2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket
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The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, simply known as the Last chance bracket was an additional round of the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) that was specially organised to determine the fifth and final European nation that would qualify for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 August – 27 August |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | France |
Runners-up | Switzerland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 103 (7.92 per match) |
2007 → |
The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in parallel with the staging of the 2006 EBSL Superfinal, taking place during the same dates (24–27 August) and in the same location of Marsielle, France.
Five berths were allocated to European teams in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal.[2] This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. In order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the Last chance bracket, with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket.
France won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed the last remaining World Cup berth.[3]