2017 Euro Beach Soccer League
Logos of stages 1 – 5 of the 2017 EBSL
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| Tournament details | |||||||
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| Host countries | Serbia Portugal Russia Hungary Germany Italy |
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| Dates | 23 June – 17 September | ||||||
| Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) | ||||||
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||
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| Matches played | 45 | ||||||
| Goals scored | 385 (8.56 per match) | ||||||
The 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the 20th edition of the annual, premier European competition in beach soccer contested between men's national teams, in a league and play-off format.
This season teams continue to take part in two divisions, the top tier (Division A) and the bottom tier (Division B). Twelve teams continue to contest Division A as in recent seasons, consisting of the top eleven finishers from last year plus Azerbaijan who were promoted to the top tier. Division B has been expanded to accommodate fifteen nations; the thirteen nations which did not gain promotion from last season, Lithuania who will make their debut, plus Romania who were relegated from the top tier. No nations have returned to the tournament after an absence from competing in recent years.
This season, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the competition, additional matches have been scheduled for a total of five stages of fixtures during the regular season. Each team from Division A will play in two stages whilst each team from Division B will play in one stage. During each stage the participating nations will earn points for the overall league tables.
At the end of the stages, according to the league tables, the eight best teams in Division A will advance to the Superfinal to then compete directly to become the winners of this year's EBSL. Meanwhile, the top seven teams in Division B (the stage winners and best runners-up) and the team ranked bottom of Division A will play in the Promotion Final to try to earn a spot in Division A next year.
Ukraine are the defending champions.
The following teams have entered this season, in the following divisions (12 in Division A, 15 in Division B).
The numbers in brackets show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the league, out of 36 nations.
Notes:
Matches are listed as local time in Belgrade, CEST (UTC+2)
All matches took place at the National Beach Soccer Stadium at Ada Ciganlija, with a capacity of 2,500.
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