2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the tenth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2008 beach soccer season, held in September 2008, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Spain won the championship for the second time, with Switzerland finishing second. Hosts Azerbaijan beat Norway in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.

2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan
Dates18 September - 21 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Azerbaijan
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored60 (6.67 per match)

A record low six teams participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three, playing each other once in the groups. The third placed teams in each group played in a fifth place play off, the second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.

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