusa, Italy
| Portugal | 9 – 2 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
Siracusa, Italy
| Switzerland | 6 – 5 | France |
|---|---|---|
Siracusa, Italy
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Italy
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 |
 Yugoslavia
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0 |
| Qualified for final | Qualified for third place play off |
| Spain | 4 – 1 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
Siracusa, Italy
| Italy | 6 – 3 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
Siracusa, Italy
Knockout stage edit
Third place play off edit
Final edit
Winners edit
| 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners: |
|---|
 Portugal First title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal
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| 2 | Spain
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| 3 | Italy
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| 4 | Germany
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| 5 | France
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| 6 | Switzerland
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| 7 | Yugoslavia
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