In 2004, BSWW rebranded the competition from the European Pro Beach Soccer League to the Euro Beach Soccer League. With the Pro dropped from the title and European shortened to Euro, this prompted the design of a new logo to reflect the new title. Mastercard became lead sponsors in 2004 and as such their logo was also included in the wider design. This holistic logo was used until its last use in 2006.
Marseille
Palma de Mallorca
Scoglitti
Portimão
Stavanger
Istanbul
Linz
Interlaken
Brussels
Monte Carlo
class=notpageimage|
Locations of the events of the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League Division A events Division B events Division A, B & C events Superfinal
The 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the seventh edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), originally known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 2 and September 5, 2004 in ten different nations across Europe.
This season, BSWW introduced a third division, Division C, to the EBSL alongside the already existing Divisions A and B. Each team continued, as in the previous seasons, to compete in their respective division, including the newly added Division C nations, to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly.[1]
Spain, who entered as defending champions, had looked odds on favourites to reclaim their title after dominating the top Division but suffered a shock loss to the Division C qualifiers and debutants, Ukraine, in the first round of the Superfinal. This opened the door for France, who had originally narrowly qualified for the season-finale, to ultimately be crowned champions, winning their first and to date only European title.[2]
The league also doubled as the qualification process for the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2005. The nations finishing in first, second and third place qualified directly whilst the teams in fourth through seventh place competed in a final play off stage to decide which nation would gain the remaining berth at the World Cup.[3]
^"EPBSL Promoters Meeting in Barcelona". beachsoccer.com. 6 November 2003. Archived from the original on 22 December 2003. Retrieved 26 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"France Winner of the MasterCard EuroBSLeague Super Final in Monaco..." beachsoccer.com. 5 September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers". fifa.com. 5 April 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
and 27 Related for: 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League information
The EuroBeachSoccerLeague (EBSL) is the premier competition in beachsoccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been...
The EuroBeachSoccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the European Pro BeachSoccer Championships until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer...
2015. The Women's EuroBeachSoccer Cup and Women's Euro Winners Cup were first held in 2016, whereas the Women's EuroBeachSoccerLeague debuted in 2021...
2021 EuroBeachSoccerLeague was the 24th season of the EuroBeachSoccerLeague (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beachsoccer contested...
Bern Knokke The 2003 EuroBeachSoccerLeague, was the sixth edition of the EuroBeachSoccerLeague (EBSL), the premier beachsoccer competition contested...
organises beachsoccer tournaments and development (with FIFA's assistance) around the world, mainly in Europe, including the EuroBeachSoccerLeague, BSWW...
2022 EuroBeachSoccerLeague was the 25th edition of the EuroBeachSoccerLeague (EBSL), the annual, premier competition in European beachsoccer contested...
gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2004EuroBeachSoccerLeague. The final spot was contested between the next four best teams...
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial...
The EuroLeague, officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised...
The 2014 EuroBeachSoccer Cup was the fourteenth edition of the EuroBeachSoccer Cup, one of Europe's main, regular international beachsoccer championships...
Croatian beachsoccerleague (Croatian: Prva hrvatska liga nogometa na pijesku), also known as Prva HLNP is the top division in the Croatian BeachSoccer league...
UEFA Champions League Season 2001/2002 UEFA Euro2004 UEFA Euro 2008 Ultimate BeachSoccer The Ultimate World Cup Quiz Urban Freestyle Soccer Virtua Pro Football...
The EuroLeague Women (officially known as the FIBA EuroLeague Women) is the pre-eminent basketball league in Europe for women's basketball clubs. Unlike...
The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition...
edition of a world cup in beachsoccer since the establishment of the BeachSoccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by...
edition of a world cup in beachsoccer since the establishment of the BeachSoccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by...
Global Information
France (1st title)
Portugal
Ukraine
Italy
David Cordon
