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2023 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League was the 26th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

2023 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates19–24 September
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Belarus
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored520 (8.39 per match)
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This season, the competing teams continued to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B). As planned last season, Division A was expanded from 12 to 16 teams this year (including one suspended member[a]). Division B accommodated eight nations: those who did not gain promotion from last season and teams returning after an absence from competing in recent years.

Originally, regular season fixtures were scheduled for July in the midst of a busy European calendar (including the European Games in June and World Beach Games in August).[1][2] However, the UEFA qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were ultimately realised during these dates in July instead; the EBSL regular season was not rescheduled. Hence, this season, all teams entered straight into their division's respective post-season events; for Division A teams, the Superfinal, to compete to become the winners of the EBSL, and for Division B teams, the Promotion Final, to try to earn a spot in Division A in 2024. Both events took place in Alghero, Italy.[3]

Azerbaijan and Greece finished as the bottom two teams in Division A and were therefore relegated to Division B for 2024, the former ending a seven-year run in the top tier, and the latter demoted immediately back to the second tier after being promoted last season. In Division B, Lithuania and the Czech Republic gained promotion; the former earnt the right to play in Division A for the first time, and the latter the first time since 2007.

Switzerland were the defending champions but lost in the quarter-finals, finishing in fifth place, only the third time the defending champions have failed to finish among the top four. The title was won by Italy, who won their third title (others 2005 and 2018) by defeating Spain in the final, condemning the latter to their third runners-up finish since their last title in 2006. Portugal finished outside the podium places for only the second time in the history of the competition, whilst Romania finished sixth, their best performance since 2012.

Division A edit

Teams edit

Of the 16 nations who earnt Division A status at the end of last season, 13 entered into this season's top tier; of the outstanding three nations, one was suspended whilst two withdrew and were replaced, resulting in a total of 15 participating teams as follows:

(The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations).[4]

Notes:

^ a: In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian national team is currently suspended from participating in the competition.[5][6]
^ b: Ukraine withdrew; the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine refused to sanction the Ukrainian national team's participation in the tournament in protest at the Belarus national team being allowed to compete, whom it believes should be barred from entering due the country's role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7][8][9] They were replaced by Denmark,[10] the next highest placed team from last season's Division B final standings who did not finish high enough to gain promotion (seventh place; Latvia finished sixth but have not entered the competition this season), thereby awarding them with promotion to Division A post factum in the capacity of a lucky loser.[11]
^ c: Kazakhstan withdrew; they were replaced by Romania,[10] the next highest placed team from last season's Division B final standings who did not finish high enough to gain promotion (fifth place), thereby awarding them with promotion to Division A post factum in the capacity of a lucky loser.
^ P: Promoted from Division B at the end of the 2022 season.

Superfinal edit

Matches are listed as local time in Alghero, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.

Draw edit

The draw to divide the teams into their respective groups took place on 30 August 2023.[9][12]

