2005 Euro Beach Soccer League

2005 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Dates8 July – 28 August
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place France
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored468 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Amarelle
Best player(s)Italy Cristiano Scalabrelli
Best goalkeeperPortugal Bruno Alves
2004
2006
Locations of the events of the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League
Division A events
Division B events
Division A & C events
Superfinal

The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the eighth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 8 and August 28, 2005 in five different nations across Europe.

Following the preceding season, BSWW continued organising the nations of the EBSL across three divisions (A, B and C), with each team competing in their respective division to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly.[1]

Italy were ultimately crowned champions, coming back from 5–1 down in the last period of the final to win their first European title.[2] France entered the league as defending champions but lost in the Superfinal semi-finals, finishing the league in third place.

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  2. ^ "Mastercard Euro Beach Soccer League". beachsoccer.com. May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)