| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 19–24 September |
| Teams | 23 (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 played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 520 (8.39 per match) |
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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).
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.
- ^ "2023 England Beach Soccer Calendar". England Beach Soccer Association. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Euro Beach Soccer League to be played in Alghero". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.