Group stage edit

Key: Advance to –   Quarterfinals /   9th–11th place play-offs /   Relegation play-offs / (H) Hosts
Group A edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 0 17 6 +11 9
2   Belarus 3 2 0 0 1 18 7 +11 6
3   Moldova 3 1 0 0 2 8 20 –12 3
4   Greece 3 0 0 0 3 7 17 –10 0
19 September 2023 Belarus   9–1   Moldova Main pitch
12:45
  • Kanstantsinau   2'
  • Novikau   7'
  • Ryabko   11', 36'
  • Drozd   12', 22'
  • Piatrouski   24'
  • Bokach   26'
  • Hapon   36'
 Report
  • Ignat   36'
 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
19 September 2023 Greece   2–5   Italy Main pitch
18:00
  • Mikelatos   18', 32'
 Report
  • Giordani   9'
  • Genovali   10'
  • Zurlo   12'
  • Remedi   23', 34'
 Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
20 September 2023 Belarus   7–2   Greece Main pitch
11:30
  • Chaikouski   2'
  • Hapon   7', 17'
  • Bryshtel   11', 35'
  • Bokach   14'
  • Skourtas   31' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Mikelatos   4'
  • Katsoulis   11'
 Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
20 September 2023 Italy   8–2   Moldova Main pitch
18:00
  • Casapieri   3'
  • Fazzini   18'
  • Giordani   19'
  • Remedi   24'
  • Bertacca   27'
  • Zurlo   36', 36'
  • Genovali   36'
 Report
  • Ignat   19'
  • Graur   30'
 Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
21 September 2023 Moldova   5–3   Greece Pitch 2
15:30
  • Cojocari   3'
  • Istrati   4'
  • Turta   19'
  • Garanovschi   23'
  • Graur   36'
 Report
  • Mikelatos   27', 35'
  • Skourtas   29'
 Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
21 September 2023 Italy   4–2   Belarus Main pitch
18:00
  • Alla   5'
  • Fazzini   14'
  • Giordani   26'
  • Remedi   33'
 Report
  • Kanstantsinau   2'
  • Novikau   7'
 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Group B edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1    Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 20 17 +3 6
2   Romania 3 2 0 0 1 11 13 –2 6
3   Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 15 13 +2 3
4   Azerbaijan 3 0 0 1 2 14 17 –3 1
19 September 2023 Azerbaijan   5–5 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		   Turkey Main pitch
10:15 Sabir   2', 32'
Nazarov   10', 36'
Orkhan   25'		 Report Volkan   22', 29', 30'
Cem   23', 34'		 Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
Penalties
Akhundov  
Nazarov  
Zeynalli  
Sabir  		   Yasin
  Cem
  Volkan
  Semih
19 September 2023 Romania   3–8    Switzerland Main pitch
15:30 Neag   3'
Daniel   11'
Măci   29'		 Report Ott   1', 9', 10', 17'
Hodel   4', 12', 20'
Eliott   18'		 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
20 September 2023 Azerbaijan   2–4   Romania Main pitch
10:15
  • Sabir   5'
  • Orkhan   30'
 Report
  • Măci   7', 9'
  • Andrescu   20'
  • Ionut   28'
 Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
20 September 2023 Switzerland   4–7   Turkey Main pitch
14:00
  • Ott   7', 16'
  • Hodel   22', 32'
 Report
  • Volkan   2', 19'
  • Semih   8', 10'
  • Efe Lorenzo   8'
  • Rodrigues   29' (o.g.)
  • Cem   36'
 Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
21 September 2023 Switzerland   8–7   Azerbaijan Main pitch
14:00
  • Ott   5', 10', 28', 28', 31'
  • Stankovic   12'
  • Hodel   28'
  • Spacca   35'
 Report
  • Sabir   4'
  • Ramil   5'
  • Elshad   5', 14'
  • Nazarov   7'
  • Akhundov   27'
  • Jomard   30'
 Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)
21 September 2023 Turkey   3–4   Romania Pitch 2
18:00
  • Ismail   15'
  • Ferhat   15'
  • Semih   36'
 Report
  • Măci   8', 20', 29'
  • Cosmin   20'
 Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Group C edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Portugal 3 2 1 0 0 22 11 +11 8
2   Denmark 3 0 0 2 1 9 15 –6 2
3   Estonia 3 0 1 0 2 13 13 0 2
4   France 3 0 0 0 3 8 13 –5 0
19 September 2023 France   4–5 (a.e.t.)   Estonia Main pitch
11:30
  • Bru   16'
  • Gharbi   19'
  • Constant   24'
  • Barbotti   32'
 Report
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
19 September 2023 Denmark   4–10   Portugal Main pitch
16:45
  • Damm   4', 15'
  • Lyng   33'
  • Madsen   34'
 Report
  • Jordan   7', 21'
  • B. Lopes   10', 10'
  • Léo Martins   13', 33'
  • M. Pintado   16', 29', 36'
  • Coimbra   31'
 Referee: Francisco de Oses (Spain)
20 September 2023 Portugal   6–5 (a.e.t.)   Estonia Main pitch
15:30
Report
  • Nõmmiko   8'
  • Munskind   12', 36'
  • Rahnik   27'
  • Er. Stüf   35'
 Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
20 September 2023 France   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		   Denmark Pitch 2
18:00
  • Barbotti   21'
  • Gharbi   34'
 Report
  • Damm   15'
  • Dorph   35'
 Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
21 September 2023 Estonia   3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		   Denmark Main pitch
10:15
  • Rump   10', 20'
  • Nõmmiko   21'
 Report
  • Damm   1'
  • Madsen   15'
  • Dorph   35'
 Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
21 September 2023 Portugal   6–2   France Main pitch
15:30
  • M. Pintado   1', 14', 15'
  • B. Lopes   11'
  • Lourenço   34'
  • R. Brilhante   36'
 Report
  • Gharbi   13', 19'
 Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Group D edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 2 2 0 0 0 11 4 +7 6
2   Germany 2 1 0 0 1 5 9 –4 3
3   Poland 2 0 0 0 2 6 9 –3 0
19 September 2023 Spain   6–1   Germany Main pitch
14:00
  • David   3'
  • Chiky   3', 6'
  • Batis   16'
  • Oliver   32'
  • Arias   36'
 Report
  • Thürk   10'
 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
20 September 2023 Poland   3–4   Germany Pitch 2
15:30
  • Karolak   7'
  • Bistuła   13'
  • Jesionowski   28'
 Report
  • Baaske   2', 20'
  • Mülling   21'
  • Pietrasiak   25' (o.g.)
 Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
21 September 2023 Spain   5–3   Poland Main pitch
11:30
  • Oliver   6'
  • Batis   8'
  • Guisado   10', 35'
  • Antonio   22'
 Report
  • Jesionowski   13'
  • Łoś   21'
  • Gac   35'
 Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

