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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 11–18 July 2010 |
| Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ukraine (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Russia |
| Fourth place |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 480 (8.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 82,000 (1,491 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Madjer (16 goals) |
| Best player | Leonov |
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The2011FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played inBibione,Italy from July 11–18, 2010, which determined the four teams that qualified to the2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup inRavenna,Italy. All matches were played at a temporary stadium on the beach at Piazzale Zenith inBibione. The draw for the group stage of the competition was made at the end of June, 2010.[1]
The nations who reached the semi-finals of the tournament achieved qualification for the world cup who wereRussia,Ukraine,Switzerland andPortugal. This meant thatSpain, who won the 2008 qualifying championship and who came second in 2009, did not even manage to qualify from this year's event for the next world cup, meaning the 2011 world cup will be the first time Spain have not competed in 12 world cups, since the1997 Beach Soccer World Cup. The overall winners of the tournament, and surprise winners wereUkraine.
By the end of the tournament, over 82,000 people had attended the games at Piazzale Zenith, and over 200,000 people watched the games online.[2]
27 teams confirmed their participation in the competition, the highest ever amount for a world cup qualifier, with several newcomers, showing the ever growing popularity of the sport:[3]
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The 27 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams and one group of 3 teams.[4] The group games took place over a period of three days. The top two teams in the groups automatically qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament. Then, the two best performing teams who finished third in their group were chosen to play in the knockout stage, to make up the numbers.
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The draw for the knockout stage was made after the preliminary round of games was completed on 13 July. All kickoff times are listed as Italian summer time, (UTC+2).
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
 Romania | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||||||
 Estonia | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Romania | 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Ukraine | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 17 July | ||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine (pen.) | 3(5) | |||||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||
 Greece | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 18 July | ||||||||||||||
 France | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||||||
 Azerbaijan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal (pen.) | 5(1) | |||||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
 Poland | 5 (0) | |||||||||||||
 Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 17 July | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | 5 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Russia | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 16 July | 18 July | |||||||||||||
 Turkey | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Russia | 8 | Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||
| 15 July | ||||||||||||||
 Spain | 4 | Russia | 5 | |||||||||||
 Moldova | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 6–0 | Netherlands |
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| Switzerland | 6–4 | France |
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| Portugal | 5–2 | Azerbaijan |
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| Ukraine | 6–3 | Romania |
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Nazarenko 10', 35'Zborovskyi 11'Dobren(O.G) 17'Borsuk 19', 35' | Report | Maci 1', 10' Raj 9' |
| Hungary | 2–3 | Switzerland |
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| Ughy 15' Besenyei 33' | Report | Spacca 18' Schirinzi 28'Leu 30' |
| Poland | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
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| Widzicki 5', 35' Kubiack 15'Ziober 22'Waleszczyck 30' | Report | Madjer 4' Belchior 6', 31'Alan 17'Birlo 22' |
| Penalties | ||
Jarosiewicz | 0–1 | Madjer |
| Russia | 8–4 | Spain |
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| Zaikhin 2' Leonov 3', 33'Gorchinskiy 28', 34'Krasheninnikov 31'Shishin 35', 36' | Report | Juanma 11', 23' Miguel Beiro 18'Torres 25' |
| Ukraine | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Switzerland |
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| Korniychuk 1' Nazarenko 3'Yevdokimov 35' | Report | Stankovic 10', 22' Leu 21' |
| Penalties | ||
| Borsuk Yevdokimov Korniychuk Pachev Butko | 5–4 | Stankovic Leu Ziegler Rodrigues Meier |
| Portugal | 6–5 | Russia |
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| Belchior 7', 15' Madjer 13', 25'Alan 23'Novo 30' | Report | Leonov 7', 31' Shakhmelyan 22'Shishin 23'Gorchinskiy 32' |
| Switzerland | 2–5 | Russia |
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| Samuel 5', 22' | Report | Zaikin 9' Eremeev 16'Krasheninnikov 27', 29'Shishin 35' |
| Ukraine | 4–2 | Portugal |
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| Borsuk 8', 13' Zborovskyi 20'Yevdokymov 21' | Report | Madjer 19', 22' |
| (2011) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Qualification (UEFA) Winners |
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 Ukraine First title |
| Best Player (MVP) | |||
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| Ilya Leonov | |||
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| Madjer | |||
| 16 goals | |||
| Best Goalkeeper | |||
| Paulo Graça |
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| 1st Place | Ukraine |
| 2nd Place | Portugal |
| 3rd Place | Russia |
| 4th Place | Switzerland |
| 5(World Cup Hosts) | Italy |
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