The Euro Beach Soccer League (Euro BS League or EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer

Beach soccer

Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....

. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allow national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal in Marseille

Marseille

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 deciding the competition winner. In 2006 and 2007, the five top teams of this superfinal qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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 later that year. Spain

Spain national beach soccer team

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 is the most successful nation, winning the league five times.

Superfinals

Year	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Best Player	Top scorer	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
1998					Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Not attributed	Not attributed
1999					Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Setién	José Miguel Mateus	Not attributed
2000					Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Abel	Eric Cantona Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
2001					Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Roberto Valeiro	Jiménez Jiménez Jiménez [archaic Ximénez/Ximenes] is a surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. Jiménez is a patronymic construction from the modern-styled given name Jimeno, plus the Spanish suffix -ez, meaning "son [of]". The root appears to stem from Basque seme , attested in the...
2002					Gianni Fruzzetti and   Tamer	Alan Alan Cavalcanti Alan Cavalcanti better known as Alan is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in wing and forward positions.-Beach soccer: Portugal**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winner: 2001...  and Schirinzi	Roberto and   Serr	Pointon Pointon Pointon is a small village situated near Bourne, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, and the population of the civil parish in 2001 was 507....
2003					Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Lingenhag	Scales and   Larsen Larsen -Other:* Larsen & Toubro, an Indian engineering and construction conglomerate* Larsen Bay, in Alaska* Larsen Channel, in Antarctica* Larsen effect, special kind of feedback which occurs when a loop exists between an audio input and an audio output...
2004					David	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Roberto Valeiro	Larsen Larsen -Other:* Larsen & Toubro, an Indian engineering and construction conglomerate* Larsen Bay, in Alaska* Larsen Channel, in Antarctica* Larsen effect, special kind of feedback which occurs when a loop exists between an audio input and an audio output...  and   Fuat Fuat Fuat is a masculine Turkish given name. People named Fuat include:* Fuat Çapa, Belgian-Turkish football manager* Fuat Kalkan, German-Turkish footballer* Fuat Sezgin, Turkish writer* Fuat Uzkınay, Turkish filmmaker* Fuat Yaman, Turkish football coach...
2005					Cristiano Scalabrelli	Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Bruno Alves Bruno Alves Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia and the Portuguese national team, as a central defender....	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....
2006 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 2 and August 28. The overall winners of the competition was Spain... Details 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 2 and August 28. The overall winners of the competition was Spain...					Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Roberto Valeiro	Not attributed
2007 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 26 and August 26. The overall winners of the competition were Portugal...   Details 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer league held over a number of dates between June 26 and August 26. The overall winners of the competition were Portugal...					Dejan Stankovic Dejan Stankovic (beach soccer) Dejan Stankovic better known as Stankovic is a Swiss beach soccer player of Serbian origin. He plays in forward position.-National team: Switzerland**Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place: 2005...	Dejan Stankovic Dejan Stankovic (beach soccer) Dejan Stankovic better known as Stankovic is a Swiss beach soccer player of Serbian origin. He plays in forward position.-National team: Switzerland**Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place: 2005...  and   Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle is a Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team...	Andrey Bukhlitskiy Andrey Bukhlitskiy Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....	Russia
2008 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal, deciding the competition winner.There are 8 teams participating in each... Details 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a superfinal, deciding the competition winner.There are 8 teams participating in each...					Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Ran Ran -Organizations:* Rainforest Action Network* Russian Academy of Sciences * The Royal Australian Navy-People:* Nissim of Gerona, Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven...	Adil
2009 Details					Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Palmacci,   Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Bukhlitskiy Andrey Bukhlitskiy Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....
2010 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League -Individual awards:MVP: Roberto Pasquali Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali & Saganowsky — 8 goalsFAIR PLAY award: Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & results:----... Details 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League -Individual awards:MVP: Roberto Pasquali Top Scorer: Roberto Pasquali & Saganowsky — 8 goalsFAIR PLAY award: Best goalkeeper: Bukhlitskiy -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & results:----...					Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....	Dejan Stankovic Dejan Stankovic (beach soccer) Dejan Stankovic better known as Stankovic is a Swiss beach soccer player of Serbian origin. He plays in forward position.-National team: Switzerland**Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place: 2005...	Bukhlitskiy Andrey Bukhlitskiy Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky is a Russian beach soccer player who represents Russia in international competitions. His role is goalkeeper....
2011 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League -Individual Awards:MVP: Juanma Lima Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & Results:... Details 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League -Individual Awards:MVP: Juanma Lima Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre -Final standings Division A:-Final standings Division B:-Schedule & Results:...					Dejan Stankovic Dejan Stankovic (beach soccer) Dejan Stankovic better known as Stankovic is a Swiss beach soccer player of Serbian origin. He plays in forward position.-National team: Switzerland**Euro Beach Soccer League fourth place: 2005...	Dmitry Shishin	Valentin Jaeggy

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
	5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006)	1 (2002)	–	3 (1998, 2007, 2009)
	4 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010)	6 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009)	4 (1998, 1999, 2003, 2011)	–
	2 (2009, 2011)	–	3 (2007, 2008, 2010)	–
	1 (2004)	3 (1999, 2003, 2007)	3 (2000, 2002, 2005)	1 (2001)
	1 (2005)	2 (1998, 2010)	2 (2001, 2009)	5 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008)
	1 (1998)	–	–	–
	–	1 (2011)	–	3 (2003, 2005, 2010)
	–	1 (2008)	–	–
	–	–	1 (2006)	–
	–	–	1 (2004)	–
	–	–	–	1 (2011)
	–	–	–	1 (2002)