Relegation play-offs (12th–15th place) edit

The teams finishing the group stage in fourth place, plus the worst performing third-placed team, retreat to the relegation play-offs, contested in a round-robin format.

The bottom two teams are be relegated to Division B for the 2024 season.[13]

Key: Outcome –   Relegated to 2024 Division B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   France 3 2 0 0 1 14 8 +6 6
2   Moldova 3 1 0 1 1 9 8 +1 4
3   Azerbaijan 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 –3 3
4   Greece 3 0 0 1 2 7 11 –4 1
22 September 2023 Greece   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		   Moldova Pitch 2
15:30
  • Lympousis   20'
  • Mikelatos   28'
 Report
  • Ignat   3', 12'
 Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
Penalties
  • Mikelatos  
  • Lympousis  
  • Karakasis  
  • Katsoulis  
  • Skourtas  
  • Triantafyllidis  
  •   Ignat
  •   Cojocari
  •   Graur
  •   Turta
  •   Sirghi
  •   Garanovschi
22 September 2023 Azerbaijan   3–9   France Pitch 2
18:00
  • Gurbatov   2'
  • Elshad   19', 32'
 Report
  • Bru   3', 21'
  • Lefebvre   5'
  • Varrel   6', 11', 28'
  • Gharbi   8', 15'
  • Constant   30'
 Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)
23 September 2023 Azerbaijan   6–3   Greece Pitch 2
15:30
  • Ramil   13', 24', 36'
  • Nazarov   17', 29'
  • Mammadov   25'
 Report
  • Mikelatos   7'
  • Skourtas   19'
  • Karakasis   29'
 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
23 September 2023 Moldova   3–2   France Pitch 2
16:45
  • Cojocari   18'
  • Borovschi   20'
  • Moraru   31'
 Report
  • Bru   12', 18'
 Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)
24 September 2023 France   3–2   Greece Main pitch
09:00
  • Bru   19'
  • Constant   21'
  • Guerin   23'
 Report
  • Katsoulis   21'
  • Stratis   24'
 Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
24 September 2023 Moldova   4–4
(4–1 p)		   Azerbaijan Main pitch
10:15
  • Sirghi   2'
  • Borovschi   19', 27'
  • Graur   35'
 Report
  • Sabir   6'
  • Mammadov   16', 23', 34'
 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

