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2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates2 February - 4 February 2001
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored127 (10.58 per match)
1999
2002

The 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the third Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2001, in Maspalomas, Spain. Portugal won the championship, with hosts Spain finishing second. Italy beat Germany in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively, replicating the result of the 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup.

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place[1]

Participating nations

Matches

Main tournament

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February 2001
 
 
 Germany9
 
3 February 2001
 
 France7
 
 Germany3
 
2 February 2001
 
 Spain6
 
 Spain13
 
4 February 2001
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Spain3
 
2 February 2001
 
 Portugal4
 
 Italy6
 
3 February 2001
 
 Turkey2
 
 Italy4
 
2 February 2001
 
 Portugal8 Third place
 
 Portugal9
 
4 February 2001
 
  Switzerland4
 
 Italy5
 
 
 Germany4
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.

Fifth to eighth place semi finals Fifth place play off
      
QF1  France 7
QF2  Netherlands 6
 France 7
  Switzerland 4
QF3  Turkey 2
QF4   Switzerland 5 Seventh place play off
 Turkey 5
 Netherlands 2

Winners

 2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Portugal
2  Spain
3  Italy
4  Germany
5  France
6   Switzerland
7  Turkey
8  Netherlands

References