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1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates1–6 September 1998
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Portugal (1st title)
Runners-upImage Spain
Third placeImage Italy
Fourth placeImage Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored103 (9.36 per match)
1999 →

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

Seven nations participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three and four, playing each other once in the groups. The second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.[1]

Participating nations

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
Image Portugal 3300248+169
Image Germany 3102131303
Image France 31021220-83
Image  Switzerland 31021221-83
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Germany Image7 – 5Image  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy


Portugal Image11 – 3Image France
Siracusa, Italy


France Image4 – 3Image Germany
Siracusa, Italy


Portugal Image9 – 2Image  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy


Portugal Image4 – 3Image Germany
Siracusa, Italy


Switzerland Image6 – 5Image France
Siracusa, Italy


Group B

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Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
Image Spain 220084+46
Image Italy 210197+23
Image FR Yugoslavia 2002410-60
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Italy Image3 – 4Image Spain
Siracusa, Italy


Spain Image4 – 1Image FR Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy


Italy Image6 – 3Image FR Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy

Knockout stage

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Third place play off

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Italy Image11 – 4Image Germany
Siracusa, Italy


Final

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Portugal Image2 – 2 (1-0 p)Image Spain
Siracusa, Italy

Winners

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 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 
Image
Portugal
First title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1Image Portugal
2Image Spain
3Image Italy
4Image Germany
5Image France
6Image  Switzerland
7Image FR Yugoslavia

References

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2025-04-13. Retrieved 2011-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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