9th–11th place edit

The three best third-placed teams from the group stage contest 9th through 11th place in a round-robin format.[13]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Poland 2 2 0 0 0 8 4 +4 6
2   Estonia 2 1 0 0 1 9 11 –2 3
3   Turkey 2 0 0 0 2 6 8 –2 0
22 September 2023 Turkey   1–2   Poland Main pitch
10:15
  • Efe Lorenzo   19'
 Report
  • Bistuła   10'
  • Witkowski   31'
 Referee: Arpad Jakab (Hungary)
23 September 2023 Estonia   3–6   Poland Pitch 2
14:00
  • Marmor   23'
  • Er. Stüf   23', 34'
 Report
  • Gruszewski   23'
  • Karolak   30'
  • Pietrasiak   32', 35'
  • Brochocki   32'
  • Jesionowski   35'
 Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
24 September 2023 Turkey   5–6   Estonia Pitch 2
10:15
  • Oğuzhan   6', 27', 28'
  • Volkan   17'
  • Semih   33'
 Report
  • Yasin   19' (o.g.)
  • Juha   24'
  • Nõmmiko   25'
  • Er. Stüf   27'
  • Kigaste   28'
  • Kotter   36'
 Referee: Patricia Gomez (Spain)

1st–8th place edit

The winners and runners-up of the group stage progress to the knockout stage, a series of single elimination games to determine 1st through 8th place, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. Per the outcomes of each round, the losers retreat to classification matches to determine their final ranking.[13]

Fifth place match5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
22 September
   Switzerland3
23 September  Belarus423 September
   Switzerland7  Belarus2
  Denmark522 September  Spain4
  Spain9
24 September  Denmark524 September
   Switzerland8  Spain4
  Romania622 September  Italy5
  Italy8
23 September  Romania223 September
Seventh place match  Romania4  Italy2Third place match
24 September  Germany222 September  Portugal124 September
  Denmark5  Portugal8  Belarus6
  Germany6  Germany2  Portugal5
Quarter-finals edit
Spain  9–5  Denmark
  • David   3', 4'
  • Camacho   5'
  • Chiky   6', 17'
  • Arias   8'
  • Kuman   24', 31'
  • Oliver   36'
 Report
  • Frandsen   5'
  • Damm   10'
  • Madsen   16'
  • Jørgensen   16'
  • Wegeberg   30'
Main pitch
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
Switzerland  3–4  Belarus
  • Steinemann   1', 2'
  • Hodel   19'
 Report
  • Ryabko   1'
  • Bryshtel   2'
  • Hardzetski   15'
  • Bokach   24'
Main pitch
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Portugal  8–2  Germany
 Report
  • Baaske   14'
  • Olli   36'
Main pitch
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Italy  8–2  Romania
  • Genovali   2'
  • Ionut   3' (o.g.)
  • Giordani   21', 30'
  • Carpita   28'
  • Zurlo   31'
  • Fazzini   35'
  • Remedi   36'
 Report
Main pitch
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
Semi-finals edit
5th–8th place edit
Switzerland  7–5  Denmark
  • Ott   3', 14', 28', 31'
  • Hodel   7', 14'
  • Ariel   29'
 Report
  • Wegeberg   4', 12', 19'
  • Damm   22'
  • Madsen   29'
Main pitch
Referee: Francisco de Oses (Spain)
Romania  4–2  Germany
  • Măci   10', 21', 29'
  • Andrescu   34'
 Report
  • Peterson   28'
  • Thürk   30'
Pitch 2
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
1st–4th place edit
Belarus  2–4  Spain
  • Bryshtel   18'
  • Hapon   31'
 Report
  • Batis   21'
  • Chiky   21'
  • Oliver   24'
  • Kuman   31'
Main pitch
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Italy  2–1  Portugal
  • Bertacca   5'
  • Giordani   17'
 Report
Main pitch
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Play-offs edit
7th place play-off edit
Germany  6–5  Denmark
  • Peterson   11'
  • Sand   12'
  • Marquardt   13'
  • Thürk   22', 25'
  • Baaske   36'
 Report
  • Engelhardt   8' (o.g.)
  • Damm   10', 35', 36'
  • Wegeberg   12'
Pitch 2
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
5th place play-off edit
Romania  6–8   Switzerland
  • Cosmin   4', 24'
  • Enis   5'
  • Măci   8', 34'
  • Ionel   12'
 Report
  • Stäuble   3'
  • Hodel   4', 36'
  • Steinemann   15', 21'
  • Stankovic   22', 26'
  • Caldas   26'
Pitch 2
Referee: Renata Jakab (Hungary)
3rd place play-off edit
Portugal  5–6  Belarus
 Report
  • Ryabko   1', 27'
  • Bokach   19', 19'
  • Avgustov   22'
  • Chaikouski   36'
Main pitch
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Final edit
Italy  5–4  Spain
  • Alla   12'
  • Giordani   14', 19', 33'
  • Genovali   26'
 Report
  • Arias   17'
  • Giordani   27' (o.g.)
  • Oliver   28', 34'
Main pitch
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

