2001 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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 playoff 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 quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place[1]