2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Russia (2nd title)
|
| Runners-up |  Switzerland |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Romania |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 54 |
| Goals scored | 412 (7.63 per match) |
The 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) 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 seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.
Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2012 season.
It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.
All kickoff times are of local time in Bern (UTC+02:00).
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