Awards edit

Winners trophy edit
 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League
champions 
 
Italy
Third title
Individual awards edit
Top scorer(s)
  Noël Ott
15 goals
Best player
  Marco Giordani
Best goalkeeper
  Leandro Casapieri
Source

Final standings edit

Pos Team Result
1   Italy EBSL Champions (3rd title)
2   Spain Runners-up
3   Belarus Third place
4   Portugal
5    Switzerland
6   Romania
7   Germany
8   Denmark
9   Poland
10   Estonia
11   Turkey
12   France
13   Moldova
14   Azerbaijan Relegated to 2024 Division B
15   Greece

Top scorers edit

The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division A.

Rank Player Goals
1   Noël Ott 15
2   Marian Măciucă 13
3   Glenn Hodel 11
4   Miguel Pintado 10
5   Marco Giordani 9
  Axel Damm
7   Bê Martins 7
  Dimitrios Mikelatos
9   José Oliver 6
  Volkan Yeşilırmak
  Orkhan Mammadov
  Gharbi Aness
  Jérémy Bru

Source

Division B edit

Teams edit

The following eight teams entered into Division B this season.[14] Czech Republic, Sweden and Slovakia return after a one-season absence. No teams make their debut for the first time since 2015.

(The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 34 nations).[4]

Promotion Final edit

Matches are listed as local time in Alghero, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.

The top two teams earn promotion to Division A for the 2024 season.[14]

Draw edit

No draw took place to allocate the teams into their respective groups. Instead, the teams were split based on the results of last season's Promotion Final standings.[14]

