2015 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2015 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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 June – 23 August |
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Portugal (5th title) |
| Runners-up | Ukraine |
| Third place | Russia |
| Fourth place | Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 519 (8.37 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Dejan Stankovic (13) |
| Best player(s) | Igor Borsuk |
| Best goalkeeper | Elinton Andrade |
This season, there were twelve teams each participating in two divisions in each stage that faced each other in a round-robin system. Division A consisted of 11 teams from last season's Division A, plus Hungary who were promoted. Division B consisted of 8 of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.
Due to the beach soccer event at the 2015 European Games (24–28 June) and the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (9–19 July) scheduled to take place right in the middle of the typical EBSL season of June to August, BSWW were forced to organise a shorter season than usual, featuring an abnormally low amount of regular season stages of fixtures (two, rather than the customary three or four). Consequently, whereas each Division A nation would usually take part in two stages, this season they only took part in one.