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The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe held in Benidorm Spain Held in May 2008 hosts Spain won the championship with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play off to finish third beating Italy who finished fourth The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille France from July 17 to 27 France qualified as the fifth European nation being the hosts of the world cup 1 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification UEFA Tournament detailsHost countrySpainDates11 18 May 2008Teams24 from 1 confederation Venue s 1 in 1 host city Final positionsChampions Spain 1st title Runners up PortugalThird place RussiaFourth place ItalyTournament statisticsMatches played52Goals scored381 7 33 per match 2009 Contents 1 Participating teams 2 Group stage 2 1 Group A 2 2 Group B 2 3 Group C 2 4 Group D 2 5 Group E 2 6 Group F 3 Knockout stage 3 1 Round of 16 3 2 Quarter finals 3 3 Semi finals 3 4 Third place play off 3 5 Final 4 Winners 5 ReferencesParticipating teams edit24 teams confirmed their participation in the competition nbsp Andorra nbsp Austria nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Belarus nbsp Czech Republic nbsp England nbsp Estonia nbsp Georgia nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp Italy nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Russia nbsp Spain nbsp Slovakia nbsp Switzerland nbsp UkraineGroup stage editThe 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams Group A edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Spain 3 3 0 0 19 3 16 9 nbsp Germany 3 2 0 1 12 10 2 6 nbsp Belarus 3 1 0 2 7 10 3 3 nbsp Romania 3 0 0 3 7 22 15 0 Germany 8 3 RomaniaSpain 5 0 BelarusGermany 3 1 BelarusSpain 8 2 RomaniaBelarus 6 2 RomaniaSpain 6 1 Germany Group B edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Russia 3 2 0 1 14 7 7 6 nbsp Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 14 15 1 5 nbsp Latvia 3 1 0 2 10 13 3 3 nbsp Netherlands 3 0 1 2 10 13 3 2 Czech Republic 5 4 a e t NetherlandsRussia 4 1 LatviaCzech Republic 7 5 LatviaNetherlands 4 4 1 0 pens RussiaLatvia 4 2 NetherlandsRussia 6 2 Czech Republic Group C edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Italy 3 2 1 0 10 5 5 8 nbsp Greece 3 1 0 2 9 6 3 3 nbsp Norway 3 1 0 2 8 11 3 3 nbsp Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 6 11 5 3 Italy 4 2 AzerbaijanNorway 4 3 GreeceAzerbaijan 3 2 NorwayItaly 1 1 penalty 1 0 GreeceGreece 5 1 AzerbaijanItaly 5 2 Norway Group D edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Portugal 3 3 0 0 26 6 20 9 nbsp England 3 1 1 1 7 9 2 5 nbsp Estonia 3 1 0 2 11 7 4 3 nbsp Georgia 3 0 0 3 4 26 22 0 England 2 2 penalty 1 0 EstoniaPortugal 15 3 GeorgiaEngland 4 1 GeorgiaPortugal 5 2 EstoniaEstonia 7 0 GeorgiaPortugal 6 1 England Group E edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Ukraine 3 3 0 0 17 9 8 9 nbsp Poland 3 2 0 1 11 7 4 6 nbsp Slovakia 3 1 0 2 12 16 4 3 nbsp Andorra 3 0 0 3 9 17 8 0 Poland 4 1 SlovakiaUkraine 6 2 AndorraPoland 4 2 AndorraUkraine 7 4 SlovakiaSlovakia 7 5 AndorraUkraine 4 3 Poland Group F edit Team Pld W W L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Switzerland 3 3 0 0 23 7 16 9 nbsp Hungary 3 2 0 1 10 8 2 6 nbsp Lithuania 3 1 0 2 9 22 13 3 nbsp Austria 3 0 0 3 6 11 5 0 Hungary 3 1 AustriaSwitzerland 14 3 LithuaniaHungary 6 2 LithuaniaSwitzerland 4 3 AustriaLithuania 4 2 AustriaSwitzerland 5 1 AustriaKnockout stage edit Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 15 July nbsp Spain6 16 July nbsp Norway3 nbsp Spain7 15 July nbsp Czech Republic1 nbsp Czech Republic4 17 July nbsp Hungary1 nbsp Spain3 15 July nbsp Italy3 1 0 p nbsp Italy4 16 July nbsp Belarus3 nbsp Italy8 15 July nbsp Ukraine3 nbsp Ukraine6 18 July nbsp England0 nbsp Spain4 15 July nbsp Portugal3 nbsp Portugal8 16 July nbsp Latvia1 nbsp Portugal8 15 July nbsp Greece0 nbsp Greece4 17 July nbsp Germany3 AET nbsp Portugal2 15 July nbsp Russia1Third place nbsp Russia6 16 July18 July nbsp Estonia0 nbsp Russia3 nbsp Russia4 15 July nbsp Switzerland2 nbsp Italy2 nbsp Switzerland4 nbsp Poland3 Round of 16 edit 15 May 2008Spain nbsp 6 3 nbsp NorwayBenidorm 15 May 2008Czech Republic nbsp 4 1 nbsp HungaryBenidorm 15 May 2008Italy nbsp 4 3 nbsp BelarusBenidorm 15 May 2008Ukraine nbsp 6 0 nbsp EnglandBenidorm 15 May 2008Portugal nbsp 8 1 nbsp LatviaBenidorm 15 May 2008Greece nbsp 4 3 AET nbsp GermanyBenidorm 15 May 2008Russia nbsp 6 0 nbsp EstoniaBenidorm 15 May 2008Switzerland nbsp 4 3 nbsp PolandBenidorm Quarter finals edit 16 May 2008Spain nbsp 7 1 nbsp Czech RepublicBenidorm 16 May 2008Italy nbsp 8 3 nbsp UkraineBenidorm 16 May 2008Portugal nbsp 8 0 nbsp GreeceBenidorm 16 May 2008Russia nbsp 3 2 nbsp SwitzerlandBenidorm Semi finals edit 17 May 2008Spain nbsp 3 3 penalty 1 0 nbsp ItalyBenidorm 17 May 2008Portugal nbsp 2 1 nbsp RussiaBenidorm Third place play off edit 18 May 2008Russia nbsp 4 2 nbsp ItalyBenidorm Final edit 18 May 2008Spain nbsp 4 3 nbsp PortugalBenidormWinners edit 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification UEFA Winners nbsp SpainFirst titleReferences edit FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008 Results Archived 2017 05 25 at the Wayback Machine at the Roonba Beach Soccer Worldwide reports Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification UEFA amp oldid 1160789894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