Group stage edit

Key: Advance to –   Semifinals /   5th–8th place play-offs
Group A edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Lithuania 3 2 0 1 0 13 7 +6 7
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 17 8 +9 6
3   England 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 5 21 –16 0
20 September 2023 Slovakia   3–8   England Main pitch
09:00
  • Hrnčiar   20'
  • Volkay   21'
  • Kanyai   22'
 Report
  • Day   2', 20'
  • Clarke   13', 14'
  • Jermy   19'
  • Grossett   26', 34'
  • O'Neill   31'
 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
20 September 2023 Lithuania   4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		   Czech Republic Pitch 2
11:30
  • Plytnikas   14', 30'
  • Giedraitis   24', 25'
 Report
  • Bártl   12'
  • Plytnikas   19' (o.g.)
  • Salák   20'
  • Valeš   33'
 Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)
Penalties
  • Smolkovas  
  • Makutunovičius  
  • Navickas  
  •   Vyhnal
  •   Trampota
  •   Pekárek
  •   Valeš
21 September 2023 Lithuania   5–1   Slovakia Pitch 2
12:45
  • Giedraitis   31', 32'
  • Plytnikas   34'
  • Makutunovičius   35', 36'
 Report
  • Letko   5'
 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
21 September 2023 England   3–5   Czech Republic Pitch 2
14:00
  • Clarke   28'
  • Jermy   33'
  • Temple   36'
 Report
  • Folejtar   9'
  • Trampota   18', 21', 25'
  • Pekárek   20'
 Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)
22 September 2023 England   2–4   Lithuania Main pitch
09:00
  • Clarke   7'
  • Day   25'
 Report
  • Makutunovičius   20', 24', 27'
  • Giedraitis   25'
 Referee: Angelika Gębka (Poland)
22 September 2023 Czech Republic   8–1   Slovakia Pitch 2
11:30
  • Salák   12', 32'
  • Chvostek   9' (o.g.)
  • Trampota   16'
  • Vyhnal   23', 27'
  • Pekárek   23'
  • Valeš   29'
 Report
  • Šmálik   16'
 Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
Group B edit
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 0 18 10 +8 9
2   Georgia 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
3   Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2 3
4   Malta 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 –14 0
20 September 2023 Georgia   7–1   Malta Pitch 2
12:45
  • Diakvnishvilis   5', 19'
  • Lomidze   8', 15'
  • Kokoladze   20'
  • Jalagania   23'
  • Tchvritidze   31'
 Report
  • Agius   3'
 Referee: Patricia Gomez (Spain)
20 September 2023 Sweden   3–5   Norway Pitch 2
14:00
  • Slätis   6'
  • Johagen   9', 16'
 Report
  • Salveson   7', 19'
  • Paulos   24'
  • Rasch   24'
  • Hellman   34'
 Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
21 September 2023 Norway   8–4   Malta Main pitch
09:00
  • Salveson   2', 14', 32', 35'
  • Paulos   15'
  • Dyngeland   19'
  • Aano   29', 32'
 Report
  • Agius   4'
  • R. Gatt   6'
  • Micallef   25', 26'
 Referee: Renata Jakab (Hungary)
21 September 2023 Georgia   7–3   Sweden Pitch 2
11:30
  • Jalagania   9', 10', 16'
  • G. Makharadze   21', 28'
  • Tchvritidze   25'
  • Diakvnishvili   29'
 Report
  • Nevelin   9', 13'
  • Slätis   29'
 Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
22 September 2023 Malta   1–5   Sweden Pitch 2
12:45
  • Micallef   23'
 Report
  • Boström   5'
  • Olofsson   14'
  • Johagen   17', 19', 27'
 Referee: Patricia Gomez (Spain)
22 September 2023 Norway   5–3   Georgia Pitch 2
14:00
  • Gaare   9'
  • Elverum   16', 22'
  • Salveson   30'
  • Rasch   31'
 Report
  • Diakvnishvili   24'
  • Jalagania   32'
  • Shamiladze   34'
 Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Play-offs edit

5th–8th place edit
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
23 September
 
 
  England 11
 
24 September
 
  Malta 0
 
  England 4
 
23 September
 
  Slovakia 1
 
  Sweden 3
 
 
  Slovakia 4
 
Seventh place match
 
 
24 September
 
 
  Malta 3
 
 
  Sweden 5
Semi-finals edit
England  11–0  Malta
  • Day   3'
  • Grossett   6', 12', 27', 31'
  • Temple   16'
  • Camara   16'
  • Clarke   25', 30', 34'
  • Gauci   35' (o.g.)
 Report
Pitch 2
Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
Sweden  3–4  Slovakia
  • Sjöström   8'
  • Boström   33'
  • Wiklund   34'
 Report
  • Letko   8', 13'
  • Hustý   28'
  • Grey   29'
Pitch 2
Referee: Angelika Gębka (Poland)
7th place match edit
Malta  3–5  Sweden
  • R. Gatt   16', 20'
  • Micallef   36'
 Report
  • Olofsson   4'
  • Wiklund   14', 30'
  • Wennebro   16'
  • Sjöström   36'
Pitch 2
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
5th place match edit
England  4–1  Slovakia
  • Lawson   3', 25'
  • Clarke   6', 36'
 Report
  • Šmálik   29'
Pitch 2
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
1st–4th place edit
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
23 September
 
