2025 Euro Beach Soccer League

2025 Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Host countriesSpain
Georgia
Italy
Moldova
Dates23 May – 14 September
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
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The 2025 Euro Beach Soccer League is the 28th edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It is organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

This season, the competing teams continue to take part in two divisions: the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B).

Portugal are the defending champions.

Calendar and locations

The initial calendar was revealed on 31 January 2025.[1] Alghero was replaced as Superfinal hosts on 16 April 2025.[2]

Phase Dates Country City Stage Divisions
Regular
season		 23–25 May Spain El Puerto de Santa María Stage 1 A B
18–20 July Georgia Batumi Stage 2 A
25–27 July Italy Castellammare di Stabia Stage 3 A B
1–3 August Moldova Chișinău Stage 4 A
Play-offs 9–14 September Italy Viareggio Superfinal A B

Stage 1 (El Puerto de Santa María, 23–25 May)

Matches are listed as local time in El Puerto de Santa María, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.

All matches take place inside the Plaza de toros de El Puerto bullring, in tandem with stage 1 of the women's competition.[3][4]

Belgium make their first appearance in the competition since 2006.

Division A

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[5]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Spain Spain Chiky Ardil 7 goals Spain Chiky Ardil France Théo Guerin

Division B

The top three teams qualify for the Superfinal.[6]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Lithuania 3 2 1 0 0 11 5 +6 8
2  Azerbaijan 3 1 1 0 1 19 10 +9 5
3  Belgium 3 0 0 1 2 4 16 –12 1
4  England 3 0 0 0 3 8 11 –3 0
23 May 2025 Azerbaijan  5–4 (a.e.t.)  England
11:00
  • Bayram 8'
  • Ramil 24', 29'
  • Lawson 36' (o.g.)
  • Sahib 39' (e.t.)
 Report
  • Lawson 2'
  • Johnson 29'
  • O'Rourke 8', 20'
 Referee: Arpad Jakab (Hungary)
23 May 2025 Belgium  0–3  Lithuania
12:15 Report
  • Novičkov 7'
  • Lambert 12' (o.g.)
  • Plytnikas 28'
 Referee: Nikolaos Manouras (Greece)
24 May 2025 Azerbaijan  11–2  Belgium
11:00
  • Ramil 1', 2', 14'
  • Jomard 6', 18'
  • Elshad 16'
  • Kamil 19'
  • Orkhan 22'
  • Amid 23'
  • Sahib 25'
  • Bayram 33'
 Report
  • Ennya 1'
  • Cardon 30'
 Referee: Gustavo Barros (Portugal)
24 May 2025 Lithuania  4–2  England
12:15
  • Giedraitis 10'
  • Novičkov 11', 14'
  • Lebedevas 21'
 Report
  • Friery 18'
  • Lawson 24'
 Referee: Alejandro Ojaos (Spain)
25 May 2025 England  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		  Belgium
09:45
  • Day 10'
  • Henderson 14'
 Report
  • Depotbeker 27', 30'
 Referee: José Pardeiro (Spain)
25 May 2025 Lithuania  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan
12:15
  • Makutunovičius 10', 39' (e.t.)
  • Navickas 33'
  • Giedraitis 37' (e.t.)
 Report
  • Orkhan 10', 34', 39' (e.t.)
 Referee: Arpad Jakab (Hungary)

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[7]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Lithuania Azerbaijan Ramil Aliyev 5 goals Azerbaijan Orkhan Mammadov Lithuania Modestas Kulikauskas

Stage 2 (Batumi, 18–20 July)

Matches are listed as local time in Batumi, GET (UTC+4) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.

All matches took place at Batumi Beach Arena.

Division A

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[8]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Belarus Switzerland Philipp Borer 8 goals Belarus Anatoliy Ryabko Portugal Pedro Mano

Stage 3 (Castellammare di Stabia, 25–27 July)

Matches are listed as local time in Castellammare di Stabia, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.

