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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 15 February - 17 February 2002 |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 138 (11.5 per match) |
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 edit
Matches edit
Main tournament edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
| 16 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| 17 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Switzerland | 5 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| 16 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 England | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 8 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||
| 17 February 2002 | ||||||||||
 Republic of Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
| France | 9 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
Fifth to eighth place deciding matches edit
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 edit
| 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners: |
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 Portugal Third title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
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| 1 | Portugal
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| 2 | Spain
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| 3 | France
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| 4 | Italy
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| 5 | England
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| 6 | Germany
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| 7 | Switzerland
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| 8 | Republic of Ireland
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