 
  Norway 4
 
24 September
 
  Czech Republic 6
 
  Czech Republic 2
 
23 September
 
  Lithuania 3
 
  Lithuania 5
 
 
  Georgia 2
 
Third place match
 
 
24 September
 
 
  Norway 2
 
 
  Georgia 3
Semi-finals edit
Norway  4–6  Czech Republic
  • Salveson   17'
  • Andrle   14' (o.g.)
  • Aano   32'
  • Rasch   36'
 Report
  • Trampota   6', 35'
  • Folejtar   22'
  • Valeš   22', 30'
  • Pekárek   23'
Main pitch
Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)
Lithuania  5–2  Georgia
  • Giedraitis   8'
  • Navickas   14'
  • Plytnikas   19'
  • Novičkov   30'
  • Makutunovičius   36'
 Report
  • Diakvnishvili   18'
  • Tchvritidze   19'
Main pitch
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
3rd place match edit
Georgia  3–2  Norway
  • Diakvnishvili   4'
  • Shamiladze   23'
  • Lomidze   31'
 Report
  • Salveson   7'
  • Rasch   30'
Pitch 2
Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)
Final edit
Lithuania  3–2  Czech Republic
  • Lebedevas   22'
  • Plytnikas   25'
  • Novičkov   30'
 Report
  • Trampota   10', 18'
Main pitch
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Awards edit

Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
  Lithuania   Henrik Salveson
  Aaron Clarke		 9 goals   Paulius Giedraitis   Jan Bártl

Source

Final standings edit

Pos Team Result
1   Lithuania Promoted to 2024 EBSL Division A
2   Czech Republic
3   Georgia Remain in Division B
4   Norway
5   England
6   Slovakia
7   Sweden
8   Malta

Top scorers edit

The following table lists the top 10 scorers in Division B.

Rank Player Goals
1   Henrik Salveson 9
  Aaron Clarke
3   Lukáš Trampota 8
4   Paulius Giedraitis 6
  Mantas Makutunovičius
  Giorgi Diakvnishvili
  Reanu Grossett
8   David Jalagania 5
  Niklas Johagen
  Audrius Plytnikas

Source

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2023 England Beach Soccer Calendar". England Beach Soccer Association. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Reprezentační Akce V Roce 2023: Kvalifikace Ms, Ebsl a Další" [Representative events in 2023: qualification for the World Cup, EBSL and others]. Beach Soccer Czech. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Euro Beach Soccer League to be played in Alghero". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Rankings - Men's National Teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 28 February 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ Слесь, Данило (31 August 2023). "Збірна України з пляжного футболу знялася з Євроліги-2023 через участь Білорусі" [The Ukrainian Beach Soccer Team Withdrew From the Euroleague 2023 Due to the Participation of Belarus]. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ Deulin, Ilya (31 August 2023). "Збірна України не зіграє у Євролізі-2023: деталі різкого рішення Асоціації пляжного футболу" [The national team of Ukraine will not play in the Euroleague-2023: details of the drastic decision of the Beach Soccer Association]. Sport-Express.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Бойкот через участь білорусі. Збірна України відмовилася грати у Євролізі" [Boycott due to the participation of Belarus. The national team of Ukraine refused to play in the Euroleague]. Sport.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Official Draw - Euro Beach Soccer League 2023 - Superfinal - Alghero". beachsoccertv.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ^ "En Drøm Er Gået I Opfyldelse". Beach Soccer Landsholdet (via Facebook) (in Danish). 29 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Euro Beach Soccer League 2023 groups announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "Уже на следующей неделе состоится учебно-тренировочный сбор..." Beach Soccer Belarus (via VK.com) (in Russian). 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Ebsl V Algheru Zná Složení Skupin! S Kým Se Utkají České Reprezentace?" [EBSL in Alghero knows the composition of the groups! Who will the Czech national team play?]. Beach Soccer Czech (in Czech). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

External links edit

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