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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)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place 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
 Portugal 3 3 0 0 24 8 +16 9
 Germany 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 3
 France 3 1 0 2 12 20 -8 3
  Switzerland 3 1 0 2 12 21 -8 3
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Germany 7 – 5  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 11 – 3 France
Siracusa, Italy



France 4 – 3 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 9 – 2  Switzerland
Siracusa, Italy



Portugal 4 – 3 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Switzerland 6 – 5 France
Siracusa, Italy



Group B

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Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 6
 Italy 2 1 0 1 9 7 +2 3
 Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 4 10 -6 0
Qualified for final Qualified for third place play off
Italy 3 – 4 Spain
Siracusa, Italy



Spain 4 – 1 Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy



Italy 6 – 3 Yugoslavia
Siracusa, Italy

Knockout stage

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Third place play off

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Italy 11 – 4 Germany
Siracusa, Italy



Final

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

Winners

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 1998 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
First title

Final standings

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

References

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