2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the ninth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2007, in Tarragona, Spain. Ukraine won the championship for the first time, with France finishing second. Portugal beat 2005 champions Switzerland in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.

2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates3 May - 5 May 2007
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ukraine (1st title)
Runners-up France
Third place Portugal
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored89 (7.42 per match)
2006
2008

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. This was the last tournament until 2009 to use this format.[1]

Participating nations

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Matches

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Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 May 2007
 
 
  France5
 
4 May 2007
 
  Poland1
 
  France6
 
3 May 2007
 
  Portugal5
 
  Portugal5
 
5 May 2007
 
  Greece3
 
  France0
 
3 May 2007
 
  Ukraine3
 
   Switzerland7
 
4 May 2007
 
  Spain5
 
   Switzerland4
 
3 May 2007
 
  Ukraine5 Third place
 
  Ukraine4
 
5 May 2007
 
  Italy3
 
  Portugal (a.e.t.)2
 
 
   Switzerland1
 

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   Poland 5
QF2   Greece 2
  Poland (pen.) 2
  Spain 2
QF3   Spain 5
QF4   Italy 3 Seventh place playoff
  Italy 7
  Greece 4

Winners

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 2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 
 
Ukraine
First title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Ukraine
2   France
3   Portugal
4    Switzerland
5   Poland
6   Spain
7   Italy
8   Greece

References

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