2005 Euro Beach Soccer League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 July – 28 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Italy (1st title)
|
| Runners-up |
 Portugal
|
| Third place |
 France
|
| Fourth place |
 Switzerland
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 467 (9.73 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Amarelle
|
| Best player |
Cristiano Scalabrelli |
| Best goalkeeper |
Bruno Alves
|
The 2005 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the eighth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 8 and August 28, 2005 in five different nations across Europe.
Following the preceding season, BSWW continued organising the nations of the EBSL across three divisions (A, B and C), with each team competing in their respective division to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly.
Italy were ultimately crowned champions, coming back from 5–1 down in the last period of the final to win their first and to date only European title.France entered the league as defending champions but lost in the Superfinal semi-finals, finishing the league in third place.
This season 16 nations took part in the Euro Beach Soccer League whom were and were distributed as follows:
There were eight berths available in this season's Superfinal. The table summarises in what positions nations needed to finish in their respective divisions in order to qualify to the Superfinal, what round of the Superfinal they would enter finishing in said positions, and the seeding they would receive.
Allocations
Play off round
Division A consisted of four rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in each of the four countries participating as shown. All four teams took part in each. In each stage, the teams played each other once. The nation who earned the most points at the end of the stage was crowned stage winners.
At the end of the four stages all results were tallied up in a final league table.
The first stage took place in Tignes, France. Portugal won the event.
The second stage took place in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The hosts claimed their second stage win.
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