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The 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was held in Moscow. The venue was the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in the Russian capital of Moscow. Eight teams with better results in 2011 come together for this competition, with a one-round knock-out system that took place between February 17–19.^{[citation needed]}

2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17 – 19 February 2012
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	90 (8.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Madjer (6 goals) Dejan Stankovic (6 goals) Giuseppe Soria (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Alexey Makarov
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Just like in the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, the Euro Beach Soccer Cup was hosted in Russia, and the Muscovite climate at that time of the year meant the tournament was held indoors.^[1] Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland, and France were the participating countries.^[2]

Participating nations edit

Matches edit

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

Main Tournament edit

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	17 February 2012

	Switzerland	3
					18 February 2012
	Romania	0
					Switzerland	6
	17 February 2012
					Portugal	7
	Portugal	5
									19 February 2012
	Poland	3
									Russia	4
	17 February 2012
									Portugal	2
	Russia	5
					18 February 2012
	France	1
					Russia	4
	17 February 2012
					Italy	1			Third place
	Spain	4
									19 February 2012
	Italy	11
									Italy	4

									Switzerland	5

Quarter finals edit

17 February 2012

15:15

Switzerland	3 - 0	Romania
	WALKOVER

17 February 2012

16:30

Spain	4 - 11	Italy
M. Beiro 5', 23' Kuman 15', 35'	Report	15', 22', 23', 36' G. Soria 5', 19', 28' P. Palmacci 1', 34' S. Feudi 20' F. Corosiniti 33' S. Marinai

17 February 2012

17:45

Portugal	5 - 3	Poland
Madjer 14', 35' B. Novo 7' B. Torres 8' B. Piechnik 18' (o.g.)	Report	1' B. Saganowski 14' D. Baran 16' B. Piechnik

17 February 2012

19:00

Russia	5 - 1	France
D. Shishin 21', 32', 35' A. Makarov 16', 21'	Report	24' G. Touchat

Semi finals edit

18 February 2012

15:30

Switzerland	6 - 7	Portugal
D. Stankovic 7', 8', 15', 15', 32' M. Jaeggy 34'	Report	4', 6', 14' Madjer 3', 28' R. Coimbra 2' Jordan 9' B. Novo

18 February 2012

16:45

Russia	4 - 1	Italy
A. Makarov 7', 26' A. Bukhlitskiy 12' E. Shaykov 30'	Report	28' G. Soria

Third place edit

19 February 2012

15:30

Italy	4 - 5	Switzerland
G. Soria 3' F. Corosiniti 6' M. Leghissa 33' D. Ramacciotti 36'	Report	8' D. Stankovic 16' S. Spaccarotella 25' S. Meier 36', 36' P. Borer

Final edit

19 February 2012

16:45

Russia	4 - 2	Portugal
E. Eremeev 18', 30' E. Shaykov 8' A. Makarov 23'	Report	32' Lucio 36' Madjer

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.

All kickoff times are listed as local time in Moscow (UTC+4).

	Fifth to eighth place semi finals					Fifth place playoff

	QF1	Romania	2

	QF3	Poland	6
						Poland		3

						Spain		2
	QF4	France	2

	QF2	Spain	3			Seventh place playoff


						Romania		4

						France		6

Fifth to eighth place semi finals edit

18 February 2012

13:00

Romania	2 - 6	Poland
M. Posteucă 18' Maci 28'	Report	6', 25' P. Friszkemut 15', 34' D.Baran 4' K. Grzegorczyk 27' T. Wydmuszek

18 February 2012

14:15

France	2 - 3	Spain
C. Torres 16' (o.g.) J. Basquaise 28'	Report	3', 7' Kuman 31' Pajon

Seventh place playoff edit

19 February 2012

13:00

Romania	4 - 6	France
L. Croituru 6', 25' J. Basquaise 16' (o.g.) L. Chirilă 31'	Report	6', 26' D. Samoun 18', 30' J. Basquaise 16' F. Mendy 20' A. Barbotti

Fifth place playoff edit

19 February 2012

14:15

Poland	3 - 2	Spain
D. Depta 6' P. Friszkemut 17' B. Saganowski 27'	Report	6' Kuman 18' M. Beiro

Winners edit

2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Russia Second title

Awards edit

Best Player (MVP)
Aleksey Makarov
Top Scorer(s)
Madjer (6 goals)
Dejan Stankovic (6 goals)
Giuseppe Soria (6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Andrey Bukhlitskiy

Top scorers edit

6 goals

Madjer
D. Stankovic
G. Soria

5 goals

A. Makarov
Kuman

3 goals

D. Shishin
B. Novo
P. Palmacci
D. Baran
P. Friszkemut
J. Basquaise

2 goals

E. Eremeev
E. Shaykov
P. Borer
S. Feudi
F. Corosiniti
R. Coimbra
B. Saganowski
M. Beiro
D. Samoun
L. Croituru

1 goal

A. Bukhlitskiy
Lucio
Jordan
B. Torres
S. Meier
S. Spaccarotella
M. Jaeggy
D. Ramacciotti
S. Marinai
M. Leghissa
K. Grzegorczyk
T. Wydmuszek
B. Piechnik
D. Depta
Pajon
G. Touchat
F. Mendy
A. Barbotti
Maci
M. Posteucă
L. Chirilă

Own goal

B. Piechnik
C. Torres
J. Basquaise

Discipline edit

Cards issued

Player with most cards

Team with most cards

Yellow (23)
Second yellow (1)
Red (2)

I. Gândac (3)
B. Piechnik (2)
J. Basquaise (2)

Poland (7)
Portugal (6)
Italy (5)
Romania (5)
France (4)

Final standings edit

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

References edit

^ "Beach Socceroos chasing World Cup dream". Socceroos. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
^ "Beach Soccer Worldwide". www.beachsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19.
^ "beach SOCCER RESULTS". theroonba.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

External links edit

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