All matches took place at Stabia Beach Arena, with a capacity of approximately 2,500, in tandem with stage 2 of the women's competition.[9]

Division A

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[12]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Italy Switzerland Glenn Hodel 7 goals Italy Marco Giordani Italy Leandro Casapieri

Division B

The top three teams qualify for the Superfinal.[13]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 0 14 10 +4 8
2  Romania 3 2 0 0 1 15 11 +4 6
3  Malta 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 −4 3
4  Norway 3 0 0 0 3 12 16 −4 0
25 July 2025 Norway  2–3  Malta
11:15
  • Skotty 29'
  • Haga 33'
 Report
  • Schembri 14'
  • Micallef 16', 28'
 Referee: Moreno Francesco Longo (Italy)
25 July 2025 Kazakhstan  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Romania
12:30
  • Dering 17'
  • Malikov 29'
  • Kaizer 38'
 Report
Referee: Jose Alberto Pardeiro Puente (Spain)
26 July 2025 Norway  4–6  Kazakhstan
11:15
  • Paulos 11'
  • Skotty 14'
  • Hellebust 24'
  • Dyngeland 33'
 Report
  • Dering 4'
  • Kurbanov 7'
  • Kaizer 9', 23'
  • Shevchuk 11'
  • Minbayev 27'
 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (San Marino)
26 July 2025 Romania  6–2  Malta
12:30
  • Andrei Paul 5'
  • Măci 14', 17', 18', 23'
  • Andrescu 31'
 Report
  • Micallef 10'
  • Schembri 28'
 Referee: Davide Innaurato (Italy)
27 July 2025 Malta  4–5  Kazakhstan
11:15
  • Caruana 5', 20'
  • Nezar 14', 21'
 Report
  • Kurbanov 18'
  • Minbayev 22'
  • Demeshko 26'
  • Dering 27'
  • Kaizer 35'
 Referee: Tomas Nejedly (Czechia)
27 July 2025 Romania  7–6  Norway
12:30
  • Măci 10', 19', 25'
  • Andrei Paul 16'
  • Suciu 24'
  • Poste 27'
  • Toma 28'
 Report
  • Skotty 6', 34'
  • Paulos 13', 32'
  • Ljosa 26'
  • Gaare 27'
 Referee: Kanstantsin Pshonny (Belarus)

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[14]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Kazakhstan Romania Marian Măciucă 8 goals Kazakhstan Mikhail Kaizer Romania Andrei Paul

Stage 4 (Chișinău, 1–3 August)

Matches are listed as local time in Chișinău, EEST (UTC+3) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may somewhat differ.

All matches took place at the FMF Beach Soccer Arena (also known as the Orange Arena for sponsporship reasons),[15] with a capacity of 1,024.[16]

Division A

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[17]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
 Italy Spain Chiky Ardil 6 goals Italy Josep Junior Italy Leandro Casapieri

Cumulative standings

Division A

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams advance to the Superfinal, whilst the bottom four are consigned to the relegation play-offs.[18]

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 6 6 0 0 0 38 8 +30 18 Advance to the Superfinal
2  Spain 6 6 0 0 0 43 16 +27 18
3  Belarus 6 5 0 0 1 42 16 +26 15
4   Switzerland 6 5 0 0 1 42 20 +22 15
5  Portugal 6 5 0 0 1 37 15 +22 15
6  Ukraine 6 4 0 0 2 25 19 +6 12
7  France 6 4 0 0 2 26 23 +3 12
8  Denmark 6 3 0 0 3 18 22 −4 9
9  Poland 6 2 1 0 3 20 16 +4 8
10  Czechia 6 2 0 1 3 19 30 −11 7
11  Germany 6 2 0 0 4 19 24 −5 6
12  Moldova 6 1 0 0 5 22 31 –9 3
13  Georgia 6 1 0 0 5 15 52 −37 3 Consigned to the relegation play-offs
14  Estonia 6 0 0 0 6 10 22 −12 0
15  Turkey 6 0 0 0 6 18 49 −31 0
16  Latvia 6 0 0 0 6 7 38 −31 0

Superfinal (Viareggio, 9–14 September)

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Latvia refused to fulfil their fixture against Belarus in protest of the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10][11] For administrative purposes, Belarus were awarded a 3–0 walkover win.
Citations
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  10. ^ "Latvijas pludmales futbola izlase ievēro likumu un atsakās spēlēt pret agresorvalsti". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Latvijas pludmales futbola izlase atsakās spēlēt pret agresorvalsti Baltkrieviju". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Italy are the Euro Beach Soccer League Castellammare di Stabia 2025 champions!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Malta secures qualification for Euro Beach Soccer League Promotion Final". Malta Football Association. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Kazakhstan win the Euro Beach Soccer League Castellammare di Stabia Stage – Division B". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  15. ^ Tataru, Svetlana (25 July 2025). "Fotbal pe plajă. Acces gratuit la meciurile din preliminariile EBSL 2025 Moldova". Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  16. ^ Republica Moldova Va Găzdui Meciurile Diviziei B Din Cadrul Campionatului European La Fotbal Pe Plajă! (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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